Painter · from 1985

Alexander Marino

Type
Figurative · Surrealism and Symbolism
Studio
Via G. Bovio 55 · Molfetta
Away
Nº 022 · Away
Oil on canvas — 50 × 60 cm
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02 / Biography

Paint thoughts,
write paintings.

A journey that began in Trani in 1958 and continued at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari, Molfetta's teaching and laboratory.

Alessandro Marino, photographic portrait
Alessandro Marino Trani · MCMLVIII

Figurative since the time of the Academy, Marino finds in Surrealism his genre of choice — admire the strong contrasts of Caravaggio and the dreamlike landscapes of Magritte and Dalì.

Graduated in Decoration at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari in 1985, teaches in Milan, he worked for a few years in Monza and then returned to teach in Trani; in 1996 opens the Eugenio Montale Institute in Modugno with other teachers, which lends his work as director. In 2000 he is qualified to teach Art Education and Drawing and Art History.

Through different techniques — from woodcut to oil — he arrives at the paintings of the 1990s and 2000, with an increasingly realistic rendering, almost photographic. The research tends towards a symbolic surrealism that combines his "painted thoughts" with the mastery of the oil on canvas technique, which he prefers.

1958
Born in Trani, in the province of Bari, the 23 February.
1985
Diploma all'Accademia di Belle Arti di BariDecoration course
1985—88
He teaches in a private institute in MilanExternal designer for objects (Seventh Milanese)
1996
Apre con altri docenti l'Istituto Eugenio Montale a ModugnoDirector role
2000
Abilitazione all'insegnamentoArt education, Disegno e Storia dell'Arte
2006
He teaches at the «S. John Baptist de La Salle"Santeramo in Colle · 2006 — 2014
2016
Professor at the State High School Center «Licei Sylos-Fiore»Terlizzi · from 2016
Today
Dipinge nel Laboratorio d'arte di via G. Bovio 55, in Molfetta, where he also creates and personalizes the frames of his works.

Capture, on canvas or paper, that brief moment when life unveils her mystery before returning trivial.

— Alessandro Marino
03 / Selected works

Thoughts paintings.

A selection of oils on canvas. Each work is born from a thought, and the thought becomes a composition.

04 / Awards and recognitions

Press e recognitions.

National and international art competitions and prizes, dal 1985 to date.

Nº 14
2025
«Masters in Paris»
Premio internazionale d'arte · Parigi
Nº 13
2024
«Masters in Miami»
Premio internazionale d'arte · Miami, FL (USA)
Nº 12
2024
«Barcelona – in the city of Gaudi»
International Visual Arts Award · Barcelona
Nº 11
2023
«Michelangelo – Florence»
Premio internazionale d'arte · Firenze
Nº 10
2023
«Masters in Venice»
Premio internazionale d'arte · Venezia
Nº 09
2021
Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Fondi
Funds (LT)
Nº 08
2003
«Filippo Carcano» Cup
International prize. «The County of Bormio» · Bormio (SO)
Nº 07
1997
«City of Vienna» Award
International prize. «The County of Bormio» · Bormio (SO)
Nº 06
1993
«City of Rome» Cup
International prize. «The County of Bormio» · Bormio (SO)
Nº 05
1992
Targa Europa '92
International prize. «The County of Bormio» · Bormio (SO)
Nº 04
1991
Diploma of merit
International prize. «The County of Bormio» · Bormio (SO)
Nº 03
1990
Jury Prize
National Award. «The County of Bormio» · Bormio (SO)
Nº 02
1986
Diploma d'onore
National painting competition · Trani (BA)
Nº 01
1985
Diploma d'onore
Painting exhibition «Cav. Bruno Triminì" · Trani (BA)
05 / Laboratory

Laboratory art.

A space dedicated to painting and restoration, where every gesture - from the preparation of the support to the finishing - is personally handled by the author.

Internal art laboratory Molfetta · 2026

A place of work, of silence, of research.

The workshop is the place where the work takes shape — from the first idea in the notebook to the finished painting. Painting, restoration and attention to detail coexist in the same space, in a continuous dialogue between craft and inspiration.

Each work is born from a slow tempo and precise manual skill. This is where the tools are kept, the map, the majority in attesa, and the thoughts that will become works. This is also where the frames are made, created and personalized for each painting.

Address
Via G. Bovio 55
City
Molfetta (BA)
Activity
Painting and restoration
Visit
By appointment
06 / Criticism

Writings about the work.

From critics, from international awards and publications in which Marino is present.

Vittorio Sgarbi
“Nello spazio notturno che rimanda alle profondità dell'inconscio, l'uomo è consapevole della forza ammaliante ed eternante del ricordo. In the sea of ​​life, on whose silky waters, elusive, naviga l'umanità, all that remains is to cling to the nostalgia of the past, to those certainties that are now distant dreams, lunar reflections, lyrical, dell'esistenza, so as not to get caught up in the painful notes of regret.”
«Free Port. The works cleared by Vittorio Sgarbi» — on «The silk sea» · EA Edizioni, 2023
Masters in Paris
“Testimone autentico di una creatività che nasce dal silenzio e si compie nell'emozione, la sua opera ha dato voce all'invisibile e forma al sentire.”
International Art Award — Paris, 2025
Artists of the 21st century
“His works tell various moments of human life through existential symbolism.”
Art and Culture Publisher — 2024
Barcelona – in the city of Gaudi
“An intense and penetrating representation, expressed through a visual language rich in symbolism.”
International visual arts award — Barcelona, 2024
Masters in Venice
“For its ability to express an individual and immediately recognizable style, indicative of a technical maturity that allows him to rise in the contemporary artistic panorama.”
International Art Award — Venezia, 2023
07 / Contacts

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