1927 | born in Rome |
1942/43 | first still lifes and landscapes |
1946 | studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Rome; founds the group "Arte Sociale |
1947 | Co-founder of the group "Forma 1", the first Italian group of abstract artists; scholarship from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. acquaintance with Gino Severini, Hans Arp, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Picasso, Le Corbusier |
1950 | Founds the gallery/bookstore "L' Age d'Or" in Rome and Florence, avant-garde publications and magazines |
1951 | Invitation to the Milan Triennale by Lucio Fontana (together with Guerrini and Perelli) |
1952/56/58 | Participates in the Venice Biennale. |
1953/54 | Stay in the USA, acquaintance with Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline and Clement Greenberg; after his return to Rome travels to Paris, London and Berlin |
1959 | Participates in documenta II in Kassel, acquaintance with Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and Günther Uecker; in Paris with Yves Klein and Jesús Rafael Soto. |
1960 | Max Bill invites Dorazio to the exhibition "Concrete Art: 50 Years" in Zurich; exhibition "Monochrome Painting" of the Museum Leverkusen; own room at the XXX. Venice Biennale. |
1960-70 | Teaches at the Graduate School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania; 1963 co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Art; 1968 appointed professor; in his New York studio he creates his first compositions built up from bands of color |
1961 | Retrospective at the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf; joins the "Zero" group |
1964 | Participation in documenta III |
1966 | own exhibition space at the XXXIII Venice Biennale. |
1968 | scholarship of the DAAD, Berliner Künstlerprogramm, in West-Berlin |
1970 | end of teaching; move to Rome, 1974 to Todi, Umbria |
1988 | own exhibition space at the XLII. Venice Biennale. |
2005 | died in Perugia |