Marco Sassone

Marco Sassone has embraced international acclaim as a painter and visionary for over fifty years. His exhibitions have been featured extensively in the U.S. and abroad, and his work is included in some of the most prominent art collections in the world.

As a contemporary artist now residing in Toronto, Sassone’s remarkable career has fuelled the inspiration for his first literary endeavour entitled American Journey, an autobiographical memoir honouring his core passion as an artist.

Born in Florence in 1942, Sassone developed his artistic skills at a very young age. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Professor Silvio Loffredo, who was himself a student of the Austrian master, Oskar Kokoschka.

In 1967, soon after The Great Flood of Florence had devastated his city, Sassone moved to California to launch his professional career. He has remained active in the art community through lectures at notable universities and art associations. Numerous catalogues and books have been published about his work, including the volume Sassone (1979), written by art historian Donelson Hoopes. He has been featured in countless publications, radio and television broadcasts, and collaborated on two documentary films about his life ...

From 1962-63, studied with Silvio Loffredo, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence.
In 1974, studied printmaking with master printer Guy Maccoy, Los Angeles.

AWARDS AND HONORS
1994 Proclamation "Marco Sassone Day in San Francisco", March 30, from Frank M. Jordan, Mayor of San Francisco.
1987 Commendation of the City of Los Angeles for his "contribution to the community through his art"
1982 Knighted by the President of Italy, Sandro Pertini, into the "Order of Merit of the Italian Republic".
1978 Gold medal from the Italian Academy of Arts, Literature and Science, Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto
2014 San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas
2013 Berenson Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
2012 Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
2012 Berenson Fine Art, Toronto
2010 National Shrine of S. Francis, San Francisco
2010 Palazzo dell’Informazione, Rome, Italy
2008 Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2007 SCAPE, Corona del Mar, California
2004 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Cloister of Sant’Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
2002 Miniaci Art Gallery, Venice, Italy
2002 Miniaci Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2002 Palazzo Ducale, Massa, Italy
2001 Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco
2001 Isetan Gallery, Tokyo
2001 Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco
2000 MB Modern, New York
2000 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
2012 Figuration, Berenson Fine Art, Toronto
2010 Summerset, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York
2009 Summerset, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York
2009 Palm Beach 3, Florida, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York
2008 Town and Country, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York
2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Contemporar...