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Mario Sughi is an Italian artist and illustrator living and working in Dublin, he is a member of the Associazione Illustratori and the author of nerosunero. In Rome, at the end of the Seventies, he worked as an humorist in the last year of IL Male and then for Zut, Italian satirical magazines. He moved to Dublin in the late 80s where he studied Medieval History and in 1995 he was awarded a PhD by Trinity College Dublin. His illustrations and cartoons, satirical in humor and minimalist in style have been published on international exhibition catalogues ( Offf Barcelona 07, Semi permanent Sidney 2008, Ink 01 International Illustration Rally 08, Bilbao); magazines (The Dubliner/Dublin, Clam Magazine, Paris - New York, Ideaf¬ixa/Brazil, Fluro Magazine, New Zeland); websites ( Juxtapoz, Paintalicious, Yay! Monday! Evilmonito) and art galleries (Sexy Art Gallery, London, The Shiny Squirrel Gallery, NY; Little Paper Airplanes, L.A; Umber Studios, Minneapolis; 180 Gallery Cambridge, Ontario; Wannabee and DOZ Gallery Milan, Italy; Irish Art House, Tullamore and The Loft, Dublin, Ireland, Turn-Berlin, Germany), Galerie Rubens, Brussels. LÜrzer’s Archive included Mario Sughi in their compilation “200 best illustrators worldwide 2009”. Reviews“I love the layers of bright colors in these fashion illustrations by Mario Sughi”written by Thi is love forever, USA, June 2009 *** “I’m not quite sure how he does it but artist Mario Sughi manages to create illustrations that are both simple and compli¬cated at the same time. It must the combination of a vibrant, repetitive colour palette and detailed drawings. The lifelike yet stylised characters and the realistic yet fantastical surroundings merge together to create images full of personality.” written by Fashion156, England, June 2009 *** “Colorful, intriguing, and delicately sexy” written by Two if by see, USA, May 2009 *** “Mario Sughi is an Italian illustrator and cartoonist currently working in Dublin. His colorful, satirical minimalism is reminiscent of David Hockney’s swimming pool paintings from 1967, but his subject matter and treatment are much more irreverent.” written by Evilmonito.com, USA, April. 2009 |
