Biography
After completing his academic education at Harvard University (‘82) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Romolo Del Deo has pursued a distinguished career as an artist and master sculptor, with studios in Pietrasanta, Italy and Provincetown, USA. The artwork of Romolo Del Deo is exhibited in public monuments, museums and galleries internationally and he has received major awards and prizes, including the New York Foundation for the Arts USA, The Henry Moore Foundation UK, INHA Grant France, The Florence Biennale De Medici Gold Medal, Italy and the David McCord Prize for Creativity USA and The Sumner Bird Foundation Creative Grant for the last three years consecutively.
Most recently, Romolo Del Deo was selected to create a 14ft high monumental bronze sculpture for the European Cultural Center as part of the Venice Art Biennial 22 in the Giardini Biennale. He has also represented 21st Century Art of the United States at the 2017 G7 of Art in Italy as well as the Honoree Exhibitor at the 2017 Florence Biennale.
In addition to his artwork, his teaching methods have received the Harvard-Danforth Award for Excellence in Education and the President's Award for Contributions to the Arts at Harvard University. Romolo Del Deo is a leading proponent of "Arte Lunga” the Long Art Movement. To advance his ideas about Long Art and to nurture emerging artists, he founded the Studio Romolo Atelier school of art.
This fall the artwork of Romolo Del Deo is on display in the Venice Art Biennial, Marinaressa Gardens, Venice, Italy, in Karlsruhe, Germany at the Stadtkirche, and in Tribeca at Gigantic, NY, USA.
Current Exhibitions
2022 Contemporary Antiquity of Romolo Del Deo, Gigantic NY, Tribeca, New York
2022 Albero Di Vita Nostra ECC, Personal Structures, Biennale Gardens, Venice Art Biennial
2022 Creature Celeste, The Paradise Project for Ideal Spaces, Germany
2022 Romolo Del Deo, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2022 Opere Di Romolo, Galleria Ponzetta, Pietrasanta(LU), Italy
Solo & Featured Exhibitions
2021 EFEMERA di ROMOLO, Galleria Ponzetta, Pietrasanta (LU), Italy
2021 NICOLE FULLER INTERIORS EXHIBIT, Galerie House of Art & Design, New York
2021 THE LOOKING GLASS & BEYOND, Museum of 20th & 21st Century Art, Russia
2018-2020 CREATING A DIFFERENCE, Provincetown Monument Museum, Massachusetts
2020 SERVIETTINE di ROMOLO, Casa di Mony. New York
2019 SOVRA & ALTRI SOGNI, Casa di Mony, New York
2019 ROMOLO DEL DEO on LONG ART, VII International Cultural Forum, St. Petersburg Russia
2017 SCENT OF THE SUBLIME, BIENNALE XI 2017, Italy
2017 UPON THE FLOWERS OF OUR LIPS, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2016 INTERNATIONAL MASTERS INVITATIONAL, NYC Art Expo, New York
2016 ECLECTIC ART, Basilica S. Ambrogio, Italy
2016 ARTE A PALAZZO, Palazzo Fantuzzi, Italy
2016 OPEN ART CODE, Palazzo Franchetti, Italy
2015 NEW SCULPTURE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Provincetown Art Association Museum, Massachusetts
2015 BIENNALE X, Italy
2015 “SI FECE CARNE” International Invitational Exhibit, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Italy
2015 FOUND AT SEA, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2013 “THINKING BIG, Berta Walker Gallery Provincetown, MA
2013 ROMOLO DEL DEO, Fine Art Firm, Kentucky
2012 SCULPTURE REFORMED, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2011 VITA, Archdiocese, Italy
2011 THE BEUATY OF TIME, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2011 ROMOLO DEL DEO, Studio 47 Gallery, Vermont
2010 RELICS of the RESTORATION, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2008 SIROCCO, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2007 CASTLE HILL FACULTY EXHIBIT, Truro Center for the Arts Truro, Massachusetts
2006 UNBOUND, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2005 RENAISSANCE 2006, New port News, Virginia
2005 RIPPLES, Blue Hills Public Art Space Pearl River, New York
2004 THE POSSIBLE SELF, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2003 CASTLE HILL FACULTY EXHIBIT, Truro Center for the Arts Truro, Massachusetts
2002 3000 WINGS, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2000 JUTLAND ART FAIR, GalleryHøjriis Susanne Arhrus, Denmark
2000 LEARNING FROM PERFORMERS EXHIBIT, Gallery Bershad, Boston
1999 ALCHEMIA, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1999 ROMOLO DEL DEO, Riley Gallery Grand Rapids, Michigan
1999 FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONIST, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1998 COLORI DI VITA -ROMOLO, Galerie Susanne Højriis, Copenhagen
1998 ALBERO Di VITA, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1997 ALBERO Di VITA, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1997 ROMOLO DEL DEO, Overtures Gallery, New York
1996 ALBERO Di VITA, Grayson Gallery, Vermont
1996 ART COPENHAGEN 96 SCULPTURE of ROMOLO DEL DEO, Galerihuset, Denmark
1995 THE MAQUETTES FOR ART COPENHAGEN 96, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1995 A SENSE OF TIME, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1995 ROMOLO DEL DEO -RECENT SCULPTURE, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1995 FLESH, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1995 THE BREATH OF A RUIN, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1993 ROMOLO DEL DEO- Recent Sculpture, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1992 ROMOLO DEL DEO FUTURE/PAST, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1991 FRACTURED MYTHS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1988 DEL DEO, Provincetown Group Gallery, Massachusetts
1987 ROMOLO RETROCLASSICO, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York
1982 SALVATORE & ROMOLO DEL DEO, Cherry Stone Gallery Welfleet, Massachusetts
Group Exhibitions
2019-Present GALLERIA PONZETTA, Pietrasanta, Italy
1995-Present BERTA WALKER GALLERY, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
2022 OPERE DI ROMOLO DEL DEO Il, Bottaccio, Montignoso (MA), Italy
2022-2020 JURIED NATIONAL EXHBIT, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Massachusetts
2001-2015 GREMILLION FINE ARTS, Gremillion Gallery, Houston
2016-2015 CENTENNIAL BEACHCOMBERS, Fine Arts Work Center, Massachusetts
2016 ALL TOWN EXHIBIT 2015, Fine Arts Work Center, Massachusetts
2013-2015 FINE ART FIRM, Kentucky
2014 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF CAPE COD, Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, Dennis MA. 2014 CENTENNIAL ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Provincetown Art Assoc. Museum, Massachusetts
2013 A JOINT VENTURE: THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS AND KATHRYN COX, New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
2010-2012 STUDIO 47, Studio 47 Gallery, Woodstock, VT.
2012 TIDES OF PROVINCETOWN, Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, Massachusetts
2012 Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania
2012 Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
2012 MEMBERS JURIED, Provincetown Art Assoc. & Museum, Massachusetts
2012 ANGELS, Cahoon Museum of Art, Massachusetts
2011 TIDES OF PROVINCETOWN, New Britain Museum of American Arts, Connecticut
2008-2012 KOUROS GALLERY, New York
2010 RECENT ACQUISITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Provincetown Art Assoc. Museum, Massachusetts
2010 ART OF THE FRESCO, Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art, Massachusetts
2010 NAKED IN NEW HOPE, Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania
2009 FIRST THINGS FIRST, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2009 THE WORLD TURNED INSIDE OUT, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London
2009 CASTLE HILL MEMORIAL EXHIBIT, Provincetown Art Assoc. & Museum, Massachusetts
2007 CREATIVE WORKS, Harvard University, Massachusetts
2001-2006 BLUMENFELD/LUSTBERG PORTFOLIO, Blumenfeld/Lustberg Fine Art, New York
2005 NOW, Seccia Gallery, New York
2003 ANGELS IN AMERICAN ART, Cape Museum of Fine Arts Catholic Museum, Massachusetts
2003 WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE MEMORIAL COMPETITION, LMDC NYC, New York
2002 BILEDKUNSNERE, Galerie Susanne Højriis, Copenhagen
2002 MEMBERS JURIED SCULPTURE, Provincetown Art Assoc. & Museum, Massachusetts
1992-2001 BRIDGEWATER/LUSTBERG GALLERY MEMBERS EXHIBITS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
2000 BERSHAD 2000, Ber shad Gal l ery, Boston
2000 Truro Center for the Arts BENEFIT EXHIBIT, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York
1999 THE FARM, Artists Invitational, New York
1999 CLAY INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT, Provincetown Art Association Provincetown, Massachusetts
1999 A BIG SHOW OF SMALL WORKS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1999 GARDEN EXHIBIT, Grand Central Gallery, New York
1998 GROUP PRESENTATION, Riley Gallery, Michigan
1998 SMALL WORKS EXHIBIT, Grayson Gallery, Vermont
1998 PORTRÆTER, Galerie Susanne Højriis, Copenhagen
1998 A BIG SHOW OF SMALL WORKS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1997 JURIED SCULPTURE, Provincetown Art Association, Massachusetts
1997 NYTÅRSPRÆSENTATION, Galerie Susanne Højriis, Copenhagen
1997 A BIG SHOW OF SMALL WORKS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1996 SOMMERUDSTILLING, Gallerihuset, Copenhagen
1996 A BIG SHOW of SMALL WORKS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1996 ART COPENHAGEN 96 SCULPTURE of ROMOLO DEL DEO, Galerihuset, Denmark
1996 SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION, 349 Gallery, Massachusetts
1996 GROUP EXHIBIT, Grayson Gallery, Vermont
1996 PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1995 TENDENCIAS CONTEMPORANEA ‘Neas-Orba Grafica, Espacio 2030, Mexico City
1995 CATHOLIC MUSEUM OF ART JURIED EXHIBIT
1994 THE SENSUAL NUDE, Artopia Gallery 24, New York
1994 TENDENCIAS CONTEMPORANEA `Neas-ORBAGRAFICA, Espacio 2030, Mexico City
1994 THEN AND NOW, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1994 INDOOR/OUTDOOR SCULPTURE, Berta Walker Gallery, Massachusetts
1994 JURIED SCULPTURE, Provincetown Art Association, Massachusetts
1993 ART AND ARTIFACTS, Gas Station Gallery, New York
1993 ITALIAN AMERICAN ART, Catholic Art Society, New York
1993 THE SOFT EDGE, James Bakker Gallery, Massachusetts
1992 GENERATIONS, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
1992 NEW DIMENSIONS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1992 IN THE THIRD DIMENSION, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1990 FOCUS ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1990 PROVINCETOWN SCULPTORS, Provincetown Art Association, Massachusetts
1990 FORMS OF THE NINETIES, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York
1990 SCULTORI PIETRASANTA, Galleria Botti Pietrasanta, Italy
1989 SCULPTURE, The Gallery NYC, New York
1988 ART OF OUR TIME, Woodcliffe Lake, New Jersy
1987 13 BILEDKUNSNERE, Gallerihuset Copenhagen, Denmark
1987 THIS HISTORY, Harm Bouckært Gallery, New York
1987 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, Carpenter Center Harvard, Massachusetts
1986 OPERE PRIME, Sculpture Biennial Pietrasanta, Italy
1986 CAPE COD ARTISTS, Cape Museum of Fine Arts Dennis, Massachusetts
1985 DIRECTOR’S CHOICE EXHIBIT, Provincetown Group Gallery, Massachusetts
1984 PROVINCETOWN ARTISTS, Veerhof Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Selected Collections
ADAMS HOUSE/HARVARD COLLEGE, Massachusetts
BIDDLE COLLECTION/ ANDALUSIA MUSEUM, Pennsylvania
CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, Massachusetts
COX COLLECTION - NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Connecticut
HENSON ASSOCIATES NYC., NY. KOUROS SCULPTURE CENTER, Connecticut
LA STAMPERIA, Roma
MASTERWORKS MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Bermuda
MUNICIPAL ARTISTIC ARCHIVES, Italy
MUSEUM OF OUTDOOR SCULPTURE,Italy
NEWPORT NEWS PUBLIC ARTS FOUNDATION, Virginia
PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION MUSEUM, Massachusetts
PROVINCETOWN FISHERMEN’S MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, Massachusetts
PROVINCETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Massachusetts
STEINBRENNER COLLECTION, New York
TOWER PARK COLLECTION, Virginia
TRIBECA MEDICAL CENTER, New York
BOEKE-JENKS COLLECTION, New York
GOTTLIEB COLLECTION, New York
LA FONT COLLECTION, France
WINTER COLLECTION, Mexico
Awards
2022 VENICE ART BIENNIAL, Venice, Italy
2020-2022 International Contemporary Art Award Competition
2015 BIENNALE X 2015 Florence, Italy
2012 HARVARD UNIVERSITY “Glimpses 82” TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS “honor award” PROVINCETOWN HISTORY PROJECT
2008 COURTAULD INSTITUTE - BRONZE IN THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPOSIUM, London
2008 Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art /Département Etudes et Recherche, France
2008 HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION symposium funding
2003 SUGARMAN FOUNDATION award grant
2002 GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION grant NEW YORK FOUNDATION for the ARTS grant
2001 NEWPORT NEWS ARTS FOUNDATION
2000 PRESIDENT’S AWARD CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARTS Office for the Arts, Harvard University
1991 Present NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY
1986 FIRST PRIZE NATIONAL AWARD Provincetown Art Association George McNeil Juror 1985 THIRD INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM (Honorary) Fannano, Italy
1985 SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM (Honorary) Carrara, Italy
1982-1984 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE (Adams House Harvard) and HARVARD UNIV FACULTY
1982 HARVARD University, McCORD PRIZE for Outstanding Artistic Achievement
1978-1982 HARVARD UNIV, Scholarship Awards Academic Excellence
Education / Training
1978-82 HARVARD UNIVERSITY A.B.- cum Laude V.E.S.- Summa cum Laude. Professors:Dimitri Hadzi, Flora Natapoff, Paul Rotterdam, Cambridge, MA
1982 ALTELIER OF SILVERIO PAOLI, (Master Carver), Capo Studio, Pietrasanta Italy
1978-1984 STUDIO OF DIMITRI HADZI, Cambridge, MA. Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1977 Marble Sculpture Atelier Professor Rino Giannini , Pietraanta Italy. Academy of Fine Arts, Carrara, Italy
1975-1976 CASTLE HILL SCHOOL OF ART Joyce Johnson Director Truro, MA. Sidney Simon
1974 CAPE SCHOOL OF ART Henry Hensche, Provincetown, MA
1974-1976 Painting Studio Salvatore Del Deo (Father) Provincetown, MA