ARTISTIC CURRICULUM VITAE

My name is Ciro Cirri. I make "photographic sculptures", a kind of fusion between the flat image of a photo and some external elements such as iron rods, nails, layers of metal which, together with the picture, create a tridimensionality of the work, keeping in itself the tearing power that I want to show.

My work is a work on the soul and the inner tearings of the human being. I use the aesthetic of an external and concrete model to convey an inner feeling. In short, if I suffer, no-one notices it but if I tear my flesh and write in it what disturbs me, my feeling is immediately understood.

I was born in Pinerolo, a town near Turin, in 1963. I am a musician and since 1996 I've been working as a painter and photographic sculptor.

In 1997 I organised my first personal art exhibition called "Blue Olives". I run it on my own at a place called the Knights' Hall in Pinerolo.

In 1998 I found a deserted school near my town and I asked the local authorities the permission to restore this building and use it as an art gallery. A year later it was ready to host my second personal exhibition named "I'm only Ciro Cirri". The school was re-painted, cleaned and made safe thanks to some friends and little money.

The same year I started to collaborate with two Italian Galleries: En Plein Air and Velan Studio (contemporary art).

In 1999 together with En Plein Air I took part in the collective exibition "One day at a time" and in the "Project Mayonnaise" as a music performer.

In addition to that, I was present at the Turin Art Fairs ARTISSIMA 2000 and BIG 2000.

With Velan Gallery I also took part in VERSUS VI.

Since 2001 I haven't realised any exibition or co-operations any longer but my research is going on uninterrupted.