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Surface Detail of No 2 /1999
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CAREER HISTORY
 1962 Born Campobasso, Italy;
1973-1980 Painting and working as assistant in the studio of a local painter (Franco Iannelli);
1980-1985 Painting and studying Architecture;
1985-1889 Painting and studying Graphic Design;
1990-1993 Painting in Berlin;
1993-1999 Painting in Melbourne.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Seta - Traditions & Visions, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia;
2002 Art Fair, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia;
2001 Smoulder, Art House Gallery, Sydney, Australia;
2000 Quattro at Chiara Goya Gallery, Melbourne, Australia;
1999 11th Incontro Annuale at Spazio Viola, Pavia Italy;
1998 Christmas Show at Art House Gallery, Sydney;
1987 Boys in Town at Art House Gallery, Sydney; 10th Incontro Annuale at Spazio Viola, Pavia, Italy;
1996 Christmas Show at Art House Gallery, Sydney; Inaugurazione Spazio Viola at Spazio Viola, Ciego de Avila, Cuba;
1995 Red Ribbon at Palazzo Tursi, Genova, Italy; Darbo Gelsomino Negri Russo at George Paton Gallery, Melbourne; Songlines from Distant Lands at Cathedral Room ANZ Gothic Bank, Melbourne;
1989 5 Artisti da Pescara at Galleria Cesare Manzo, Pescara, Italy; Animals at Universita' Occupata, Pescara, Italy.
2004 Arte di Ritorno at Sala dei Chierici, Biblioteca Berio, Genova, Italy.
2005 artsofar at Treasury Place Melbourne.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Iso at Goya Galleries, Melbourne, Australia;
2001 Michelangelo Russo at Goya Galleries, Melbourne, Australia;
2001 Reticoli at Art House Gallery, Sydney, Australia;
2000 Gold at Goya Galleries, Melbourne, Australia;
1997 For the Love of Orange at A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne; Souvenirs Grids and Scars at Art House Gallery, Sydney;
1996 Paintings by Michelangelo Russo at Foy & Gibson Gallery, Melbourne;
1993 Malerei Fotografiche Emulsion und Acryl auf Linewand at Pillango Gallery, Berlin, Germany;
1991 Askartaz at Babylonia, Berlin, Germany;
1988 Africa Musica e Legna da Ardere at Grigio Notte, Roma, Italy;
1977 Michelangelo Russo at Galleria il Punto, Campobasso, Italy;
1973-1980 Several exhibitions in Campobasso and the region of Molise, Italy.
PRIZES
2000 Norton Art Prize, Soho Gallery, Sydney, Australia
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Berlin, Germany;
Campobasso, Italy;
Chicago, USA;
Ciego de Avila, Cuba;
Genova, Italy;
L’Aquila, Italy;
Hong Kong, PRC;
London, UK;
Melbourne, Australia;
Napoli, Italy;
Pavia, Italy;
Perth, Australia;
Pescara, Italy;
Roma, Italy;
Sydney, Australia.
PUBLICATIONS
2002 Yarra Leader, Oct 28, Melbourne;
2001 Sunday Telegraph, Apr 1, Sydney;
2000 The Age, July 7, Melbourne;
2000 Herald Sun, May 29, Melbourne;
2000 The Age, May 24, Melbourne;
2000 Il Globo, May 24, Melbourne;
2000 Herald Sun, May 23, Melbourne;
1997 Herald Sun, September 15, Melbourne;
1996 Catalog Paintings by Michelangelo Russo text by Marina Pugliese and Patricia Fullerton, Australia;
1995 Cover of Active Voice Magazine Vol 12 No. 2, December, Australia; Herald Sun, April 17, Melbourne; The Age, April 15, Australia; Catalog Songlines from Distant Land, Australia;
1992 Series of four postcards, Germany;
1989 Catalog and series of 21 postcards, Italy.
INTERVIEWS
2000 3RRR High and Low with Bruce Berriman; 3PBS Hugo Leschen; Art Rave Today.
1995 ABC Radio National "Arts Today" with Mary Lou Jelbart, Australia; SBS Radio Italia with Mariagrazia Gismondi, Melbourne; 3ZZZ Radio with Anna Epstein, Melbourne; SBS Television "Vox Populi", Australia.
REFERENCES
Patricia Fullerton; Fiona Hudson; Marina Pugliese; Lidia Reghini Di Pontremoli; Kirsty Simpson; Jenny Tyrwitt; Arnold Zable; Louise Bellamy; Alison Barclay; Jeff Makin; Germano Spagnolo; Lily Bragge.
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