Bernardo Siciliano was born in Rome on June 29, 1969. He is the son of Enzo Siciliano, the writer. At the age of 17 years he for the first time put on a show of pastels at the Carlo Virgilio Gallery in Rome, presented by the poet Attilio Bertolucci.In 1991, Il Gabbiano Gallery in Rome arranged for his first one-person show, presented by Roberto Tassi. This was followed by a selection of portraits in 1993, by another one-person show in 1995 (presented by Valerio Magrelli), and in 1996 by the exhibition "Under 30", presented by Guido Rebecchini, with two other artists of the same age, Vincenzo Amato, a sculptor, and Luca Di Branco, a painter. In 1993, presented by Marisa Volpi, he exhibited at "Appiani Arte 32" in Milan.
Il Gabbiano has several times proposed his works at both international and national Fairs: the CIAE in Chicago, the FIAC in Paris and the Arte Fiera of Bologna. In 1992 the director Piero Maccarinelli commissioned him to paint the sets of the comedy "Verso la fine dell’estate" by Carlo Repetti, put on at the 35th Festival of Spoleto. In 1995 he collaborated on Bernardo Bertolucci’s movie "Io ballo da sola". In 1993 he was invited to Young Artists IV at the Rome Palazzo delle Esposizioni.
He was among those highest classified in a referendum held among readers of the magazine "Quádri e sculpture" for the exhibition "The Other Art?" at Palazzo Barberini, Rome. In 1998 he was invited and he was an award winner to the XXXII Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Montecarlo. In addition, the Manny Silverman Gallery in Los Angeles in hosting a group exhibition in July 1999, in which his work was included.
Currently he is living and working in New York.