Premio Combat Prize

About Mario Sughi’s Work“
If we reflect on Mario Sughi’s works we can certainly recognise the influence of British Pop Artbut also of other elements. There is the intentional suspension of time, his wish to depict non-events, to draw and colour figures who have no history, if not in those tiny gestures that are hinted at, or suggested, because they are always subtly ambiguous. I think that, in the dimension of the new depiction of British figurative art today, but also of Italian art, Mario Sughi’s work is important, principally because of his capacity to enrich the ancient language of art with the novelty of new expressions, like the influence of comics, affiches and illustrations.This is a new pictorial language: original, innovative and of the highest quality.”
Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, (CSAC Parma University, 2012)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Color of TimeYvonne Arte Contemporanea, Vicenza, Italy9 - 31 May 2013Figures and LandscapesSesto Senso Art Gallery, Rome10 Nov-6 Dic. 2012Interiors & Exteriors. Realist Contemporary PrintsGreyfriars, Municipal Art Gallery, Waterford,5-28 April 2012CoupleThe Complex Gallery, Dublin,23-29 June 2011AfternoonsFish Bowl Gallery, Dublin21-27 March 2011Quiet almost pleasant afternoonsÍontas, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Ireland,7 February-4 March 2011.A new sense of emptinessGreenroom Art Gallery, Manchester,8 September – 23 October 2010
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
X-Mas Wonderland 2013 ab 5.DezemberGalerie Lauth, Ludwigshafen (Germany)5 - 31 December 2013Lo sguardo attraverso il ritratto6to Senso Art Gallery, Rome26 September - 17 October 2013Pressed, Contemporary PrintsConcourse House, County Council, Dun Laoghaire5 - 19 September 2013‘Signal Open’ 2013Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland30 July - 11 August 2013Reality FluidsNhow Milan / Milan16 May - 23 October 2013Impressions 2012 | Print ExhibitionGalway Arts Centre / Galway, Ireland13 September - 9 October 2012RHA 183rd & 182th Annua ExibitionRoyal Hibernian Academy, Dublin28 May - 17 Aug 2013 & 28 May – 18 August 201254th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. The Italian Pavilion in the World.Italian Institute of Culture, Dublin4 June – 7 September 2011NUDE - Blatant Exhibitionism?Galway Arts Festival 2011The Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland9 - 30 July 2011
AFFORDABLE ART FAIRS
Brussels 7-10 February 2014 (PixArt E Gallery)Milan 6-9 March 2014 (6toSenso Art Gallery & Yvonne Arte Contemporanea)Hamburg 13-16 November 2014 (Galerie Lauth)Milan 7-10 March 2013 (Yvonne Arte Contemporanea)Hamburg 15 - 18 November 2012 (Yvonne Arte Cont.)Rome 26-28 October 2012 (6to Senso Art Gallery)