Sandro Soravia

Sandro Soravia was born in Milan in 1931.

At present he lives and Works in Albisola (Savona) and many artists from different countries find a warm welcome at his studio at 13, via Colombo. He works for the Ligurian Centre of the History of Ceramics and he occasionally gives ceramics classes at the primary schools in Savona.

Ceramic creation is the main focus of his work which is charaterized by a very individual vision and rich imagination.

He has taken part in many exhibitions and has held numerous one-man shows of his work in bronze, terracotta,and paintings in the principal cities of Italy as well as in France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Unites States and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

He collaborated with the Ligurian Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa in developing a project for artistic initiatives to improve the environment and work with the Academy of Fine Arts in Verona.

Leading italian and foreign critics have written about his work.

He studied ceramics in Gubbio with Prof. Aldo Aj, and devoted himself to the profession after many years spent working in the advertising sector in Italy and South America.
Exhibitions:
1974 Milano, Club Nerazzurro, solo
1976 Albissola Marina (SV), Museo d'arte contemporanea, group - Albisola Superiore (SV), Palazzo del Comune, group
1977 Savona, Palazzo del Comune, group - Calice Ligure, Galleria il Punto, group - Roma, Galleria Gabrielli, solo
1978 Faenza (RA), Biennale della Ceramica, group - Milano, Galleria Zunino, solo
1979 Bergamo, Galleria Alexia, group - Genova, Galleria Greminger, group - Padova, Galleria Images 70, solo
1980 Utrecht (Holland), Westrenen Gallery, solo - Genova, Galleria Greminger, solo - Roma, Galleria Gabrielli, solo
1981 Genova, 1 Premio Arte Arte 3, group - Spotorno (SV), Palazzo del Comune, group - Giulianova (BA), Galleria La riva, solo - Cuneo, Galleria Dalmastro, solo - Albissola Marina (SV), Villa Faraggiana, solo
1982 Bilbao (Spain), Arteder 82, group - Roma, Galleria CM, group - Rio de Janeiro, Mostra Internacional de Desenho, group - Bari, Expo Art, solo - Anghiari (AR), Palazzo Pretorio, solo - Calice Ligure (SV), Galleria Il Punto, solo - Bari, Galleria Plok, s...