Paolo D'orazio Biography
Paolo D'Orazio was born in Chieti in 1944 and became passionate about silk-screen art during a trip to the USA in 1966, where he was lucky enough to meet famous artists such as Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. In 1968 he opened his first studio in Rome and dedicated himself to the creation of psychedelic sets for clubs such as the Piper Club and the Titan Club. In 1969, the poet Giuseppe Ungaretti wrote him a poem for the book he conceived and illustrated entitled "Hellade '70".
In 1970, he was invited to the "Experimental Pavilion" of the Venice Biennale for his research in the field of screen printing. In 1974, he wrote the manifesto "Sensitivity" and founded a group of artists called "Mappa". In 1978, he became a professor of painting techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in L'Aquila, where he held a course on mosaic. In 1980, he designed the cover of the album "Letters from prison" for Ennio Morricone.
In 1984, he held his first exhibition abroad at the Apicella gallery in Bonn, Germany. In 1986, he was invited to the XI Quadrennial in Rome and created "The Way of the Cross" in mosaic for the St Michael Church in Waldbrol, still in Germany. In 1990, he wrote the manifesto "Politics as a place of interaction of artistic, scientific and philosophical thoughts" with Martino Branca and Gianfranco Moltedo. In 1996, he became coordinator and deputy artistic director of the Metro Roma Art Project.
Paolo D'Orazio has always combined his passion for art with teaching. Between 1998 and 1999 he taught decoration at the Academy of Fine Arts of Lecce and Bari. Since 2007, he has held the chair of decoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.
