Background
Aldo Mondino was born on October 4, 1938, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
Paris, France
Aldo Mondino studied at École du Louvre.
Aldo Mondino completed a mosaic course at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Aldo Mondino in his studio in Paris, 1975
Aldo Mondino was born on October 4, 1938, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
Aldo Mondino attended L'École du Louvre and completed a mosaic course at the Academy of Fine Arts with Gino Severini and Antonio Licata.
In 1959, Aldo Mondino moved to Paris, where he worked in the studio the William Heyter’s Atelier 17. In 1960, he moved back to Italy. In 1961 he returned to Turin for military service in Italy. His meeting with Gian Enzo Sperone, director of the Galleria Il Punto, represented a turning-point in his artistic career and marked the beginning of a long collaboration. In 1969, introduced writings and single words into his works, and started experimenting with unusual materials such as sugar and chocolate.
In 1976 he took part in the 38th Venice Biennale, where he devoted himself to creating a philological parallel between his art and Schoenberg’s composition. In 1985 he started his cycle devoted to to travel: Spain, Morocco, Turkey, India and the Orient in general. In his paintings with oriental-style subjects, Mondino focuses on characters from Arab life, but also rabbis, orthodox Christians, Turkish sultans and whirling dervishes, without neglecting everyday characters such as merchants at the bazaars.
In 1989 he shows in a solo exhibition at Arte Fiera in Bologna with Galleria Astuni, and at Mediterranea and Galleria Artiscope in Brussels. In his later years, however, he expressed himself also in sculpture, which was one of his greatest aspirations.
In 1993, he exhibited a series of large-format paintings of the whirling dervishes at the Venice Biennale. For the occasion, Mondino invited a company of dervishes for a dance performance, creating an unforgettable and highly poetic moment in which the works on show were flanked by real dancers.
In 2000 he made his first trip to India and he shows in an exhibition called Flowers at the Birla Academy in Calcutta. In 2001 Galleria Astuni organised a double solo exhibition: "Gnawa" and "Torso torsolo rosicchiato da Rodin" curated by Luca Beatrice.
Viola d’amore
1985Turcata
1998Cioccolatini da morto
1970Dans des Jarres
Capi e copricapi
1993Bela Balans
1965Osman III (1754-1757)
1989AM. Strande, Paris
1981Byron
1989Untitled
2000unknown title
Cad. Eva americana
1966Iniziazione
1969Settembre
Logo
Qui c'est moi. Chocolate mosaic
1999Untitled
Tappeti stesi
Knawa Maroc
2002Collage
1973Ritratto di Georgia O'Keeffe
1993Untitled
Caduta di stella
1968Scultura un corno
Silveti
1995