Pietro Ruffo Italian, 1978

Pietro Ruffo (Rome, Italy, 1978)

The artist was born in Rome in 1978 and graduated in architecture from Roma Tre University.

The relationship with the image is an integral part of his research path. Based on a series of philosophical, social and ethical considerations, it develops through a profound conceptual dimension of art stemming from his training as an architect. The works are articulated in overlays of natural landscapes and human forms, geographical maps and constellations, geometries and traces of writing.

In recent years he has exhibited at major international museums and institutions including: Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Vatican Museums, Vatican City; Museu de Arte Contemporânea de la Universidad de São Paulo, Brazil; Zhejiang Art Museum (ZAM), Hangzhou City, China; MUSA Museo de las Artes Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico; IA&A AT HILLYER, Washington DC, USA; MAXXI – the National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome; Museo Nazionale del Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia; Indian Museum, Calcutta, India; National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome; MUSA Museo de las Artes Universitad de Guadalajara, Mexico; Reggia Contemporanea, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy; Milan Triennial;  Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City.

In 2006 he worked on the confessionals for the church of Santo Volto di Gesù in Rome, designed by Sartogo – Grenon architects.

He won the Cairo Prize in 2009 and the New York Prize in 2010, and was a research fellow at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University.

In 2019-2020, on the occasion of the centenary of the Garbatella garden district, he collaborated with 100 architecture students from Roma Tre University on a work dedicated to the idea of reconstructing, preserving and transmitting the cultural heritage of places.

Following the same concept, in 2021 he realised the work “Migrante” for Parco dei Daini in Villa Borghese, Rome. 

Some of his works are displayed at important public and private collections including: Vatican Museums; Farnesina Collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; MIMS Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, MAXXI – the National Museum of 21st Century Arts; Roma Tre Foundation, Palladium Theatre, Rome; MAR – City Art Museum, Ravenna; Bilotti Museum of Contemporary Art, Rende (CS).

Photo UniCredit Group (Sebastiano Pellion di Persano)