Biography
Photo by Paolo Totaro
Franco Paisio
Born at Piazza Napoli 32, in Milan Italy at 3.45 a.m. on Thursday November 12th 1936, first of four children of Aldo Paisio and Giuseppina Starace.
Studied painting and sculpture privately in Milan and at the Piero Vannucci Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia, Italy. In Australia, studied painting at the Bissietta Art School and ceramics at the East Sydney Technical College.
His first book of poems, published in Italy, was awarded a National Prize for poetry in 1961. He has contributed many poems to established literary publications and anthologies, both in Australia and overseas. He has given numerous poetry readings and from 1975 to 1985 he was a contributing editor of “Aspect” the Sydney based art and literature magazine.
In 1994 he was invited to visit Scandinavia by the Italian Institute of Culture for a series of lectures, and held exhibitions under the Australian Embassy “protectorate” in Denmark and under the Italian Embassy “auspices” in Stockholm.
Exhibitions:
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Solo Exhibitions |
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1961 |
Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney |
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1962 |
East Side Gallery, Melbourne |
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1966 |
La Salle Gallery, Sydney |
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1974 |
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney |
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1976 |
Gallery A, Sydney |
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1976 |
Solander Gallery, Canberra |
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1978 |
Gallery A, Sydney |
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1989 |
Giles Street Gallery, Canberra |
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1990 |
BMG Fine Art, Sydney |
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1991 |
Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney |
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1992 |
Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney |
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1994 |
I.I.C. Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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1994 |
Italienska Kulturinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden |
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1994 |
Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney |
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1996 |
BMGArt, Adelaide |
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1998 |
Bridge Street Gallery at Renaissance Hotel, Sydney |
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1999 |
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney |
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2000 |
BMGArt, Adelaide |
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2001 |
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney |
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2002 |
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney |
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2004 |
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney |
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2005 |
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney |
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2009 |
Sara Roney Gallery, Sydney |
2010 Sara Roney Gallery, Sydney
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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1960 |
Florence, Perugia & Prato, Italy |
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1962 |
Bissietta Art Gallery, Sydney |
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1962 |
Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Sydney |
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1966 |
Transfield Art Prize, Sydney |
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1966 |
Blake Prize for Religious Art, Sydney |
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1966 |
“Thirty-six Sydney Painters”, Albury Art Gallery |
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1975 |
“Ten Australians” Gallery A, Sydney |
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1975 |
Warehouse Gallery, Melbourne |
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1976 |
National Italian Festival, Adelaide, Melbourne, Wagga Wagga |
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1976 |
Gallery A, Sydney |
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1988 |
“Contact ‘88” University of Wollongong (18 ceramic Plates) |
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1989 |
BMG Fine Art, Adelaide |
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1989 |
BMG Fine Art, Sydney |
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1990 |
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne |
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1990 |
BMG Fine Art, Adelaide |
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1991 |
Solander Gallery, Canberra |
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1991 |
Swan Hill National Print & Drawing Prize, Victoria (Winner) |
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1991 |
The Gallery, Red Hill, ACT |
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1992 |
Euro Day Art Exhibition, Sydney |
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1993 |
10th Anniversary, Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney |
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1997 |
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney |
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1997 to 2005 |
Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney |
Represented:
· Horsham Art Gallery, Victoria.
· Art Bank.
· National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
· Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW.
· Swan Hill Gallery of Contemporary Art, Victoria.
· Philip Morris Collection.
· The “Mineral Foundation Collection".
· AMP Collection.
and in various other corporate & private collections in Australia, Italy, England, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, India, USA and many other countries.
Selected Bibliography:
- Alan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen and Urwin, Melbourne ,1980.
- Max Germaine, Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1980, revised 1984.
- Max Germaine, Artists and Galleries of Australia, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990.
- Australian Art of The Last Ten Years, Australian National Gallery, 1982.
- Rudi Krausmann, Interview with Franco Paisio, Aspect, Sydney, 1984.
- Nevill Drury, New Art Four, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990.
- Nevill Drury, Images in Australian Painting, Sydney, 1993.
- Alan and Susan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Urwin, Sydney, 1994.
- Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists, D. W. Thorpe, Melbourne, 1996.
- www.theresasjoquist.com/?p=239
Selected Radio/TV interviews:
ABC, Canberra, 1989.
2EA, Sydney, 1990.
SBS TV, 1990.
Channell 31, Sydney, 2002
Poetry Books:
Poesie dal Quaderno Blu - SIA , Bologna, Italy 1961
Col gusto della morte sulle labbra - Rebellato, Padova, Italy 1963
Unbelongingness - Books and Writers, Sydney, Australia 2004
Distances - Wild and Woolley, Sydney, Australia 2005
Moments - Tellwell, Victoria BC, Canada 2021