Gerardo Lo Russo

Gerardo Lo Russo was born in Trevico Vallesaccarda (Av) in 1948. He attended the course of Sculpture with Di Fiore and with Fazzini, and in 1969 he published “Cosùs” a one-wheel cartoon in “L’Automobile of Aci”. Lo Russo is a sculptor, painter, graphic designer and writer, who has been a member of commissions for awards and competitions and has created expertise for public and private entities.

Lo Russo has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions including in Paris, Geneva, Venice, Florence, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Shanghai and has participated in cultural and international events in Egypt, Azerbaijan, Turkey and China. He designed and curated travelling exhibitions of painting and sculpture by Italian artists on the Silk Road and Luxor.
He collaborated with the 2RC-Vigna Antoniana for the Graphic Art editions of the masters Afro, Battaglia, Bill, Burri, Dorazio, Capogrossi, Chagall, Consagra, Cordio, Corpora, Manzù, Matta, Mirko, Mirò, Moore, Novelli, Pasmore, Pepper, Perilli, Picasso, Pomodoro, Porzano, Richter, Rotko, Ruta, Santomaso, Scialoja, Scarpa, Smith, Soto, Vasarelly, Vedova, Verne.
In 1985/89 he founded the Montecelio Institute, the first school of Public Communication established in Italy, which recorded favourable speeches including that of Umberto Eco. He was appointed Director of the Montecelio Institute by the Scientific Committee, composed of Argan, Cristini, Massironi, Pistone, Salvi, Strazza, and Velly. He has taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catanzaro, Foggia and Rome. Lo Russo was a member of the Olympic Arts Committee at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. In 2007/2013 he directed the Fine Arts Academy of Rome. He was a component for the selection of young artists at the 54th Venice Biennale 2011 run by Vittorio Sgarbi. In 2013 he founded the Accademia Dei Romani.

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