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

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 - 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