Franco Meloni
Italy (Italia)
http://www.francomeloni.com
category: Painting
technique: Acryl
Bio / Resumee / Statement:
About: Franco Meloni is a self-taught artist from Sardinia, borned in Cagliari, Italy, in 1970.
He expresses what he feels without rules, giving vent to his fantasies. He prefers to depict the negative �other-side� of oneself which normally people withhold. He is fascinated by imperfection, because it belongs to all of us. He paints dreams that come directly from his unconscious and his paintings and sculptures radiate life and passion through intensive colors. Technique(s): acrylic, oil, oil pastels, clay,
Activities:
CV: Selected Solo exhibitions:
2008 � New York- (U.S.A.) �Psychedelics� Broadway Gallery
2007 � Cagliari - (Italy) �Direct Way� Spazio P Gallery
2004 - Domus De Maria (Ca) - (Italy) �Free� Hotel �Le Meridien di Chia Laguna�
2003 - Pula, Santa Margherita (Ca) - (Italy) - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Colori in gioco\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Fort Village Resort
2002 - Cagliari, (Italy) La Bacheca Art Gallery
Selected Group exhibitions:
2009 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Un regard humoristique ou satirique sur les jambes contemporaines\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Chateau des Reaux, Chouzé sur Loire (France)
2008 Art Auction by Slotin Folk Art Auction,Historic Buford Hall in Buford GA (U.S.A.)
2008\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"ASK A Series - UNIVERSAL SOUL -Remedy- Boxheart and Moxie daDa Galleries, Pittsburgh (U.S.A.)
2008 Third annual Unfiltered show, Octane Gallery - Ferndale MI - (U.S.A.)
2008 Group exhibition, Outrageus Art Gallery - Edinburgh - (U.K.)
2008 - Los Angeles (U.S.A.), Infusion Gallery,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"International Raw Arts Festival\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2008 - Pittsburgh (U.S.A.), Box Heart Gallery,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The 7th Annual Art Inter/National\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2007 � Florence (Italy) International Biennal of Contemporary Art,Fortezza Da Basso, Sponsored and financed by Autonomus Region of Sardinia
2007 � Detroit (U.S.A.) Octane Photographic Studio Gallery �Unfiltered II�
2007 - Pittsburgh (U.S.A.), Box Heart Gallery,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The 6th Annual Art Inter/National\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2007 - New York (U.S.A.), Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"International Raw Arts Festival\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2006 - Valencia (Spain), Color Elefante Gallery, International Raw Arts Festival
2006 - Lastra a Signa, Villa Caruso, (Italy)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"International raw art exhibition� The other face of the moon\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2005 � Cremona (Italy) Arte Immagini Gallery ,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Quattro artisti Raw\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2005 - London (U.K.), Candid Arts Trust Gallery, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"International Raw Arts Festival\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2005 � Torino (Italy) Castello di Rivara, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Blog on Arthur Rimbaud\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2005 � Padova (Italy) VS Art Gallery,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Arte a Nord Est\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2004 � Parma (Italy) Galleria Alphacentauri
2004 � Torino (Italy) Associazione \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Aperto Torino\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"V Edizione Ateliers d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'arte Contemporanea\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2003 - Villanovaforru, Museo Del Territorio Sa Corona Arrubia (Italy) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Kentu Concas Kentu Berrittas\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2003 � Monza (Italy) Villa Zoia, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Interpretazione dell\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Arte e Comunicazione Globale\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
2002 � Villanovaforru (Ca) (Italy) � Bisso, Porpora e Carbone� Archeological Museum
Museums and Public Collections:
- Biblioteca Panizzi Gabinetto delle Stampe� �A.Davoli� Dino Menozzi�s Collection (six drawings permanently acquired) (Italy)
- Chateau des Reaux Loire ( one oainting permanently acquired) (France)
Essential bibliography
Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalogue Nov 2008
Los Angeles Times �The Guide�
Florence Biennal Catalogue 2007
Ai Margini dello Sguardo Catalogue 2007
Blog on Arthur Rimbaud Catalogue 2005
New York Arts Magazine Vol 13 n. 1/2
New York Arts Magazine, vol. 12, n. 1/2, n. 11/12
New York Arts Magazine, vol. 11, n. 5/6
Art Fairs International, vol. 2, n. 1/2, 5/6
The Tribune Review 21 jan 2007 section F
Raw Vision, n. 41, 52, 54, 57
Arte Moderna. L\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'arte contemporanea dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi, n. 41, 42.
Arte Naive Arte Marginale, n.68
Arte Mondadori 2006
On line: Selected Web Sites:
Saatchi Gallery - www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
New York Arts - www.nyartsmagazine.com
Mutual Art - www.mutualart.com
Region of Sardinia section �Cultura� - www.sardegnacultura.it
Animal Raw Arts Magazine - www.animalrawart.com
Tutto Veneto - www.tuttoveneto.it
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