Stefano Cerio

Stefano Cerio chooses to narrate the country through generally crowded places of mass entertainment, when there is no trace of the human presence. Spaces created to accommodate thousands of people are emptied of meaning, because they are portrayed in their surreal essence when they are uninhabited, to become images that evoke the sphere of memory and desire.

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works

In primo piano

Brenva Negativo, 2025, pigment print and photographic negative, 38 x 29 cm each

aquila

In primo piano

Aquila, 2020, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 2/5

Aquila, 2019, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 2/5

Aquila, 2019, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Aquila, 2019, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 2/5

Aquila, 2019, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Aquila, 2019, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 1/5

night games

In primo piano

Hydromania, Rome, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Mirabilandia, Ravenna, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Eur Lake, Rome, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Coney Island, New York, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

LunEur Park, Rome, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Gardaland, Verona, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Nettuno Beach, Rome, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Coney Island, New York, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Coney Island, New York, 2017, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

chinese fun

In primo piano

Huairou, 2013, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Wonderland Amusement Park, Nankou, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Tuanijehu Park, Beijing, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

People Park, Shangai, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Treasure Island Pirate Kingdom, Qingdao, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Polar Ocean Park, Qingdao, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Shanghai Happy Valley, Shangai, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Xiedao Holiday Village, Beijing, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Water Cube, Beijing, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Shijingshang Park, Beijing, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Huairou, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Shilaoren Bathing Beach, Qingdao, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Happy Valley, Hong Kong, 2014, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

Shek O Beach, Hong Kong, 2015, archival pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 190 cm, 110 x 145 cm, 60 x 75 cm, ed. 5

cruise ship

In primo piano

41° 02’ 45’’, 2012, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

37° 38’ 31’’, 2012, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

41° 17’ 34’’, 2012, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

37° 38’ 31”, 2012, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

42° 52’ 37”, 2012, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

37° 24’ 48’’, 2012, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

night sky

In primo piano

Morgex (AO), 2012, archivial print on Hahnemühle paper, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Morgex (AO), 2012, archivial print on Hahnemühle paper, 110 x 145 cm ed. 5

Courmayeur (AO), 2012, archivial print on Hahnemühle paper, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Pila (AO), 2012, archivial print on Hahnemühle paper, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Courmayeur (AO), 2011, archivial print on Hahnemühle paper, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

aquapark

In primo piano

Magic World, Giuliano, Naples, 2010, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

AcquaJoss, Conselice, Ravenna, 2010, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Aquapiper, Guidonia, Rome, 2010, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

Miami Beach, Borgo Piave, Latina, 2010, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

AcquaJoss, Conselice, Ravenna, 2010, pigment print, 110 x 145 cm, ed. 5

video

Stefano Cerio – Aquila
Italy, 11', 2019
by Pierluigi Amato

catalogue

Stefano Cerio lives and works between Rome, where he was born in 1962, and Paris. Since 2001, he has focused on experimental photography and video. In 2024, he exhibits at MAXXI as part of a project to install works from the museum's collection curated by artist Alex Da Corte. In 2021, he created a work for the new branch of the MAXXI museum in L’Aquila, which was followed in 2022 by the publication of a book titled Aquila by Hatje Cantz. In 2019, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris presented Constructions instables; in 2018, the Pignatelli Museum in Naples dedicated an important retrospective to him, while in 2017, Hatje Cantz published the book Night Games, which led to a solo exhibition at Camera, in Turin. In 2015, the Chinese Fun series, previously exhibited in 2013 by Noire Contemporary Art in Turin, was published as a book by Hatje Cantz and exhibited at the Fondazione VOLUME! in Rome. In 2014, he exhibited Cruise Ship during the Mois de la Photo in Paris. In 2012, he presented the Night Ski series at Studio Trisorio in Naples, and in 2011, he showed Winter Aquapark at Fondazione Forma in Milan, accompanied by a publication from Contrasto; that same year, he also presented the video Summer Aquapark at MAXXI in Rome. In 2010, he held two exhibitions at Galerie Italienne in Paris and took part in the group show O’Vero at the Madre Museum in Naples. In 2005, the City of Science in Naples dedicated the solo show Codice Multiplo to him. He has been collaborating with Studio Trisorio since 2013.
Stefano Cerio vive e lavora tra Roma, dove è nato nel 1962, e Parigi. Dal 2001 si interessa di fotografia di ricerca e video. Nel 2024 espone al MAXXI nell’ambito del progetto di allestimento di opere della collezione del museo pensato dall’artista Alex Da Corte. Nel 2021 ha realizzato un’opera per la nuova sede del museo MAXXI de L’Aquila, a cui nel 2022 è seguita la pubblicazione di un libro per Hatje Cantz, Aquila. Nel 2019 l’Istituto italiano di cultura di Parigi espone Constructions instables; nel 2018 il Museo Pignatelli di Napoli gli dedica una importante retrospettiva, mentre nel 2017 Hatje Cantz pubblica il libro Night Games, da cui nasce una mostra personale da Camera, a Torino. Nel2015 la serie Chinese Fun, esposta nel 2013 da Noire Contemporary Art a Torino, diventa un libro per l’editore Hatje Cantz e una mostra alla Fondazione VOLUME! a Roma. Nel 2014 espone Cruise Ship al Mois de la Photo a Parigi. Nel 2012 espone la serie Night Ski allo Studio Trisorio di Napoli e nel 2011 presenta Winter Aquapark alla Fondazione Forma di Milano, accompagnata da pubblicazione edita da Contrasto; nello stesso anno mostra il video Summer Aquapark al MAXXI di Roma. Nel 2010 realizza due mostre alla Galerie Italienne di Parigi ed espone al museo Madre di Napoli nella collettiva O’Vero. Nel 2005 la Città della Scienza di Napoli gli dedicala personale Codice Multiplo. Collabora con lo Studio Trisorio dal 2013.