Nephew of the sculptor Francesco Ciusa, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where he got noticed for his talent as a drawer and painter. He was always inspired by the rural atmosphere of Sardinia, he became a major artist and apprecieted in all the Nation, he won a lot of prices and some of his works were exposed in pubblic areas. Some of his masterpieces are still exposed at the musuem MAN of Nùoro.