DAVIDE BRAMANTE

Born in Siracusa on Novembre 7th 1970.
Live in Siracusa.

Davide Bramante, photographer, represents and takes part in the most important cultural debates across the world, with his peculiar work.
His works are between myth and contemporariness of our international cities, like a “cultural Rave”, just to use youth words.
His way of working is an exact photograph of contemporary society: he’s able to still the spots he choose in the metropolises where he lives, or he visits or he knows.
A timeless traveler, like our nowadays society is bound to be, with a continous exchange of goods, cultures, religions, ideas, dreams, hopes and stories.
His photographs are then the result of a visual and cultural stratification which imitates the overlae of styles and cultures in our modern european metropolises.
Squares, markets, commercial images, bridges, stations blend in a continuum which is at the same time synthesis and sign of the contemporariness we live  from Paris to Amsterdam, from Milan to Berlin, from Prague to Madrid. (Vera Vitale)

Studies and Titles:

State institute of art of Siracusa, section “Metals and Goldsmithery”;
Albertina Academy of fine Arts of Torino, course in “Stage design”;
Fidia Academy of fine Arts of Cosenza, course in “Stage design”.
School learning certificate in applied arts, marks 48/60
Deegree certificate in stage design, marks 110 with honours.

Scholarships/masters:

  • 1998
    • Franklin Furnace Fundation, New York (USA), progetto “The future of the present”.
  • 1999
    • Ministero degli Affari Esteri, progetto “Movin’up”, svoltasi a New York presso la Franklin Furnace Foundation.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2008
    • “Saluti da Modica” text by Andrea G. Pinketts, Galla La Veronica, Modica;
    • “Eureka” curated by, Pietro Campellone, Museum MACI, Isernia,
    • “Diagonale d’Oriente”, curated by Enrico Gusella, Centro Nazionale di Fotografia, Padova;
  • 2007   
    • “My own rave” curated by Gianluca Marziani, Art Lounge, Lisbona;
    • “Around the world” curated by Lorand Hegyi, Galleria Poggiali e Forconi, Firenze
  • 2006
    • “Around Europe”, RVS fine art, Long Island (N.Y.);
    • “CCCP, l’universo finito” curated by Gianluca Marziani, Galleria Contemporanea, Pescara;
  • 2005
    • “Camera con vista”, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Obraz, Milano;
  • 2004/05
    • “Così vicino, così lontano”, Artecontemporanea, Catania;
  • 2004
    • “Visioni Italiane” curated by Chiara Tiberio, Ist. Di Cultura Italiano, Il Cairo - Egitto
  • 2001
    • “Into the Fiction”, curated by Paola Nicita, Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo;
  • 2000
    • “Dissolvenze – Evidenze”, curated by Gianluca Marziani, galleria Artecontemporanea, Catania;
  • 1999
    • “Rave Mutation 001”, curated by Dario Salani, gall. Siberie, Amsterdam;
    • “My own rave”, curated by Raffaella Morra,Studio Morra,Napoli;
    • “L.O.S.S.” curated by Alessia Gallo, gall. Arco di Rab, Roma;
  • 1998
    • “The Future of Present”, curated by di Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace, New York;
    • “Ectoplasmi Urbani”, curated by di Daniele Perra, Gall. Interni e Dum Dum, Bologna.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2006
    • “Mediterraneo Contemporaneo” curated by Antonio D’Avossa, Castello Aragonese, Taranto;
    • “Premio Celeste”, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Museo Marino Marini, Firenze;
    • “Il male e il male”, curated by di Enrico Mattei, Contemporanea, Pescara;
    • “Premio Cairo”, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano;
    • “Sicilia !”, curated by Marco Meneguzzo, Acireale;
  • 2005
    • “Molino Dorino”, curated by Marco Fantini, Nextam Partners, Milano;
    • “Come Natura crea, l’uomo distrugge” da un’idea di D. Bramante, 10 artisti + 10 critici;
    • “L’isola dei Pirati”, Fuoribiennale, Venezia, curated by Cristiano Seganfreddo;
    • “Baciamo le Mani, willkommem” a cura di Haidi Sciacchitano, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlino;
  • 2004
    • “Baciamo le Mani, willkommem” curated by Haidi Sciacchitano, Castello dei Conti di Modica, Alcamo;
    • “Per Amore”, curated by Paola Nicita e Salvatore Lacagnina, Gall. Civica D’arte Contemporanea di Siracusa;
  • 2003
    • “Melting Pop”, curated by Gianluca Marziani,Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena;
    • “Interrogare il Luogo” curated by Luigi Meneghelli, Studio La Città, Verona;
  • 2002
    • “Cronache Marziane” curated by C. Gualco, gall. Gualco, Genova Curated by P. Lazzaro, Gall. San Salvatore, Modena;
  • 2001
    • “Dalla Mini al Mini” curated by Gianluca Marziani,
      Cartiere Vannucci, Milano
      Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma Palazzo, Orvieto;
  • 2000 
    • “The Present of Future” curated by M. Wilson e H.Spiller, MOMA, New York;
  • 1999
    • “Autori/Tratti/Italiani”, curated by A. Arevalo e A. Fonda, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia;
    • “Fotografia”, curated by M. Gorni, C/o Off, Cusano Milanino;
  • 1998
    • “Brain Machine”, curated by Fabiola Naldi,Galleria d’arte Moderna, Sarajevo.
    • “G.A.M.E.”, curated by Gino Gianuizzi,Galleria d’arte Moderna, Bologna

He has taken part in the following contemporary art fairs:

Art Basel, Art Cologne, Artissima (To), MiArt, Artefiera (Bo), Art Verona, ARCO (Madrid), Palm Beach 3 (Florida), FIAC Parigi, SH Shanghai, CIGE Pechino.