 | Biography
From 1968 to 1972 he studied Art at the Liceo Artistico of Naples Santa Maria in Costantinopoli where he graduates and subsequently, in 1976, receives his degree in Painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Naples
Years of great movement and growth for the new Neapolitan School in which Sossio is pupil to such painters such as Domenico Spinosa, Armando De Stefano, Guido Tatafiore, Gerardo Di Fiore, and Gianni Pisani all culturally stimulating- that contribute to his primary formation. In 1972 his first personal exhibition is held at the Galleria D’Arte l’Incontro in Naples. In the same year he enrolls in the Beaux Arts Academy in Naples to study under Maestro Domenico Spinosa.
From 1976 to 1978 he holds numerous personal shows in the circuit of Neapolitan Galleries navigating in the waters of cultural and artistic renaissance of the city.
In 1978 he holds courses of Drawing techniques and figure drawing at the Liceo Artistico in Naples.
In the 80’s he moves to Tuscany where together with his career as Entrepreneur he begins an interior search that will include defining his own personal style. The experience of the first several years proves itself essential in his formation, particularly for the inspiration received through the readings gathered from the Creative Universe born from his encounters with the Dreamer. He lives and works in his studio in Versilia, painting canvases in this period that tell stories with colors in the absence of figures.
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1984 - 1987 Versilia - Il Bottaccio di Montignoso - Personal Exhibitions
1989-1991 Parma - Villa del Ferlaro - Personal Exhibitions
1994 Rome - Via Del Nazareno ( Collegio del Nazareno) Personal Exhibition
1996 Capezano Pianore - Villa Cavanis - Personal Exhibition
1998, 2001, 2006 London Gallery - Italian Academy of Arts - Personal Exhibition
2000-2003 Vicenza - Palazzo Valmarana Braga, Verbania - Collegio S. Maria, Bari - Instituto Di Cagno Abbrescia, Trieste - Palazzo Vivante, Personal Exhibitions
2005 New York - Empire State Building - Personal Exhibition
2006 Houston - Continental Airlines Congressional Center - Personal Exhibition
2007 Milan - Congressional Center - Corso di Porta Vittoria - Personal Exhibition
2007 Pietrasanta - Aria Art Gallery , “The Kingdom of Now” - Personal Exhibition
2008, 2010 Florence - Piazza S. Maria Novella - Grand Hotel Minerva - Art Tour-O Event Participation
2009 Padova - Modern and Contemporary Art Fair - with Aria Art Gallery
2010 Florence - Aria Art Gallery “The Power of Doing” Personal Exhibition - Works dedicated to the text that inspired them “The School for Gods”, by Stefano Elio D’Anna.
2010 London - Charity Dinner organized by the “Helium Foundation” - Event Participation
Future exhibiton:
September 2010: Istanbul - Artgalerim and Aria art gallery - Peronal Exhibition
He now lives and paints in Lucca.
Sossio has been chosen by many collectors among which Gordon Bethune (CEO American Airlines), Rudi Dornbusch (MIT economist), The George Koukis Foundation (London, Geneva, Athens), The European School of Economics Foundation ( New York), Aras Group (Turkey), Il Bottaccio Tuscany (Relais & Chateaux - Italy), Il Bottaccio London, (Grosvenor Place- Event Venue), who have places his works among their internationally acclaimed collections. |
