Firma 'Garajo'

In essence, to see an exhibition of Garajo means to attend a revelation, which perhaps is not disruptive to a historical overall argument, but it is for the autonomous and intimate character of an artist who certainly, under other conditions and with another critical sensitivity, could have dominated the attention of contemporary society. The condition of Italian culture has instead held him in a marginal position and isolation. History is nevertheless dense with interest precisely because of its ability to continually re-propose itself.

Paolo Portoghesi, 1988

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 1937 - BAGHERIA/PALERMO, Young exhibition of Bagheria
  • 1938 - PALERMO, VIII Art exhibition of Unions, Massimo Theater
  • 1939 - PALERMO, IX Art exhibition of Unions, Massimo Theater
  • 1940 - PALERMO, Exhibition of "Prelittoriali", Year XVIII
  • 1941 - PALERMO, X Art exhibition of Unions, Massimo Theater
    - PALERMO, Exhibition of "Prelittoriali", Year XIX
    - TRAPANI, Exhibition of figurative arts of Trapani
  • 1947 - VERONA, XLVIII Exhibition of the Fine Arts Society of Verona, House of Giulietta
  • 1942 - PALERMO, XI Art exhibition of Unions, Teatro Massimo 1951 - PALERMO, "Bianco e Nero", Galleria L'Arcobaleno
  • 1955 - ROME VII National Quadrennial of Art
    - ROME, I Exhibition of artists from Rome and the Province, Palazzo delle Esposizioni
  • 1956 - ROME, "Sicilia". Contemporary art exhibition
    - ROME, Exhibition of the Roman Group of the Società Artistica degli Indipendenti
    - ROME I Annual exhibition of artists residing in Rome
    - BARI VI National exhibition of contemporary painting "Maggio di Bari"
  • 1959 - ROME, "11 Febbraio" award, Palazzo delle Esposizioni
    - ROME, VIIINational Quadrennial of Art
  • Negli anni '50 also participates in some editions of the "PREMIO SUZZARA" and of the "PREMIO MARZOTTO"
  • 1961 - PALERMO, "Ente Zolfi Italiani" award, Saloni delle Esposizioni del Banco di Sicilia
  • 1964 - PALERMO, "Art against the Mafia", Il Punto Gallery
    - PALERMO, I National Exhibition of the small drawing "Il Paladino d'oro" Award
    - NAPLES, V National painting award Posillipo
  • 1965 - PALERMO, II National Exhibition of the small drawing "Il Paladino d'oro" Award
  • 1966 - BAGHERIA, National Painting "Vita e paesaggio di Bagheria" Award
  • 1967 - BAGHERIA, "Zagarella" Award
  • 1968 - BAGHERIA, Pro earthquake victims art collection
  • 1969 - PALERMO, XV Exhibition of plastic and figurative arts, Italian National Union of Sculptor Writers Painters, Fiera del Mediterraneo
  • 1971 - BAGHERIA, Artists of Bagheria, Valguarnera Gallery
  • 1972 - ROME, "Nove pittori", Marsilj Gallery
  • 1976 - PALERMO, I National Exhibition of the Sacred in Contemporary Art, Palazzo Arcivescovile
    - NOLA, III Biennial of art, Church of S. Chiara
  • 1989 - ROME, "Sicilian presences. Art in the 20th century”, Monumental Complex of San Michele
  • 1992 - PETRALIA SOTTANA, "Dal modio di Cerere”, Palazzo Pottino
    - ROME, "A cavallo dell'arte, 39 opere contemporanee" Capannelle Racecourse
  • 1998 - PALERMO, Escapes and returns. Futurist presences in Sicilia, Cantieri culturali della Zisa

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 1943 - TRENTO, 23 April -14 May
  • 1949 - PALERMO, Circolo di Cultura, 18 - 31 December
  • 1951 - PALERMO, Flaccovio Gallery, 18 - 24 May
  • 1962 - PALERMO, Flaccovio Gallery, 5 -15 April
  • 1963 - FROSINONE, La saletta Gallery, 8 - 20 December
  • 1964 - ROME, Del Vantaggio Gallery, 8 January
    - NAPLES, San Giacomo Gallery, 16 - 26 May
  • 1966 - CESENA, 11 Portico Gallery, 17- 30 November
  • 1969 - CESENA, Centro d'arte Paese Nuovo, 27 March -10 April
  • 1971 - PALERMO, Mediterranea Gallery, 6 - 25 November
  • 1978 - PALERMO, La Robinia Gallery, 24 October - 17 November
  • 1988 - ROME, Palazzo Rondanini at the Rotonda, 17 November - 17 December
  • 2005 - BAGHERIA, Guttuso Museum, 16 April - 30 June
Cover of the catalog of the 1988 exhibition in Rome - Regione Lazio
"Nino Garajo - Painter of Bagheria" (1988) Roma - Regione Lazio
Cover of the catalog of the 2005 exhibition in Bagheria - Falcone Editore
"Garajo" (2005) Bagheria - Falcone Editore