Peregrination Fantastica Painting

I was born in Rome, Italy. University of Rome: Second year Physics. I taught science in middle school a few years. 1974 – I move to New York City. I study piano, harmony and counterpoint at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music I start sculpting in wood. 1976 – I shows at and sell several wood sculptures to The Philip Laverne Gallery, 57th Street and Madison, NYC. I deal with a number of interior decorators, and the Robert Young Gallery, The Sanford Gallery and later, for several successful years with the OPUS II Gallery, D&D building, Manhattan. 1992 - My large Reclining Figure is permanently shown at the Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 1993 - Solo Show, the Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 1993 - Group Show, the E. Horwitch Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. 1994 - Group Show, the E. Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 1995 - Solo Show, the Dietrich Gallery, Mercer Street, SoHo, NYC. 1996 - Solo Shoe, the Bloomgarten Gallery, Wooster Street, SoHo, NYC. 1996 - Solo Show, the Belenky Gallery, SoHo, NYC. 1997 - Solo Show, the Belenky Gallery, SoHo, NYC. 1998 - Solo Show, the Moxley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 1999 - 2000, three eye surgeries to prevent blindness. I no longer seek gallery representation and sell my work privately. 2002 – 2015. I study Modern Composition at Juilliard. And follow Physics and Math courses at Queens College, NYC. I complete a great number of works, sculptures and paintings, and series of large, innovative paintings and sculptures. PROTEUS Series: paintings of changeable form. PRECARIOUS Series: paintings held on wall by one corner. PAINTILIBRIUMS Series: two paintings suspended from ceiling, connected by steel cables, holding each other in equilibrium. DONDOLI: large rocking sculptures. 2016- 2017 - October 27, 2016 – February 29, 2017 - Retrospective show at the Curtiss Jacobs Gallery, which marks my return to public gallery representation. 2018 – Solo Show, September 27th – November 4th, the Curtiss Jacobs Gallery, Harlem, NYC.