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Joe Palermo

London, United Kingdom
Artist (Painting, Photography)
Born 1971

Joe Palermo born in Rome under the Aquarius zodiac.
He grew up in a traditional working class family with father and mother work in their market business.

His grand parents were an ex-cop(caribbinieri) and another a ex singer well known during the 40’s-50’s.

Third of five brothers,he was not consider the “best one” in school his results was always at the minimun despite a good behaviour as pupil which gove to him credits for his extra school activities.

He loved to play piano and all different sports,and in his teen ages won as sprinter
The 100m City of Rome Catholic Games with Saint Ignazius,and won with the School Football team the College competition with Pio XI ENFAP College.

His presence in school and college as member of the student rapresentative rights was always high,but due to his good result in sport he pratically stopped to study and after few good year as a young sprinter was forcing to end for muscular injuries.

He was in his dark age with no really someone to help or suggest him to restart his young life,he felt into criminal life few years of darkness which was over after his decision.

He use to be in art exhibition and meet pop artist as Tano Festa e Schifano and
avanguard artis as Uta and where lucky to speak with the old guard of actor use to be in Via del Babbuino an old street full “old glory” people

He started to work in night clubs as dancer and become after a male stripper
famous under the name of Mr.Habana,and working as radio speaker for Tir-radio pull and other radio networks.

He started to look for work as actor and stunt so decided to get the qualifications as stuntman which obtained with O.A.C.of R.Alessandri but after few characters in films and theatre his glamour life was over at the end of 90’s.

He decided to made a short movie about the underworld of film-fashion agencies this short films was highly criticising in film festivals for its minimalism story but after few years a scandal comes up of hundred of agencies were use to stolen money to young and adults want try to start the career into show business following the short movies was regulary showed into differet Italian TV networks.

Despite his results with that short movie he could not find work either was able
to find a ordinary work,so He moved in London 1999 but has not a great time.

His look as criminal doesn’t gove him great chance to find a decent job,so like anyone he started to work as cleaner but with not enough money he couldn’t make a living so started to looking for a new job too much time without find one
His finacial debt start to rise and he finished without can pay a rent after few days of street and some “luck” finaly find a new job.

He get different qualifications during those years into vidio tv productiond,new media design etc.but despite his hard search into a job in media and new media couldn’t find a work,even becouse people working intoHuman Resources haven't experiences to understood his...

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