Massimo Bandera, born in 1967, lives and works between Italy and Spain, and since 1978 he dedicates his passion and professionalism to the world of bonsai.
In his technical and artistic research he has created a contemporary way, in avant-garde, studying the arts and Sciences in Italy and working in Japan with his master Masahiko Kimura, the maximum exponent of Avant-garde Bonsai.
Member of the Italian Botanical Society, in 1999, Massimo was invited to visit the bonsai collection of the Emperor of Japan. In 2000 he founded his school, the Fuji Kyookai Bonsai Avant-Garde school, at the Fuji Sato Company. In 2002 he opened the Spanish section at Bonsai Museum in Marbella, and in 2010 in Mallorca.
He is also a life Member, instructor, Ambassador and Director of the Bonsai Club International. Instructor of the Italian Association of Bonsai and Suiseki .Instructor, member, and judge of Union of Italian bonsai. He is also an IBS Instructor.
In 2007 his works were exhibited in the Palazzo Bricherasio in Turin and at the Fujiyohaku Congress in Nole and Marbella with the special participation of the Master Masahiko Kimura at his school.
In 2002 he published the "Bonsai Encyclopedia" and in 2008 "Bonsai avant-garde" which is a collection of the teachings of cultivation techniques, aesthetics and Japanese culture.
He has been writing for major magazines since the 1980's.
His articles have been published in: Bonsai Italia, Bonsai italiano e Bonsai arte e Natura, Notiziario UBI, Bonsai and Suiseki magazine in Italy, Bonsai Actual and Bonsai autoctono in Spain, Esprit Bonsai in France, Bonsai Magazine in America, Bonsai Sunjiu and Kindai Bonsai in Japan.
In April 2010 in San Marino during the XIV National Congress Italian UBI he was the first representative of Italy to receive the Prize from the Ministry for cultural heritage and activities of the Italian Republic for his Bonsai.
In 2015 he has received the title of Knight of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
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