Alfredo Aceto

Biography

Alfredo Aceto (born 1991 in Turin) is a visual artist based between Paris and Geneva. He studied Fine Arts at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). His work has been exhibited in many international surveys, including DOC!, Paris; Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome; Museo del 900, Milan; Centre d’Art Contemporain de Genève, Geneva; Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus; Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St.Gallen; Istituto Svizzero, Milan. Alfredo Aceto is currently teaching at ECAL. In 2019 he is the recipient of the Leenaards Culture Grant from the Fondation Leenaards.

Education

2025

  • Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique, DNSEP, mention du jury, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, FR

2020

  • Rome International Film School, Rome, IT

2016

  • MSA^, The Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles, US

2012 - 14

  • ECAL, École cantonale d’art de Lausanne, Switzerland

2010 - 12

  • Università degli Studi di Torino, Business Administration, Management and Operations

Bibliography

  • Something Between Posthistoria and Prehistoria, ed Barriera, Texts by Tristan Lavoyer and Stéphanie Serra. Supported by Albert Friedrich His-Stiftung Foundation, Basel (CH), 2016
  • Alfredo Aceto | Andrea Bellini. First Monograph HAPAX. JRP Ringier, 2015
  • Unter 30 XI Junge Schweizer Kunst Kiefer Hablitzel Preis. Kunsthaus Glarus, 2015 - L’heure qu’il est, Centre d’Art Contemporain Yverdon Les Bains (CACY), 2015

Residencies, Prizes, Public Commission

2019

  • Bourse culturelle, Fondation Leenaards

2018

  • Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland (shortlisted)
  • Talent Prize, InsideArt, Rome, Italy (shortlisted)

2017

  • Premio Moroso, Udine, Italy (shortlisted)
  • MAIF, Prix Pour la Sculpture, Paris, France (shortlisted)

2016

  • MSA^, Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles, US
  • Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
  • Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel, Switzerland (shortlisted)

2015

  • Centre D’Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland - Residency Unlimited (RU), New York, US
  • Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel, Switzerland

2013

  • Full Scale, by Piero Golia, Museo del 900, Milan, Italy

2010

  • La Malterie, Ville de Lille, Lille, France