Biography
I work as an artist with three galleries in Italy (Spaziotemporaneo gallery in Milan, Weber e Weber gallery in Turin and La Fonderia in Florence, with a gallery in Barcelona (Spain) and with another gallery in Lisboa (Portugal).
Giuseppe Alletto (1993), Artist, grew up in Bagheria, in the province of Palermo, he lives in Milan.
In the past he also dedicated himself to curatorial projects and art criticism. He obtained his college degree at “Liceo Classico” (School of Humanities) with full marks and, subsequently, he graduated in Art History at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the University of Palermo with the final mark of 110 out of 110 with honors.
He presented a thesis that embraces literature, cinema and visual arts, entitled: "Kinesis, the Eleventh Muse: Gabriele D’Annunzio and Cinema".
As an Artist since 2020 he is starting to work with three galleries in Italy (Weber and Weber gallery in Turin, La Fonderia gallery in Florence and Spaziotemporaneo gallery in Milan), one in Barcelona (Mutuo Galerìa) and one in Portugal (Fabrica Braco de Prata) .
In 2019 he held a personal exhibition entitled "Buio Bianco" at the Weber and Weber gallery in Turin.
In July 2015 he shown his artworks together with the sculptor Giuseppe Agnello at the "Art Farm / Teatro Andromeda" of Lorenzo Reina (Santo Stefano Quisquina, Agrigento).
On that occasion, Giuseppe Alletto held a solo exhibition entitled "8 Works and a place: Giuseppe Alletto", with a catalog curated by Alfonso Leto.
In October 2014, his solo exhibition entitled "Voci dell’Oltre (Voice from Beyond)" was held at the "XXS Apertoalcontemporaneo" gallery in Palermo, curated by Salvo Ferlito.
In January 2013 he held an exhibition-conference at the Didactic Center of the University of Palermo.
He held the first two solo exhibitions of his career in December 2008 and May 2010 at the Municipal Library of Bagheria "Palazzo Aragona-Cutò".
He took part in group exhibitions at Palazzo Reale in Milan (with catalog), Museo Fabbriche Chiaramontane in Agrigento (with catalog, with texts by P. Minacori, E. Fiammetta, G. Rizzo, G. Frazzetto, P. Li Vigni, F. Pappalardo, E. Pagano, A. Sarnari, D. Franzella, A. Leto, F. Pantaleone, M. Ligreggi), Palazzo Zacco di Ragusa (with catalog edited by A. Guastella), La Spadarina gallery in Piacenza (with catalog ), Palacongressi di Agrigento (with catalog), Palazzo Stella di Genova (with catalog), Le Cuspidi di Raffadali (Agrigento; with catalog, with text by Dario Orphée), gallery "Il Trittico" in Rome, gallery Am Art in Brussels, Mondadori Multicenter in Palermo, Galerie "Le Patio" in Cannes, University of Catania, Chapel "De Sleutelbrug" in Bruges, Kunstlerforum in Bonn, gallery "A Sud contemporary art" in Realmonte, gallery "Il Nuovo Cenacolo" in Palermo, Basilica of the Apostles of Rome, Cerio Museum of Capri, Butera Palace of Bagheria, Villa Malfitano-Whitaker of Palermo, Castle of the Countess Adelaide in Val di Susa on the occasion of the Valsusa Film Festival, MIIT Museum of Turin, Thuillier gallery of Paris, Bobez gallery of Palermo, Civic Museum "G.Sciortino" of Monreale, Bellange Gallery of Stockholm , Chiaramontano Castle of Racalmuto, Katané Gallery of Catania.
He published his works in the magazine "ARTE Mondadori", in the bimonthly "Effetto Arte" and in the monthly "Arte Shop Magazine".
An artwork of the artist has been included in the 2016 Mondadori Art Catalog, on the cover of the first issue of the new "OverArt" magazine and on the cover of the September 2012 issue of "Arte Shop Magazine".
His artworks have been presented in magazines such as Artribune, Juliet Art Magazine, "Il Giornale di Sicilia", "Balarm", "Magaze", "La Sicilia", in radio stations such as Brussellando (Italian radio in Brussels), Radio One, Radio In 102 and and in television channels such as "Tele One", "Tv 2000" and "RAI 3 Sicilia".
In 2016 he was among the finalists of the Mondadori Art Prize in the Painting section.
In 2016 he was among the finalists of the FAM Giovani Award - Fabbriche Chiaramontane (Agrigento)
In 2016 he was awarded the 2016 Racalmare Award - Leonardo Sciascia for granting the rights to use the image of one of his works for the promotional campaign of the event itself.
He is the winner of the 2012 edition of the Satura prize, for the youth section.
He is an Honorary Member of the Vesuvian International Academy of Naples.
He is a member of the Sursum association - Art, History, Territory (Bivona, Agrigento).
One of his works has become part of the collection of the "Thule Culture" Foundation of Palermo.
A great number of authors and art critics have written about his artworks: Gillo Dorfles, Alfonso Leto, Paolo Levi, Eva Di Stefano, Nino Buttitta, Natale Tedesco, Marco Carapezza, Andrea Guastella, Fiorenzo Carella, Piero Longo, Giovanni Lo Castro, Lia Ciatto, Salvo Ferlito, Dario Orphée, Alessandro Madonia, Salvatore Maurici, Franca Alaimo, Rita Pengo, Pippo Oddo, Lina Maria Ugolini, Maria Patrizia Allotta, Marco Scalabrino, Maria Antonietta La Barbera, Gianmario Lucini, Elio Giunta, Diego Guadagnino, Tommaso Romano, Arrigo Musti, Rossella Cerniglia, Salvatore Di Marco, Giacomo Cuttone, Giuseppe Fumìa, Tommaso Serra, Nicola Romano, Riccardo Melotti, Ester Monachino, Gaetano Lo Manto, Maria Teresa Prestigiacomo, Flora Buttitta, Elisa Bergamino, Dante Cerilli.
He developed many curatorial projects in the past.
Since 2016 he is the Director of "Scala dei Turchi White Wall" in Realmonte (Agrigento). The project, founded by Giuseppe Alletto himself with Michele Lombardo with the collaboration of Dario Orphée, consists of an outdoor park located very close to the famous Scala dei Turchi and intended to accommodate contemporary works of art. The project also includes an artist residency program in two apartments located in Realmonte.
In 2016 he worked as the Director of the "Sosta Visiva" space at Arredi Di Buono in Caltanissetta.
The space, intended to allow contemporary art to dialogue with Design, was founded by Giuseppe Alletto, Michele Lombardo and Liborio Di Buono.
In 2016 he worked as an assistant-curator at "Polline", a digital art and new media art gallery, directed by Barbara Cammarata and promoted by "Farm Cultural Park" in Favara (Agrigento). From 2015 to 2017 he was Artistic Director at the "Art Farm/ Teatro Andromeda" of Lorenzo Reina (Santo Stefano Quisquina, Agrigento).
From 2013 to 2015 he worked as organizer of cultural events at Sicilia Antiqua s.r.l.
From 2015 to 2017 he wrote articles about Culture, Art and Cinema for magazines such as "Cinema Sperimentale" (Palermo), "D'Ars" (Milan), Espoarte (Savona), "Art / Texts / Pics "(Milan)," RivistaSegno "(Pescara)," ArtsLife "(Milan)," Juliet Art Magazine "(Trieste)," Il Fascino degli intellettuali"(Milan)," LoboDiLattice "(Milan)," Frammenti"( Milan).
He took part and held conferences and lectures on topics related to contemporary art and to the relationship between art and literature or between art and immigration and Mediterranean identity.
One of his texts has been included in the book “Alfonso Leto. XL. Selected works 1977/2017 ". Exhibition catalog (Palermo, 25 March-29 April 2018). Ediz. Italiana, curated by Marco Meneguzzo, Editions of the Istituto di Alta Cultura, 2018, EAN: 9788895098074)
His essay on the relationship between poetry and figurative arts has been included in the volume "Dià-Lògoi" (CFR Editions of Gianmario Lucini, Sondrio, pp. 69, 10 euros, ISBN 978-88898-677-35-1).
One of his texts has been included in the catalog "The Mysteries: A path between art and theology" (Edizioni Torri del Vento, curated by Sergio Catalano, 2016, Palermo, 18 euros, ISBN 978-8899-89-61-26).
In 2016 he curated the following exhibitions:
Projects by the artists Antonella Ludovica Barba, Sergio Barbàra, Giovanni Bartolozzi, Fabio Massimo Caruso, Santo Eduardo Di Miceli, Sepideh Farzam, Francesca Fini, Marco Gambàra, Michele Lombardo, Leopoldo Mazzoleni, Domenico Pellegrino, Alex Pinna, Alfonso Siracusa, Paola Zampa in the "Edition 0" of the "Scala dei Turchi White Wall" project (Realmonte - Agrigento)
"Art on stage: Salvatore Rizzuti" project by Salvatore Rizzuti at the Andromeda Theater of Lorenzo Reina in Santo Stefano Quisquina (Agrigento)
Land-Specific (Di unni veni? A 'ccu apparteni?) duo exhibition by Giovanni Bartolozzi and Michele Lombardo at the space Sosta visiva / Arredi Di Buono in Caltanissetta
"The Mysteries # 4 - Joy" solo exhibition by Luca Crivello in the Church of San Domenico in Palermo (with text in the catalog)
"Maestrale" group exhibition by Alfonso Leto, Lorenzo Reina, Francesco Sarullo, Giuseppe Traina, Peppe Rizzo, Nino Giafaglione at the Case Ippolito space in Santo Stefano Quisquina (Agrigento).
"Eight artworks and one place: Sepideh Farzam" solo exhibition by Sepideh Farzam in the Octagonal Tower of the Art Farm / Teatro Andromeda by Lorenzo Reina in Santo Stefano Quisquina (Agrigento)
In 2017 he curated the solo exhibition "Rovi" by Alfonso Leto in the space of the Octagonal Tower of the Art Farm / Teatro Andromeda of Lorenzo Reina in Santo Stefano Quisquina (Agrigento).
His projects as a Curator have been presented in magazines such as "RivistaSegno", "Il Giornale dell'Arte", "I Love Sicilia", "Malgradotuttoweb", "Il Giornale di Sicilia", "Il Sicilia".
