Valerio Berruti
Valerio Berruti was born in Alba, Piedmont, in 1977. He graduated in art criticism at DAMS in Turin, he lives and works in Verduno (Cuneo) in a former church. Since the first solo and group exhibitions, Berruti creates essential images which reflect on the themes of the loved ones, of the everyday life and the family ties. In 2003 he participated in Gemine Muse with an installation at the Museum of Ancient Art in Turin; In 2004 he won the Premio Celeste in the "successful artist" category and also the Pagine Bianche Piedmont Award. In 2005 he was the only Italian artist selected by the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York; in the same year he prepared the Golgota exhibition at the Esso Gallery in Chelsea (New York). In 2006, he installed If there was the moon at Palazzo Bricherasio in Turin, the following year he presents the same exhibition also on the facade of Palazzo Re Enzo in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna. In 2007 he took part in the collective exhibition Uniforms and costumes at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in Israel and at the 48° October Salon in Belgrade. Among the international events of 2008 we remember the Magnificat solo exhibition at the Keumsan Gallery in Seoul, the selection at the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean (twelfth edition) and the collective exhibition Detour, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Among his solo exhibitions:
2011: The revolution of the Earth, curated by Andrea Viliani, Church of San Domenico, Alba, Almost Queen, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Marcorossi artecontemporanea Gallery, Milan, Verona. Too much light not to believe in light, curated by Zorana Djakovic, Formal Military Academy, Belgrade. Kizuna, curated by Kaori Ikeda, Pola Museum Annex, Ginza, Tokyo.
2010: One and Only Moltitude, curated by Olga Gambari, Stelline Foundation, Milan.