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Alessio Delfino was born in Savona on 5 March 1976. He lives in Albisola and works in Savona.
He discovered photography at a very young age, through the darkroom, his studies in chemistry and his friendships with artists. Since his first solo exhibition in Genoa in 2002, he has developed his research in series (Des Femmes, Femmes d’or, Metamorphoseis, Tarots, Rêves, Ex Tenebris Lux), always centred on the female body and identity.
He has exhibited in Italy and abroad, with solo shows in New York, Seoul, Paris, Brussels and Berlin. He took part in the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), and his works are held in the collection of MART, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto.
In 2025 he presented Wunderkammer at Galerie Eulenspiegel in Basel, a series of female portraits made with a large-format view camera and hand-printed in analogue. He is now continuing his research with wet collodion, the photographic process introduced in 1851, in which every image is a unique piece, prepared, exposed and developed by hand within a few minutes. In the age of artificial intelligence and digital manipulation, this choice becomes a stand for reality, for materiality and for the direct encounter between photographer and subject.
Main solo shows:
2025 Basel – Switzerland, Galerie Eulenspiegel – Wunderkammer
2016 Rivara (TO) – Italy, Castello di Rivara – Tarots
2016 Genova (GE) – Italy, VisionQuesT Studio Clelia Belgrado – Rêves – Dreams
2014 Torino (TO) – Italy, Franz Paludetto – Rêves – Dreams
2014 Andora (SV) – Italy, Palazzo Tagliaferro Contemporary Culture Center – Photographier les yeux fermés, rêver les yeux ouverts
2013 Berlin – Germany, Paolo Erbetta arte contemporanea – Rêves
2013 Seoul – Korea, Kips Gallery Photography – Rêves | Dreams
2013 New York, Chelsea – U.S.A. Kips Gallery – Rêves | Dreams
2013 Brussels – Belgique, Galerie Nardone – Tarots
2013 Paris – France, Coullaud & Koulinsky – Rêves
2011 New York, Chelsea – U.S.A. Kips Gallery – Tarots
2011 Finale Ligure – Italy, Valente Artecontemporanea – Tarots
2011 Finale Ligure – Italy, Complesso Monumentale Chiostri di Santa Caterina Oratorio de’ Disciplinanti – Tarots
2011 Rome – Italy, Franz Paludetto – Tarots
2011 Milan – Italy, MC2 Gallery – Tarots
2010 Turin – Italy, Galleria Allegretti Contemporanea – Tarots
2010 Nürnberg – Germany, Livio Nardi Galerie – Tarots
2010 New York, Chelsea – U.S.A. Kips Gallery – Metamorphoseis
2009 Foggia – Italy, Galleria Paolo Erbetta Arte Contemporanea – Tarots preview – Femmes d’or
2009 Rivara (TO) – Italy, Castello di Rivara Centro d’Arte Contemporanea – Tarots preview
2008 Rivara (TO) – Italy, Castello di Rivara Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Metamorphoseis (with performance)
2007 Alassio (SV) – Italy, ex Chiesa Anglicana, Comune di Alassio Assessorato alla Cultura Féminin Inédit (with performance)
2006 Albissola Marina (SV) – Italy, Studio Lucio Fontana – Femmes d’or (with performance)
2006 Arles – France, Espace Gilles Barbero Festival Voies Off – Femmes d’or
2006 Varese – Italy, Spazio Arte Aurora – Femmes, Portraits et Travaux
2005 Aschaffenburg – Germany, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg e.V. Museum – Femmes Naturelles
2004 Genoa – Italy, Studio Ghiglione – Palazzo Doria – Travaux en cours
2002 Genoa – Italy, Studio Ghiglione – Palazzo Doria – Des Femmes 1999-2002
Main group shows:
2015 Genova (GE) – Italy, Biennale Le Latitudini dell’Arte – Palazzo Ducale
2014 Montecarlo (Principauté de Monaco) – Yacht Club de Monaco – “Mediterraneo i volti della metafora”
2013 Montecarlo (Principauté de Monaco) – Barclays Bank – “Mese della Cultura e della Lingua Italiana”
2013 Rivara (TO) – Italy, Castello di Rivara Centro d’Arte Contemporanea – “Equinozio d’Autunno”
2013 Città Sant’Angelo (PE) – Italy, MuseoLaboratorio Ex Manifattura Tabacchi – The Name, The Nose
2013 Trieste – Italy – Oltre il Sublime
2013 Marseille – France – Galerie du 5eme – “Volupté”
2011 54° Biennale di Venezia – Padiglione Italia Regione Liguria – Palazzo della Meridiana Genova
2011 Rovereto – Italy, MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto – “Percorsi riscoperti dell’arte italiana nella VAF-Stiftung 1947 – 2010”
2010 Bangkok – Thailand, Silpakorn University – “Frames! Italian style contemporary video art”
2010 Torino – Italy, Allegretti Contemporanea / Franz Paludetto Roma – “Opening Contemporary”
2010 Milano – Italy, MC2 Gallery – “Natura Anfibia”
2008-09 Rivara (TO) – Italy, Castello di Rivara Centro d’Arte Contemporanea – “Video Review”
2008 Rivara (TO) – Italy, Castello di Rivara Centro d’Arte Contemporanea – “Esercizi”
2005 Baltimore – U.S.A., World Trade Center – Arteast’s
2003 Albisola Marina (SV) – Italy, 14 July 2003 “La presa del Testa”
2002 Alassio (SV) – Italy, Chiesa Anglicana – Dell’Eterno Femminino
Art fairs:
2018, Bologna – Italy, ArteFiera – VisionQuest Contemporary Photography
2017, Basel – Switzerland, Photo Basel – VisionQuest Contemporary Photography
2016 Lyon – France, Photodocks – VisionQuest Contemporary Photography
2013 Busan – Corea, Art Fair Busan – Kips Gallery
2012 Brussels – Belgique, OFF Art Fair – MC2 Gallery
2011 Miami – USA, RedDot – Kips Gallery NY
2011 Milano – Italy, Step09 – MC2 Gallery
2011 Madrid – Spain, Madrid Foto – MC2 Gallery
2011 Chicago – USA, Art Chicago – Kips Gallery NY
2011 New York – USA, Red Dot Art Fair – Chelsea West Gallery
2011 Hong Kong – AHAF – Kips Gallery NY
2010 Milano – Italy, MiArt International Art Fair – Galleria Paolo Erbetta
Works in museums:
MART Trento e Rovereto, VAF Stiftung:
– Des Femmes #54 lambda print Ed. 1/1 2003 70×50 cm
– Des Femmes #60 lambda print Ed. 1/1 2003 70×50 cm
Bibliography:
2013 Rêves – GianCarlo Pagliasso, Nicola Davide Angerame
2011 I Tarocchi dal punto di vista filosofico – Giuliano Kremmerz – a cura di Massimo Rizzardini
2010 Metamorphoseis – Robert C. Morgan, Nicola Davide Angerame
2007 Féminin Inédit
2006 Femmes d’or
2005 Femmes naturelles
2004 Travaux en cours
2003 à Florence on raconte
2002 Des Femmes 1999-2002