Severino Braccialarghe

After moving to Milan in 1962, he worked as a draftsman.
He emigrated to South Africa in 1970 and continued his career in architectural design, interior design and decoration in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Swaziland.
In 1980/81 he attended the Ruth Prowse Academy in Cape town and began his new career as a sculptor: he practices sculpture for long periods in the laboratories of Pietrasanta (Carrara)
In 1984, thought a sculpture sponsored by the USA for black students began in Soweto:
In 1991 during a long stay in Italy, he taught sculpture for a short period at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce,
In 1992 he began the series of 'functional art' or furnishing elements, made of solid wood, aluminium and glass which he exhibits together with his sculptures in various exhibitions,
In 2006 he began a series of mini-wild life, original bronze statues of African fauna that he modeled directly in wax and melted in goldsmiths in unique pieces.
He returned definitively to Italy in 2011 and settled in the Sibillini Mountains, where he continued his profession as a sculptor, also participating in exhibitions and artistic activities in the area. Displaced by the 2016 earthquake, Marche, after various vicissitudes, settles in Urbino, wher...

Educational qualification: Master of Arts Diploma at the State Art Institute of Macerata
• Sculpture and painting course Ruth Prowse Academy, Cape Town RSA
• Citizenship: Italian / South African

2014: Exhibition 'I Braccialarghe' Artists at Colloredo Mells Museum: RECANATI
2013: Execution of a monument in Corten steel 'The value of the work' on behalf of ANMIL BELFORTE DEL CHIENTI (MC)
2013: Personal exhibition at the Church of S. Caterina SMERILLO (FM)
2013: Personal exhibition at the MIDAC Museum in BELFORTE DEL CHIENTI (MC)
2012: Participation of the exhibition 'Ricordo di Peschi' Colloredo-Mels Museum RECANATI (MC)
2007: Collective Gallery Plett = PLETTEENBERGBAY / South Africa
2006: Grande Provence Gallery collective - FRANSHOEK / South Africa
2005: Execution of marble statue 'The bather': as private commission CAPE TOWN / South Africa
2004: Execution of monumental sculpture 'African Renaissance: Installed at ICCC CAPE TOWN / South Africa
2003: Personal exhibition: VEO Gallery - De Waterkant - CAPE TOWN / South Africa
2003: Collective exhibition: Rose Korber Salon - Camps bay - CAPE TOWN / South Africa
2002: Personal exhibition: NSA Gallery DURBAN sponsored by the Italian cultural institute / South Africa
2001: Contract for an aluminum and marble mural in MAPUTO / Mozambique
2000: Collective with Italian artists resident in SA at the JOHANNESBURG / South Africa Italian Club
1994: Collective at Plett Gal...