biografia di Italo SCANGA (1932-2001)

Personal data


Birth : 06/06/1932 - Lago Calabria, Italy
Death : 07/27/2001 - San Diego CA California, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy

Address

La Jolla CA California, United States

Representatives

Flanders Contemporary Art – 1st Floor 400 1st Avenue N – Minneapolis MN, United States
Larry Becker Contemporary Art – 43 North Second Street – Philadelphia PA, United States


Education

1960 : Michigan State University (BA) – East Lansing MI, United States
1961 : Michigan State University (MFA) – East Lansing MI, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1953 – 1955:Served with the US Army in Austria
1947:Moved to USA
Frequent artist-in-residence at Pilchuck, Standwood WA, USA
Had a studio in La Jolla CA, USA


Other professions

Professor
Pilchuck Glass School – Pilchuck Campus 1201 316th Street North West – Stanwood WA, United States

1978 : Professor – Visual Art
University of California at San Diego – San Diego CA, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Print-Multiple : Lithograph - Monotype
Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Bronze - Object - Sculpture, glass
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage

Subject

animals
history
landscape
plants
portrait
Daily life
religion

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2000

Animal Surprise
Larry Becker Contemporary Art – Philadelphia PA, United States
12/01/2000 – 01/20/2001

1997

Bayley Art Museum – Charlottesville VA, United States
1997

Bryan Ohno Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
1997

1996

Quartet Editions – New York NY, United States
1996

University of California at San Diego – San Diego CA, United States
1996

SECCA Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art – Winston-Salem NC, United States
1996

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

1998

SOFA New York, n°1
Seventh Regiment Armory – New York NY, United States
1998

1995

Art Chicago
Chicago IL, United States
1995


Group exhibitions

2002

Dale Chiuly & Italo Scanga
Imago Galleries – Palm Desert CA, United States
03/2002

1997

Raw Vision, Raw Book
Bayly Art Museum – University of Virginia – Charlottesville VA, United States
1997

1996

From the Figure
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts – Sherman Oaks CA, United States
1996

Dale Chihuly, Italo Scanga, Wolf Kahn
Virginia Lynch Gallery – Tiverton RI, United States
1996

Baseball in Art
Polk Museum of Art – Lakeland FL, United States
1996

Grand Preview Opening of the Chase Art Wing
Palm Springs Desert Museum – Palm Springs CA, United States
1996

Acquiring Minds
Contemporary Arts Forum – Santa Barbara CA, United States
1996

Painting Exhibition
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis CA, United States
1996

Index 17, California Artists
Merging One Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
1996

Figuratively Speaking
Aurobora Press – San Francisco CA, United States
1996

1995

Paint and Glass: the Expressive Connection
Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass Gallery – Tucson AZ, United States
1995

California Glass Conference
John Natsoulas Gallery – Davis CA, United States
1995

Italo Scanga New Work, Collaborative Works in Glass with Richard Royal
Jeanine Cox Fine Art – Miami Beach FL, United States
1995

1994

Transparency & Metaphor
California Craft Museum – San Francisco CA, United States
1994

Figures and Faces
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts – Sherman Oaks CA, United States
1994

Glassmasters Glassworks
Helander Gallery – Palm Beach FL, United States
1994

Fresco: a Contemporary Perspective
Boston College Museum of Art – Boston MA, United States
1994

Putti con Santi
Savage Gallery – Portland OR, United States
1994

1993

Sculpture
Imago Galleries – Palm Springs CA, United States
1993

Malibu International Sculpture Exhibition
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts – Malibu CA, United States
1993

The Pet Show
Helander Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1993

1983

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1983

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2001

SEIDEL Miriam – Italo Scanga at Larry Becker
in: Art in America p. 135
New York NY, United States
06/2001

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