Giuseppe Maraniello was born in Naples in 1945. He lives and works in Milan.
In1971, he moved to Milan, where he's been teaching painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti (Fine Arts Academy) of Brera. He's been a member of the group Nuovi nuovi. His sculptures are like a bridge between tradition—represented by artists such as Cavaliere and Milani—and contemporaneity. In his works, there's a kind of acrobatic game through a precarious balance which leads to the analysis of memories, of memory and the visionary. His works are characterized by mythical figures: devils, divers and small archers.

Among his most important recent exhibitions are his one-man show at the Venice Biennial in 1990 and, in 1993, the retrospectives presented by the Galleria Civica of Trento and, at the same time, by the Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Bologna at Villa delle Rose. In 1998, he presented his works at the Trash exhibition. Quando i rifiuti diventano Arte (When garbage becomes Art), at the Palazzo delle Albere in Trento and at the Archivio del '900 in Rovereto. In 2000, he installed a permanent work at the entrance hall of the Facoltà di Giurisprudenza in Trento. In 2002, his sculptures were exhibited at the Rocca Sforzesca of Imola. Still in 2002, he carried out a project together with Arnaldo Tomato: a great work for St. John Evangelist Cathedral of Milwaukee, in the United States. In 2004, an important exhibition is presented at the Torre Guevara in Ischia, and a big sculpture was created for Negombo thermal park.

His relationship with Galleria Fumagalli began in 2000 when introduced by Marco Meneguzzo in the volume published on that occasion he presented a one-man show at the gallery, where he exhibited sculptures and wall pieces.