Vittorio Fumasi was born in Naples in 1944 and earned his degree in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. 
After teaching Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catanzaro, Catania and Rome, he  now teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. Since 2002 he has been an Honorary Member of the Commission of Sacred Art and Department of Culture in the diocese of San Marco Argentano - Scalea.

The works presented on this web site represent a small sample of those produced in my forty-year artistic career. They include works made of bronze, silver, gold, steel, wood, fire clay, marble, cement, wax, chalk, plastic, fiberglass and other materials chosen according to the message to be conveyed. As you may gather, from looking at the pictures on this site, my favourite material is bronze due to its unique brilliance and plasticity.
I do not wish to offer any specific interpretations of my works, but rather I prefer to suggest several possible starting-points for various critical interpretations. My Art is inspired by the wonders that  Nature shows us every day including birds, flowers, sea creatures and the human form.
Figurative Art has its own special language, that is not composed of words but of feelings that arise from looking at the Works. 
 
                                                                                                        Vittorio Fumasi

TECHNIQUES
Microcasting of bronze, brass, aluminium, silver and gold Sand casting of bronze, brass, aluminium, silver and gold Lost wax casting of bronze, brass, aluminium, silver and gold	Serigraphy on ceramic and paper Lithography on paper Engraving on paper
ARTWORKS AT MUSEUMS
Interruption of a flight "Fondazione Pagani" Museum Legnano - Castellanza (MI) 1977  The dancer City Museum Portsmouth Virginia USA 2003    Separation Modern and Contemporary Art City Museum Praja a Mare (CS) 2004  Leaf Italian Generations '900 Art Museum "G.Bargellini" Pieve di Cento (BO) 2005

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1971 - LECCE - Gallery "L'Elicona" ;

• 1973 - SCALEA - Centro Flash ;

• 1978 - GUARDIA PIEMONTESE - "Grand Hotel delle TERME" ;

• 1992 - NAPLES - "The Under-Water Sculpture" Public Aquarius and Castel dell'Ovo;

• 1996 - MARATEA - City Hall and Vitolo Square;

• 2001 - SAN CASCIANO VAL DI PESA - "Definition of a Space" Public Library and Sacred Art Museum;

• 2003 - SCALEA - "A journey through a life in time and space" Public Library.

• 2004 - NEW YORK CITY - "Modern Incarnations" Agora Gallery

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EXHIBITIONS

• 1972 - VIBO VALENTIA - Calabrian Sculptors, Gagliardi Palace;

• 1975 - ROMA - X National Art Quadrennial, "The New Generation", Exposition Palace;

• 1976 - SAN VITO DEI NORMANNI - "Villa Europa", Contemporary Art Review;

• 1976 - FIRENZE - Gold Art Biennial, Strozzi Palace;

• 1976 - FIRENZE - Sculptors in Florence, Giorgio Giorgi Gallery;

• 1977 - CASTELLANZA -XIII International Exhibition, Pagani Foundation;

• 1977 - SASSOFERRATO - XXVII Art Review, Oliva Palace;

• 1977 - RIO DE JANEIRO, SAN PAOLO, BELORIZONTE, BRASILIA - Italian Gold Art Exhibition in Brazil;

• 1978 - CASTELLANZA -XIV International Exhibition, Pagani Foundation;

• 1978 - RHO - Arese Sculpture Biennial , Villa Cornaggia-Medici-Burba;

• 1980 - CATANZARO - DIS/AMBIENT/ACTION, Academy Fine Arts Museum;

• 1981 - SAN GIOVANNI IN FIORE - "Silarte", Florense Abbey;

• 1982 - PARIGI - Italian Contemporary Artists, Centre International D'Art Contemporain, Le Salon des Nations;

• 1992 - RAVENNA - X International Biennial Dantesca, Chiostri Francescani;

• 1993 - LIVORNO - Rotonda EXPO' 93, International Art Exhibition;

• 1994 - NAPOLI - G7 Art Performance, French Institute "Grenoble";

• 2000 - PRAIA A MARE - MARATEA - SAPRI- "Mediterranea" Exhibition about Policastro Gulf; 

• 2001 - MAIERA'- "Across Church and Little Town" , II edition.

• 2005 - FIRENZE - Rassegna d'Arte Sacra - Sala dei chiostrini Monastero di San Marco

• 2005 - FIRENZE - Concorso nazionale monumento a Giorgio La Pira per Firenze e Pozzallo

• 2006 - PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - Palm Beach International Biennale 06

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MONUMENTS

• 1973 - FUSCALDO MARINA - Bronze Greek Cross, San Giuseppe Church;

• 1974 - SCALEA - Fire clay low relief, on outside wall of a private house, SS 18; 

• 1978 - SCALEA - Monumental Tomb, Zito family, Public Cemetery;

• 1978 - SCALEA - High Altar, Low Altars, Holy Water Stoup, Confessional, pattern designed pavement in San Giuseppe Church;

• 1985 - SCALEA - Caloprese Square whit monumental fountain in bronze and granite;

• 1987 - SCALEA - Public school fence whit steel sheet panel representing the four season;

• 1999 - SCALEA - High Altar, Low Altars, Holy Water Stoup, Ambo whit bronze element, pattern designed pavement Artistic stained glass windows, Santissima Trinità Church;

• 2000 - PRAIA A MARE - "Light", Monument, "Madonna della Grotta" Sanctuary on Pilgrims Walk for the Jubilee 2000.

• 2004 - PRAIA A MARE - "Separation" (brass and granite), Museo Comunale

• 2005 - PIEVE DI CENTO - "Leaf" (bronze and travertine), Museo d'arte delle generazioni italiane del '900 "G.Bargellini"

• 2005 - SCALEA - Restoration of Gregorio Caloprese bronze bust

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• 1981 - PAPASIDERO - Bull;  Twentieth Anniversary of the discovery of the archaeology site of "Grotta del Romito";

• 1985 - DIAMANTE -The Silver Citrons; theatrical performance "Riviera dei Cedri";

• 2002 - DIAMANTE - Silver Red Hot Chilly Pepper; tenth Anniversary of the Red Hot Chilly Pepper Academy;

• 2003 - PORTSMOUTH (Virginia,U.S.A.) - The Dancer; Gala Night of the Festival "TodiMusicFest America".

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CATALOGUES

• VITTORIO FUMASI, testo di Toti Carpentieri, Galleria L'Elicona, Lecce, gennaio 1971;

• Scultori Calabresi, testo di Vincenzo Marturano, Palazzo Gagliardi, Vibo Valentia, 1972;

• X Quadriennale, "La nuova generazione" Palazzo delle Esposizioni marzo-aprile 1975, Stefano De Luca editore, Roma 1975, pag.164.

• Rassegna d'Arte Contemporanea "Villa Europa" Edizione 1975, San Vito dei Normanni 1975, pag.1O5.

• Biennale d'Arte Orafa, testo di Toti Carpentieri, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze 1976, pag.73.

• XIII e XIV Mostra Internazionale di Scultura all'aperto, Sissa Pagani, Fondazione Pagani, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Legnano-Castellanza, Edizione 1977 pag.6, Edizione 1978 pag.8.

• XXVII Rassegna d'Arte, Palazzo Oliva, Sassoferrato 1977, pag.73.

• Biennale di Scultura di Arese, Villa Cornaggia-Medici-Burba, Rho III edizione 1978, pag.61.

• Silarte,Abazia Florense, "Cinque anni di ricerca formale in Calabria", Tonino Sicoli, San Giovanni in Fiore 1981, pag.6.

• X Biennale Internazionale Dantesca, Edizione del Centro Dantesco dei Frati Minori Conventuali, aprile-settembre 1992, Ravenna, pag.71.

• Rotonda Expò 93-41° Mostra Nazionale d'Arte, edizioni B&V 1993, pag.36.

• Tra chiese e borghi I edizione, Maierà 2001, pag.11. 

CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alfredo Schettini "Corriere Di Napoli" 02/10/1966; Pietro Girace "Roma" 13/12/1966; "L'Unità" 04/12/1968; "Bisette" Lecce 26/01/1971; Vittorio Balsebre "L'Ora del Salento "27/01/1971; Enzo Panareo "La Tribuna Del Salento" 29/01/1971; Salvatore Spedicato "Voce Del Sud" 30/01/1971; "La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno" 31/01/1971; "Gazzettino" 10/02/1971; "Mezzogiorno Turistico" N° 2-3 1971; Bernard Gauthron "La Revu Modern "01/06/1971; "Linea Italiana" N° 75 Dicembre 1976, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; "Eco di Castellanza e Valle Olona" maggio 1977; Franco Calabrò "Il Giornale di Calabria" 09/04/1978; "Oggi Sud" 26/04/1985; "L'Altra Italia" Periodico di dibattito e immagine del Mezzogiorno, Anno II N° 3 pag.113; "La Repubblica" Redazione di Napoli, pag. X ,15/10/1992; Vitaliano Corbi "La Repubblica" Redazione di Napoli, 29/10/1992; Angela Tecce "Il Giornale Dell'Arte" anno X, N° 105, Novembre 1992; Santa Di Salvo "Il Mattino" 11/10/1992; "Mondo Sommerso" N° 34 Dicembre 1992/Gennaio 1993; Francesco Cirillo "Il Domani" 03/09/2002; Egidio Lorito "La Provincia Cosentina" 25/08/2003; Marie R.Pagano "Gallery&Studio" vol.7 N° 2 Novembre \ Dicembre 2004 New York; Egidio Lorito "La Provincia Cosentina" 01/12/2004.