He was born in 1959. In 1986, Emanuele Montibeller founded Arte Sella. This is a project aimed at creating a place of encounter, dialogue between artists and ideas sharing. Such project highlights the importance of the Valsugana valley in the international dialogue between creativity and natural world. He is artistic director and curator of cultural projects for the association Arte Sella both in Italy and abroad. He helped creating the route ArteNatura, which is a forest itinerary studded by works of art made by masters of the Art in nature. Some of them are Nils-Udo, Chris Drury, Patrick Dougherty, Michelangelo Pistoletto.