Massimo Scognamiglio

Massimo Scognamiglio (Rome, 1969) is an Italian mid-career artist, painter, photographer and author, active since the mid-1990s, with an established record of exhibitions, museums and international projects.

For over thirty years he has moved across photography, painting, video, performance and writing to explore identity, memory, technology and the psyche. In his practice artistic languages are not separate compartments: photography, painting, video, performance and digital tools become parts of the same inquiry into the human figure and the ways in which we construct identity.

His photographic work began in fashion, but gradually moved beyond it. Portraiture enters into a relationship with landscape, sequence and narrative construction. The subject is not merely a physical presence: it is the place where memory, vulnerability and psychological perception become visible. In the following years the relationship between photography and painting became more explicit. The surface is crossed, layered or torn; what appears and what remains hidden coexist within the same image. This continuity also runs through his performances and his digital work.

Main bodies of work include the painting cycles Gli Strappi, Il Ciclo delle Stanze (Cy...

2025 - The Space Between Us, Rome. Exhibition curated by Uros Gorgone, co-produced with Fondazione Solares delle Arti, bringing together works developed over approximately ten years.

2023 - Because, Perche Si. Group exhibition organised by Dorothy Circus Gallery across its Rome and London venues.

2022 - Exibart Prize. Selected as one of the five new finalists.

2019 - Where is the Future? MACRO Asilo, Cinema Hall, Rome. A short film, photographs and a discussion devoted to migrants and residents of occupied buildings in Cosenza.

2018 - Terra! Vibo Valentia. Photographic exhibition born out of the arrival of approximately 650 migrants and a week spent aboard the rescue ship Aquarius.

2016 - Outer Space. Created with Massimo Buccilli; now held in the Segni collection of the LIMEN Art Museum, Vibo Valentia.

2005 - Videominuto. Among the Italian artists presented at Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, as part of an exploration of video made with webcams and mobile phones.

1998 - La coscienza luccicante. From Video Art to Interactive Art, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. An artist's CD-ROM combining images, pixels and interactivity.