Nunzio Di Stefano Biography
Born in 1954 in Cagnano Amiterno, Abruzzo. He moved to Rome, the city where he lives and works, to study at the Institute and Academy of Fine Arts. In 1977 he graduated in Scenography with T. Scialoja. He is among the artists who established their studio in the former Cerere pasta factory, in the Roman district of San Lorenzo, which became a vital center of the city's and international artistic culture. Together with D. Bianchi, B. Ceccobelli, G. Dessì, G. Gallo and P. Pizzi Cannella he created the Scuola di San Lorenzo. In these years he created irregular shapes in plaster and works in wood and cast lead sheets organized into regular shapes. He exhibited for the first time at the Galleria Spazio in Bolzano (1981), subsequently presenting his first solo exhibition in Rome at the Galleria L'Attico (1984) where he returned to exhibit in 1986 and 1988. He took part in several of the most important national and international including: “Ateliers” at the Pastificio Cerere in Rome (1984), “Italie aujourd'hui” at the Center National d'Art Contemporain in Nice (1985), “Nuove trame dell'arte” in Gennazzano, “Anniottanta” in Imola , Ravenna and Rimini, “The new Roman school” at the Galerie Bleich-Rossi in Graz, the Venice Biennale, in the “Aperto” section (1986), the Rome Quadrennial (1986), “Dionysian Geometries” at the Rotonda in via Besana in Milan (1988), “Ottanta-Novanta” in Monreale (1992), “Cose d'Arte per Casa d'Arte” at the AAM Architettura Arte Moderna in Rome (1995), “Partito Preso: The architect and the artist in comparison on an emblematic theme. The expansion of spaces and functions of the GNAM” in Rome (1996-1997). Over the years he has presented numerous solo exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including the most important: at the Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Modena (1987) and at the Galleria dell'Oca in Rome (1991) where he exhibited a series of abstract works on paper. In confirmation of the criticism of his artistic career he received several official awards including: the 2000 Award for the best young artist in the "Aperto" section of the Venice Biennale (1986) and the President of the Republic Award for Sculpture (1998) designated by the 'National Academy of San Luca of which he has been a member since 2008.
