Antonio
Sgarbossa
MEETING WITH PAINTING
Antonio Sgarbossa was born in 1945 in Fontaniva.
His work experience began at the age of 12 when a ceramics workshop opened near his house. There, young painters painted views of tourist destinations on the ceramic plates, especially Venice, the most famous and most visited city in the Veneto.
His parents did not hesitate to encourage him in this and so during the school holidays Antonio was able to enjoy a pleasurable and exciting experience, allowing his natural vocation as a painter to emerge with astrong interest in ways of communicating and the discovery of light, as well as figurative and abstract art.
In the 1970s he took part for the first time in the Art Fair in Padua and exhibited his paintings in the Art Gallery “Il Tempo” , Conselve, where he met the art critic Paolo Rizzi. On this occasion he was also introduced to various local Veneto and national Italian gallery owners including the painter and gallery owner Cesare Rotini, also known as Metastasio, with whom he was later to develop a good working relationship.
Of interest is his fortunate meeting with the critic Renzo Spagnoli, owner of the Spagnoli Gallery in Florence, who organised an Arts Week in holiday villages aroundOstuni in Puglia and Simeri in Calabria, to which he invited a considerable number ofguests. These included a dozen or so painters, ready to show their art, some hundreds of collectors from his gallery coming from all over Europe and up and coming professionals such as the showman Rosario Fiorello, the art historian Giovanni Faccenda, the television presenter and art expert Alessandro Gea, art and show business expert Gianluca Gaudio and other well-known persons from the world of artists.
Antonio Sgarbossa carries out his work in his workshop in Via Mazzini 12/1, Fontaniva PD.
MEETING WITH PAINTING
Antonio Sgarbossa was born in 1945 in Fontaniva.
His work experience began at the age of 12 when a ceramics workshop opened near his house. There, young painters painted views of tourist destinations on the ceramic plates, especially Venice, the most famous and most visited city in the Veneto.
His parents did not hesitate to encourage him in this and so during the school holidays Antonio was able to enjoy a pleasurable and exciting experience, allowing his natural vocation as a painter to emerge with astrong interest in ways of communicating and the discovery of light, as well as figurative and abstract art.
In the 1970s he took part for the first time in the Art Fair in Padua and exhibited his paintings in the Art Gallery “Il Tempo” , Conselve, where he met the art critic Paolo Rizzi. On this occasion he was also introduced to various local Veneto and national Italian gallery owners including the painter and gallery owner Cesare Rotini, also known as Metastasio, with whom he was later to develop a good working relationship.
Of interest is his fortunate meeting with the critic Renzo Spagnoli, owner of the Spagnoli Gallery in Florence, who organised an Arts Week in holiday villages aroundOstuni in Puglia and Simeri in Calabria, to which he invited a considerable number ofguests. These included a dozen or so painters, ready to show their art, some hundreds of collectors from his gallery coming from all over Europe and up and coming professionals such as the showman Rosario Fiorello, the art historian Giovanni Faccenda, the television presenter and art expert Alessandro Gea, art and show business expert Gianluca Gaudio and other well-known persons from the world of artists.
Antonio Sgarbossa carries out his work in his workshop in Via Mazzini 12/1, Fontaniva PD.
LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
- 1976 – First one-man exhibition.Il Fiore Gallery. Bassano del Grappa. Vicenza
- 1996 – Vicenza Fair. Il Fiore Gallery. Bassano del Grappa. Vicenza.
- 1996 – One-man exhibition. Il Mulino Gallery. Asiago, Vicenza.
- 1998 – Padua Fair. Il Tempo Gallery. Conselve Padua.
- 1998 – Collective group exhibition. Montecarlo Ottagono Arte. Montecarlo. Principato di Monaco.
- 1999 – One-man exhibition. Rotini Gallery. San Gimignano. Siena.
- 1999 – One-man exhibition. City of Padua.
- 1999 – Collective group exhibition. Palazzo Piasenti . Cavarzere, Padua
- 1999 – Collective group exhibition. Miniquadro. Agna, Padua
- 1999 – Fairs in Padua/Bari/Pordenone/Reggio Emilia/Forte dei Marmi. Rotini Gallery
- 2000 – Fairs in Padua/Bari/Pordenone/Reggio Emilia/Forte dei Marmi. Rotini Gallery
- 2000 – National Exhibition ” Lodovico Morando” sponsored by Giovanni Rana. Garda. Verona.
- 2000 – Simeri. Arts week. Spagnoli Gallery. Catanzaro.
- 2000 – Ostuni. Arts week. Spagnoli Gallery. Bridisi.
- 2001 – Fairs in Padua/Bari/Pordenone/Reggio Emilia/Forte dei Marmi. Rotini Gallery
- 2002 – Fairs in Padua/Bari/Pordenone/Reggio Emilia/Forte dei Marmi. Rotini Gallery
- 2002 – One-man exhibition. Centro Emporium. Il Tempo Gallery, Padua.
- 2003 – Fairs in Padua/Bari/Pordenone/Reggio Emilia/Forte dei Marmi. Rotini Gallery
- 2004 – National Exhibition ” Accademia Anascarte” Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna.
- 2004 – Kunst Wien. Artesegno Gallery. Vienna
- 2004 – One-man exhibition. Le Fontanelle Gallery. Carpi. Modena.
- 2004 – Check point. Palazzo Frisacco. Artesegno Gallery. Udine
- 2004 – One-man exhibition. Artesegno Gallery. Udine
- 2005 – One-man exhibition. Moggio Udinese. Artesegno Gallery. Udine
- 2005 – One-man exhibition. Festival of the Argentine Tango ”tra note e colori” Caffe Pedrocchi. Padua.
- 2005 – First prize “Gino Rossi” competition. Crocetta Del Montello, Treviso
- 2005 – One-man exhibition. Artesegno Gallery. Udine
- 2006 – Contemporary Masters ”Presenze negli ultimi 40 anni” Tolmezzo, Udine
- 2006 – Vicenza Fair. Falpa Arts promotion. Bergamo
- 2006 – One-man exhibition. Gelare Art Gallery. Gela. Palermo.
- 2007 – Fair of the Orient. Frida Arte. Bari.
- 2008 – One-man exhibition. ”La Donna” Palazzo Zuckermann Museum. Padua.
- 2008 – One-man exhibition. Bari Gallery. Bari.
- 2009 – One-man exhibition. Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste
- 2009 – One-man exhibition. L’Escale Art Gallery. Spilimbergo, Udine
- 2009 – Exhibition of “Contemporary Master painters” Gela Art Gallery.
- 2010 – CCollective Group exhibition of paintings ”La sposa nel vento” Art Immagine
- 2010 – One-man exhibition, Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste
- 2010 – One-man exhibition. ”Attimi riflessi” Ortarte Gallery. Orta San Giulio, Novara
- 2010 – One-man exhibition. Palazzo Oddo Museum. Albenga. Falpa Arts promotion, Bergamo
- 2010 – One-man exhibition. European Parliament. ASP Building, Bruxelles, Belgium
- 2010 – One-man exhibition. Gipsoteca del Canova. Possagno. Treviso.
- 2010 – One-man exhibition. Moon & Cid. Palazzo Murat. Bari
- 2010 – One-man exhibition. Monreale. Civic Modern Art Gallery ” Giuseppe Sciortino”. Palermo.
European parliament exhibition
Anil Celio - President "Padovani nel Mondo"
He has organized one-man exhibitions in Padua and at the European Parliament in Brussels
- 2011 – One-man exhibition, Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste.
- 2011 – One-man exhibition, La Fontanella Gallery. Carpi Modena.
- 2011 – One-man exhibition. L’Escale Art Gallery. Spilimbergo. Udine
- 2012 – One-man exhibition. Palazzo La Gran Guardia. Padova Municipal Offices
- 2012 – National Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Mesagne.
- 2012 – Permanent display in The National Museum of Ukrainian Art in LVIV .Leopoli.
- 2012 – One-man exhibition. Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste
- 2012 – One-man exhibition. La Fontanella Gallery. Carpi Modena.
- 2012 – Collettiva. Raccolta d’Arte Bossolasco. Cuneo.
- 2013 – One-man exhibition. Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste
- 2013 – ”Presenze” First International Biennale in Palermo
- 2014 – One-man exhibition. Samonà Gallery. Council for Culture. Padua Municipality.
- 2015 – One-man exhibition. Manni Art Gallery. Venice Lido, Venice
- 2015 – Art exhibition. Forte village Resort. Sardegna. Mazzoleni Foundation Mazzoleni
- 2015 – Art exhibition. JW Marriott Venice. Mazzoleni Foundation
- 2016 – One-man exhibition. Manni Art Gallery. Venice
- 2016 – One-man exhibition. Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste.
- 2018 – One-man exhibition. Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste.
- 2019 – One-man exhibition. Contemporary Art Salon. Trieste.
- 2019 – One-man exhibition. Marostica Castle -Sala Grande- Marostica, Vicenza.
MY PAINTINGS ARE CURRENTLY EXHIBITED
In The Civic Gallery of the Mayors at Trieste, where portraits of Roberto Dipiazza, Riccardo Illy, Giulio Stafieri and Arduino Agnelli, all Mayors of Trieste, can be found.
Other paintings can also be seen in The Civic Gallery of Modern Art “Giuseppe Sciortino” at Monreale Palermo.
In The National Museum of Ukrainian Art in LVIV. Leopoli.
And in the museum “Nature, Life, Legend” at Bossolasco, Cuneo.
