Pio Carlone was born in Bari, Italy in 1939.
After he graduated from Bari Institute of Arts, in 1962 he moved to
Florence and studied Set Design at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1966 he
graduated from the Academy. The flood in Florence of the same year forced
him to move to Rome. There he started his career as a painter and set designer
and meeting masters like Caputo, Muccini, Quattrucci , Turcato. In
the early Seventies he took part in several group exhibitions and solos
shows in prominent art galleries of Rome and, later, in France, Germany
and USA. In Rome, he designed posters and sets for actor-director William
Berger at Teatro De’Servi, and for Academy Award Roberto Benigni.
In 1976, Pio was invited to hold a one man exhibition at Holdsworth
Gallery in Sydney. The astonishing beauty of Australia inspired him to
establish himself in Sydney and, in 1979, he obtained the Australian citizenship.
The Sydney Harbour, the Pacific Ocean, the Australian Desert,
Still Lives and Female Nudes, are the main subjects of his work.
The artist lives and works in Sydney
Exhibitions Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney 1977, Art Gallery of NSW Wynnie Prize Sydney
1978. Art Gallery of NSW, Wynnie Prize, Sydney 1979. Bloomfield Galleries,
Sydney 1980. Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize, Sydney 1982. Bloomfield Galleries,
Sydney 1982. Art Gallery of NSW 50th Anniversary of Harbour Bridge,
Sydney 1982. Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney 1983. NSW Art Gallery, 10th Anniversary
of the Opera House, Sydney 1984. Art Gallery of N.S.W, “The Artist
and the City”, Sydney 1984. Gold Coast Art Prize, Queensland 1985. Barry
Stern Galleries, Sydney 1985. Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney 1986. Eddie
Glastra Galleries. Sydney 1987. Ansett Golden Wing Australia, 1988- 1990
. Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Queensland 1990. Valerie Cohen Gallery,
Sydney 1995. Sydney Art Gallery, Sydney 1997. Sydney Art Gallery, Sydney
1998. The Sydney Art Gallery, Sydney 1999. Norton Gallery, Sydney 2001.
Norton Gallery, Sydney 2002. Norton Gallery, Sydney 2003. Finalist
for Cromwell’s Art Prize 2005. Galleria d’Arte Spazio Giardino, Roma
1971. Il Buco, Roma 1972. Honeycomb Gallery, Providence Rhode Island, USA
1972.
Overseas: Dorothy Rodges Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 1972. Studio Ariete,
Roma 1973. Nuova Taras, Taranto Italy 1974. Residence Le Cannelle, L’Aquila,
Italy 1974. Rue Grignan Gallerie, Marseille, France 1975. Staatgalerie,
Munich, Germany 1975. Le Muse. Bologna , Italy 1976. Roses, Bari, Italy
2006. Italian Embassy, Canberra. Retrospective, 2007.
Collections Haymen Island Resort. ING Australia. Transfield Holdings. Regional
Gallery of Contemprary Art, Swan Hill, Victoria. Australian Gas Company.
Cineriz Rome. Cit Travel Australia. City of Taranto, Italy. EL Australia
Pty. General Textile Sydney Pty. Herpet Cooper Stock Brokers. Integrated
Vision Pty Sydney. Lowenstein Accountants. Matsumoto Industry Tokyo. McCann
Erickson Advertising. Odyssey House Rehabilitation Centre. Shaw Stock Brokers,
Sydney. Puzzle Australia. The Dexter Lane Group Boston, MA. USA. Westmead
Children Hospital, Sydney.
Bibliography Sydney Morning Herald. The Bulletin. The Australian. The Sun Herald.
The Daily Telegraph. The Oral History of Australia, NSW
State Library. ‘The Sydney Harbour Bridge’ 1932-1982’, Angus
& Robertson. The University of Adelaide Library.
Italian Bibliography : Bolaffi . Il Vantaggio. Corriere della sera,
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. Il Tempo. Il Messaggero. Paese Sera. Il Mezzogiorno.
Momento Sera . Il Giornale d’Italia. Pubblications: ‘ Poor Food’, by Pio carlone, Sydney. ‘La
scatola dei colori’ by Pio Carlone, Wip Edizioni, Italy 2006.
