Cryptic Venus

• Photographer
  Nicoletta Cerasomma
• Technical Info
  Full frame
• Photo Date
  2019
• Website
  https://www.nicolettacerasomma.it/

The main characters and subjects of this project are women from Lucca, feminine figure that shaped their lives based on their will. Doing so, they deprived themselves of their own identity in order to become symbolic icons the reflection of the society they lived in. What I want to represent is their stories and plumb the depth of their legacy that still affects our cultural heritage. Starting from the idea of community, this project aims to dig the stereotypes and their emblematic function, seeking especially the deepest fear men have to face during their lives and the necessity of belonging

• Biography
  Nicoletta Cerasomma is a pop surrealist artist with a background in staged photography. After studying photography she realized her love for storytelling and she focused on production of nuanced photographic tableaux. Her work is highly conceptual and complex: she incorporates archetypes and cultural iconography with satirical narratives inspired by the collective unconscious. Leaning into the visual language of pop surrealism, she stages narrative compositions that expose the underbelly of modern life.
• Awards
  2023 NOV - American Photography Ai-Ap 39 - New York City USA JUL - Solo exhibition - f5.6 Gallery - Lucca Italy MAY - ImageNation Paris Galerie Joseph Le Palais - Paris France APR - Praxis Gallery - Minneapolis USA 2022 NOV - American Photography Ai-Ap 38 - New York City USA NOV – Kühlhaus Berlin - Germany SEP – Berlin Photo Week with BBA Gallery - Berlin Germany SEP – ImageNation Milan Italy SEP - Spazio FMF - Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia - Milan Italy JUL - Space Millepiani Rome Italy MAR - AW Galerie - Frankfurt Germany FEB – Decode Gallery - Tucson Arizona USA FEB – House of Lucie Gallery - Budapest Hungary JEN – Las Laguna Art Gallery - Laguna Beach CA USA 2021 DIC – 6th Biennal of Fine art Barcelona - Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2021 DIC – 6th Biennal of Fine art Barcelona - Pollux Award 2020 NOV - American Photography Ai-AP 37 - New York City USA NOV - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens Greece OCT – Haute Photographie Rotterdam - Netherlands SEP – The Line Contemporary Art Space - London UK AGO - Photo Place Gallery - Middlebury Vermont USA AGO - Praxis Photo Art Center - Minneapolis USA AGO – Phest - Monopoli Italia (video presenting the FreshEyes talents) JUL – House of Lucie Budapest Gallery - Hungary JUN – Foley Gallery New York City USA JAN - Sony World Photography Organisation - online exhibition - Somerset Gallery London UK JAN - The Moscow International - Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library - Russia 2020 SEP - The Moscow International - ProPhoto Studios Moscow Russia JUN - Sony World Photography Organisation - Sony Imaging Gallery Tokyo Japan MAY - Sony World Photography Organisation - On Screen Exhibition 2018 SEP - Imago - ImagOrbetello Festival - Orbetello Italy 2015 NOV - Solo exhibition - Circuito Off Photolux Festival - Lucca Italy APR - Pisa in Fiore - Garden Art Project - Corso Italia Pisa Italy AUG - Solo exhibition - LuccaOperaFestival - Lucca Italy 2014 MAY - Il Trauma - Mario Tobino Foundation - Palazzo Ducale Lucca Italy