Teodosio Magnoni Biography
Teodosio Magnoni was born in 1934 in the city of Offanengo, in the province of Cremona. After completing his studies at the Carrara Art Academy in Bergamo, where he specialized in painting, he moved abroad for extended stays in Switzerland, Spain and Sweden. In 1959 he settled in Rome, where he came into contact with the artistic avant-gardes of the time.
In the 1970s Magnoni undertook research aimed at highlighting the emptying of space, rather than its occupation. Precisely in this period he expanded his research to sculpture. The artist questions the concept of transformation of space into place and sculpture as a place in itself, as well as the significant void.
In 1954 he participated in the Dalmine Prize, an event which constituted one of the first opportunities to make his talent known. In 1965 he held his first solo exhibition at the La Salita gallery in Rome. During his career, he also participated in the Venice Biennale (in 1976 and 1978), in the exhibition at the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen (in 1978) and in the Rome Quadrennial (in 1986).
Among his anthologies, memorable were those held at the Palazzo dei Consoli in Gubbio (1987), in the ancient city of Venzone (1992), at the Center for Contemporary Art in Umbertide (1996) and at the Municipal Art Gallery of Cesena (2001).
Over the course of his career, he has created important works of sculpture, including those exhibited at the FAO Palace in Rome (in 1999), at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Maglione (Turin, in 1999), at the Casa Circondariale of Rossano Calabro ( in 2002), for Fiumicino Airport (in 2003), for the Guardia di Finanza Barracks in Campobasso and for the Giovanni XXIII Gallery in Rome (in 2007).
Since 1985 Magnoni has lived in Sutri and Viterbo, where he works and develops his artistic research. In 2009 he was elected member of the National Academy of San Luca.
