Luigi Galligani was born in Pistoia in 1957. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and Carrara, where he graduated in 1980 with a thesis on Marino Marini.
In 1985, he was featured by Renzo Biasion and Tommaso Paloscia in the Mondadori Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. In 1993, he received the title of Corresponding Academician of the Sculpture Class from the Academy of Drawing Arts in Florence. In 1996, one of his sculptures was installed in the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence, which was severely damaged by a bomb in 1993, marking the completion of its restoration.