Gianni Colombo (Milan, 1933 – Melzo, 3 February 1993) was an Italian artist, member of the kinetic art movement.
In the 1960s, Colombo attended Accademia di Brera in Milan, where he met Davide Boriani, Gabriele De Vecchi, Giovanni Anceschi and Grazia Varisco.
[1] Through his work Colombo dealt mainly with the perception of space, creating architectural environments and using a variety of supports including mechanical ones.
[2] He was awarded the Grand Prize of the Venice Biennale of 1968 with one of its most famous works, elastic space.
In 1986 Colombo expanded his activities to theatre (he was a set designer for the Operstheater in Frankfurt) and architecture.