After completing his academic education with high honors at Harvard University (‘82) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Romolo Del Deo has pursued a distinguished  career as an artist and master sculptor, with studios in Pietrasanta, Italy and Provincetown, USA.  The artwork of Romolo Del Deo is exhibited in public monuments, museums and galleries  internationally and he has received major awards and prizes, including the New York Foundation for the Arts USA, The Henry Moore Foundation UK, INHA Grant France, The Florence  Biennale De Medici Gold Medal, Italy and the David McCord Prize for Creativity USA and The  Sumner Bird Foundation Creative Grant for the last three years consecutively.  

Most recently, Romolo Del Deo was selected to create a 14ft high monumental bronze  sculpture for the European Cultural Center as part of the Venice Art Biennial 22 in the Giardini  Biennale. He has also represented 21st Century Art of the United States at the 2017 G7 of Art in  Italy as well as the Honoree Exhibitor at the 2017 Florence Biennale.  

In addition to his artwork, his teaching methods have received the Harvard-Danforth Award for Excellence in Education and the President's Award for Contributions to the Arts at  Harvard University. Romolo Del Deo is a leading proponent of "Arte Lunga” the Long Art Movement. To advance his ideas about Long Art and to nurture emerging artists, he founded the Studio Romolo Atelier school of art.  

This fall the artwork of Romolo Del Deo is on display in the Venice Art Biennial,  Marinaressa Gardens, Venice, Italy, in Karlsruhe, Germany at the Stadtkirche, and in Tribeca at Gigantic, NY, USA.