Michelino Iorizzo
“NOTHING IS REAL IN MY WORK. THERE IS ONLY THE MEMORY OF A DREAM, IMAGINATION.”
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Oil tempera and oil on canvasBiography
Michelino Iorizzo was born in Rome in 1971 and after finishing the Art School, in 1993 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
This was followed by a period of private teaching in Italy and abroad, particularly in Oriental Academies (Hubei University, China).
From an initial tale of abstract-figurative landscapes, he continues his artistic research by dedicating himself to female portraits.
Mysterious, sometimes dreamy and melancholic, the faces portrayed by Iorizzo do not actually exist except in his imagination, in the memory of a fleeting encounter or in the artist's most secret dreams. Iorizzo digs into the pictorial material, corrodes the surface, allowing an ancient patina to emerge on each face, which ties it to the past.
Between restlessness and concreteness, the artist's works bring to the fore a vibrant and passionate painting, oscillating between a realistic research and a conscious transformation.
Gifted with a versatile talent that ranges from painting to sculpture, from ceramics to the technique of ancient icons, all of Iorizzo's works tell of his restless and visionary spirit.
Numerous solo and group exhibitions. Some of his works appear in collections and permanent exhibitions of Italian and foreign museums.
They wrote about him: Andrea Romoli Barberini, Berenice, Dacia Maraini, Stefania Severi, Claudio Strinati, Sandro Trotti.
Personal Exhibitions
2021 – Donna Chiara, Petito Cellars, Avellino, Italy
2021 – Sede Reale srl Porto Rotondo, Italy
2019 – Orler Gallery Orbetello, Italy
2019 – Contact Gallery Rome, Italy
2018 – Orler Gallery Punta Ala, Grosseto, Italy
2018 – Bosi Gallery Rome, Italy
2017 – Gallery in Sup Seoul, Korea
2016 – PGD Gallery Rome, Italy
2015 – Hotel Navona Rome, Italy
2014 – Ciemme Gallery Rome, Italy
2013 – PGD Gallery Rome, Italy
2012 – Scuderie Farnesi Caprarola, Italy
2011 – Gallery Almut Chuncun, Korea
2011 – Foresi Hall Civitanova Marche, Italy
2011 – Studio Dimore Florence, Italy
2011 – Prevate Bank Seoul, Korea
2010 – Literary Café Rome, Italy
2010 – Yang Yang Sol Beach Gallery Yang Yang, Korea
2010 – Cloister of San Domenico Caserta, Italy
2009 – Museum of Modern Art Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
2009 – Librarte Gallery Parioli Rome, Italy
2009 – Inquadro Gallery Rome, Italy
2008 – Church of the Gesù Rome, Italy
2007 – Embassy of Egypt in Rome Rome, Italy
2007 – Galleria Triphè Cortona, Italy
Collective exhibitions
2021 – May 13-19 – White Space Studio, curated by Arte Arechi,
Fremantle, Australia
2019 – Van Der Plas Gallery New York, USA
2016 – Daegu Art Fair Daeugu, Korea
2014 – Spoleto Art Fair Spoleto, Italy
2013 – Poetics in comparison
Mutt 1917 Gallery Seoul, Korea
2010 – Caravaggio and the Sacred
Church of St. Francis of Paola San Pier Niceto, Messina, Italy
2010 – YES – Young Exhibition Saturday
Inquadro Gallery Rome, Italy
2010 – Royal Palace of Caserta Caserta, Italy
2010 – Expo Spoleto Spoleto, Italy
2010 – Cupra Marittima Award Cupra Marittima, Italy
2008 – The Orange Gallery Seoul, Korea
2007 – International Art Club
Comet Exhibition Dae Gu, Korea
2006 – Expo Viterbo Viterbo, Italy
2001 – Cupra Marittima Award Cupra Marittima, Italy
2000 – Graphic Biennial in Greece Athens, Greece
1989 – Pandosia Marano Award, Italy