Marcello Jori is a painter, comic-strip writer, photographer, writer, and illustrator. He has taken part in three Venice Biennales, the Paris Biennale, and two Rome Quadriennales, and has had exhibitions in galleries and museums, both national and international. In Italy, his work has appeared in the comics Linus, Alter, and Frigidaire, and also in Vogue and Vanity Fair. Recently he has made furnishing accessories for Alessi and Moroso and designed advertisements for Montblanc.