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BIOGRAPHY

Hot off the heels of the Toronto art fair, and his third solo show at the Bau-xi gallery in Toronto, Carmelo Blandino
a fine Italian painter who hails from Montreal, and is currently residing in Florida, knows who his audience is:
His forte is with adapting classic techniques for a thoroughly modern audience. He does this by painting with
encaustic.

Its rare to find a painter that can take the most time honored subjects of painting- landscapes, florals and the hu-
man figure, and make them feel fresh and sincere.
Although he is best known for painting landscapes that are meditative and introspective, within the last year,
Blandino has ventured into florals .It’s in the way Blandino plays with dimension that his paintings – which tend
toward large-scale works – are partly flat, partly sculptural, an appealing contrast. Ultimately, his art embraces
dichotomy: the artist’s many florals are rendered in unambiguous, masculine strokes. These flowers are anything
but fragile and fleeting – they are bold, gargantuan, definitive: Mahler to others’ Mozart.

         Blandino’s interests lie in the natural order that gives life comfort in between everyday comings and
goings that silent moment in the midst of a routine task. Blandino recently made the short list for the New East-
ern Canadian Painting Competition sponsored by the RBC Private Council and supported by the Canadian Art
Foundation. Blandino recently completed a commission for the Queen Elizabeth Fairmont Hotel in Montreal. One
of Blandino’s painting was recently auctioned at the Art Gallery of Ontario, taking in the second highest bid.
You can view more of Blandino’s work at www.blandino.ca or visit Gardner Colby Gallery in Naples Florida.
Currently Blandino is being represented in:


Canada            Galerie De Bellefeuille, Montréal
                  Montréal Museum Of Fine Arts Gallery, Montréal
                  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
                  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

United States     Hubert Gallery, New York City
                  Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples Florida
                  Gardner Colby Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard
                  Foster White Gallery, Seattle


Education         1983-1984 Vanier College: Creative Arts
                  1985-1988 Dawson College: Illustration and Design

Workshops         2000-2001 Saidie Bronfman Center: Drawing and painting

Teaching          1992- 1994 St Lawrence College, Fine Arts Department,Ontario
                  1991-2006 Dawson College Montréal, Québec
                             Professor of drawing, painting in the Illustration and Design Program

Bibliography      2006         Canadian House & Home / Tea Time, page 72
                  2005         Toronto Star, Deft Mix of Light & Dark
                  2002         Corriere Italiano, May 6th , L’Encan per Santa Cabrini,
                               un appuntamento divertente da non mancare!
                  2001         Grafika Magazine, numero 68, mars 2001, Carmelo Blandino illustrateur,
                               Le Talent Partagé
Experiences   2002-2007 Artist painter / Canada,USA
                        Vice-president / Nine High Inc., Montréal
              1991-2006 Professor / Dawson College Montréal
                        Illustration & Design Program
              1998-2004 Studio 100 Dessins
              1992-1994 Professor St-Lawrence College / Ontario
              1992-1998 President / Carmelo Blandino Illustrations Inc., Montréal
              1991-1992 Assistant illustrator / Suzanne Duranceau Inc., Montréal
              1989-1991 Illustrator / Studio de la Montagne, Montréal
              1986-1989 Anchor advertising, Montréal

Shows         2007       Sanctus- Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
                         Chicago Art Fair
                         Toronto Art Fair

              2006       Toronto Art Fair
                         Palm Beach Art Fair, Galerie De Bellefeuille
                         Solo show,Vivo- Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
                         Small works- Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
                         Solo show- Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
                         Solo show- Galerie De Bellefeuile, Montréal

              2005        Figura - Galerie De Bellefeuille
                          Group Show Galerie De Bellefeuille
                          Group II Show Galerie De Bellefeuille
                          Solo show at Galerie de Bellefeuille - Landscapes and Florals
                          Art Chicago - Art Fair
                          Art For Life - Casey House Foundation
                          Toronto International Art Fair

              2004       The Painted Gift - Hubert Gallery in New York
                         Small Works - Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto
                         Small Works - Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver
                         Art For Life - Casey House Foundation
                         Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
                         Galerie De Bellefeuille, Montréal
                         Circa 700 - Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto

              2003       Pausa - Bau-IX Gallery in Toronto
                         Galerie De Bellefeuille. Montréal

              2002       Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
                         Bau-IX Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                         Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal
                         New Canadian Painting Royal Bank of Canada, Place Ville-Marie, Montréal
                         New Canadian Painting Competition, Royal Bank of Canada Exhibit, Ottawa
                         Viva Italia, Holt Renfrew, Montréal