Andrea Benetti is an Italian visual artist, born in 1964. As a painter, photographer, and art designer, he is also the author of installations and video art works. In 2006, he conceived and drafted the Manifesto of Neo-Cave Art, which he presented in 2009 at the 53rd Venice Biennale, held at Ca’ Foscari University. The Manifesto is inspired by the origins of art in prehistoric caves. In his works, Andrea Benetti references, transforms, and reimagines concepts and forms of cave painting, creating an imaginary bridge between contemporary art and its origins. For several years, “Andrea Benetti” has been an encyclopedic entry, with biography in Treccani, De Agostini, WikiArt (the international art encyclopedia) and Wikipedia, where a detailed biography of the artist is available in thirty languages. In 2020, Andrea Benetti was awarded the 49th “Nettuno d’Oro” Award, the longest-running (1971) and most prestigious annual art award in the city of Bologna. For nearly two decades, Andrea Benetti has collaborated on projects with various universities, including the universities of Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Ferrara, Johns Hopkins University, Lecce, Messina, Roma Tre and Venice.