I started painting on steel with the aid of oxidation in the summer of 2012, and since then the concepts of time, will and chance have been crucial to the development of my research.
Inevitably, in some phases I am compelled to accept that the process is beyond my control.
The artwork’s evolutionary characteristic reminds me of life: we are born, we grow up and we become mature. All along, unpredictability plays a determinant role especially in the effects of the decisions we take, and as it follows us towards the final stages of our lives.
Art is historically considered eternal, but my paintings underscore art’s metamorphic nature. Here, we witness artwork as it is developing, shifting, and in some cases, mutating into other forms, much like the elements of nature on the planet.
My paintings mirror constellations of humanity in tiny particles. In doing so, they feature many of the commonalities shared among human beings across culture, language, gender, and race.
Sabatino Cersosimo
Born in Torino, IT, 1974
Lives and works in Berlin, DE
CV
Education
1994 - 1999 Albertina Academy of Fine Arts (Decoration and Painting), Torino, IT
1988 - 1993 Albe Steiner Institute for Advertising Design, Torino, IT
Selected Exhibitions
2026
Visions of the Real II. C&B Reichert Galerie, Berlin
LIMEN. Figures From the Margin. Banco di Napoli Foundation, Naples (IT)
2025
Coesistere. Galleria Itinerarte, Venice (IT)
NOISMI. Per un futuro senza ismi. Musei della Reggia di Portici (IT)
Je t'aime. L'arte contro la violenza sulle donne. MAIIIM Lab, Genova (IT)
11th Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
Incorporeo (with Fabio La Fauci). KA32 Art Space, Berlin
2024
Zeitgeist (Solo Exhibition). Tait Gallery, Torino
10th Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
After ArtKa + Guests. Monica Ruppert Galerie, Frankfurt (D)
2023
Kunstpreis Sparkasse Karlsruhe
9th Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
The Vanishing Bodies (Solo exhibition). Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
2022
Summer in the City. VCRB Gallery, Antwerp (Be)
Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
2021
Inventory. Karl Oskar Gallery, Berlin Grand Opening. VCRB Gallery, Antwerp (Be)
Figuratively Speaking. Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin CUT (with Call Me Frank). Galerie Van Campen & Rocthus, Knokke (Be)
2020
Indian Summer. Galerie Van Campen & Rocthus, Antwerp (Be)
2019
Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
Tractus (with Orlandini, Rimondi, Sanhueza). Die Kleine Wunderkammer, Berlin
KRONOS: Sabatino Cersosimo + Rad Husak. Dellasposa Art Gallery, London
2018
Site Unseen. Dellasposa Art Gallery, London
ArtLab Munich. Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich
Il Tempo che resta (solo exhibition). Kaeshmaesh, Vienna
AccaAteliers, Torino
Pintura Viva (Solo exhibition). THEREDOOM Gallery, Madrid
Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
2017
Conversation Piece (Solo exhibition). Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
2016
Face | Time. Dellasposa Art Gallery, London
Zentralstation. Kunst am Spreeknie Festival, Berlin
Enter Art Foundation, Messeturm, Basel
Season Opening. Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
Emotional accordion (Solo exhibition). The Ballery Galerie, Berlin
2015
Ex-Fabrica. Changing spaces in the residue of urban identity. Funkhaus Berlin
The Iron Attitude (with Vitaliano). Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta (IT)
Zwei italienische Maler aus Berlin (with J. Rimondi), Galerie Monica Ruppert, Mannheim
Premio ORA (winner)
Nude, The Ballery Galerie, Berlin
2014
I maestri del sogno. Palazzo di Foggia, Paestum (Salerno)
Cross Currents. Funkhaus Kunstraum, Berlin
Tracce (Solo exhibition). Cooperativa Borgo Po e Decoratori, Torino
Affordable Art Fair (Maastricht, NL), Galerie Mooiman
La memoria del corpo. Spazio d’Arte Duina, Paitone (Brescia)
In Chartis mevaniae. Madre Terra - Terra Madre. S. Maria Laurentia, Bevagna (PG)
2013
Painted Faces. Showdown Competition, Saatchi online. Semifinalists selection
Il Gioco dell’Arte e nell’Arte. Arte in Piemonte dal '900 a oggi”, Palazzo Mathis, Bra (CN)
Arte in terapia, Festival dei due Mondi, Spoleto
Klein Kunst Party. Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul (South Korea)
Macht Kunst. Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin
…To be continued… Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Torino
2012
T.RAUM (with M. Brancati), Galleria Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Torino
Broadcast, Funkhaus, Berlin
2011
Nuclear UnFair. Tacheles, Berlin
Sabatino Cersosimo (Solo Exhibition). Palazzo Oddo, Albenga (SV)
Il mestiere di vivere - Cesare Pavese’s book art covers. Libreria Antiquaria Biggio, Torino
2010
LOV#2. Painting performance. Atelier BiBi e le Belle Arti, Torino
Gli universi di Bottega Indaco. Palazzo Oddo, Albenga (SV)
2009
Ritratti (with Elisa Filomena and Davide Loi). Galleria Davico, Torino
2008
Carne alla brace (Solo exhibition). Circolo Borgo Po e Decoratori, Torino
Paratissima 2008. Torino.
2007
Post Kult. Post Kult, Halle (D)
2002
Segnalibri d’artista. Libreria La Gang del Pensiero, Torino
Artisti a Torino. Torino Esposizioni
2001
Scene da film. Castello della Contessa Adelaide, Susa (TO)
2000
Premio Vasapolli. Chiostro di San Filippo, Torino
1998
Antica Sartoria Pellizzola. Galleria Weber, Torino
Patchwork. Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Torino
1990
Guerra e inquinamento ambientale. Competition, Torino. 3rd Prize
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Sabatino's paintings are in collections in Europe, USA. Australia, Russia and in Taiwan