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Born in Rome, Italy in 1978, Ruffo continues to live and work in Italy’s capital city. He studied Architecture at the University of Rome until 2005, before being selected for a research fellowship at The Italian Academy for advanced studies in America, Columbia University, New York, in 2010.
Ruffo’s practice rejects his intense social and moral concerns, as well as his stance on speciï¬c ethical issues. Working with media including drawing, watercolour and sculpture, he creates intricate and meticulously-detailed objects which demand an intense manual working process. Questions concerning the nature of freedom are at the core of Italian artist Pietro Ruffo’s practice,as his works explore a wide range of social, moral and political issues.
Recent solo exhibitions include: SPAD SVII, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2014); Pietro Ruffo: Liberty House, Siena, Chiesa Monti (2014); Pietro Ruffo, SOYEZ RÉALISTE. DEMANDEZ L’IMPOSSIBLE, Galleria Franca Mancini, Pesaro (2014), Irhal, Irhal, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome (2012); The Political Gymnasium, Blain|Southern, London (2012); Complex Instant, All-Russian Museum of Decorative Applied and Folk Art, part of the special projects of the fourth biennale of Moscow (2011); Negative Liberty, Caffè Florian, Venice (2011); L’enfer c’est les autres, Galerie di Meo, Paris (2011); I sei traditori della libertà, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome (2010); Pietro Ruffo, Museo Arte Contemporanea di Ravenna (2009); Confini, Museo archeologico Rossi, Ventimiglia (2008) and Flag, Galleria AKA, Rome (2005). Ruffo has also worked on a number of public projects, including a sculptural proposal for Ground Zero in New York.
Recent group exhibitions include: Imago Mundi: Map of the New Art Exhibition of the Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice (2015); Nero su Bianco, American Academy in Rome, Rome (2015); Contemporanea Mente, via delle Belle Arti 131, Rome (2014); Incidents of Phenomena | India-Italy-Myanmar, Spazio Cerere, Rome (2014); Making History, Colombo Art Biennale, Colombo, (2014); Extra Large, MACRO (Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma), Rome (2013); Italian Genius Now. Home sweet home, KAOSHIUNG MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Taiwan (2011); Amor Parvi or the love of the small, Kunstverein-Langenhagen (2010); SLASH, paper under the knife, MAD Museum of Art and Design, New York (2009); Apocalittici e Integrati, MAXXI, Museum of XXI Century Art, Rome (2008); Notte della Ricerca, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati, Rome (2006) and Fragments of time, yellow bird gallery, New York (2005).
Ruffo’s work is in several public and private collections, including Deutsche Bank Foundation, New York, IL, M.A.M.B.O Museo d’arte moderna di Bologna and MAXXI Museum in Rome
For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art
