Alfredo Aceto

Biography

Alfredo Aceto is a Swiss, Italian born visual artist based between Paris and Geneva. He studied Fine Arts at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne), MSA^ (The Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles), and ENSBA (École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon). He is currently in residence at WIELS in Brussels.

Education

2025

  • ENSBA, 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

2014

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

Bibliography

  • Alfredo Aceto, ed. Clément Dirié. First Monograph, JRPeditions, 2026
  • FastCash, eeeditions, Zürich, 2026
  • 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. 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

2026

  • WIELS, Bruxelles, BE
  • Italian Council International research grant, 15th Edition, Italian Ministry of Culture, IT
  • Fondation Casino Barrière Grant, Montreux, CH
  • Résidence Le Tremblay, FR

2021

  • Milano Calling, Istituto Svizzero, Milan, IT

2019

  • Bourse culturelle, Fondation Leenaards, Lausanne, CH

2018

  • Swiss Art Awards, Basel, CH (shortlisted)
  • Talent Prize, InsideArt, Rome, IT (shortlisted)

2017

  • Premio Moroso, Udine, IT (shortlisted)
  • MAIF, Prix Pour la Sculpture, Paris, FR (shortlisted)

2016

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

2015

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

2013

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

2010

  • La Malterie, Ville de Lille, Lille, FR