Giuseppe Ripa

1962, Born in Ragusa, Italy.

Education
Liceo Classico, Rovereto, Trento.
Degree in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan.

Lives and works in Milan, Italy.

Solo Exhibitions

February 2023, Pietra su Pietra, Giuseppe Ripa & Giuliani Corelli for Hospitality Season - Romberg Arte Contemporanea, Latina, curated by Gianluca Marziani.

November 2021, Politico, Romberg Arte Contemporanea, curated by Italo Bergantini and Gianluca Marziani, with a text by Simone Bergantini.

February 2018, Seaside, (solo show), Romberg Photo Gallery, Arte Fiera Bologna.

June 2017, Home Ground, Museo di Arti Visive Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, curated by Gianluca Marziani, included in the art events of the 60th edition of the Festival of 2Worlds and of the Laboratorio per la Ricostruzione.

June 2017, Forgetful & Forgotten, Spoleto.
Site-specific in the Fuller’s Spoletosfera, curated by Gianluca Marziani, included in the art events of the 60th edition of the Festival of 2Worlds and of the Laboratorio per la Ricostruzione.

September 2016, Rarum (solo show), Romberg Photo Gallery, WOPART-Work On Paper Fair, Lugano.

January 2016, Seaside (solo show), Romberg Photo Gallery, Arte Fiera Bologna.

January 2014, Seaside (solo show), Romberg Photo Gallery, Arte Fiera Bologna.

June 2013, In un certo senso una mostra antologica, Museo di Arti Visive Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, curated by Italo Bergantini and Gianluca Marziani. First retrospective exhibit, included in the art events of the 56th edition of the Festival of 2Worlds.

May 2013, Seaside (solo show), Romberg Arte Contemporanea Gallery, MIA-Milan Image Art Fair.

September 2012, Twilight, Romberg Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Latina, curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco. Liminal and Moondance displayed together for the first time in Italy.

May 2012, Liminal (solo show), Romberg Arte Contemporanea Gallery, MIA-Milan Image Art Fair.

October 2011, Liminal, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago during the 11th Annual Italian Language Week in the World and on the occasion of the art events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

May 2011, Liminal, the Embassy of Italy in Washington for the art events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute, curated by Renato Miracco. The work explores the archetypal character of images, leading us into a transitional, twilight zone between reality and representation. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Renato Miracco and Giuseppe Ripa.

May 2011, Moondance (solo show), Proposta MIA Gallery, MIA-Milan Image Art Fair.

January 2010, Moondance, the Leica Gallery (Oskar Barnack Room), New York, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, curated by Renato Miracco. Moondance stands out as a sophisticated space fantasy, where the continuous alternation of images between the sky and the ground generates a gaze and thought yo-yo. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Renato Miracco and Giuseppe Ripa.

December 2008, Aquarium, Galleria Giacomo Manoukian Noseda, Milan. Set in some of the most evocative aquariums of Europe, this work highlights the ambiguous charm that characterizes our atavistic relationship with animals, at the same time both near and distant, familiar and alien, real and fantastical. The animals, persons, architecture of the aquariums, and each element is led to the incessant flow of the water, so similar to that of memory in its alternating movement from the surface to great depths. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Walter Guadagnini and Giuseppe Ripa.

March 2008, Lightly, the UniCredit Banca Spazio Milano Gallery, Milan, promoted by Catterina Seia, Director UniCredit & Art Project, curated by Walter Guadagnini, President of the Scientific Committee UniCredit & Art. Set in a place that is highly symbolic of Milan’s urban life like the Trade Fair, the investigation takes into account the city’s different souls, condensed in the spaces and figures that give life to a complex microcosm where reality and fantasy find unexpected common ground. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Walter Guadagnini, Roberto Mutti and Giuseppe Ripa.

March 2007, Tibet, Centro Trevi, Bolzano, promoted by the Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige SudTirol.

November 2006, Memorie di pietra, the Cargo & Hightech Exhibition Space, Milan. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Roberto Mutti and Giuseppe Ripa.

May 2006, Tibet, Sala del Consiglio Regionale in Trento, promoted by the Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige SudTirol. The fruit of in-depth documentation, this reportage narrates how the Tibetan people, despite persecution on the part of Chinese authorities, have maintained intact their Buddhist faith and continue to fight in order to keep their own cultural traditions. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Roberto Mutti and Giuseppe Ripa.

September 2004, Anima Mundi, Museo Diocesano, Milan, curated by Paolo Biscottini (extended until January 31, 2005). Anima Mundi is an artistic and spiritual journey to the roots of the sacred that highlights humanity’s shared aspiration towards the transcendental. The investigation deals with themes such as mystery, beauty, and the memory of the sacred. Catalogue published by Charta, text by Paolo Biscottini, Roberto Mutti, and Giuseppe Ripa.

October 2003, Memorie di pietra and Anima Mundi, Auditorium Fausto Melotti of MART (Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto) during the International Festival of Archeological Film in Rovereto.

June 2003, Memorie di pietra, the Feltrinelli Exhibition Space in Piazza Piemonte, Milan. Memorie di pietra is a black-and-white photo investigation on the ruins of Angkor, Cambodia.

Group Exhibitions

October 2023, Pronti all'Ascolto?! [Ready to Listen?!], curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti, Galleria Romberg Arte Contemporanea, Latina.

September 2020, L'errore fotografico, curated by Daniela Parolini, La Camera Chiara, Milan.

April 2019, Senza Titolo, curated by Italo Bergantini and Gianluca Marziani, Galleria Romberg Photo, Latina.

May 2018, ART MONSTERS, Contemporary Art in Umbria - Articolo 3, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Museo Civico Palazzo Della Penna, Perugia.

March 2018, Davanti le quinte, AXRT Contemporary Gallery, Avellino, curated by Gianluca Marziani.

December 2017, Schermi Urbani, Spoleto, curated by Gianluca Marziani.

July 2017, Inverse Canon, Art Stays, 15th Festival of Contemporary Art, NATUR-AL(L), Ptuj, Slovenia, curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti.

June 2017, DIFFERENTEMENTE, Romberg Photo Gallery, Latina, curated by Italo Bergantini and Gaia Conti.

January 2015, Base / Debase, (Seaside Series), Romberg Photo Gallery, Arte Fiera Bologna.

June 2014, Collezione 2.0, Museo di Arti Visive di Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, curated by Gianluca Marziani for the art events of the 57th edition of the Festival of 2Worlds.

March 2014, Paesaggi di magazzino, Romberg Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Latina, curated by Italo Bergantini and Gianluca Marziani.

December 2012, 21-12-2012, Romberg Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Latina, curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco.

October 2012, Moondance, Romberg Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Cutlog Contemporary Art Fair, Paris.

August 2012, 7 ways of seeing, Ca' Zenobio degli Armeni, Venice, curated by Italo Bergantini and Alessandro Trabucco.

Public Collections

Museo di Arti Visive Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto.

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