Maria Ionico

Name: Maria Ionico Born: Lombardia Italy 18/01/1972 Education 2001 Master of Fine Arts (Current) UNSW-College of Fine Arts 1999 Advanced course in visual arts (by invitation) Fondazione Antonio Ratti, COMO Italy 1999 Directed by Haim Steimbach 1999 Associate Research Student (Alberto Garutti) Academy of Fine Arts, Milan Italy 1994/1996 Master of Art UNSW- College of Fine Arts 1991-1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts UNSW- College of Fine Arts Solo Exhibitions 2000 Maria Ionico Aula 1 Accademia di belle Arte Brera Milan 1996 'INCROCI DEL SUD-AFFINITIES' 235 Nelson st Gallery , Sydney Group Exhibitions 2001 Atopia, COFA Exhibition and Performance space Domestic tendencies Roundhouse gallery UNSW, COFA Exhibition and performance space 2000 ‘TRACE DI UN SEMINARIO’ Viafarini Contemporary Art Space , MILAN ITALY 1999 FONDAZIONE ANTONIO RATTI , ex chiesa di San Francesco , COMO , ITALY (Curator: Giacinto Di Pietrantonio "Parkeet and Flash Art editor") HELEN LEMPRIERE TRAVELLING ART EXHIBITION , Artspace Sydney 50 BUCKS BENIFIT SHOW , Gallery 19, Sydney THE BEST OF THE BLAKE TOURING EXHIBITION , Wollongong City Gallery, St Johns Cathedral Brisbane, Carnegie Gallery , Hobart. DECORATING THE RED , GREEN & TANGERINE, Gallery 19 Sydney 1998 BLAKE PRIZE (curated by Ken Unsworth & Hetti Perkins) Darling Park Gallery , Sydney 'Maria + Maria. If undelivered please return.' Gallery 19, Sydney. Pre selected for 1999 MOET and CHANDON TOURING EXHIBITION 1996 UWS MACARTHUR NATIONAL PRINTMEDIA AQUISITIVE CASULA POWERHOUSE 'GRADUATING EXHIBITION' , College of Fine Arts, UNSW 1995 'ARTE SACRA', GERACE, ITALY 'SFUMATO" Macquarie University. 1994 'NSW TRAVELLING ART SCHOLARSHIP', COFA GALLERY , Sydney 'SFUMATO' UNSW Kensington library and University of Western Sydney Nepean YZ Gallery. 'FEED', Argyle st Studios, MELBOURNE, Spiral arm Gallery CANBERRA, Airspace Gallery, SYDNEY 1993 'PAST/PRESENCE', COFA Gallery 'BLURS', Airspace Gallery 'IMPRESSIONS' COFA Gallery 'GRADUATING EXHIBITION' ,College of Fine Arts UNSW Awards & Grants 1999 Invited to Participate in the Fondazione Antonio Ratti Workshop- Haim Steimbach ,representing Australia HELEN LEMPRIERE TRAVELLING ART SCHOLARSHIP , NSW MINISTRY FOR THE ARTS. MARKETING GRANT , National Association for the Visual Arts 1998 DEVELOPMENT GRANT , MILAN STUDIO RESIDENCY , AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS. DYASON BEQUEST. Art Gallery of New South Wales. ASSOCIAZIONE TOSCANA ART PRIZE. ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP (del Minestero degli Affari Esteri) administered by the Italian embassy in Australia. 1996 GAS SHEME Grant - University of New South Wales Conti…… 1994 THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT AND FREDERICK MAY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP , University of Sydney, and The New South Wales Ministry for the Arts. THE DYASON BEQUEST, Art Gallery of New South Wales. GRADUATE GRANT , College of Fine Arts-UNSW Co recipient PAT CORRIGAN ARTIST GRANT-The National Association for the Visual Arts Co recipient MARKETING GRANT-The National Association for the Visual Arts. Co recipient COFA STUDENT ASSOC.GRANT Co recipient ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE GRANT. 1993 ALTSHULER PAINTING PRIZE, Graduating Exhibition , College of Fine Arts.UNSW Publications 2000 HELEN LEMPRIERE TRAVELLING ART SCHOLARSHIP 1999 EYELINE No.41 summer 00 FONDAZIONE RATTI Giancarlo Politi, Flash art May June 2000 1999 STEINBACH AND CO. Giancarlo Politi , FLASH ART – n’217 summer 1999 FONDAZIONE ANTONIO RATTI -HAIM STEINBACH edited by Daneri, Di Pietrantonio, Vettese Published by CHARTA , iTALY AWARDED TO ITALO AUSTRALIAN-MARIA IONICO , La fiamma april 14 SENSUALITY TAKES THE PRIZE , Benjamin Gennochio , The Australian april 16 PERFORMERS LEFT OUT , CATHERINE TAYLOR , The Australian april 2 ITALO AUSTRALIAN A BRERA, La fiamma 29 January FLIES IN THE FACE OF REALITY , The Sydney Morning Herald , Bruce James April 24. STAR STUDDED BRICKS, Art Monthly , Courtney Kidd, May 'ITALIA BECKONS' , Australian Art Collector, Andrew Frost, Issue 9 July-Sept 99 1998 ABC TELEVISION NEWS 'Best of the Blake', Anne Marie Nicholson DECORATING THE RED GREEN AND TANGERINE , SMH , Snee 1994 Sydney Morning Herald 'Echoes of old Masters' NSW TRAVELLING ART EXHIBITION , Felicity Fenner Aug 5 1995 'Sfumato" catalogue essay by George Alexander Collections Italian Consulate Sydney, Italian Institute of Culture Sydney, University of Sydney. Private collections in Australia and overseas.