Giuseppe Penone studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Turin, Italy. His most recent solo exhibitions include Giuseppe Penone: A Tree in the Wood, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire (2018); Des Corps de Pierre, Château La Coste, Le Puy Sainte Reparade (2017); Penone in the Rijksmuseum Gardens, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2016); Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2015); Giuseppe Penone: Prospettiva Vegetale, Giardino di Boboli, Florence (2014); Penone Versailles, Château de Versailles, Versailles (2013); Giuseppe Penone: Spazio di Luce, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2012), and had a retrospective at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2004). Penone has exhibited in Documenta V (1972), VII (1982), VIII (1987) and XIII (2012) and at the Venice Biennale (2007, 1995, 1986, 1980, and 1978).