Piero Tonin was born in Valdagno, Veneto, and he has grown up in Sardinia. Then he moved to Milan, where he graduated in Graphic and Illustration at the European Institute of Design.
After a period lasted 6 years in the U.S.A., in Washington D.C., he decided to come back to Milan where he lives and works so far.
Piero is an illustrator known and appreciated on an international scale.
As an artist, his sphere of action is very varied, starting from animation to cartoons and comic illustrations.
His pictures have been used, among the others, by Mediaset, Benetton, Nordica, Rollerblade, Henninger, Danone, Discovery Channel, King Features Syndicate, LEGO, Playboy.com, Swatch, YouTube, Columbia University, L'Unione Sarda, Il Vernacoliere, Il Tempo di Roma.
Besides he has given lessons and lectures on animation in several cultural institutes in Italy and U.S.A., among them the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington D.C., the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, the University of Maryland and the City Library of Como.