Christopher G. Ciccone (born November 22, 1960 in Bay City, Michigan) is a younger brother of Madonna, and has worked as Madonna's assistant, dresser, backup dancer, stylist, and artistic director. His first public appearance was alongside his sister in her 1982 debut music video "Everybody". After involvement in a promo tour for her debut album, he appeared in her 1984 "Lucky Star" video. He has decorated Madonna's various former residences in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. He has also designed the stage for her 1990 Blond Ambition concert tour, and directed her 1993 Girlie Show concert tour. He is an artist, director and interior and furniture designer by profession.
Christopher Ciccone’s background runs the gamut from one-man art
exhibitions, to directing and design of major concert tours, music videos,
and film, to commercial, residential interior and furniture design.
Christopher brings all of these eclectic and critically acclaimed experiences
to Art, Photography, Film, Writing, Design and Fashion as well as TV
appearances. He has shown his photos and paintings on both the East and
West Coast and Paris. He has also recently released his New York Times
Bestselling memoirs “Life With My Sister Madonna”.
Released on July 14, 2008, the book debuted at #2 on the New York Times Best Seller List, and reached #16 on Amazon.com's bestseller list, and #26 on barnesandnoble.com's bestseller list.

Ciccone has done residential and commercial interior design for many
restaurants and homes located in New York City, Miami and Los Angeles.
He recently designed a beach front condominium development on
Miami Beach and the corporate boxes for the new Millennium Dome in
London and is in the beginning stages of designing a hotel in Costa Rica
and one in Istanbul. His furniture design (for Bernhardt ) was chosen to be
used in the New York City office of President Bill Clinton. He has also held the title of Editor at Large for “Instinct Magazine”, and contributed his writing talents for Interview and Icon magazines.

Originally from Detroit, Christopher attended the University in Michigan
studying anthropology and fencing. Since that time, his work has graced the
covers of every major design publications throughout the world. His award-
winning work for music videos and music tour productions for Madonna is
unparalleled and his artwork has been shown in New York and Paris.

Christopher has also shared his talents with such charitable organizations as
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), New York’s Living With AIDS
Foundation, AIDS Foundation Houston, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles just to name a few.

In addition to gaining national attention, his work has been
recognized in numerous international publications including The Evening
Standard, the London Sunday Times, Paris Match and Elle Paris, Elle Décor,
Vanity Fair, New York Times, Architectural Digest, Metropolitan Home,
Miami Herald, et al….

The designer of Atlantic restaurant in Los Angeles, Christopher maintains a
tri-city presence in New York, Miami and LA. Over the past few years, he has spent his time focusing on film direction and screen- writing, but takes time out to work on special commercial and residential design commissions.

He appeared on Top Chef, Bravo’s top rated reality show, as a special guest designer, as well as the special guest designer for the premier episode of the latest season of The “Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency”.

His memoirs were published by Simon and Schuster on July 15, 2008, opening at #2 on the “New York Times Bestseller List”. Since that time “Life with my Sister Madonna” been translated into nearly 20 different languages.

Christopher is currently working on a screenplay, which he will direct in the fall 2009, as well as a second novel and a music-based reality TV project.
website: www.christophergciccone.com

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