CURRICULUM
Since I was a child
I always have loved to draw and to paint. 13 years old I was pupil of Luce and Elica Balla (daughters of futuristic Giacomo Balla). I attended collective exhibitions in Rome on
1977-78 and I won the absolute first TEVERE EXPO’1978 Award.
1978. My first comics were published.
Illustrator since 1985.
Teacher of pictorial techniques at:
International School of Comics in Rome, CSR of Enrico Cogno in
Milan, Arte Design Tecnica in Milan, Scuola Italiana del Fumetto in Milan, Dimensione Artistica Tortonese in Tortona and .
2003 September I
was invited to show 5 paintings to the International Exhibition of Contemporary
Art in the Museum of the Risorgimento, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
2006 February I met
Dr. Daniela Clerici, the Director of “Arte”
Magazine, Cairo Editore. Her magazine published
an editorial: "The hyperrealism of Mario Cossu".
I was selected by the Scientific Committee of the Art Catalog 2006 of Giorgio
Mondadori Editore and obtained a Diploma of
Merit at the "Pemio Arte" 2006 with
the painting “La pausa”.
Ottober 2007. My oil on panel "Bergamo High
in the Snow" won a Certificate of Merit to "Premio Arte
2007" and was published in the September issue of the magazine "Arte”,
Cairo Editore
2008 February.
Galleries Thomas Charles Phoenix (Arizona) host my paintings for an exhibition
touring in States. I illustrated a book of fairy tales in Belgium.
2015. Exhibition
with Galleries ORLER.
2017. I within to
be part of the association “Painters of Bagutta”
of Milano.
2018. I designed
scenes from the life of Saint Carlo Acutis,
which were carved in the stone of His monument, in the Church of Santa Maria
Maggiore in Assisi.
My works were
reproduced for:
ADVERTISING AND
PACKAGING
COOP
Cirio
Plasmon
Epson
Ice creams Orlandi
Nikky
Verkade
Rita Federici
Pentel
Monder
Mattel
European Web
Rovagnati
Sportitalia Club
A42
Akuel
Other ones
PUBLISHING
Covers and humorous
vignettes for the comics magazine Totem
COMICS:
LIST magazine,
story in serial form “The Secret Friend”;
PANOROMA satirical
story;
Political satire on
regional magazines.
HISTORY OF OLIMPICS
(Corriere dello Sport-Stadio) strips on the newspaper.
HISTORY OF ROME,
Champion of Italy (Book of Corriere dello Sport-Stadio)
COMICS
COLLABORATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES:
Editiones Futuro (Spain),
Editorial New Comics (Spain), Aventures et
Voyages (France)
COVER OF THE
MAGAZINES:
Blue
Lanciostory
Xmas issue of Astra
(Rizzoli)
Astrella
INSIDE
ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE MAGAZINES:
Astra (Rizzoli)
Playmen
Cioé
Debby
Ciao Donna
Mattissimo
Bolina
Bella
Autocapital
Tuttostelle
Donna Moderna.
Argos
Video Magazine
Grand'Hotel
Beatyful
Week-end La Repubblica
Illustrations and
comics for teen-agers magazine Rimmell (Tattilo publisher)
BOOK-COVERS AND FOR:
Cover of Astra anni '90 (Rizzoli)
Covers of Club degli Editori
Covers of Club Euroclub
Cover of Club
Mondadori (FedericoLuci)
Covers of Club Piccoli -Il Mandarino
Cover of Club Solfanelli
Cover of Club
Sperling & Kupfer
Guerini e Associati
Inside illustration
for the book on Dinosaurs of De Agostini publisher
Inside illustration
for the book on Opera of Do. Gi. publisher
All the
illustrations of the pictures book of Mago Silvan
of De Agostini publisher
6 illustrated
Calendars for "Il Soldatino" studio:
Together with Manara for "Il Soldatino"
studio: Scania trucks Plate
Illustrations for
cards, exercise-books etc. for Cartiere Pigna
COVERS AND INSIDE
ILLUSTRATIONS of a book of Fairy Tales by Perrault, published by Caramel
(Belgium) and adopted as a textbook in Canada.
COVERS AND INSIDE
ILLUSTRATIONS OF 7 CHILDREN BOOKS, Del Drago publisher
COVERS AND INSIDE
ILLUSTRATIONS OF 5 BOOKS OF THE SERIES "KNOW TO FEEL GOOD" Guerini & Associati publisher:
"The tic"
" High blood pressure
"
" Depression,
anxiety, insomnia "
" The prostate "
" Brain stroke "
COVER AND INSIDE
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GAME: "Il gioco della vita" for Guerini &Associati publisher
ALL THE COVERS OF
THE MAGAZINE PRODUZIONE & CULTURA, by National Writers’ Union CGIL CISL
UIL), in the years '95,' 96,'97, 98, 99.
232 PICTURES
ILLUSTRATED BOOK "COMO VAI A SAÙDE?" FOR THE S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY,
published by Guerini & Associated,
supported by UNESCO.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF
CHILDREN'S BOOKS PUBLISHED BY DO.GI. FOR MONDADORI.
BLESSED CARLO
ACUTIS
About 600
illustrations for books, published by Edizioni San
Paolo, Elledici and others, and web sites
about Carlo Acutis. He was a fantastic boy,
died of leukemia at 15, with a great gift of Faith in Christ. He was declared
first Servant of God and then Venerable, he will soon be beatified.
Mysteriously in a flash he became famous all over the world, especially in
Latin America and, with him, the exhibition he invented on the Eucharistic
Miracles in the world.
I participated with
drawings and writings in the drafting of some panels of this exhibition and the
PP presentations necessary for the conferences, held in various parts of the
Globe, to celebrate Carlo.
COVERS OF VIDEOCASSETTES
Titanus
Other Studios
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