During the day there are times when pure, full of boundless energy, there are simple moments, moments tasteless and
there are times when all the forces of the universe come together in your own being.
I could say many things about me, about my art or life and death. I could tell you many things about my colors on my
visions or about love and hate, but I prefer to just open the door and let you discover what you're looking for.

Feel ... feel free.

Welcome to my moments
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Heidi Russell Presents
Flavio Pellegrino
Tomatos Rain
El Abrazo
Taras Daughters
Painting a Red Sky
Little River
New York  Girls
Two
What About You
Snowy Night
The Hunted Hill
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Mystery
Flavio Pellegrino was born in the city of Rosario, Argentina, in 1972. With only four years old, and showed his artistic
inclinations and began his studies at the Art Academy Miguel Angel Particular, obtaining the title of Professor of Drawing
and Painting Art at the early age of twelve. During the teen years continued his training by adding other activities such as
mathematics, physics and science in general, but inevitably the arts occupied the attention and so begins to fuse painting
with different artistic disciplines such as literature, poetry, sculpture and crafts. As a result of this fusion of talent, creativity
and curiosity, begins to take shape the inner need to express his creative beyond the limits of his hometown and so he
embarks on a long journey of over seven years across of Argentina, visiting one inmumerable many places and exhibiting
his works in more than sixty cities. During this period the technique discovers digitopintura on one of his visits to the city of
Bariloche, a technique still practiced to date to the delight itself and dictates open art workshops, traditional or not
exclusively academic, focused on the style potentiate their students.

Finally after several years, Flavio considers the internal scenario, emotional and spiritual, is given to take the next step
and so decides to leave his country and bring your vision of art international level. Chile and Uruguay were the
destinations chosen and later arrive USA.

Between 2000 and 2002 he made ​​a series of exhibitions in the cities of Tampa and Miami, Florida, and attended the Art
Festival Calle 8 Cultural Fridays , festival where they shared more than two hundred artists and performed periodically.
Similarly, a new destination come and with it, the resurgence of artistic curiosity, cravings, desires and so would direct his
steps to New York City.

In 2003 would make his first exhibition in New York, entitled Bird on Fire , in Jadite Galleries , obtaining very good
acceptance by the public and critics. Three years later, in 2006, would perform a new exhibition in Jadite, this time
presenting a new series of figurative works entitled Into the Ocean . During the same year he began to participate more
regularly in various art projects with Nerissa Jones and JNYMedia.com , resulting in the end of autumn, the publication of
his first book of   poetry bilingual, titled 20 White Tears / 20 White Tears a fine selection of poems that Flavio was writing
through the years.

Flavio Pellegino always showed his interest in the art of murals , especially those of the Renaissance period and was as
Nerissa Jones connects with the Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan and manages to paint his first mural in the city of
New York and five years later, the image of the mural entitled Under The Rainbow is used for the cover of the book
American Magnificat
Far from being satisfied, deeply immersed in a new project that would fail to see the light until four years later, and
decides to appoint Trampoline . It was again the inner need to transform their art, curiosity, eclecticism and dynamism, this
time focused on a more artistic vision of abstract and emotional content.

In 2009, he participated in the group exhibition HOAST2009 at The Last Gallery, and in 2010 did the same in the 4th
Annual 32BJ Salon Exhibit in New York City and first connected with Agora Gallery, located in the very heart of the district
Chealsea international art.

2011 begin in full swing. In April, Flavio has officially Trampoline at a private reception at Serendipity Wines & Spirits,
NYC. In May he traveled to Paris, France, worn by Scarlet Art Space and is part of the 6th edition of the Grand Salon d'Art
Abordable-Paris, thus giving his first step in European lands. In June of the same year would be his first group exhibition
at Agora Gallery entitled The Substance of Abstraction. The various reviews in the press highlight the creative talents of
his works. Later would come the turn of another sample, this time in the 5th Annual Salon Exhibit of 32BJ.

During the European summer of 2012, Pellegrino visits the city of Lecce, Italy, where he presents the international art
exibition IL Polso DEL VENTO , accompanied by local artists at the Conservatorio di Sant Anna Ex.
Upon his return to the U.S., he traveled to Miami and participates in international art exibition October Contemporary at
Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery sharing with numerous artists from Latin America and Europe.
In November, participates in "Unbound Perspectives," a group exibition at Agora Gallery in New York City.
Currently, Flavio Pellegrino continues to work on various projects, including the most ambitious in his artistic career to
date called NEW ALPHABET.

Pellegrino is represented in New York City by Agora Gallery
TEACHING

1996 Art Workshops: Bariloche, Rio Black. (ARGENTINA)
1997 Art Workshops: Rosario, Santa Fe (ARGENTINA)
1998 Art Workshops: Monte Hermoso, Bs (ARGENTINA)
1999 Art Workshops: San Salvador, Jujuy. (ARGENTINA)

EXHIBITIONS

1994 Villa Carlos Paz, Mendoza, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Telmo, Capilla del Monte. (ARGENTINA)
1995 Puerto Madryn, Puerto Piramide. (ARGENTINA)
1996 El Bolson, Mendoza, Bariloche. (ARGENTINA)
1997 Las Grutas, Casilda, Parchment, Santo Tome, Villa Constiticion, Rosario (ARGENTINA)  
1998 Monte Hermoso, Concepcion del Uruguay, San Salvador, San Nicolas, Canada de Gomez, Colon.      
1999 Monte Hermoso, Mercedes, Arroyo Seco, Jujuy. (ARGENTINA)  
Santiago de Chile, Vina del Mar (Chile)
Cologne (URUGUAY)
2000 Villa Gesell, Monte Hermoso. (ARGENTINA)
Miami - Florida (USA)
2001 Miami - Florida (USA)
Tampa - Florida (USA)  
2003 Jadite Galleries - New York City. (USA)   
2006 Jadite Galleries - New York City. (USA)
2009 Last Gallery - New York City. (USA)
2010 4th Annual 32BJ Salon - New York City. (USA)
2011 Serendipity Wines & Spirits - New York City. (USA)
6 ˚ Grand Salon d'Art Abordable-Paris. (France)
Agora Gallery - New York City. (USA)
5th Annual 32BJ Salon - New York City. (USA)
2012 Art Takes Time Square, New York City. (USA)
Polso Il Vento, Ex Conservatorio di Sant'Anna, Lecce. (ITALY)
Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Miami. (USA)
Agora Gallery, New York City. (USA)
Art Takes Miami, Miami. (USA)