ARTISTS Alessandro Valeri
Alessandro Valeri
Alessandro Valeri lives and works between Paris and Rome, where he has a studio at Pastificio Cerere, the cradle of the “Nuova Scuola Romana” (Achille Bonito Oliva, 1984). He studied at the Istituto di Stato per la Cinematografia e Televisione Roberto Rossellini and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome between the late 1980s and early 1990s.
His research develops through various materials and techniques: photography, painting, drawing, writing, sculpture, neon, electronics, video, sound design, advertising, and installations. Classical and innovative techniques blend together, creating an ever-evolving, ultra-contemporary creative journey with a critical focus on reality, which he continuously interrogates, investigates, and challenges.
His work is driven by a profound desire for creative and social participation and sharing, aimed at generating change in both individual and collective consciousness.
He has also expressed his artistic inspiration in the field of advertising and social communication, signing campaigns for major national and international brands and winning some of the most prestigious awards in the sector (2001–2010).
THE ATELIER IN ROME
In the heart of San Lorenzo, Pastificio Cerere is one of the symbolic locations of contemporary Roman art. A former industrial factory from the early 20th century, in the 1980s it became a reference point for artists who transformed the abandoned spaces into studios and workshops, giving rise to the Scuola di San Lorenzo (School of San Lorenzo) and a new creative language.
Today, Pastificio continues to be a hub for artistic research. Among the artists working there is Alessandro Valeri, who chose this historic building for his studio. His studio interacts with the industrial memory of the place, becoming an environment for visual and conceptual experimentation, where photography, symbolic art, and narrative intertwine.
The Pastificio Cerere thus remains a living place, where past and present meet, and Valeri’s vision contributes to renewing its creative identity every day.
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“MILKY WAY” PROJECT
Milky Way is a conceptual and artistic vision by Alessandro Valeri
56° BIENNALE
Sepphoris
PANORAMA – NEW YORK
The New York works represent one of the most powerful cores of Alessandro Valeri’s visual research
THE CIRCUS
“The Circus” is a photographic series born from Alessandro Valeri’s immersive experience inside the Togni Circus in 1999