MARINO MARINELLI - Italy -

CONTACTS: Lives and works in Trieste, at Via Antonio Baiamonti 101.
Tel. 040.830.544 – e.mail: marinelli.md@libero.it

Aurum Nostrum

The Cave

acrylic, pastels and colored pencils on cotton paper cm 43.5 x 64.5

acrylic, pastel and pencil on linen canvas cm 95 x 109

Glimmers

acrylic, pastels and colored pencils on cotton paper cm 43.2 x 64.6

acrylic, pastels and colored pencils on cotton paper cm 43.5 x 64.5

Elixir

Introspection

acrylic, pastels on cotton canvas cm 95 x 100

acrylic, pastels and colored pencils on cotton paper cm 43.5 x 64.5

His Biography

MARINO MARINELLI was born in Trieste on February 23, 1954.

After completing scientific high school studies, he graduated in architecture from I.U.A.V. in Venice.
The beginnings of his artistic activity (early seventies) were influenced by an interest in Impressionist painting and his first works interpreted the most typical aspects of the local landscape, filtered and mediated by the emotional impression aroused.
Later, his interest in alchemy and esotericism led him to a gradual transition towards his current forms of artistic expression.
He held his first solo exhibition in 1976. Subsequently, he participated in several national and international competitions, receiving awards and recognition, and exhibited in both group and solo shows in various Italian cities.

Curriculum Vitae

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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1976
* “C. Sofianopulo” Hall, Trieste
1978
* “Il Carso” Club, Trieste
* “Tavolozza d’Oro” Art Gallery, Trieste
* Haarlem Gallery, Padua
1979
* “Mazzini” Art Gallery, Genoa
* Azienda Autonoma di Cura e Soggiorno, Grado (Gorizia)
* “San Rocco” Auditorium, Grado (Gorizia)
1980
* Art Mondial Gallery, Milan
1981
* Municipal Art Hall, Trieste
* “Boccadasse” Art Gallery, Genoa
1984
* Art Expo Brescia, Brescia
* “Vicolo Quartirolo” Gallery, Bologna
1990
* Municipal Art Hall, Trieste
1991
* “Vicolo Quartirolo” Gallery, Bologna
1994
* Studio Gnaccarini, Bologna
1998
* F.V.G. Regional Airport, Ronchi dei Legionari (Gorizia)
2000
* Art Gallery, Trieste
2001
* A.P.T. Trieste Exhibition Halls, Sistiana Headquarters (TS)
2003
* Municipal Art Hall – Trieste
2006
* “Onefit” Center – Monza
* Rondò dei Pini – Monza
2007
* “Leonardo da Vinci” Cultural Center – San Donà di Piave (VE)

Recent group exhibitions

2006 - Art Periscope, Czestochowa (Poland)
- Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation (Venice) – October 2006
2007 - “Gymnasium” Club – Trieste
- Triestine Art Autumn Salon – Costanzi Palace – Trieste
2008 - Mulitsch Competition - Gorizia

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Claudio H. Martelli:
“Twentieth Century Triestine Artists”
ADA – Trieste, 1979

Art Expo Brescia
Expo Catalogue
Ente Italia Artistica – Trescai, 1981

Claudio H. Martelli:
“Artists of Trieste, Isontino, Istria and Dalmatia”
Hammerle Editore – Trieste, 1985

“John Paul II in Trieste”
Vita Nuova Editions – Trieste, 1992

Claudio H. Martelli:
“Dictionary of Artists of Trieste, Isontino, Istria and Dalmatia”
Hammerle Editore – Trieste, 1996

“From Trieste to Trieste”
Municipality of Trieste – Trieste, 2000.
Among others, the following have written about him:

Milko Bambic, Sergio Brossi, Aldo Castelpietra, Orfango Campigli, Luigi Danelutti, Elio Marcianò, Claudio H. Martelli, Sergio Micalesco, Lorenzo Michelli, Carlo Milic, Sergio Molesi, Giulio Montenero, Alerino Musiani, Gabriella Niero, Livio Officia, Silvia Ramini, Antongiulio Rizzo, Ardea Stanisic.

The Critique

“…he is a man who has embarked on an adventurous journey within his own existence to seek rules, considerations, universal thoughts. These are expressed in his pictorial constructs... They are dark and obscure, they tell us of a descent into the recesses of the psyche and the soul, where crucibles, chalices, loopholes, initiatory ritual signs for introspection, for meditation appear.” (Lorenzo Micheletti – “Il Piccolo”)

“…Marino Marinelli has titled his exhibition “Towards Higher Worlds” and has presented recent works with a surrealist atmosphere that testify to the point reached by this interesting artist who took his first steps in the mid-seventies and who has been able to evolve his language through various phases of research. Today it can certainly be said that the high level achieved is also the result of his architectural studies and his applications in the field of construction and design, which have allowed him to achieve a precise sense of space…” (Antongiulio Rizzo – “ArteCultura” June 2003)

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