Nicoletta Cerasomma is a photographer and pop surrealist artist with a background in staged photography. After studying photography since 1997, she realized her love for storytelling so, in the latest years, she had evolved from fashion photographer to independent artist focused on production of nuanced photographic tableaux.
Her work is highly conceptual and complex: as surrealist artist, 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.
Nicoletta is inspired by the dichotomy Beauty and Decay, themes that she loves to incorporate into her works in order to evoke contemplation and debate on human condition, through a vivid and provocative still imagery and a cinematic technique.
Her images come from personal place of exploration where she dreams to live a thousand lives in one.
She is most known for her series "Cryptic Venus", created in 2020, which depicts women placed in suggestive scenarios.
Nicoletta was awarded the Sony world photography organization, the Pollux Awards and many other grants in 2020. Her work was exhibited in Paris, Moscow, Budapest, Barcelona and continues to show in international galleries. She is currently working on new dyptich projects.
Education
2015 - Fashion Photography course - Fondazione Studio Marangoni Firenze
2009 - Photography course - Pisa University
Publications
Awards
2021
Finalist Fine Art Photography Awards - Professional - Concetual category
Honorable mention Color Awards - Professional - Fine Art category
2020
Second Place PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - MIFA Moscow Photography Awards - Professional
First Place Winner POLLUX AWARDS
Second Place PORTFOLIO - BIFA Budapest Photography Awards - Professional
Gold Medal MIFA Moscow Photography Awards - Professional - Portfolio/Fine Art category
Gold Medal BIFA Budapest Photography Awards - Professional - Portfolio/Fine Art category
Gold Medal BIFA Budapest Photography Awards - Professional - Culture/People category
Silver Medal BIFA Budapest Photography Awards - Professional - Portfolio/Fine Art category
Bronze Medal Px3 Paris Photo
Bronze Medal MIFA Moscow Photography Awards - Professional - Portfolio/Fine Art category
Finalist Sony World Photography Organisation - Professional - Creative category
Finalist AAP All About Photo - Colors Awards
Finalist ND Photography Awards - Professional - Conceptual category
Finalist Fine Art Photography Awards - Professional - Concetual category
Honorable mention IPA - International Photography Awards - Professional - Fine Art category
Honorable mention Px3 Paris Photo
Honorable mention Chromatic Awards
Honorable mention Minimalist Photography Award - Professional - Conceptual category
2019
Bronze Medal Tifa Tokyo International - Fashion/Editorial category
Exhibitions
2021
JAN - Sony World Photography Organisation - online gallery exhibition
JAN - The Moscow International - Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library - Russia
2020
DIC - Le prix de la photographie Paris - Espace Beaurepaire Paris France (POSTPONED - Covid restrictions)
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 - festival ImagOrbetello - Orbetello (GR)
2015
NOV - Anima e Luce - CIRCUITO OFF - PHOTOLUX FESTIVAL - Lucca
APR - Pisa in Fiore - Garden Art Project - Corso Italia Pisa
AUG - LuccaOperaFestival - Lucca
2014
MAY - Il Trauma - Mario Tobino Foundation - May 2014 - Palazzo Ducale Lucca
2013
OCT - Le Felicità Visibili - Pisa
OCT- Le Mura di Lucca 500 anni - Fondazione Cassa Risparmio di Lucca - Lucca
2012
AUG - I Concerti degli Angeli - Lucca
2011
APR - Puro & Impuro - Palazzo Vittelli Pisa
2006
APR - Scattidivini - 2006 - Firenze
MAY - Scattidivini - 2006 - Siena
