Biography

A short artistic journey that has characterized the pictorial development of the artist Ciro Canzanella through international recognition, publications and exhibitions in the most important art galleries in Europe, United States and Japan.

Born at Naples 1948  where he lives and works, Ciro Canzanella has attracted the attention of collectionist and critics for many years. His artistic path started at an early age, facinated by art, he loved to atten d studios of well-known masters because he believed that this atmosphere stimulated his vocation and helped his artistic maturity. In fact from his first painting we can understand that the painter, even in the sphere of the pure school of Neapolitan visual,  interprets landscapes with absolute personality. In  1976 he proposed with a personal exhibition in Milan, then in a group exhibition in Germany, receiving in both a remarkable success. In 1980 he exhibits in a personal exhibition in Modena, and in 1981 in Ferrara confirming a constant artistic growth which obtains his confirmation four years later at Paris ( Champs Elisèes ), participating in a review dedicated to great present-day Italian artists, along with : De Chirico, Guttuso, Manzù, Fiume, Cascella, Sassu and Vespignani. It was in the middle of the 1980’s that his paintings were published on catalogues :”Bolaffi”, “Arte-Mercato International”, “Il Quadrato”. Considered by critics as one of the last exhibitors of Neapolitan impressionist painters, today Ciro Canzanella even having reached fame in the national and international artistic circle, is constantly busy in new studies. A painter who shows his emotive impulses and is able to extract from this, personal  effects of light and a fantastic sense of chromatic. Far from schoo ls and trends, his paintings are merely instinctive, dominated by an immense poetry and a deep sense of peace.

Exhibitions.:  

1976 Personal exhibition Milano e Monaco(Germania); Personal exhibition in Modena, (Italy);
1981 Galleria “Il Guercino” Ferrara (Italy);
1985 Collective exhibition “Champs Elisèes ” Parigi;
1989 Personal exhibition Roma;
1992 Personal exhibition “Galleria Merini” Firenze;
1994 Collective exhibition Roma;
1998 Personal exhibition “Galleria Temperini” Pergola (Italy);
2002 Collective exhibition “Artisti in Piazza” Napoli
2002 Collective exhibition Teatro Politeama Napoli
2003 Personal exhibition “Galleria Temperini” Pergola (Italy)
2004 Personal exhibition “La Città e il Mare” Galleria MeridiArte Napoli
2005 Collective exhibition “S.A.C.A”.Art International Fair Bologna – Italy 2006 Collective exhibition “Nouveau 2006” Florida (USA)
2007 Collective exhibition Capodimonte – Napoli (Italy)
2010 Collective «Sala delle Prigioni» Castel Dell ‘Ovo – Napoli (Italy)
2010 Personal exhibition “Chiesa di Santa Maria di Piazza” Pergola (PU) (Italy)
2013 Collective exhibition Grand Marché d’Art contemporain 2013 à la Bastille (Paris)

Publication..:

1984 Art Catalogue “Bolaffi”;
1985 Art Catalogue “Arte-Mercato International”;
1986 Art Catalogue “Il Quadrato”;
2002 “La Pittura Napoletana del Novecento” Istituto Grafico Editoriale Nazionale;
12/2004 Quotidiano “IL Mattino”;