Lorenzo VITTURI
ロレンツォ・ヴィットゥーリ
Lorenzo Vitturi works in photography, sculpture, and installation. Following his experience as a cinema set painter, Vitturi builds temporary sets and ephemeral sculptures inspired by specific geographical locations. Vitturi pays attention to places where phenomena of urban transformation and cultural hybridization are most visible. He collects objects, organic and fabricated materials, in which he sees evidence of different worlds colliding and which he translates into a practice hovering between sculpture, painting, collage and photography. Through a method of field research, interviews and collaboration with local communities, his work explores informal economies and the merging of different cultures, focusing on the movement of objects and people in a globalized world. In recent works, Vitturi centers on his family history and multicultural identity. Creating permanent sculptures in glass, textile and found objects, he gives material form to questions of origins and layered identities and points out the meeting of cultures as a multifaceted process in which imbalances, contradictions and conflicts coexist.
His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in institutions around the world, such as FOAM Museum in Amsterdam, Fondazione MAST in Bologna, Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie, The Photographers Gallery in London, the Contact Photography Festival in Toronto and the CNA in Luxembourg. He has participated in several group exhibitions at MAXXI in Rome, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, La Triennale in Milan, BOZAR in Brussels, the K11 Art Space in Shanghai. In 2013, Vitturi published his first book, Dalston Anatomy, — which is held in the artist’s book collections of the MoMA, New York, MEP, Paris and Tate Modern, London) — followed by Money Must Be Made in 2017.
Reviews, interviews and portfolio features have appeared in The New York Times, Frieze Magazine, Financial Times,The Guardian, The Observer, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Zeit Magazine, Le Monde, Vogue Italy, Dazed & Confused, British Journal Of Photography, Wallpaper, AnOther Magazine, American Suburb X. Vitturi has previously been nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, and Prix Pictet Award.
As a lecturer Vitturi has delivered talks and workshops at the Slade School of Art (London), The Photographers’ Gallery, Tate Modern, Arts University Bournemouth, Falmouth University, University of Westminster, Photo London, Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Lima), The Royal Photographic Society (Bristol), Ecal (Lausanne), Universitat de Barcelona, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Milan), IUAV ( Venice), NCPA (Mumbai).
Chronology
lives and works in London
Publications
2014 - Dalston Anatomy, 2nd edition, Self Publish Be Happy Editions, London, UK
2013 - Dalston Anatomy, 1st edition, Self Publish Be Happy Editions, London, UK
2013 - Dusk Steals Daylight/ Dalston Anatomy, in collaboration with Sam Berkson, Fishbar Gallery, London, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Borgo Roma. Paesaggio in transizione, EARTH Foundation, Verona, IT
Metamorphosis, Nature Morte, Mumbai, IN
2023 - Also on view: Lorenzo Vitturi, Innesti, T293, Rome, IT
2022 - Aventurine, Transformations & Other Stories, Nature Morte, New Delhi, IN
2021 -
Money Must Be Made, Fondazione MAST, Bologna, IT
El camino y nada màs, NEUTRO, Reggio Emilia, IT
2020 -
Jugalbandi, T293, Rome, IT
Nulla è Puro, Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie, FR
2019 - Materia Impura, foam, Amsterdam, NL
2018 -
Money Must Be Made, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Natural man-made, Oyinbo, and moving beats, T293, Rome, IT
2017 - MiArt, Emergent Section, Booth Viasaterna, Milan, IT
2016 - Droste Effect, Debris and Other Problems, Viasaterna, Milan, IT
2015 -
Dalston Anatomy, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada
Sandringham Road Process, Hyères Festival, Villa Noailles, Hyères, FR
Dalston Anatomy, Pomhouse, Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Luxembourg, LU
2014 -
Dalston Anatomy, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Dalston Anatomy, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Dalston Anatomy, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
2013 - Dalston Anatomy, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 -
The Sculpture Park, 3rd Edition, Madhavendra Palace, Jaipur, IN
Imagina - XXVII Edition of the Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea di Gubbio, Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio, IT
Olympism Made Visible, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, IN
Generating Vision | Alcantara in the Arts, Triennale Milano, IT
2022 -
Planeta Sessions: Alma Venus, Noto, IT
212 Photography Istanbul, TU
Asama International Photo Festival 2022, Miyota, JP
De Rerum Natura, Navy Officers' Club, Venice, IT
The Time is Right, The Saudi Art Council, SA
2021 -
New Horizons, Ephemeral Style, Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art, Lillestrøm, NO
Foam 3h - 15 years of Talent from the Collection, Foam, Amsterdam
Metafotografia(3), BACO, Bergamo, IT
La Trama del Visibile, Palazzo dei Musei, Musei Civici Reggio Emilia, IT
The Families of Man, Museo Archeologico Regionale di Aosta, IT
Island Life: Photographs from The Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol Museum & Art Galleries / Bristol Photo Festival 2021, UK
Viavài, VIA Visiting Installation Art, Via della Spiga, Milan, IT
2020 - Unearthed: Photography's Roots, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
2019 - Kaleidoscope: Immigration and Modern Britain, Somerset House, London, UK
2018 - A New Perspective, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, IT
2017 -
Indecisive Moment, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, US
Fantasy Access Code, K11 Art Space, Shanghai, CN
Fantasy Access Code, Palazzo Reale Milano, Milan, IT
2016 -
Versus, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, IT
The Balogun Particle, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, NG
Dey your Lane! Lagos Variations, Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR, Brussels, BE
L’Autre visage, Portrait & expérimentations photographiques, Centre Photographique Pôle image, Haute-Normandie, FR
Sintesi SS9, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
Strange and Familiar, Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, Barbican Centre, London, UK
2015 -
Picture Perfect, Sulla Viralità della Fotografia, Viasaterna, Milan, IT
Foreign Body, Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, PL
Work Rest and Play, British Photography from 1960 to today, OCT Chengdu, OCT LOFT, Shenzen and Minsheng Museum, Shanghai, CN
The Return to Reason, Wendi Norris Gallery, San Francisco, US
2014 -
Publish / Curate, Trolley Gallery, London, UK
Dalston Anatomy, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, NG
Reflected, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, NL
The Street Goes On, IMA Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Dalston Anatomy, Hyères 29th International Festival of Fashion and Photography, Villa Noailles, Montée Noailles, Hyères, FR
2013 -
Dalston Anatomy, Paris Photo, Paris, FR
Dalston Anatomy, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2012 - Methods, London Design Festival, London, UK
2011 - The Curator, Milk Gallery, New York, US
2008 -
Linea Veloce Bologna - Milano, L’Ospitale, Reggio Emilia, IT
Confini, Frontiere, Palazzo della Provincia, Pordenone, IT
Eros, Time and Images, Central Hall Exhibition, St Petersburg, RU
2007 -
Atlante Italiano 007, Rischio Paesaggio, MAXXI, Rome, IT
Les Yeux Ouverts, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Les Yeux Ouverts, Galleria Triennale, Milan, IT
Fotoesordio, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, IT
2005 - Pasolini e Roma, Museo di Roma In Trastevere, Rome, IT
2004 - Il Feticismo della Visione, Sala S. Rita, Rome, IT
Awards
Winner – Archiproducts Design Awards, IT
Winner – BigSEE Interior Design Award, Ljubljana, SI
2018 - Winner – Grand Prix Images Vevey 2017/2018, Vevey Images, Switzerland, CH
2015 - Shortlisted – 16th Premio Arte Cairo, Cairo Editore, Milan, IT
2014 - Winner – Photography Grand Prix, Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography, Hyères, France
2013 -
Winner – Best Show of The Year 2013, 3H Foam and Gieskes Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam, NL
Nominated – First PhotoBook, Aperture Foundation, New York, US
Nominated – First Book Award, MACK, London, UK
2012 - Nominated – International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, US
2011 - Winner – Installation category, PDN Award, The Curator, New York, US
2009 - Nominated – New York Photo Festival, New York, US
2007 - Nominated – Atlante Italiano MAXXI Prize, Rome, IT
2005 - Winner – 15-months residency at Benetton’s Fabrica - Communication Research Center, Treviso, IT
