In fact, after living the terrible experience of the Belice Earthquake in 1968,[2] he moved to Rome when he was only seven He graduated in art school (at the Liceo Artistico Statale), where he was a pupil of Mino Delle Site,[3] a representative of the movement of Aeropittura.

During his artistic career, in 2010 the writer Costanzo Costantini labelled Bongiorno as the Italian Yves Klein, referring to his anthropometry, in line with the French painter.

[4] The artist has recently denounced the fragility of his country and to express his denunciation he uses coal to symbolise disease, rift, bitterness and pollution.

[5][6][7][8] In November 2012 he won the Art & Crisis award organised by the magazine “INSIDEART” with his creation entitled Handle With Care.

[10] In May 2015 he exhibited a solo show with the provocative title L’Italia brucia (Italy is burning) at the Sant’Andrea Gallery in Rome and then he executed a performance for Exploit in Milan.