Bio

Biographical notes

Franco Ciarlo was born in Rome March 28th 1939. From 1958
to 1962 has attended School of Architecture at University of
Rome.
He obtained his diploma at the Liceo Artistico, Rome, in 1958.
His masters were the abstract painters such as Afro, Scialoja and
Turcato, the continuity of the figurative tradition halfway
between Expressionism and Lyricism, of the Scuola Romana
from Mafai and Scipione to Cagli and Mirko on the one hand,
and the contemporary scenario of the emergent Scuola di Piazza
di Popolo, which, even then, was beginning to feature such
personalities as Cy Twombly, Tano Festa, Angeli Schifano and
Rotella, on the other hand.
His departure for the States in 1964 was dictated more by a
general need to broaden his horizons, than by the choice of a
particular country, and by a natural inclination to adventure
and travel of an exotic and romantic kind.
After landing in San Francisco, Franco Ciarlo soon moved on to
Mexico, Hawaii and Tahiti and then back to Europe, where he
spent time in Spain, France and Italy. He has been living and
working in New York since 1967.
Since the mid-seventies Franco Ciarlo has exhibited at the Iolas-
Jackson Gallery, New York. His works are in some of the major
European and American museums, such as the Everson
Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, and have been acquired
by private collectors including David Rockefeller, Jr., New
York.

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1971	-	Lecturer at Rockland Community College, New York, NY
1975	-	Faculty Member of Pratt Institute, Visiting Artist, Brooklyn, NY
1980	-	Lecturer at Parsons School of Design, New York School
Retrospective 1964 - 1990	-	Catalogue Leonardo de Luca Editori
1991	-	American Academy in Rome (Visiting Artist)
1995	-	Museo Archeologico Regional, Altos de Chavon, D.R.
1995	-	Parsons School Of Design, Altos de Chavon, D.R., (Artist In Residence)