Bruno A. Surdo

Bruno A. Surdo was born in Chicago, Illinois. Early in his life, he showed great interest in art and the work of Renaissance masters. At the age of fifteen, Bruno moved with his family to Bari, Italy, where he began his formal art training. At the Liceo Artistico di Bari, Bruno studied drawing and art history and decided to pursue art as his career. Bruno continued his education in the United States and has continued to incorporate the techniques of the great masters in all off his work. He is regularly commissioned for portraits, landscapes, still lifes and figurative and allegorical compositions.


Education

Studio Cecil-Graves, Florence, Italy 1997
Atelier Lack, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1983-1986
Atelier Prohl, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1983
American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois 1981-1983
Liceo Artistico di Bari, Bari, Italy 1980


Collections

Mr. And Mrs. Tom Brakke
Mrs. Betsy Colburn
The College of Lake County
Little Rock Art Center
Mr. Michael Diemand and Ms. Lori LaRose
Mr. Michael Staab and Ms. Kathy Brock
Mr. Bruce Leep
Mr. And Mrs. Frank Tzurect
Mrs. Mary Foley
Mrs. Rosalyn Carlson
Mrs. Mimmey Turney
Mrs. Janet Long Halstead
Mr. and Mrs. Myles Kerrigan
Honorable and Mrs. Edwin Berman
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gage
Northrop Art Museum
Past Present and Future Company
Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Monastero
Mrs. Claudia Rush
Dr. Marc Miller
Mr. Leonard Goldberg

Awards and Honors

Evanston and Vicinity Artists Show, Honorable Mention Award

Bruno's Sample Works:


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Selected Exhibitions

Evanston Art Center, Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston, Illinois 1998
Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1998
Bruno Surdo- A Personal View, University of Wisconsin 1996
Bruno Surdo Recent Works, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois 1995
Aids in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 1995
Life, Hope and Struggle, Chicago Cultural Center 1995
Spiritual Inquiries- Struve Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1995
Recent Works, 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, Illinois 1994
Go Figure- Figurative Works on Paper at Chicago Printmakers Collaborative 1994
Studio in the Woods Annual Exhibition, Wauconda, Illinois 1990
Italian-American Artists Group Show, Chicago, Illinois 1989
Portraits: A Contemporary View, Chicago, Illinois 1989
Sacred Arts Ten, Chicago, Illinois 1989
Sacred Arts Ten Traveling Show, Chicago, Illinois 1989
Municipal Art League Group Show, Chicago, Illinois 1989
Bruno A. Surdo:An Italian Perspective, One Man Show-Palette and Chisel Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1988

Publications

Best of Portrait Painting, by Rachel Wolf, Northlight Publications, 1998.
Visions of the Present, Techniques of the Past, " by Bruno Surdo, Oil Highlights-Figures, January 1996.
"Life, Hope and Struggle," by Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 17, 1995.
"Bruno Surdo: Creating Art for Life's Sake," by Lucia Mauro, Pioneer Press, Feb. 9, 1995.
"Modern Master," by Lucia Mauro, Fra Noi, February 1995.
"Visions of the Present, Techniques of the Past," by Bruno Surdo, American Artist, October 1994.
"A Passion for the Palette," by Renee Enna, Fra Noi, March 1992.
"Skokie Artist's Work Rooted in Tradition," by Gary Mays, Lerner Newspaper, January, 1992.

Click here for Bruno's page at the Ann Nathan gallery.


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