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1932 Italy - 2001. Known for: Sculptor-found object, portrait.
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo Scanga's lithographs speak of the quality of light in Italy, where he was born in 1932. They also tell of life in America, where he has lived since his teens, as well as the cultural and physical landscape... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo Scanga's lithographs speak of the quality of light in Italy, where he was born in 1932. They also tell of life in America, where he has lived since his teens, as well as the cultural and physical landscape of New Mexico, where Scanga spent a summer in 1989 on a fellowship at the Tamarind Lithographic Institute. Italo Scanga works as an artist in many mediums. Like Scanga's personal origins, his works lead to thoughts of how many languages a single... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo Scanga's lithographs speak of the quality of light in Italy, where he was born in 1932. They also tell of life in America, where he has lived since his teens, as well as the cultural and physical landscape of New Mexico, where Scanga spent a summer in 1989 on a fellowship at the Tamarind Lithographic Institute. Italo Scanga works as an artist in many mediums. Like Scanga's personal origins, his works lead to thoughts of how many languages a single artist may use. One doesn't ordinarily think of lithographs as "talking," but that's an appropriate notion for the exuberant graphics of Italo... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Art Pottery
- •Bronze
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Charcoal
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Tempera
- •Wire
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
Art School
- •Pilchuck Glass School, Teacher/Artist in Residence
- •Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Albuquerque, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Art Enterprises Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts