Silvano D’Orsi was born in 1953, in Gioia Sannitica, near Caserta. He graduated from the Art Institute of Cerreto Sannita, near Benevento, and had specialised in ceramics.
In the 1970s, he moved to Perugia where he studied medicine.
Since 1978 he has lived and worked in Deruta. He is a ceramist, painter and sculpturer who is also a curious investigator of techniques and materials, painting with ceramic enamels in a very “contemporary” manner and with acrylics on canvas that recall the same force. His sculptures are skillfully created with different materials depending on the needs and aesthetic expression. The cycles of his bronze sculptures are important as they uncover and distinguish his true nature as a curious artist and expert.
His latest works, in “refractory” and in bronze and of large dimension, have received positive feedback and critical consensus among discerning collectors.
Collections of his works are rich, both in Italy as well as abroad. Several exhibitions have been held in Italy and other countries.
His past particpation in group exhibitions include those held in the following cities: Caserta, Numana (AN), Positano, Todi, Deruta, Perugia, Gubbio, Assisi, St. Stefano di Camastra (ME) Torgiano, Spoleto, Foligno, Orvieto, Gualdo T. (PG), Cortona, Vicenza, Verona, Venice, Trieste, Parma. Bologna, Ferrara, Faenza, Milan, Montecatini, Urbino, Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio, Nola, Bari, Telese (EC), Varese, Bucharest, Warsaw, Ljubljana, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Limoges, Strasbourg, Graz, Koper .
Exhibitions
1978
Galleria Il perfezionista – Perugia
Festival dei Due Mondi – Spoleto
1980
Galleria Comunale – Deruta
1981
Hotel Melody – Deruta
Galleria Comunale – Todi
1983
Galleria Comunale – Todi
Palazzo Priori – Perugia
Arte Fiera – Vicenza
Galleria Comunale – Deruta
Fortezza da Basso – Firenze
Galleria Comunale – Foligno
Festival dei Due Mondi – Spoleto
Galleria delle Erbe – Verona
Galleria Comunale – Gualdo T. (PG)
Municipio – Piedimonte Matese (CE)
Agosto corcianese – Corciano (PG)
1984
Palazzo Priori – Perugia
Galleria Comunale – Deruta
Festival dei Due Mondi – Spoleto
Arte Fiera – Vicenza
Galleria Comunale – Gualdo T. (PG)
Municipio – Piedimonte Matese (CE)
Rotary Club – Milano
1985
Galleria Chalton – Roma
Galleria Comunale – Varese
Municipio – Gioia Sannitica
1986
Centro Culturale Botticelli – Caserta
Galleria Susan Alexander – Los Angeles
Municipio – Telese (BN)
Municipio – Alife (BN)
Galleria Prestige – Parma
Galleria delle Erbe – Verona
Galleria Le Logge – Assisi
Municipio – Caiazzo (CE)
Galleria Lopopolo – Milano
Galleria Comunale – Palau (SS)
1987
Centro Culturale Botticelli – Caserta
1988
Casa di S. Ubaldo – Gubbio
Arte Fiera – Bologna
1989
Galleria Le Logge
Arte Fiera – Bologna
1990
Arte Fiera – Bologna
Galleria Campanile – Bari
Galleria Arpi – Foggia
CERP (Centro Espositivo Rocca Paolina) – Perugia
1991
Galleria Le Logge – Assisi
Galleria delle Erbe – Verona
Galleria Comunale – Gubbio
Palazzo Maccarani – Roma
Arte Fiera – Bologna
1992
Arte Fiera – Bologna
Municipio – Gioia Sannitica (CS)
Agosto corcianese – Corciano (PG)
1993
Arte Fiera – Bologna
Europa Arte – Ginevra
Galleria Z – Zurigo
Galleria Miniaci – Positano
1994
Galleria Miniaci – S. Gimignano
Centro Fiat – Perugia
Festival dei Due Mondi – Spoleto
1995
Galleria Freud – Montreux
1996
Palazzo della Penna – Perugia
1997
Municipio – Piedimonte Matese (CE)
1998
Agosto torgianese – Torgiano (PG)
1999
Galleria Miniaci – Positano
2000
Galleria Arpi – Foggia
2001
Centro Espositivo – Deruta
Galleria Comunale – Nola
2002
Galleria Serio – Napoli
2003
Centro Fiat – Perugia
2004
Galleria D’Amico – Roma
Alexander Gallery – Los Angeles
2005
Centro Espositivo – Deruta
Palazzo La Bella – Vico del Gargano (FG)
Centro Espositivo S. Vidal – Venezia
2006
Centro Espositivo – Deruta
Municipio – Gioia Sannitica (CE)
Museo della Ceramica – Cerreto Sannita (BN)
Centri Arti Visive –Trieste
2007
Artita – Pirano (SLO)
Kunstlerhaus – Vienna
Galleria Bersani – Capri
Galleria Canova – Napoli
2008
Artita – Pirano (SLO)
Centro Espositivo – Deruta
Gaia Gallery – Marsciano
Museo del Tabacco – S: Giustino (PG)
Galleria Autentica – Viareggio
Galleria S. Giorgio – Forte dei Marmi
2009
Artita – Pirano (SLO)
Centro Espositivo – Calvisi (CE)
Galerija Klinec – Medana (SLO)
Centro Espositivo – Bettona (PG)
CERP (Centro Espositivo Rocca Paolina) – Perugia
