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Giovanni Casadei

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Giovanni Casadei

General History

1956 Born in Rome, Italy
1983-Present Resident in Philadelphia
1997-Present U.S. citizen
Education

1975Graduated high school — Rome, Italy. Specialized in chemistry
1978-80Scuola Libera del Nudo (free School for Drawing) — Rome, Italy
1980-81Academy of Fine Arts — Rome, Italy
1981-83Scuola Libera del Nudo — Rome, Italy
1986-87Fleisher Art Memorial (painting) — Philadelphia, PA
1988-92Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts — Philadelphia, PA. Certificate in Painting
Solo Exhibitions

2007Recent Works, Gross McCleaf Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
2006-07Figure and Still Life, Fleisher Art Memorial — Philadelphia, PA
2006Tuscany, Oregon, Still Lifes: Whitney Gallery — Laguna Beach, CA
2005Recent Works: Carspecken-Scott Gallery — Wilmington, DE
2004Recent Paintings: Gallery 71 — New York, NY
2003Recent Oils: Carspecken-Scott Gallery — Wilmington, DE
2002A Trip to Tuscany: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
2001Recent Paintings: Bennett Street Gallery — Atlanta, GA
2000Recent Works: Carspecken-Scott Gallery — Wilmington, DE
Recent Paintings: Whitney Gallery — Laguna Beach, CA
1999Drawings & Watercolors: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
Recent Paintings: Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery — San Francisco, CA
1997Recent Paintings: Carspecken-Scott Gallery — Wilmington, DE
Italian Journey: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
1996Paintings of Landscapes & Interiors: Design Arts Gallery, Drexel University
Still Lifes & Landscapes: Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995Still Lifes & Landscape Paintings: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
1994Alla Prima Paintings: Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery — San Francisco, CA
Visions of Rome: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
Art Sales & Rental Gallery — Philadelphia Museum of Art
1988Brera Restaurant — Philadelphia, PA
Two Person Shows

1994The Artist’s Eye: The Studio of Ben Solowey — Bedminster, PA
1993American Artist.Gallery — Wayne, PA
Artist’s House — Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions

2002Still Life GroupShow: Mangel Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
Virtual Sky: Carspecken-Scott Gallery — Wilmington, DE
Small Paintings: Whitney Gallery — Laguna Beach, CA
1999The Art of the State: 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition of the Greater Harrisburg Art Council — State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
1998Works on Paper, Hahn Gallery— Philadelphia, PA
Through the Heart of the City — Philadelphia Art Alliance
1997The Unbroken Line: PAFA Centennial Exhibition — Philadelphia, PA
132nd Annual Small Paintings: Sketch Club — Philadelphia, PA
Merry Mart Juried Show: Haverford School — Haverford, PA
1996Quartet: Small Paintings: Carspecken-Scott Gallery — Wilmington, DE
56th Annual Exhibition: Woodmere Museum — Philadelphia, PA
Penn Charter School Juried Show — Philadelphia, PA
1995American Painters in Pans: Lippincott Gallery — Paris, France
Pertaining to Philadelphia: Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery — San Francisco, CA
Soft Sounds: Antes Gallery — State College, PA
19941Ox1O, Artists Visions: Mulligan-Shanoski Galleiy— San Francisco, CA
American Landscapes: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
1993Fellowship of PAFA Show — Woodmere Art Museum
Four Painters, Group Show: Hahn Gallery — Philadelphia, PA
Art in City Hall, Self Portrait — Philadelphia, PA
130th Annual Small Paintings: Sketch Club — Philadelphia, PA
53rd Annual Exhibition: Woodmere Museum — Philadelphia, PA
Penn Charter School Juried Show — Philadelphia, PA
Main Line Center of the Arts: Artists Chose Artists — Philadelphia, PA
Main Line Center of the Arts: Juried Show — Philadelphia, PA
1992Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Student Exhibition — Philadelphia, PA
Art at the Armory — Philadelphia, PA
129th Annual Small Paintings: Sketch Club — Philadelphia, PA
Penn Charter School Juried Show — Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship of PAFA Show: Woodmere Art Museum — Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Student Exhibition — Philadelphia, PA
First Annual Art Student Competition: Sketch Club — Philadelphia, PA
1990 28th Annual Small Paintings: Sketch Club — Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship of PAFA Show: Doylestown Art Museum — Doylestown, PA
Art at the Armory — Philadelphia, PA
1988Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Student Exhibition — Philadelphia, PA
1986Art in City Hall: The Self Portrait — Philadelphia, PA
1984Fleisher Art Memorial Student Show — Philadelphia, PA
Grants

1998Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation — Montreal, Canada

Prizes
2006Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2006. Honorable Mention for Paintings
2006109th Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art: Berthe M. Goldberg Award
1992Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts:
The Philadelphia Mayor’s Award
Morris Blackburn Landscape Prize, Special notice
Philadelphia Watercolor Club Award 1991 Lucille Sorgenti Scholarship
The Thouron Prize
The Charles Tappan Prize
The Morris Blackburn Landscape Prize
The Henry Scheidt Memorial Travel Scholarship
1990Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Award
The Edna Pennypacker Stausfer Memorial Prize
1988The Frances D. Bergman Memorial: Special notice for outstanding achievement at PAFA
Experience
2005-PresentPainting Instructor — Fleischer Art Memorial
1999-PresentPainting Instructor — Wayne Art Center
1997-2000Painting Instructor — Main Line Art Center
1997-2000Landscape Painting Instructor — Manayunk Art Center
1994 SlideShow & Talk — Narberth Art Group
1985Assistant mural painter with Dennis Aufiery — Philadelphia Zoo