Sergio Nardoni Biography
Sergio Nardoni is a Florentine artist born in 1947, who demonstrated an early talent for drawing as a child. At seven he painted his first oil painting in the home of his primary school teacher, who was an amateur painter.
Although his family wanted him to continue running his father's small business, Nardoni decided to follow his passion for art and enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, after having studied and worked in many different fields. During his studies, he was a pupil of Loffredo and Manfredi, but was immediately attracted to other artistic experiences.
After graduating, Nardoni dedicated himself to teaching, working first as a teacher at the State Middle School of Florence and then as a professor at the Florentine branch of Rutgers University - the State University of New Jersey. He later taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Sichuan University of China, with which he collaborated for a long period.
During his career, Nardoni has exhibited in numerous national and international exhibitions, including "Ab Antiquo" in the Sala d'Arme of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence in 1986 and the "Florence for Contemporary Art" exhibition also in 1986, where he exhibited in the Hall of "Modern Painters of Reality" alongside the works of the Bueno brothers, Sciltian and Pietro Annigoni at the Forte di Belvedere also in Florence.
In 1996 he held a solo show at the Art Expo in New York and in 1998 an exhibition of his works was organized in Malta, personally presented by the President of the Maltese Republic. In 2005 the Orler Gallery in Venice presented the personal exhibition "Presente Remoto" entirely dedicated to cinema.
In 2011, a large anthological exhibition was curated for his 40 years of painting, entitled "Il Genio Ingenuo" and curated by Giovanni Faccenda at the Archaeological Museum of Fiesole (FI), followed by the personal exhibition for the celebrations of the 150 years of Unification of Italy in the Sala delle Colonne in Pontassieve (FI), curated by Pier Francesco Listri and presented by the Superintendent of the Florentine museum complex Cristina Acidini.
In January 2015 he participated in the "Capriccio italiano" exhibition in Beijing (China) in the exhibition venue of the Italian Embassy in China, inaugurated by the Italian Ambassador to China Alberto Bradanini, followed by the personal exhibition "L'Ottagono Magico" curated by Alessandro Sarti and presented in the catalog by Cristina Acidini at the prestigious Academy of Drawing Arts in Florence.
Nardoni's works are found in important art collections, such as the Bargello National Museum in Florence, the Pontifical Collections of Vatican City, the Collection of the Academy of Drawing Arts in Florence and the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome. Among the most important public works it is necessary to remember the important pictorial cycle located on the apse arch of the fifteenth-century Cathedral of San Miniato (PI) and the large mosaic cycle dedicated to Chianti, created for the Municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) , spread across the four faces of a pyramidal structure and installed in the center of the town square entitled "Depth on the surface".
During his career spanning over forty years, Nardoni has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the "Sulmona" National Award in 1983, the Gold Medal at the Massarosa Biennale (Lucca) in 1984, the "Carlo Carrà National Award" in 1990 , the "Città di Acqui Terme" Award in 2005, the "Paestum Award" for lifetime achievement in 2007, the "Stresa Award" in 2008, the "Domenico Cresti known as Il Passignano Award" in 2009, the "Piedmont Region Award" in 2010 and the "Lago Maggiore per l'Arte" award in 2015.