BIOGRAPHY
1919, born, New York, NY
Died 2007, New York, NY
EDUCATION
Hollywood High School, Hollywood, California
Academy of Fine Arts, Rome (formerly Royal Academy of Art)
American Academy in Rome
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
New York, ADAA, Salvatore Scarpitta solo booth, Marc 6 – 10, 2013
2012
Turin, Italy, Galleria Civica D’Arte Moderna E Contemporanea, curated by Germano Celant and Danilo Eccher, October 2012
2011
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Trajectory, May 7 – June 18, 2011
2003
Rome, Calcografia, Scarpitta Opere su carta, December 9, 2003 – February 1, 2004; traveled to Turin, Archivio de Stato in Palazzo Reale, February 225 – March 28, 2004
Bologna, Università di Bologna, Complesso Monumentale Universitario di San Giovanni in Monte, Premio Marconi per la pittura a Salvatore Scarpitta, April 25 – May 20, 2003
2001
Milan, Fonte d’Abisso Arte, Scarpitta, October 18 – December 22, 2001
Cagli, Italy, Museo Archeologico della Via Flaminia, Salvatore Scarpitta – Dipinti, disegni, sculture, December 2, 2001 – January 13, 2002
Houston, Art Car Museum, Salvatore Scarpitta – Outlaw Art at Racing Speeds, February 17 – May 1, 2001
2000
Milan, Centro d’Arte Arbur, Scarpitta, November 23, 2000 – January 27, 2001
Charlotte, North Carolina, Tryon Center for Visual Art, Birth Right: An Exhibition of Works by Sal Scarpitta, October 12 – December 31, 2000
Siena, Castelluccio di Pienza – La Foce, Scarpitta, July 1 – August 15, 2000
1999
Bagheria, Civica Galleria Renato Guttuso di Villa Cattolica, Scarpitta, May 9 – August 31, 1999
1998
Arona, ex Convento della Purificazione, Salvatore Scarpitta – Opere 1957 – 1991, March 15 – April 19, 1998
1996
New York, Grand Salon, Sal Scarpitta, September 5 – October 12, 1996
1994
Florence, Galleria Visione, Salvatore Scarpitta, May 1994
1993
Venice, XLV Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, June 14 – October 10, 1993
1992
Radda in Chianti, Castello di Volpaia, Salvatore Scarpitta, September 12 – 27, 1992
Pescara, Niccoli Arte Cultura, Scarpitta, May 7 – June 30, 1992
Florence, Fortezza da Basso, La più bella galleria d’ltalia – Attualissima, April 2 – 5, 1992
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta Early Works 1958 – 1978, February 8 – 29, 1992
New York, Annina Nosei Gallery, Sal Scarpitta, February 7 – March 7, 1992
1991
Milan, Studio Guenzani, Salvatore Scarpita, December 13, 1990 – February 9, 1991
Parma, Italy, Galleria Niccoli, Scarpitta, December 1, 1990 – January 30, 1991
Genoa, Galleria Ellequardo, Scarpitta – Opere 1961 – 1990, October 17 – November 20, 1991
New York, Greenberg Wilson Gallery, Sal Scarpitta Race Car on Idaho Potato Track, September 15 – October 20, 1990
Rome, Studio Durante, Salvatore Scarpitta – Opere 1955 – 1964, February 1991
1990
New York, Scott Hanson Gallery, Sal Scarpitta, February 3 – 24, 1990
1989
New York, Baron Boisanté Editions, Salvatore Scarpitta, Drawings, Etchings, and Videos, October – November 1989
Berkeley, California, Matrix Gallery, University Art Museum, Salvatore Scarpitta, July 15 – September 15, 1989
1988
Como, Italy, Galleria Il Salotto, Salvatore Scarpitta. Racers and Feral Runners, October 2 – 31, 1988
Turin, Il Salto del Salmone, Salvatore Scarpitta Auto-ritratti, March 21 – April 31, 1988
Milan, Studio Guenzani, Salvatore Scarpitta – Not Vital, February 2 – March 31, 1988
Grantham, Pennsylvania, Messiah College, M Louis Aughinbaugh Gallery Climenhaga Fine Art Center, Sal Scarpitta Racer
1987
Turin, Galleria Ippolito Simonis, Salvatore Scarpitta, November 1987
Rome, Banco di Santo Spirito, Salvatore Scarpitta January 27 – March 23, 1987
1986
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Salvatore Scarpitta – Racing Cars – Sleds – Paintings, November 7 – December, 1986
Genoa, Studio Bonifacio, Salvatore Scarpitta, October – November 1986
New York, Leonarda Di Mauro Gallery, Scarpitta Drawings 1985, March 6 – 29, 1986
1985
Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Salvatore Scarpitta 1958 – 1985, November 29, 1985 – February 25, 1986
1982
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta – American Cycle 1958 – 1982, November 13 – December 11, 1982
1981
Turin, Galleria Tucci Russo, Scarpitta – 14 opere dal 1958 al 1964, May – September 1981
1980
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta, February 2 – 23, 1980
1979
Portland, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Scarpitta, March 1 – 27, 1979
Houston, Robinson Galleries, Scarpitta, February 22 – April 6 1979
1977
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Scarpitta – Sleds, Racing Cars, Conveyor, September 23 – October 16, 1977
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Salvatore Scarpitta, March 14 – July 30, 1977
1976
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, Salvatore Scarpitta 1958, June 1978
1975
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta – Sleds, January 11 – February 2, 1975
1973
Geneva, Galerie Jacques Bénador, Salvatore Scarpitta – Oeuvres de 1958 à 1964
Milan, Galleria L’Uomo e L’Arte, Salvatore Scarpitta – Quadri dal 1957 al 1964, October 1973
1972
Turin, Galleria Notizie, Salvatore Scarpitta, May – June 1972
Venice, Galleria Ravagnan, Salvatore Scarpitta, June 5 – 7, 1972
1969
New York, Leo Castelli Warehouse, Scarpitta – Race Cars, March 29 – April 19, 1969
1965
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta – Racing Cars, March 27 – April 14, 1965
1964
Milan, Galleria dell’Ariete, Scarpitta 1958 – 1963, October – November 1964
Brussels, Galerie Aujourd’hui, Musée des Beaux Arts, Les tableaux de Salvatore Scarpitta, January 18 – February 1 1963
1963
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta, April 27 – May 16, 1963
Düsseldorf, Gallerie Schmela, Scarpitta, October – November 1963
1961
Los Angeles, The Dwan Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta – X – frames, June 26 – July 22, 1961
1960
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Scarpitta, April 19 – May 7, 1960
1959
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta – Extramurals, January 27 – February 14, 1959
1958
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, Scarpitta, from April 26, 1958
1957
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, Salvatore Scarpitta, from May 27, 1957
1956
Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, Scarpitta, February 18 – 27, 1957
1955
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, Salvatore Scarpitta, April 26, 1957
1951
Roma, Galeria Il Pincio, Scarpitta, March 25 – June 3, 1951
1949
Rome, la Galleria Chiurazzi, Scarpitta – Pitture, April 26, 1948 – March 6, 1948
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Chicgao, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void: 1949-1962",
February 16 – June 2, 2013, traveling from Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Washington, DC, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, "Over, Under, Next:
Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913 - Present", April 18 - September 8, 2013.
Paris, Tornabuoni Art, Bianco Italia, April 26 – July 20, 2013
2012
Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-1962, curated by Paul Schimmel, October 6, 2012 - January 14, 2013. Will travel to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, February 16 - June 2, 2013
2011
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Arte Povera International, October 9, 2011 – February 19, 2012, curated by Germano Celant and Beatrice Merz
Venice, Fondazione Prada, Fondazione Prada_Ca’ Corner della Regina, June 4 – October 2, 2011, curated by Germano Celant
Geneva, Musée Rath, 'Les Sujets de l'abstraction. Peinture non-figurative de la Seconde Ecole de Paris, 1946-1962. 101 Chefs-d’œuvre de la Fondation Gandur pour l’Art,' May 6 – August 14, 2011 (travelled to Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France, December 8, 2011 – March 25, 2012)
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, dwelling, January 29 – March 26, 2011
2010
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Stripped, Tied and Raw, January 15 – February 13, 2010
2004
Rome, Chiostro del Bramante, Sala delle Capriate, Arte e sport nel ’900, April 30 – June 27, 2004
2003
Mons, France, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Les années ’50 à Rome. Art, chronique, culture du Néoréalisme à la Dolce Vita, October 12 – February 1, 2004
Bagheria, Villa Cattolica, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Renato Guttuso, Renato guttuso. Dal Fronte nuovo all’Autobiografia 1946 – 1966, July 19 – November 30, 2002
Rome, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, le collezioni: acquisizioni di arte Contemporanea, June 4 – July 13, 2003
New York, Esso Gallery, What Am I Doing Here?, June 3 – July 30, 2003
2002
Rome, Museo del Corso, Dal futurismo all’astrattismo. Un percorso d’avanguardia nell’arte italiana del primo Novecento, April 13 – July 7, 2002
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma 1948 – 1959 Arte, cronaca e cultra dal neorealismo alla dolce vita, January 10 – May 27, 2002
2001
Cosenza, Italy, Palazzo Fondazione Carical, Da Art Club al Gruppo degli Otto. La pittura astratta del secondo dopoguerra in Italia, May 12 – June 13, 2001
1999
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, PS1, Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th – Century Art, October 10, 1999 – January 2, 2000
Verona, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Colezione Giorgio Franchetti, June 12 – August 22, 1999
1998
Parma, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, Art Club 1945 – 1964 – La Linea astratta, October 24, 1998 – January, 1999
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, PS1, Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th – Century Art, October 10, 1999 – January 2, 2000
New York, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, Substance, March 19 – April 18, 1998
Orlando, FL, Orlando Museum of Art, The Edward R. Broida Collection. A Selection of Works, March 12 – June 21, 1998
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, 40 Years of Exploration and Innovation – The Artists of the Castelli Gallery Part III, January 10 – 31, 1998
1997
Verona, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Dadaismo dadaismi – Da Duchamp a Warhol, July 18 – November 9, 1997
1996
Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Omaggio a Leo Castelli – 20 artisti a New York negli anni Sessanta, July 16 – November 4, 1996
1994
New York, Hunter College, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Italian – American Artists: 1945 – 1968: A Limited Survey – Works on Paper, November 9 – January 14, 1995
1993
New York, The Murray and Isabella Rayburn Foundation, Roma – New York 1948 – 1964, November 5, 1993 – January 10, 1994
Venice, XVL Biennale internazionale d’arte, Transiti – Omaggio a Carla Lonzi, June 14 – October 10, 1993
1992
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Object Lessons, December 12, 1992 – January 30, 1993
Parma, Galleria Niccoli, Tensioni di superficie: Castellani, Cotani, Scarpitta, May 9 – June 30, 1992
Como, Galleria Il Salotto, Corna e bicorna, February 11 – March 11, 1992
1991
Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia Beach Center for Arts, Motion as Metaphor – The Automobile in Art, April 13 – June 16, 1991
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, PS1, New York Diary, 1991
1990
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma anni Sessanta – Al di là della pittura, December 20 – February 15, 1991
Parma, Galleria Niccoli, I rossori dell’arte, February 22 – March 30, 1990
Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Memorial del futuro, 1990
1988
Radda in Chianti, Castello di Volpaia, Il cielo e dintorni, September 10 – 25, 1988
New York, Diane Brown Gallery, Off White, May 24 – June 18, 1988
New York, 303 Gallery, A Deer Manager, a Dress Pattern, Farthest Sea Water and a Signature, February 18 – March 13, 1988
1987
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, 1957 – 1987 – XXXth Anniversary – The First Fifteen Years, Part I, January 31 – March 7, 1987
1986 New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, June 14 – September 13, 1986
Genazzano, Italy, Castello Colonna, Il sogno italiano – La collezione Franchetti a Roma, July 5 – October 31, 1986
Syracuse, Everson Museum of the Arts, Other Gods – Containers of Belief, 1985; traveled to Washington, D.C., Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center; New Orleans, Contemporary Arts Center; Los Angeles, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Baltimore, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Artoday, 1986
1985
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, September 7 – 21, 1985
Detroit, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Automobile and Culture, June 12 – September 28, 1985
1984
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum, Content: a Contemporary Focus 1974 – 1984, October 4, 1984 – January 6, 1985
1983
Bologna, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, L’informale in Italia, June – September 1983
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Automobile and Culture, Summer 1983
1982
Houston, The Contemporary Arts Museum, In Our Time, October 23, 1982 – January 2, 1983
La Jolla, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, Castelli and His Artists: Twenty Five Years, April 23 – June 6, 1982; traveled to Aspen, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, June 17 – August 7, 1982; New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, September 11 – October 9,
1982; Portland, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, October 22 – December 3, 1982; Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, December 17, 1982 – February 13, 1983
1981
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, PS1, The Shaped Field: Eccentric Formats, February 15 – April 5, 1981
1980
Bronx, Wave Hill, Wave Hill 1980: Temporal Sculpture Today, May 15 – October 28, 1980
Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today, June 24 – August 17, 1980
1979
Philadelphia, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Masks – Tents
– Vessels – Talismans, December 5, 1979 – January 13, 1980
New York, The New Museum, Sustained Visions, April 23 – June 23, 1979
1978 Queens, The Queens Museum, Private Myths: Unearthings of Contemporary Art, March 11 – May 7, 1978
1977
Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Arte in Italia 1960 – 1977, 1977
Albany, The New York State Museum, New York: The State of Art, October 8 – November 27, 1977
1976
Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian
Institution, The Object as Poet, December 15, 1976 – June 26, 1977; traveled to New York, Museum of Contemporary Crafts
New York, New York University, The Fine Arts Building, Personal Mythologies, April 3 – 13, 1976
Chicago, Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, March 13 – May 1, 1976
Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College of Art, Contemporary Primitivism, 1976
1975
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, September 13 – 27, 1975
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, Nove quadri e una scultura, 1975
1974
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, In Three Dimensions, September 21 – October 12, 1974
Turin, Galleria Notizie, October 1974
1973
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, X Quadriennale nazionale d’Arte di Roma (III Mostra) – La ricerca estertica dal 1960 al 1970, May 22 – June 30
1971
Urbana, Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, American Paintings and Sculpture 1948 - 1969, March 7 – April 17, 1971
Hempstead, NY, The Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Art Around the Automobile, June 20 – August 26, 1971
1970
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Highway, January 14 – February 25, 1970
1967
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, February 4 – 26, 1967
1965
Urbana, Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, March 7 – April 11, 1965
1964
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 67th American Exhibition – Directions in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, February 28 – April 12, 1964
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, June 6 – 30, 1964
Baltimore, The Maryland Institute Gallery, Recent Paintings: Jon Schueler, Salvatore Scarpitta, January 8 – 21, 1964
1963
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Mixed Media and Pop Art, November 19 – December 15, 1963
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, February 25 – March 2, 1963
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 28th Corcoran Biennial, 1963
1962
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, December 8, 1962 – January 10, 1963
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, September 22 – October 13, 1962
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, April 7 – 21, 1962
1961
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, December 8, 1961 – January 10, 1962
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Ways and Means, October 12 – November, 1961
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Group Exhibition, September 22 – October 14, 1961
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Sculpture and Relief, May 23 – June, 1961
1960
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Contemporary American Painting, 1960
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, New Forms – New Media I, June 6 – 24, 1960
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Summary 1959 – 1960, May 31 – June 25, 1960
1959
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Opening Exhibition of the New Gallery, October 6 – 17, 1959
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Work in Three Dimensions, October 20 – November 7, 1959
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, (Scarpitta with Kline, Rothko, Twombly), from April 9, 1959
1958
Venice, XXIX Biennale internazionale d’arte, Schiena e cielo, 1958
Rome, Galleria La Tartaruga, (Scarpitta with Burri, Capogrossi, de Kooning, Kline, Marca-Relli, Rothko), 1958.
1956
Venice, XXVIII Biennale internazionale d’arte, Via, 1955; A per adulterio, 1956; La
manroverscia, 1956, June 16 – October 21, 1956
1954
Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, 1954
1952
Venice, XXVI Biennale internazionale d’arte, Motocicletta, 1951, June 14 – October 19, 1952
1950
Rome, Saletta del Grifo, Sei pittori contemporanei, June 26 – July 8, 1950
1949
Salzburg, Kunstlerhaus, Romische Maler, August 9 – 23, 1949; traveled to Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt di Linz, September 1949.
1948
Rome, Palazzo Tolonia, Mostra d’arte pro nuovo Stato d’Israele, June 15 – 25, 1948
Rome, Galleria d’Arte Moderna – Valle Giulia, Quadriennale d’Arte di Roma – Rasegna nazionale di arti figurative, March – May 1948
1944
Rome, Galleria di Roma, La prima mostra d’arte Italia libera, September 7 – 27, 1944
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
Russeth, Andrew. "16 Fine Surprises From Armory Week", GalleristNY, March 11, 2013.
2012
Verzotti, Giorgio, Previews: Salvatore Scarpitta, Art in America, January 2012, p. 123
2011
Hirsch, Faye, Salvatore Scarpitta, Art in America, October 2011, p. 180 – 181
Rosenberg, Karen, Salvatore Scarpitta: Trajectory, New York Times, June 9, 2011, p. C25
Salvatore Scarpitta – Trajectory, Time Out New York, May 18, 2011
Wilson, Robert, Estates on the Move, Art+Auction, May 2011, p. 53
Heinrich, Will, Art vs. Real Estate at Marianne Boesky, The New York Observer, March 15, 2011
2010
In New York: Five Must-See Shows, Art+Auction, February 12, 2010
2009
Cotter, Holland, On the Piers, Testing the Waters in a Down Art Market, The New York Times, March 6, 2009
Celant, Germano, The Art of Racing: Salvatore Scarpitta, Interni, July-August 2009, p.112
Heartney, Eleanor, Sal Scarpitta at Greenberh Wilson, Art in America, December
2009, p.175-176
2005
Sansone, Luigi. Salvatore Scarpitta: Catalogue Raisonné, Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, Milano
1992
Cherubini, L. Salvatore Scarpitta, Castello di Volpaia, Radda in Chianti
1991
Stezka, John, Salvatore Scarpitta, Tema Celeste, June 1991, p. 78-81
1990
Gillette, F. Salvatore Scarpitta, Galleria Niccoli, Parma
1989
Collins, Tricia and Richard Milazzo, The Dog Days of Myth and History. Salvatore Scarpitta, Tema Celeste, July 1989, p. 38-43
Rinder, Lawrence, Salvatore Scarpitta/ Matrix 129 BAM/PFA, July 1989
1985
Gualdoni, F, Friedman, B.H, Harithas, J Salvatore Scarpitta 1958-1985
Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea,” Milano
1975
Schloss, Edith, New York Herald Tribune, June 10, 1975
Slivka, Rose. The Sleds of Scarpitta, Craft Horizons, August 1975
Kaplan, Patricia. Scarpitta’s Sleds: Recall of the Wild, Art in America, September/ October 1975
Ratoliff, Carter, On Contemporary primitivism, Artforum, November 1975
1973
Trini, T. Salvatore Scarpitta, Galleria L'Uomo e l'Arte, Milano
1969
Friedman, B.H. The Ivory Garage, Art News, April 1969, p. 52-53
1966
The New York Art Scene, Harper’s Bazzar, July 1966, p.92-93
1959
Schuyler, James. Art News, February 1959
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Banca Commerciale Italiana, Milan
Pac - Civico Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Museo del Novecento - Arengario, Milan
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Museum of Tel Aviv, Israel
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Museum Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin
Sprengel Museum Hannover
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Houston University Collection, Houston