Carlo Zauli is indisputably considered one of the most important sculptural ceramists of the 20th century.

After winning the main awards dedicated to ceramic art in the 1950s, the early 1960s saw him evolve towards a markedly sculptural interpretation of his craft. In these years he matured his own artistic language, imbued with informal atmospheres intertwined with a harmonious yet disruptive 'naturalness': these were the years of his growing international success. From 1958, the year in which the large high-reliefs for the palace in Baghdad and the Kuwait State Printing House were realised, he saw his fame grow steadily, until, in the 1970s and 1980s, he travelled throughout Europe, Japan and North America, where he realised expositions and places works permanently.

Carlo Zauli was born in 1926 in Faenza, where he passed away in 2002.

His works are present today in forty museums and public collections worldwide.