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			GENERAL INFORMATION Alexander Shundi's works are in many public and private collections in the United States and abroad. He has been the subject of many articles in news papers and magazines including: Art News, Art in America, Arte Moderna, Hartford Magazine, Duchess County Magazine, The New York Times, Il Redentore, The Boston Globe, The Bridgeport Post, Apotheosis, The New Haven Register, South West Magazine, Ridgefield Times, Pasatiempo, Westport Bulletin, The Lakeville Journal, Harlem Valley Times, Waterbury Republican, Miami Herald, Litchfield County Times, Nimrod International Journal, The Country and Abroad Magazine, Millerton News, and La Gazzetta di Parma. Alex spent seven summers racing "off the road" vehicles in international rallies throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has traveled for twenty years exploring the American Southwest, with particular focus on both ancient and current Pueblo culture, art, and mythology.


			BACKGROUND Born in Correggio (Reggio Emilia), Italy on May 19, 1944. Lived in Parma, Italy until 1957, when his family moved to the United States. Alex lives and works in a converted 1850's church with his wife Elizabeth Hill, also a painter, and has two children, Aramis, and Siena.

EDUCATION

1967- 69 Yale University (New Haven, CT.)
BFA, MFA, Graduate School of Painting, Full Scholarship and Fellowship.

1966- 67 Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Milano, Italy.)
Certificate of Honor - Painting with Pompeo Borra, and Sculpture with Marino Marini.

1967 Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris, France.)

1963- 66 Silvermine College of Art (New Canaan, CT.)
Full Scholarship, and Assistantship in Sculpture and Ceramics.

TRAVEL

Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, Canada, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, England, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Monaco, Luxemburg, Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Peru, Morocco.

LINK

His gallery : www.newartsgallery.com
Elizabeth's website : www.elizabethseewaldhill.com