Biography
Comics are art!
...I paint it in acrylic on canvas.
Umberto Gagliano
Designer | Art Painter
Comics are Art and Umberto Gagliano paints them in acrylic on canvas!
All of Umberto Gagliano's artistic production is a self-taught tribute to John Romita Sr., the great MARVEL comics artist who ignited the inspiration of the great pioneers of Pop Art and enchanted him in 1977, at the age of seven, influencing his graphic style forever.
The artist's fame received a great boost at comics industry events where he exhibited his first works alongside the greatest contemporary MARVEL artists who expressed wide appreciation for him.
Umberto Gagliano boasts today numerous personal and collective exhibitions, he exhibits in London and throughout the country in Institutional Galleries, private and in prestigious locations (Rinascente Store).
His style, typically American comics from the 60s, is appreciated and used in the official images of the third largest and most attended Christian celebration in the world (Saint Agatha in Catania), to which the artist dedicates an entire collection.
His works are present in the Catalogs of Comics Sector Events as well as in National Art Catalogs (National Institute of Culture 2024).
His works are created in his studio in Catania.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Catania, "Made in Italy" and "Catania in Pop-Art", Showcase in Rinascente. RINASCENTE Store.
2024
Catania, Sant'Agata 2024, Showcase in Rinascente. RINASCENTE Store.
2022
Catania, POP ART & COMICS, Modern Art Gallery. Department of Culture, Municipality of Catania.
Catania, LEGALITY, Palazzo degli Elefanti - Council Chamber. Municipality of Catania.
2020
Catania, POP ART & COMICS, RINASCENTE Store.
2019
Catania, VIVA S.AGATA - CATANIA IN POP ART, Palace of Culture, Municipality of Catania.
2018
Catania, POP ART AND COMICS, Etna Comics 2018, Exhibition Area. Le Ciminiere - Catania.
Catania, VIVA S.AGATA - CATANIA IN POP ART, Palace of Culture, Municipality of Catania.
2016
Catania,POP ART AND COMICS - SHOTS AND BRUSHES, Proloco and Municipality of Milo (CT).
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Paris, ARTEXPO PARIS 2024, Agnes Nord Galleries, Paris (FR).
2023
Venice, CASANOVA, Venice Art Gallery, Venice.
2023
Ravenna, SPRING IN ART, Ravenna Art Gallery, Ravenna.
2023
Venice, COLLATERAL TO THE VENICE CARNIVAL, Venice Art Gallery, Venice.
2022
Venice, EPILOGUE TO THE VENICE BIENNALE. Venice Art Gallery, Venice.
Monza, POP ART, MIA (Monza International Art), Monza.
2018
London , SICILY FEST 2018, The Boiler House, Brick Lane, East London, London.
2017
Ragusa, ARCADIA COMICS & GAMES 2017, Giardini Iblei, Ragusa Ibla.
Catania, ETNA COMICS 2017. Exhibition in Artist Alley, Le Ciminiere - Catania.
2016
Catania , ETNA COMICS 2016. Exhibition in Artist Alley, Le Ciminiere - Catania.
Palermo, PALERMO COMIC CONVENTION 2016. Exhibition in Area Comics, Fiera del Mediterraneo, Palermo.
2015
Catania, THE ORIGINAL COMICS OF MARVEL AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON, Leaf, Sicilia Journal, Catania.
2004
Catania, FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, Second edition, AR.PE.CA. and Municipality of Catania. Boschetto della Plaja, Catania.
2003
Catania, FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, First edition, AR.PE.CA. and Municipality of Catania. Boschetto della Plaja, Catania.
