Born in Italy in 1970, at the early age of eight L’Oriano’s desire to sculpt began when he witnessed a sculptor giving life to a dolphin from a rough piece of marble. His dream then was not to create the dolphin, but to be the dolphin.

In 1988 Galloni enrolled at the Accademia Di Belle Arte in Carrara, graduating Magna Cum Laude. His first noteworthy sculpture "Icaro 1" was exhibited in 1991 in Florence. Upon graduation he went to Florence to continue his sculpting and studies. Florence became his teacher.

In 1992 he received his first public commission in Germany.  "Janine", L’Oriano’s first large piece of work at more than seven feet is an anatomically defined body breaking out of the solid block of Carrara marble. Galloni’s success with “Janine” led him to another public commission for the Villa Luna Arts Center in Montova, Italy. Another monumental work, "Icaro 2" is a sculpture measuring twenty feet in height.

In 1995 he went to Capetown, South Africa to study light and form.

In 1998 he began to experiment with color on marble and mixing marbles in his work which lead him to create "Icaro 3". This Icaro does not fall physically but is a covered figure where we are allowed to see only parts of his body and experience an interior falling within the fixed real.

Living and working in both New York and Tuscany since 1999 his works have continued to explore the two dimensional as well as three dimensional world.  

L’Oriano’s works seek to evoke the power of silence and continue to question the definition of soul, body, and covering.  His inspiration for these was born in 1998 in a forest in Germany where, while walking alone through the forest in a ghostly silence he was accompanied by hundreds of 50 to 100 foot high figures. These Silent Souls transcend their physical representations and communicate knowledge beyond reason, folding meaning into image.

Made of Linden wood and Carrara marble, Galloni’s inspired creations are destined for the ages. The wood represents the covering, a material that moves, breaks and ages like skin. The marble a material that lives in eternity, representing the essence of the soul.