  Ciro Fornaro 
Ciro Fornaro was born in Grottaglie (TA) in 1938, where he also took the High School Diploma at the Institute of Arts in the Ceramics section. He participates from many years to the national and international artistic life. He has been attending, since he was very young, the “workshop”, where he used to go to learn the craft, and this has contributed to his artistic training. His artistic curriculum is rich of acknowledgments to its job. He carries out at full time and in simbiosi with the artistic activity and research activity, cultural promotion about ceramics, organizing from 1989 to 1993 in its wide art gallery , situated in an evocative frantoio ipogeo, various editions of the International Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics, and more recently, some exposures of sculpture, painting and graphics, among which Mediterranean Magic in 2004 and GraphicArt in 2005.Exhibitions, competitions and personal exhibitions 1966-67-68 : Mostra della ceramica - Grottaglie (TA) – Awarded1972 : International Review “Lucanino” – Bologna – Awarded “Il Michelangelo d’oro” – Massa Carrara – Awarded International Sculpture Competition “Lanzone di corte” – Milano1974 : Art gallery “Esagono” – Lecce – Personal exhibition Art gallery “La casaccia” – Francavilla Fontana (BR) – Personal exhibition1975 : Mostra della ceramica”- Grottaglie (TA) – Awarded1976 : Prize “Città di Sanremo”1977 : National prize “Il Subbio” – Rho (MI) International competition “Il Quadrifoglio” – Art gallery “Il Quadrifoglio” – Armataggia 1978 : 3° Graphic review, Art gallery “La contemporanea” – Genova National competition “Invito al Circeo” 4° Review “Primavera” – Modern Art Museum – Dubrovnic International contemporary pottery competition “L’uomo e la città” – Gualdo Tadino (PG) – 2nd prize1982 : International art pottery competition – Faenza (RA) Expoarte – Bari Mediterranean ceramic competition - Grottaglie (TA) - Awarded1983 : Mediterranean ceramic competition - Grottaglie (TA) – Awarded1986 : Mediterranean ceramic competition - Grottaglie (TA) – 1° Prize Document exhibition “Homage to Angelo Peluso” - Grottaglie (TA)1987-1989-1991-1993 : International contemporary ceramic biennal - Il Diagramma - Grottaglie (TA) (4 editions)1988 : “Ceramica oggi” - Comune di Monte San Savino (AR)1995 : Personal exhibitions - Il Diagramma - Grottaglie (TA)1999-2000 : Macef Milano - Design pavilion2003 : Collective exhibition “Convergenze” - Palagianello (TA)2004 : 11th Mediterranean ceramic competition : il Bianco e il Blu - Episcopal Castle - Grottaglie (TA) “Identità del contemporaneo” - Stella Caracciolo Castle - Palagianello (TA)
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