Michelino Iorizzo was born in Rome in 1971. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1993. He begun private teaching in Italy and abroad, in particular in Academies in Asia (Hubei University, China). From an initial tale of abstract-figurative landscapes, he continues his artistic research dedicating himself to female portraits. Mysterious, sometimes dreamy and melancholy, the faces portrayed by Iorizzo actually exist only in his imagination, in the memory of a fleeting encounter or in the most hidden dreams of the artist. Iorizzo digs into the pictorial material, corrodes the surface, leaving a patina of antiquity emerging on each face that binds it to the past. Between restlessness and concreteness, the artist’s works bring to the fore a vibrant and passionate painting, oscillating between a realistic research and a conscious transformation. Gifted with a versatile talent that ranges from painting, to sculpture, from ceramics to the technique of ancient icons, all of Iorizzo’s works tell of his restless and visionary spirit. Some of his works appear in collections and permanent exhibitions of Italian and foreign museums. His art has been appreciated in writing by: Andrea Romoli Barberini, Berenice, Dacia Maraini, Stefania Severi, Claudio Strinati, and Sandro Trotti.
