Mandala XVI (Juan Pablo II) (2024) Printmaking by Omar Sorriente

Omar Sorriente has received the Academic Honoris Causa title awarded by the Accademia Internazionale d´Arte Moderna, in Rome, by obtaining the 1st Prize, Gold Medal, in the Medusa Aurea Trophy (1999).
In 2000, the Gentium Pro Pace Academy (Vatican City) appointed him Master of Color, Sodalis Academicus, for the triptych homage to Pope John Paul II, made on the occasion of the Jubilee.
That same year he exhibited at The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latinamerican Art, Miami, United States. In 2001 he was awarded the Targa del Lazio, acquisition award at the AIAM, Rome.
In 2012 he exhibited his works at the Punta Arte Fair, at the Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Its beginnings. He began his studies at an early age at the Atelier Paul Klee with Prof. Adriana Dellepiane. He obtains three silver medals in the "Shankar's International Children's Competition" (1982, 1985 and 1986). At the age of 16, he continued his instruction in Fine Arts with Prof. Domingo Di Stéfano. At the same time, he studied Graphic Design at the University of Buenos Aires.
Its national exhibitions include: Ateneo Popular de La Boca (1992 and 1995), Museo de Bellas Artes de La Plata (1999), Asociación Estímulo de Bellas Artes (1999), Impulso de Bellas Artes (1999), General Directorate of Culture of San Isidro (2007), RvanR Gallery (2010), Classic Art Fair (2012).
Among the national awards, the following stand out: “Semana del Arte” Grand Prize RvanR Gallery (2009), 2nd Prize “Small Format” RvanR Gallery (2007), 1st Mention “67th Annual Salon” Círculo de Bellas Artes (2002), 1st Prize “ Human Figure Room ”Gallery Find you (1998).
He currently works in his atelier in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, entering the paradise of fine arts with his neo-futurist style (as called by the art critic Mara Ferloni, Ages Magazine, Rome, 1999).

• Nationality: ARGENTINA
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Argentinian Artists