Cristoforo Russo

Cristoforo Russo was born in Torre del Greco, a town near Naples. Studies traditional landscape architects, elaborates a personal style, uses a warm and balanced palette. Journalist and lover of popular culture, he combines theatrical training with internationalist academic training, which lead him to paint during his long travels. He exhibited in the colors of the world at the Arianna Cultural Center in 2016, at the VibrAzioni Art Festival exhibition in 2017, at the 2nd contemporary art exhibition at the Civic Museum Striano. In 2019, he received the New York award Lecce, in “In love with Culture” by Manhattan Transfer from the Castrimeniense Academy to the "Mastroianni" Civic Museum. The first 2019 solo exhibition at the Moroni Library, in Porto Recanati.

In 2020 he participated in the Dantebus bazart painting competition in Milan, and in the Free Emotions with Karen Thomas curated by the Arte in Regola gallery in 2020 Rome. In 2021, he exhibited at Bastione San Giacomo Brindisi, with the project Manhattan Transfer. Participate in the 115th Exhibition of Cento Pittori via Margutta, 2021. He exhibits in one person in 2021, by title Controvento, in 2022 with Manhattan Transfer{{Cite web |last=Tribuna 24 |date=2022-12-04 |title="MANHATTAN TRANSFER", la pittura di Cristoforo Russo in Ekklesia |url=http://www.tribuna24.it/comuni/manhattan-transfer-la-pittura-cristoforo-russo-ekklesi/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Tribuna24.it |language=it-IT}} near Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto and in 2023 Un Presepe Pop in Venanzo Crocetti Museum.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=ARTE, pittura. Manhattan Transfer: le opere di Cristoforo Russo esposte a Roma |url=https://www.insidertrend.it/2022/04/27/arte/arte-pittura-manhattan-transfer-le-opere-di-cristoforo-russo-esposte-a-roma/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=insidertrend.it |language=it-IT}}

He has joined the Gruppo Arte Purificato directed by Giuseppe Purificato and Francesco Zero, and is published in the Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana, Catalogo Generale Artisti dal Novecento ad oggi{{Cite web |last=ITALIANA |first=ENCICLOPEDIA D'ARTE |title=RUSSO Cristoforo - Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana - Catalogo generale Artisti dal 900 ad oggi |url=http://www.enciclopediadarte.eu/scheda.asp?id=1086 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=ENCICLOPEDIA D'ARTE ITALIANA |language=Italian}} and the National Gallery Archive.

In 2024, he was invited to the exhibition curated by the art historian Michela Ramadori, Frontier art: expressing and representing disability. A selection of works from the Paolo Salvati Archive Collection and other collections, Rome, Borromini salon, Biblioteca Vallicelliana.{{Cite web |last=Graziano |first=Nicoletta |title=Arte di frontiera: esprimere e rappresentare la disabilità. Una selezione di opere della Collezione Archivio Paolo Salvati e di altre raccolte |url=https://www.exibart.com/evento-arte/arte-di-frontiera-esprimere-e-rappresentare-la-disabilita-una-selezione-di-opere-della-collezione-archivio-paolo-salvati-e-di-altre-raccolte/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=exibart.com |language=it-IT}}

He died on 15 April 2024, at the age of 45.{{cite news|url=https://www.romasudonline.it/2025/02/04/luci-nel-buio-la-iv-edizione-ha-fatto-brillare-arte-musica-e-pace/|title="Luci nel Buio": la IV edizione ha fatto brillare arte, musica e pace|work=Roma Sud|date=4 February 2025|language=it}}

• Luigi Salvatori

• Monograph, Crontrovento, Napoli, Cristoforo Russo, by Cristoforo Palomba, Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, 2021. {{ISBN |978-88-99742-67-6}} [http://id.sbn.it/bid/VEA1385328 Opac sbn, Crontrovento, Napoli, Cristoforo Russo, by Cristoforo Palomba, Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, 2021.]
• Alberto Moioli, Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana, Catalogo Generale Artisti dal Novecento ad oggi, Milan, 2022. {{ISBN |978-88-941191-9-0}}
• Exhibition Catalog, Manhattan transfer, personal exhibition Cristoforo Russo, by Rosario Pinto, Rome, Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, 2022. {{ISBN |978-88-99742-65-2}} [http://id.sbn.it/bid/UTO1429155 Opac sbn, Manhattan transfer, personal exhibition Cristoforo Russo, 2022.]
• Alberto Moioli, Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana, Catalogo Generale Artisti dal Novecento ad oggi, Milan, 2022. {{ISBN |978-88-941191-9-0}}
• Luigi Salvatori, Storia dei Cento Pittori Via Margutta, primo volume storico documentale, vol.1, Rome, 2022. {{ISBN |979-12-80434-08-1}}
• Exhibition Catalog, by Rosario Pinto, Cristoforo Russo, Un Presepe PoP, Museo Venanzio Crocetti, Editions of Italian Modern and Contemporary Art Archives, Roma, 2023. {{ISBN |978-88-947049-5-2}} [http://id.sbn.it/bid/VEA1385317 Opac sbn, Cristoforo Russo, Un Presepe PoP, Exhibition Catalog Museo Venanzio Crocetti, by Rosario Pinto, 2023.]
• Luigi Salvatori, 117ª Mostra Cento Pittori via Margutta, Rome, 2023. {{ISBN |979-12-80434-12-8}}
• Alberto Moioli, Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana, Catalogo Generale Artisti dal Novecento ad oggi, vol.11, Milan, 2023.
• Alberto Moioli, Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana, Catalogo Generale Artisti dal Novecento ad oggi, Milan, 2024. {{ISBN |978-88-947879-0-0}}
• Michela Ramadori, Arte di frontiera: esprimere e rappresentare la disabilità. Una selezione di opere della Collezione Archivio Paolo Salvati e di altre raccolte, Rome, 2024. {{ISBN |978-88-947049-1-4}}

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• [https://www.centopittoriviamargutta.it/russo-cristoforo/ Official website] at Cento Pittori via Margutta
• [https://www.exibart.com/artista-curatore-critico-arte/cristoforo-russo/ Exhibitions by Cristoforo Russo] on Exibart.com{{Refend}}

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Category:1978 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:21st-century Italian painters

Category:Painters from Campania