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
Solo
2019 – INNATURA - The dystopian nature of things, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
2019 – INNATURA, MUTAarte, Turin, Italy
2017 – WAVER, KubGallery, Leipzig, Germany
2015 – L’ISOLA, Diploma exhibition, Project Room of EIGEN + ART Gallery Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2014 – L’ESANIME ANIMATO, stellwerk, Kulturbahnhof Kassel, Germany
Group
2023 – VELATO, Zhandong Art Museum Huyi District, Xi’an, China
2020 – Disturbance, ZAK (Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst, Zitadelle Spandau), Berlin, Germany
2020 – PEP Photographic Exploration Project, Brussels, Belgium
2020 – El SÓTANO ART SPACE, satellite organization, New York City, USA
2019 – OSTRALE Biennale, Historischen Tabakfabrik f6 Striesen, Dresden, Germany
2019 – Laguna Art Prize, Arsenale Venice, Venice, Italy
2019 – UnderTheCounterCulture, Cardiff Bay, United Kingdom
2018 – EMOP Emerging Photographers Group Exhibition, Berlin Blue Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 – NODOCCS, International Video Festival, Caracas, Venezuela
2016 – PASSAGE Trafik Festival, Maisondudroit & Damien et Marlèn, Bergerac, France
2016 – FROM ME TO YOU, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2015 – THE FERRY GALLERY International Experimental Video-Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 – GYEONGNAM International Photography Festival, Art Center Changwon, South Korea
2014 – HISTORY RELOADED, Villa Rosenthal, Jena, Germany
2014 – INTERNSHOP CAMP, GFZK Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2013 – ARTFAIR, Hamburg, Germany
2013 – INTIMATE, EIGEN + ART Gallery Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2013 – WITH DIFFERENT EYES, Blumen Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2013 – EINE ARBEIT / WORK, HGB Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany
2013 – VIAGGIO IN ITALIA / ITALIENISCHE REISE 2010-2012, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2012 – VIAGGIO IN ITALIA / ITALIENISCHE REISE 2010-2012, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2012 – MATERIE-T1, Teatro Furio Camillo, Rome, Italy
2012 – MATERIE-T1 & MATERIE-L1, HGB Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany
2012 – 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, 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
The Annihilation of Space and Time - zerofeedback, Tokyo, Japan 2023Premio artelaguna 2019
Intimate edition HGB EIGEN UND ART Leipzig, Germany2014
2014 Gyeongnam International Photography Festival, Changwon, South Korea 2014
Ostrale 2019
Click Magazine (edition of January 2019)
ItsLiquid International ArtExpo
Badische Zeitung Magazine
