Calogero Salemi Biography
ALOGERO SALEMI was born in Racalmuto (AG) in 1966. Self-taught, always passionate about art, he dedicated himself to painting and sculpture, obtaining various acclaim from critics over the years. At a very young age he began with drawings and works made with tempera, pastels and ink, then it was the turn of oil on canvas and his first sculptures in wood and stone. At the age of twenty-one he held his first solo exhibition at the Racalmuto municipal building. He spent his youth in his beloved Sicily and in 1990 he moved to Brianza. He is very attached to his homeland, where he returns every summer, but he is also in love with the colors of Brianza. In Brianza he met the painters Lorenzo Piemonti, Fernado Carcupino, Lino Brunelli, Angelo Fumagalli, Carlo Riva, Aldo Saruggia, Fernando Moscatelli, and other artists. He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions in the municipalities of Vimercate, Monza, Besana Brianza, Selinunte, etc. In June 1999 in Carate B.za he organized a collective exhibition in Villa Cusani which included among the participants the aforementioned artists and the painter FN Carcupino to whom he was linked by a deep friendship which would last until his death in 2003. In addition to that of Racalmuto already mentioned, he held other solo exhibitions: June 2000 in Macherio (MI); February 2003 in Lissone at the Palazzo del Mobile “Cento firme” presented by the art critic Dr. Renato Tomasina, obtaining numerous acclaim from the public and critics, and December 2006 in Carate B.za (Costa Lambro) at the “Taverna degli artists". He has participated in numerous competitions, obtaining among others a second prize in February 2000 at the "Premio Efebo", awarded in September 2001 at the 40th national competition "Agnate", third prize in February 2001 at the national competition "Premio arte 2001" Cral Poste Milano, and mentions in 2002, 2004 and 2006 at the international “Premio Agazzi” competition in Mapello. The latest success in the field of sculpture is the 1st Prize "Sant'Anatalone Sculpture Competition" organized by the PRO LOCO of Carate B.za where the president of the judging commission was Lorenzo Piemonti, in September 2007. of Turin.
