Biography
March 13, 1931 | Born in Barberino del Mugello, Italy. |
1950 (19 years old ) | Began to study at Instituto Statale dell’Arte a Porta Romana, as the pupil of Bruno Innocenti. After completing his studies, taught at Instituto Statale dell’Arte in Pesaro. |
1954 ( 23 ) | Won in the competition of the reliefs on the Palazzo Dogana, Ancona |
1959 ( 28 ) | Moved to Brazil in order to broaden his artistic experience. After returning to Italy, lived in Varese, teaching at Istutito de ll’Arte, Cantù. |
1967 ( 36 ) | One-man exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, organized by Carlo Rudovico Ragghianti. Followed by personal shows at Galleria Milione, Milan, and Badischer Kunstverein Karlsluhe, which gained international recognition for Vangi. |
1972 ( 41 ) | Participated in the collective exhibition "Italian Contemporary Sculptors" at The Hakone Open-Air Museum, marking the first time Vangi’s works were seen in Japan. |
1988 ( 57 ) | Solo exhibition at Gallery Universe, Tokyo. Vangi’s first solo exhibition in Japan. |
1991 ( 60 ) | Solo exhibition at the Castello Sant'Elmo in Naples. |
1995 ( 64 ) | Anthological exhibition at Forte di Belvedere, Florence |
1997 ( 66 ) | Completed a pulpit and altar for the new chancel in the Cathedral of Padua. |
2000 ( 69 ) | Completed the sculptural group Passing the Threshold at the entrance hall of the Vatican Museum. Solo Exhibition "Studies for a Crucified" at the Salone delle Reali Poste in the Uffizi Gallery. |
2001 ( 70 ) | Solo exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan. Completed a pulpit in the Duomo of Pisa |
2002 ( 71 ) | Inauguration of Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka-ken Awarded the Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture |
2004 ( 73 ) | Completed pulpit and a series of sculptures for the Church of Padre Pio a San Giovanni Rotondo. Solo exhibition "Grand Story" in Milan, and in Pietrasanta |
2005 ( 74 ) | Solo exhibition at the Salone della Ragione of Padua. |
2007 ( 76 ) | Solo exhibition at Instituto Italiano della Cultura in Tokyo Solo Exhibition in Parma |
2009 ( 78 ) | Vangi’s most recent visit to Japan, during which he installed Primavera in the Garden of the museum Completated Florenzia at the entrance hall in the Fuji Television Building in Daiba, Tokyo. Participated in the collective exhibition "Memories of the Classics in the Art of the 20th Century" at the Pitti Palace, Florence. Solo exhibition in Sassoferrato in Marche and Gallerie Nove in Berlin. |
2011 ( 80 ) | Solo Exhibition at Villa Bertelli, Forte dei Marmi Solo Exhibition at Palazzo Pretorio, Barberino di Mugello |
2012 ( 81 ) | Completed a pulpit and alter and a chair for the new chancel in the Cathedral of Arezzo Solo Exhibition at the Palazzo Vescovile, Arezzo |
Current | Vangi currently lives and works in Pesaro and Pietrasanta. |
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1954年 グラツィエッラの肖像
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1965年 座っている人物
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1989年 紫の服の男
photo : Shigeo Anzai -
1995年 三つ編みの女
photo : Shigeo Anzai -
2002年 説教壇
photo : Shigeo Anzai -
2009年 プリマヴェーラ