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Presentazione

Personal: Born in Italy, north of Venice (Crespano del Grappa) in 1937.
  • Came to United States in 1948. Lived in Michigan until 1968.
    Education: Yale University - Painting - 1969
    Cranbrook Academy of Art - M.F.A. Painting - 1965
    L.I.T., Michigan - B.S. Architecture - 1960
    Address: 376 Broome Street
    New York, New York 10013
    212-966-2569
    Zagozago@aol.com

Attività

  • Awards:
  • National Endowment for the Arts - 1985
    National Endowment for the Arts - Emerging Artist Grant - 1982
  • Solo Exhibitions:
  • 1998 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1996 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
    1995 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1995 Keen Gallery, New York, New York
    1994 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1993 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1993 Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
    1992 Jaffee Baker Gallery,  Boca Raton, Florida
    1991 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1990 Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
    1989 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1989 McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
    1988 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
    1987 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1987 OK South Gallery, Miami, Florida
    1986 McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
    1986 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1984 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York (March)
    1984 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York (December)
    1983 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1982 Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York
    1981 OK Harris West, Scottsdale, Arizona
    1981 Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York
    1980 Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York; Weyhe-Zago, "One Sculptor-One Painter"
    1977 Neill Gallery, New York, New York
    1976 Burlington College, New Jersey
    1973 Razor Gallery, New York, New York
    1972 Spectrum Gallery, New York, New York
    1969 United Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, "Zago-Lembeck"
  • Group Exhibitions:
  • 1999 OK Harris Works of Art, Summer Group Exhibition, New York, New York
    1999 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
    1997 Group Show, Christine Adapon Fine Art, Manila, Philippines
    1996 Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
    1994 Live from New York: The OK Harris Gallery, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
    1994 New York Collection 1994-95, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
    1993 Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Elements of the Permanent Collection, Cranbrook Academy Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    1993 Summer Group Exhibition, Station Gallery, Katonah, New York
    1993 Nine Artists,  Noel Fine Art, Bronxville, New York
    1993 Contemporary Artists at Chase Manhattan Bank, Cross River, New York in cooperation with Station Gallery, Katonah, New York
    1992 Keen Gallery, New York, New York
    1991 The Manhattan Breakfast Club; Part I, Station Gallery, Katonah, New York
    1990 An Exhibit from OK Harris Gallery, New York City Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
    1989 Landscape, Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
    1988 Tortue is O.K., Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
    1988 New Sculpture and Paintings, Aurora Gallery, Closter, New Jersey
    1987 The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art Selected by Ivan Karp, Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky
    1987 Eternal Interest: Visions of the Figure, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
    1987 Park Art Festival, Park Synagogue, Cleveland, Ohio
    1987 Fifty-First National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
    1987 A Contemporary View of Nature, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
    1986 Highlights of the Season, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
    1986 The Artists of O.K. Harris, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
    1985 First Contemporary Art Expo Tokyo, Isetan Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
    1985 Artists of OK Harris, Helander/Rubenstein Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
    1985 Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College,  New Jersey
    1985 The Razor Show, Hudson Center Galleries, New York
    1985 Inner Versus Outer, Hudson Center Galleries, New York
    1985 American Art Now!, Painting in the 80's, Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Columbus, Georgia
    1984 OK Harris Artists, Royal Palm Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
    1984 Summer Remembered, Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
    1984 The Intuitive Response, Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers, State University of NJ, Newark, NJ
    1984 American Landscape Painting, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
    1984 Through the Looking Glass: Reflected Images in Contemporary Art, Heckscher Museum, New York
    1984 25th Annual Art Exhibition, YM-YWHA, Union, New Jersery
    1983 Landscape, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey
    1983 SoHo, NoHo, Tribeca: Art from Lower Manhattan, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchberg, Virginia
    1982 Water, Water, Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York
    1982 Cranbrook U.S.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    1981 Two & Three Dimensions, Frank Marino Gallery, New York
    1981 Paper Caper, Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York
    1981 Summer Invitational, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
    1979 Painting on Canvas, Rubiner Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
    1978 Images on Paper, Neill Gallery, New York, New York
    1977 Roth, Zago, Stamos, Halahmy, Meneeley, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
    1977 Neill Gallery, New York, New York
    1972 Michigan Artist's Show, Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan
    1970 New England Exhibition, New Canaan, Connecticut
  • Bibliography:
  • Catalogues:
    From the Collection of John and Mary Lou Paxton, Rancho Santa Fe, California, 1995
    The Standard Federal Bank Art Collection, Troy, Michigan, 1990
    Tino Zago, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York; Essay: Linda Chase, 1989
    Fifty-First National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1987
    A Contemporary View of Nature, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Introduction: John Yau, 1986
    Cranbrook, USA, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1982.

  • Periodicals:
    World Monitor Magazine, "Art: Landscapes Live Again", Theodore F. Wolff, December 1988, p. 82-85
    Cook's "Food Imitates Art", Mary Caldwell, May/June 1986, p. 38-48, 80
    Art/World, "New York Reviews", Barnaby Ruhe, November 1982, p.7.
    Attenzione, "Views & Reviews", Gwenda Blair, July/August 1981, p.25
    Arts Magazine, "Tino Zago",  Michael Hunt Stolbach, March 1981, p.7
    Arts Magazine, "New York Galleries: Exhibition at Neill Gallery", Carolee Thea, June 1977, p.52-53
    Arts Magazine, "New York Galleries: Exhibition at Razor", William D. Case, September/October 1972, p.63
  • Newspapers:
    The Eccentric, "Artist reflects on water images", Mary Klemic, September 16, 1993
    Antiques and The Arts Weekly, "Nine Artists at Noel Fine Art", June 25, 1993
    Detroit Free Press, "Zago's gentleness shows through in the sensitivity of his paintings", Marsha Miro, October 18, 1990
    The Birmingham Eccentric, "Painting finally won out over architecture", Corinne Abatt, October 25, 1990
    Los Angeles Times, "At the Galleries", Suzanne Muchnic, March 25, 1988
    Miami Herald, "At the Galleries", Elisa Turner, April 2, 1987
    The Christian Science Monitor, "Art - There's a lot of action, but flash and dazzle are hyped while wisdom and maturity are ignored", Theodore F. Wolff, May 6, 1985, p.37
    The Christian Science Monitor, "Art - Success in art - an elusive goal", Theodore F. Wolff, Dec.3, 1984, p.55
    The Christian Science Monitor, "Art - "How New York artists speak to each other - on canvas", Theodore F. Wolff, April 23, 1984
    The Christian Science Monitor, "Art - "Zago's American Vision",Theodore F. Wolff, January 18, 1983
    The Christian Science Monitor, "Art - The Many Masks of Modern Art", Theodore F. Wolff, May 18, 1982, p.20
    The Christian Science Monitor, "Art - "Saying things with Great Gobs of Paint",  Theodore F. Wolff, June 26, 1980, p.18
  • Television/Video Coverage:
    1992 "I Remember You", Playwrights Theater, Arts & Entertainment Network, Paintings by Tino Zago, Aired April 14, 1992
  • Commissions:
  • 1995 Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, Cleveland, Ohio
    1992 New York Hilton, New York, New York
    1990 Hyatt Regency, Aruba
    1967 Steelcase, Grand Rapids, Michigan (mural)
  • Collections:
  • Tuscon Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
    Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
    State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York, New York
    Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, Cleveland, Ohio
    T.R.W. Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
    A.T.&T., Long Lines, Virginia
    Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York
    Kelley, Drye & Warren; New York, New York
    Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey
    R.C.A. Corporation, New York, New York
    I.B.M. Corporation, New York, New York
    Banca di Roma, New York, New York
    Standish, Ayer & Wood; Boston, Massachusetts
    American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, Iowa
    Corry Jamestown Corporation, New York, New York
    Sydney Lewis Corporate Collection, Richmond, Virginia
    Louis K. Meisel, New York, New York
    David Anderson Gallery, New York, New York
    Thomas Girardi, Los Angeles, California
    Chemical Bank, New York, New York
    Manufacturers Hanover Bank, New York, New York
    McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois
    Zale Corporation, Dallas, Texas
    Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States, New York, New York
    Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin and Frankel; New York, New York
    Coca Cola Co., Atlanta, Georgia
    Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, New York
    Arbor Drugs, Troy, Michigan
    Standard Federal Savings Bank, Troy, Michigan
    Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Klein, Farmington Hills, Michigan
    Technimetrics, New York, New York
    Hunton & Williams, Attorneys at Law, New York, New York
    Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, Attorneys at Law, New York, New York
    Bear Stearns & Company, New York, New York
    Bankers Trust Company, New York, New York
  • Teaching:
  • Visiting Artist, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    Visiting Artist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
    Visiting Artist, Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey.