ANTONIO RAINONE was born in Battipaglia (Salerno, Italy) on 16 October  1961, where he still lives today.

 He has taken part in many exhibitions, competitions and sharing communities; Let’s see the most important events:

•  National exhibitions :

   - Battipaglia (Salerno - Italy) in 1995,1996,2001,2002,2006;

   - Giffoni V.P.(Salerno - Italy) in 1998 for the 28th International Cinema Festival;

   - Montecorvino (Salerno - Italy)  in 1998 in “Villa Budetta”;

   - Salerno in 2001 in the seat of “Funiculì”;

   - Caggiano     (Salerno - Italy)  in 2001 in the Castle;

   - Ravello      (Salerno - Italy)  in 2003 in “Palazzo Sasso”;

   - Eboli        (Salerno - Italy)  in 2004/2007 in San Francesco building;

   - Cava dei Tirreni (Salerno - Italy)  in 2005 in the ex District Court building.

• Sharing communities:

     - Cava dei Tirreni (Salerno - Italy) in 2008 in the monumental complex of “San Giovanni Anthida”

   - Florence : in 2008 “artisticamente a Firenze” in  San Carlo dei Barnabiti building

   - Santa Maria di Castellabate (Salerno - Italy) in "Villa Matarazzo" - August 2009 

• Foreign exhibitions :

   - Berlin (Germany) in 2001 in the rooms of  “Osteria Caruso”

   - St. Petersburg  (Russia) in 2002 in Zar Sciuvalov’s Palace

• Reviews and Competitions

   Great Contemporary Painters Gran Prix  in 1999 in Rimini

   3rd millennium biennial award of  Parlesca (Pg) in  2000

    Urania National Prize of Montecorvino Rovella (Salerno - Italy) in 2000

   “Giubileo degli Artisti” Prize -  Battipaglia, Bellizzi e Olevano S.T. (Salerno – Italy) in 2000

    National competition “Un premio senza Barriere”  Paestum in 2000 where he won the third prize

   National Artistic Prize of  S.Arsenio (Salerno - Italy) in cooperation with “Accademia del Principe di          Malta” In  2001  where he won the third prize

    National prize “Natale a Vada” (Livorno - Italy) in 2001 where he won the first prize for the landscaping section

    Trestina International prize  (Città di Castello,Pg) in  2003 where he was one of first artists selected

• MOST SIGNIFICANT  PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS :

    - Tronchetti Provera ‘s private collection “dipendenti Pirelli”  in Milan

    - Donation to Pope Karol Woytila in  2003 (Vatican city)

    - Town Hall of Battipaglia (Salerno – Italy)

    - Valery Lednev’ s private collection (Russia)

    - Natalia Markova’ s private collection (Russia)

    - Town Hall of  Cava dei Tirreni (Salerno – Italy)

    - Donation to Pope  Benedetto XVI nel 2006 (Vatican city)

   - Donation to K. Woytila birthplace  - August 2006

• PEOPLE WHO WROTE ABOUT HIS ART

    -Prof.  Geremia Paraggio, editor-en-chief  of the cultural magazine “Il Saggio”

    -Dr  Riccarda Zezza, editor of the magazine “Fatti e Notizie” of Pirelli

    -Prof.  Alfredo Pasolino , International art critic from Vigevano

    -Prof. Gino Porzio, teacher of art at the “ISA” of Torre del Greco (Na)

    -Flavio Manni, art critic and president of the Association Alkaest of Perugia

    -Prof. Valery Lednev, teacher of the Russian Academy of Arts

    -Viktoria Morosova, journalist of the newspaper Okao of  St. Petersburg  (Russia)

    -Enzo Pietropinto, teacher in Eboli (Salerno – Italy)

    -Francesco Piccolo,  journalist of  “Salernitano”

    -Nadia Parlante,  journalist and art critic

    -Elvira Sessa , journalist of the newspaper “La Città”

• Cultural association and play "Light Art" of Rome communicates to 'Dear Artist Antonio Rainone which ranked first place in the 4th Edition of the Prize of Poetry, Fiction, Drama and Painting "Light Art" for the year 2014 section
  ion D Painting with the work entitled "The campaign in Poland