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Biography

Marco De Luca graduated from the State Art School for Mosaic in Ravenna in 1968 and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna where he graduated in 1975. From 1976 to 2002 he taught painting and mosaic with the State Art School for Mosaic in Ravenna.

In 2007 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts of Ravenna.

Solo Exhibitions

1996 “Opere Musive” Mosaic Bech-Kleinmacher Gallery, Luxemburg
2000 Arte Studio Gallery, Udine
2002 “Ascoltare il Mosaico” Patrizia Poggi Gallery, Ravenna
2002 “Ascoltare il Mosaico” Arte Studio Gallery, Udine
2003 “Mediterraneo” The Library of Alexandria, Egypt
2003 “Aquae Lucis” Patrizia Poggi Gallery, Ravenna
2004 Mosaic: Saint Eman Chapel, Chartres, France
2005 Arte Studio Gallery, Udine

Group Exhibitions

1969 1st International student’s prize for artistic high schools and art institutes for painting, Palazzo Reale, Milan
1976 Participation at the first modern mosaic exhibition, Ravenna
1980 Pollak Chapel, University of Pavia
1986 “Ortografia Mosaico”, Art First Fair, Bologna
1988 Curated and organized the exhibit “I mosaici di Ravenna” for the Municipality of Ravenna in S. Francisco, USA
1990 “Loggetta”, Municipal Gallery, Ravenna
1990 “Musica da Camera”, Istanbul
1990 “Paraxò 90″, Municipality of Andora, Savona
1993 “De Umbris Idearum”, Galleria dei Tribunali, Bologna
1993 “Mediterranea”, Toni de Rossi Studio, Abitare il Tempo fair, Verona
1994 “Collettiva”, Ozaru, Hokkaido, Japan
1994 “L’arte del Mosaico”, Palazzo della Provincia, Ravenna
1994 “Il Viandante”, Galleria dei Tribunali, Bologna
1995 “Ravenna Bella Dentro”, Palazzo della Provincia, Ravenna
1997 The Romagna Art Biennial, Cesena
1997 “Nuove Contaminazioni 2″, Udine
1997 “Sculture per S. Leo e per Cagliostro” (in collaboration with Arnaldo Pomodoro), S. Leo
1998 “Nuove Contaminazioni 3″, Udine
1998 “Trasalimenti” Castelbasso, Teramo
2000 Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, England
2000 Graves Gallery, Arts Sheffield, England
2000 “Giomavepa”, Crous-Beaux Art Gallery, Paris
2001 “Opus 5″, Paray-Le-Monial, France
2006 Collective exhibit in Concordia Saggittaria, Venezia
2007 “Mosaici contemporanei nei luoghi del mosaico antico”, Quarto d’Altino
2007 “Biennale de la mosaìque”, Obernai
2008 “International exhibition of Mosaic”, Artplay, Moscow

Publications

1989 “Il Mosaico per immagini”, Edizioni Essegi

Restoration Work

1996 Participation as restorer for the exhibition “Mosaici di Via d’Azeglio” in Ravenna working with the ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets and with the Superintendence of Archaeological assets of Emilia Romagna.