Leonardo Lanzolla was born in Torino, Italy in November of 1958.

He received his diploma in communication from the Sommeiller Institute in Torino in 1977. Leonardo also studied at Torino University and frequented the Academy of Drama in Torino, receiving after 3 years, his diploma as a dramatic actor in 1978.
After a year of army service in 1979, Leonardo moved to Rome where he started to act professionally and paint, holding his first fine art exhibit in Rome at “La Lucciola Gallery”.

From then until 1984 Leonardo Lanzolla had several art shows in Italy and France. Lanzolla then decided to move in the United States in 1985.

Leonardo held shows in Los Angeles where he lived his first year, then moved the following year to Billings, Montana where he also practiced his artwork. Since then he has moved again, to Seattle with his wife Renee and their daughter Lucia.