(Milano 1947)

Fin dai primi anni Settanta si afferma contemporaneamente come artista, storico e critico dell’arte contemporanea. Al 1972-73 risalgono rispettivamente le sue prime personali in Italia e all’estero, così come le prime pubblicazioni.

Altamira si forma in quel fecondo clima milanese degli anni Settanta segnalandosi fra gli autori di spicco della generazione concettuale. Tiene una cinquantina di personali in Italia e all’estero e partecipa a importanti rassegne, come la Biennale di Venezia del 1980, la Quadriennale di Roma del 2005.

He gained recognition from the early 1970s establishing himself as an artist, historian and critic of contemporary art. In 1972-73 he held his first solo exhibitions in Italy and abroad, as well as publishing his first written works. Altamira developed his art in Milan’s fertile climate, and from the early 1970s on, he became noted among the most prominent artists of the conceptual generation. He has held fifty or so solo shows in Italy and abroad, and has taken part in important exhibitions such as the 1980 Venice Biennale and the 2005 Rome Quadrennial.