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A lifelong career in the fine arts as a painter began in Italy where Benini was born in 1941 in Imola, in the Emilia Romagna region. After leaving his parents' home, he traveled on Italian ocean ships, then settled in Freeport, Grand Bahama Isle where his production and exhibition schedule accelerated. Now, 163rd one-man shows later, Benini lives and paints in the Texas Hill Country.

He is now painting abstract paintings of intense color. Earlier series include the Geometric paintings of the 90’s, the paintings of roses of the 70’s and 80’s and other works. Throughout his career he created three-dimensional pieces, large-scale sculptures and his Divertimenti series. Benini's exhibition career started with a one-man show in Milan, Italy in 1961. During his late teens and early 20's, he painted landscapes and still life's in a traditional style. By 1965, his painting evolved into large-scale monochromatic renderings of the human figure.

To date, Benini has had 163 one-man exhibitions, primarily in universities, public institutions and museums.

Through the years, Benini has produced assemblages he calls divertimenti.  Varying in size from a few inches to 15 feet, these divertimenti are built with different materials: wood, steel, stone and more recently, granite.