In Rome, at the end of the seventies, he worked as humorist in Italian satirical magazines Il Male and Zut.
He moved to Dublin in the late eighties where he studied Medieval History and in 1995 he was awarded a PhD by Trinity College Dublin.
His work, satirical in humour and minimalist in style has been published and presented in international exhibition catalogues ( Offf Barcelona 2007; Semi permanent, Sidney 2008; Ink 01 International Illustration Rally, Bilbao 2008; Alfa Romeo Art, Milan 2010); magazines (3×3 Mag, New York; Shift Calendar 2010, Tokyo; The Dubliner, Dublin; Clam Magazine, Paris-NewYork; Ideafixa, Brazil; Fluro Mag, New Zeland), art websites ( Juxtapoz, Paintalicious, Yay! Monday! Evilmonito, Design Milk) and art galleries (Sexy Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Shiny Squirrel Gallery, NY; Little Paper Airplanes, Los Angeles; Umber Studios, Minneapolis; 180 Gallery Cambridge, Ontario; Wannabee and DOZ Gallery, Milan; Turn-Berlin, Germany, Gallery Number One, Mill Street Studios, South Studios and The Loft, Dublin, Ireland)
He is a member of the IGI (Illustrators Guild of Ireland) and AI (Associazione Illustratori Italiani) and the author of nerosunero.
LÜrzer’s Archive included Mario Sughi in their compilation “200 best illustrators worldwide 2009”.
In 2010 Mario was awarded prizes at the 30th Annual of Italian Illustrators , 7th 3×3 Mag Annual, and at the 29th American Illustrators.
Upcoming solo exhibition: A new sense of emptyness, Greenroom Manchester, 8 Sept – 23 Oct. 2010, curated by Blank Media Collective.
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