Valerio Figuccio
1988* in Rome, Italy. Lives and works between Germany and Italy.
„During his studies he had the opportunity to develop various techniques including photography and video. He studied set design at the „Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma”. In 2009, he received a scholarship to study photography at the „Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst“ in Leipzig Germany. After graduating in Rome in 2012, he decided to continue his studies in Germany and enrolled in media arts. He graduated in 2015 having completed several exhibitions and projects over the years.“
His art works emerges from a confrontation with different elements that range from natural environments to the different small realities of everyday life, exploring themes of memory, insecurity and isolation. Many of them are characterized by a suspended dimension, and induce a feeling of calm in the viewer but also a feeling of uncertainty and mystery. Aesthetics plays a very important role in his work, in some cases becoming a form of contemplation.
*Education
2011-2015 „HOCHSCHULE FÜR GRAFIK UND BUCHKUNST“ (Academy of fine Arts) Leipzig, Germany. Medienkunst degree (Media Art Faculty)
2009-2010 „HOCHSCHULE FÜR GRAFIK UND BUCHKUNST“(Academy of fine Arts) Leipzig, Germany. Scholarship program by the Photography Faculty
2007-2012 „ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI“ (Academy of fine Arts) Rome, Italy. Set-design degree
*Exhibition
2018
EMOP Emerging Photographers Group exhibition, BerlinBlue Art Gallery, Berlin Germany.
FIST YOUR EYES, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany.
2017
NODOCCS, international video festival , Caracas Venezuela.
WAVER, Kub Gallery, Leipzig Germany.
2016
PASSAGE Trafik Festival, Maison du droit & Damien et marlèn, Bergerac France.
FROM ME TO YOU, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland California.
2015
L’ISOLA, Diplom exhibition, Project room of EIGEN + ART gallery, Spinnerei Leipzig Germany.
LIQUID IDENTITIES, THE FERRY GALLERY international experimental video-art festival, Bangkok Thailand.
2014
GYEONGNAM, International Photography Festival, Art Center Changwon, South Korea.
HISTORY RELOADED, Villa Rosenthal, Jena Germany.
L’ESANIME ANIMATO, STELLWERK, Kulturbahnhof Kassel Germany.
INTERNSHIP CAMP, GFZK gallery, Leipzig Germany
2013
ARTFAIR, Hamburg.
INTIMATE, Student group exhibition at EIGEN + ART gallery, Spinnerei Leipzig Germany.
WITH DIFFERENT EYES, Blumen gallery, Leipzig Germany.
EINE ARBEIT/ WORK, HGB Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig Germany.
VIAGGIO IN ITALIA / ITALIENISCHE REISE 2010-2012, ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt Germany.
VIAGGIO IN ITALIA / ITALIENISCHE REISE 2010- 2012 , WERKSCHAUHALLE Spinnerei, Leipzig Germany.
2012
MATERIE-T1, Teatro Furio Camillo, Rome Italy.
MATERIE-T1, MATERIE-L1, HGB Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig Germany.
RES OBSCURA, HGB Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig Germany.
2011
MATERIE-L1, Room 4.4, HGB Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig Germany.
2010
CHAIN OF FOOLS, HGB Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig Germany.
2009
L’EUROPA SULLA SCENA, Italian Cultural Institutes of Vienna Austria.
2004
ROMA PER VIVERE / ROMA PER PENSARE, Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome Italy.
Residencies
Bergerac Trafik Festival - La nouvelle gallerie 2016, France
Public collections
Intimate edition HGB Leipzig 2014: Kunstfund des Freistaates Sachsen, Dresden / Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig / Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig / Kunstsammlung der Sparkasse, Leipzig
Catalogs
2014 Gyeongnam International Photography Festival, Changwon, South Korea
Publications
Click Magazine (edition of January 2019)
ItsLiquid International ArtExpo: https://www.itsliquid.com/?s=valerio+figuccio&orderby=date
