Alfredo Cramerotti
Director, MOSTYN, Wales’ leading gallery of contemporary art, UK
Senior Curator, QUAD, centre of art, media and film in Derby, UK
Editor, Critical Photography at Intellect Books, USA & UK
Image: courtesy QUAD and Lucas Graham-Commons
Director, MOSTYN, Wales’ leading gallery of contemporary art, UK
Senior Curator, QUAD, centre of art, media and film in Derby, UK
Editor, Critical Photography at Intellect Books, USA & UK
Image: courtesy QUAD and Lucas Graham-Commons
About
Alfredo Cramerotti has been appointed Director of MOSTYN, the largest publicly funded contemporary art gallery in Wales, in July 2011. Cramerotti’s appointment comes after £5.1m prize-winning redevelopment by Ellis Williams Architects, recently presented with a RIBA Award for the gallery expansion.
At QUAD since 2008, Cramerotti has delivered an ambitious and innovative programme that includes the organisation of FORMAT International Photography Festival. As commissioner, art manager, and editor he has also played key roles in major international initiatives including recently co-curating Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Spain and the Furla Award for Contemporary Art in Italy.
From Trento in northern Italy, Cramerotti studied ‘Art in Context’ at the Universität der Künste, Institut für Kunst im Kontext in Berlin followed by the Critical Studies Programme at the Lund University, Malmö Art Academy in Sweden. He has authored and published several volumes including ‘All That Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism’ and the series of photography books 'Critical Photography' for Intellect. He is regular Visiting Lecturer at NTU Nottingham Trent University, University of Westminster London and DAI Dutch Arts Institute.
Alfredo Cramerotti has been appointed Director of MOSTYN, the largest publicly funded contemporary art gallery in Wales, in July 2011. Cramerotti’s appointment comes after £5.1m prize-winning redevelopment by Ellis Williams Architects, recently presented with a RIBA Award for the gallery expansion.
At QUAD since 2008, Cramerotti has delivered an ambitious and innovative programme that includes the organisation of FORMAT International Photography Festival. As commissioner, art manager, and editor he has also played key roles in major international initiatives including recently co-curating Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Spain and the Furla Award for Contemporary Art in Italy.
From Trento in northern Italy, Cramerotti studied ‘Art in Context’ at the Universität der Künste, Institut für Kunst im Kontext in Berlin followed by the Critical Studies Programme at the Lund University, Malmö Art Academy in Sweden. He has authored and published several volumes including ‘All That Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism’ and the series of photography books 'Critical Photography' for Intellect. He is regular Visiting Lecturer at NTU Nottingham Trent University, University of Westminster London and DAI Dutch Arts Institute.
