Giovanni Ozzola is a contemporary visual artist from Italy, born in Florence in 1982. His work spans installations, sculptures, engravings, photography, and video, with a particular focus on the relationship between light, space, and time. He explores themes such as infinity, the boundary between the visible and the invisible, and the interaction between humans and the environment, often using urban and natural landscapes as metaphors for deeper concepts. His artistic research focuses on defining personal insights, which transform into visual experiences and come together in a reflective journey. His works engage in a dialogue with each other to explore questions like origin, destiny, and individual responsibility, all within the context of society and landscape. Through the use of light and space, Ozzola invites critical reflection on the role of the individual in the contemporary world, questioning the relationship between humans, the environment, and political duty, while creating a balance between intimate experience and public dimension, with a lucid and concrete reflection. He currently lives in the Canary Islands.

Ozzola has exhibited internationally with solo presentations in museums, foundations, and galleries, including major solo shows at 166 Art Space in Shanghai (2021–22); Fosun Foundation, Shanghai (2019); Basilica de San Francisco de Asís, Havana (2018); District Six Museum, Cape Town (2016); and Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro (2011). His long-standing collaboration with Galleria Continua has led to exhibitions in Paris Marais (2023); San Gimignano (2021, 2019, 2012, 2006); Les Moulins (2019); and Beijing (2022, 2017, 2013). He has also presented solo projects with Gazelli Art House in London (2021, 2015) and 313 Art Project in Seoul (2021, 2015).

He has participated in numerous international biennials, triennials, and institutional group exhibitions, including: Quadriennale di Roma (2025); Poly MGM Museum, Macau (2024); Chengdu Biennale, China (2023); Xinjiang Biennale, China (2023); Venice during the Biennale Arte (2022); MAC-USP, São Paulo (2021); Roman Forum (2019); OCAT Shanghai (2019); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2018); Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018); Sculpture Projects Pingyao Triennial, China (2018); MAAP Space, Brisbane (2014); OCAT Shanghai (2014); Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2014); Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2014); Schauwerk Museum (2014); and Stadtgalerie Kiel (2014).
He has also exhibited at MAN, Nuoro (2009); MART, Trento and Rovereto (2009); Centre d’Art Bastille, Grenoble (2008); Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (2007); Schunck Glaspaleis, Heerlen (2007); GC.AC, Monfalcone (2007); Chelsea Art Museum, New York (2006); Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (2005); and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2003).

His works are part of major public and private international collections, including:
Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris); M Woods Museum (Beijing); Star Museum Collection (Shanghai); Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar); Museum Franz Gertsch (Burgdorf); Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato); Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea (Monfalcone); Fosun Foundation (Shanghai); Castello di Ama (Siena); Bao Collection Museum; Agi Verona Collection (Verona); Collezione Enea Righi (Bologna); Casa Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno); Collezione Gori – Fattoria Celle (Pistoia); Fondazione Pierluigi e Natalina Remotti (Camogli); Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez (Bordeaux); Nirox Foundation (Krugersdorp); Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation (Abu Dhabi); Sharjah Maraya Art Center (Dubai); MGM (Macau); Rigo Saitta Collection (Geneva); Mordant Collection (Sydney).

Winner of the Premio Cairo (2011); Talent Prize (2010); Premio Terna for Contemporary Art – Gigawatt Category (2008); Seat Pagine Gialle Award, Tuscany Region (2007).

He has conducted workshops and lectures in various institutions, including Light and Darkness at CAFA – China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Sometimes You Can See Much More at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai; and Color Constancy at Syracuse University in Florence, Italy.
Committed to social issues, he actively supports the Dynamo Foundation.