Italo Scanga

born Lago, Calabria, Italy, 1932; died San Diego, California, 2001

BiographyItalo Scanga was celebrated throughout the art world for his ebullient constructions and his fluency across the spectrum of art media. His creations in sculpture, painting, printmaking, glass and ceramics are in numerous museum collections, including The Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His major solo exhibitions have appeared in museums and galleries around the world.

Scanga received his BA and MFA in sculpture at Michigan State University. He taught at the University of Wisconsin, Rhode Island School of Design, Penn State, and the Tyler School of Art before a stint as a visiting professor at UCSD in 1976-77 led to a permanent faculty post where he remained for the rest of his career.

artist's obituary in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/03/arts/italo-scanga-69-an-artist-inspired-by-found-objects.html
[accessed August 2017]

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