born in rome (italy) on may 14, 1969, saverio tenuta graduated in painting at the "academy of fine arts" in rome and begun working as an art engraver and advertising graphic.
his first works in the comics field have been short stories and covers for several italian publishers, using different tecniques and styles.

after a specialization year at the "international school of comics" in rome he started teaching comic-book courses at the same school.
during the same period, tenuta collaborated with a slew of publishers: cierre (on arthur king), universo (on intrepido), tattilo (on playmen comix), general press (on il corvo presenta), rcs (on 2000 giorni al 2000) and phoenix (on laida odius and italia XXIII secolo). for phoenix he also published his first graphic novel, cold graze - risvegli di ghiaccio, written by otto gabos.

at the same time he started collaborating with some american publisher, painting several trading cards and a cover for event (on ash), a cover for sqp (conan the cruel) and a one-shot for sirius (dolls), written by lorenzo bartoli. always for sirius he created the visuals and a short story for a series titled tombstone girls (published on crypts of dawn), and a short time later a set of celtic tarots has been published by scarabeo.

thanks to a series of painted short stories, (human contacts, light, carpe diem, smoke) saverio has become a regular guest on heavy metal, who celebrated with the release of an 80-page special featuring morrigan and tamous and published an art-book titled elegia in 2003.

another high-profile works is the participation to dc comics jla: riddle of the beast with painted artwork for the batman section.

after the comic-book courses at the "international school of comics" in rome, tenuta also started keeping courses about sci-fi and fantasy in 1996.