Born in Modena in 1968, Alessandro Vicario learned the essence of photographic vision from an early age with his father Ennio, a professional photographer. He also creates performances and video installations.
He is represented by the gallery
Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milan.
Raised and educated in Milan, he has developed a practice centred on memory, on the relationship with nature and the environment, and, more profoundly, on the very condition of photography, understood as a trace of reality mediated by light. His work, conceived in series, is distinguished by formal rigour, frontal composition and a keen attention to signs, surfaces and marginal presences.
Since 2000, he has exhibited regularly in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. His work has been published in numerous books and monographs and is held in public and private collections, including those of MUNAF – Museo Nazionale di Fotografia, Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo.
Since 2025, he has been based in the Marche region, in a hilltop village in the province of Pesaro.
Impressions 1999–2025, curated by Alberto Mazzacchera, Musei Civici di Pesaro, Pesaro, 2026.
Transparencies, with Laura Sattin, curated by Emanuela Terrile, Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milan, 2026.
Nel segreto di una casa / In the Secrecy of a Home, curated by Elena Carotti, Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milan, 2024.
Mappe arboree / Tree Maps, curated by Elena Carotti, Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milan, 2023.
Silent Landscape(s), curated by Elena Amodeo and Vittorio Schieroni, with a sound installation by Sergio Armaroli, ERRATUM, Milan, 2019, 14th Photofestival.
Mappe arboree, Drums/The Van, Milan, 2019.
Mappe arboree, Galleria IDEA4MI, Milan, 2017.
Mappe arboree, Fondazione Pasquinelli, Milan, 2017.
Le ultime capanne, curated by Gigliola Foschi, Galleria Spaziofarini6, Milan, 2016.
Along the Wall. Berlin 2009, curated by Roberta Valtorta, Spazio Ostrakon, Milan, 2015.
Vie d’acqua, two-person exhibition with Ennio Vicario, curated by Elena Amodeo and Vittorio Schieroni, MADE4ART, Milan, 2015.
Contemplazioni, curated by Elena Amodeo and Vittorio Schieroni, MADE4ART, Milan, 2013–2014.
Contemplazioni introspettive, curated by Elena Amodeo and Vittorio Schieroni, Step09, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, 2013.
Orizzonti, curated by Gigliola Foschi, MIA – Milan Image Art Fair, Milan, 2011.
Facce a Milano, curated by Jacopo Muzio, Fondazione Corrente, Milan, 2011.
Along the Wall. Berlin 2009, curated by Giovanni Pelloso and Roberta Valtorta, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, 2010.
Concetti cromatici, curated by Gigliola Foschi and Flavia Zanetti, Officinaarte, Magliaso, Switzerland, 2010.
Die Berliner Mauer, curated by Roberto Mutti, Castelgrande, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 2009.
Un’Onsernone, curated by Antonio Ria and Flavia Zanetti, Officinaarte, Magliaso, Switzerland, 2008.
Un paesaggio ritrovato. A Demonte e in Valle Stura sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / A Landscape Found Again. In Demonte and the Stura Valley, in the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Federica Di Stefano Zichichi and Antonio Ria, Galleria 196, Rome, 2008.
Un paesaggio ritrovato. A Demonte e in Valle Stura sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / A Landscape Found Again. In Demonte and the Stura Valley, in the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria and Alberto Weber, Galleria Weber, Turin, 2007.
Alessandro Vicario and Magali Joannon photographs, KernotArt Gallery, Paris, 2007.
Paesaggi d’assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria, Atrium, Turin, 2007.
Paesaggi d’assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria, Fondazione Casa Delfino, Cuneo, 2006.
Un paesaggio ritrovato. A Demonte e in Valle Stura sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / A Landscape Found Again. In Demonte and the Stura Valley, in the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria, Officinaarte, Magliaso, Switzerland, 2006.
Frammenti domestici tra memoria e oblio, curated by Gigliola Foschi, Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, 2006.
Paesaggi d’assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria, Biblioteca Cantonale di Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 2005.
Paesaggi d’assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Carlo Garzia and Antonio Ria, Castello Svevo, Bari, 2004–2005.
Paesaggi d’assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala dell’Abbondanza, Cagli, 2004.
Paesaggi d’assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, curated by Antonio Ria, Libreria Feltrinelli, Via Manzoni, Milan, 2004.
Il tempo della camera / Bedroom Time, presented by Roberto Signorini, Spazio Foto Villa Litta, Milan, 2003.
Il tempo della camera / Bedroom Time, presented by Roberto Signorini, Libreria Internazionale Ulrico Hoepli, Milan, 2002.
The Alexandria Experience Collection, Nepenthe Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 2026.
You Can’t Frame Me, Artphilein Foundation, Paradiso, Lugano, Switzerland, 2026. Catalogue.
ANIMATI. God, Human, Animal, Machine, curated by Chiara Bardelli Nonino, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, 2025.
MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas, presentation curated by Emanuela Mazzonis, Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milan, 2025.
Arte Laguna Prize, curated by Giulia Colletti and Chiara Canali, Arsenale Nord, Venice, 2024.
Personaggi e paesaggi d’Italia, Palazzo Serbelloni, Milan, 2016.
Ieri Oggi Milano. Capolavori del Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, curated by Roberta Valtorta, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, 2015.
Vere finzioni, curated by Pio Tarantini, Galleria Ostrakon, Milan, 2014.
Desert Inn, curated by Carlo Garzia, Castello Svevo, Bari, 2012.
Abitare il silenzio, curated by Gigliola Foschi, Fondazione Mediaterraneo, Sestri Levante, 2012.
Abitare il silenzio, curated by Gigliola Foschi, La Casa Bioecologica, III Festival Fotografico Italiano, Busto Arsizio, 2012.
La memoria delle cose, curated by Manuela Valentini, Spazio Frassinagodiciotto, Bologna, 2012.
Fotofever Paris, curated by Cécile Schall, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, 2011.
Step09 New Art Fair, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, 2011.
Kunstart 10, 7th International Art Fair of Bolzano, Photoltd Gallery, Fierabolzano, Bolzano, 2010.
Atlántica Colectivas, Centro de Fotografia de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2009.
Dalla Fotografia d’Arte all’Arte della Fotografia, curated by Fabio Castelli, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, 2009.
Peste / Plague, curated by Ivano Facchinetti, Bluvanoni – spazio per l’arte contemporanea, Chiesa di San Rocco, Losone, Switzerland, 2008.
Prima Visione 2007, Bel Vedere Fotografia, Milan, 2008.
Ex voto. Un poeta e cinquantasette artisti per una grazia ricevuta / Ex Voto. A Poet and Fifty-Seven Artists Respond to a Received Favour, curated by Alberto Weber, Castello di Rivalta, Turin, 2008.
Ex voto. Un poeta e cinquantasette artisti per una grazia ricevuta / Ex Voto. A Poet and Fifty-Seven Artists Respond to a Received Favour, curated by Alberto Weber, Palazzo Libera, Villa Lagarina, 2007.
First International Photographic Art Prize Arte Laguna, curated by Igor Zanti, Brolo Centro d’Arte e Cultura, Mogliano Veneto, 2007.
Acquainvista / Waterinsight, curated by Carlo Garzia, Sala Murat, Bari, 2007.
Il paesaggio tradito. Sguardi su un territorio compromesso / Betrayed Landscape. Views of a Compromised Region, curated by Gigliola Foschi and Andrea Dall’Asta S.I., Castello del Vescovo, Arceto di Scandiano, 2006.
Il paesaggio tradito. Sguardi su un territorio compromesso / Betrayed Landscape. Views of a Compromised Region, curated by Gigliola Foschi and Andrea Dall’Asta S.I., Palazzo Casotti, Reggio Emilia, 2006.
Il paesaggio tradito. Sguardi su un territorio compromesso / Betrayed Landscape. Views of a Compromised Region, curated by Gigliola Foschi and Andrea Dall’Asta S.I., Galleria San Fedele, Milan, 2005–2006.
L’estasi delle cose, curated by Thomas Seelig and Urs Stahel, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo, 2005.
Fotonoviembre 2005. VIII Bienal Internacional de Fotografía / 8th International Photography Biennial, Centro de Fotografia de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2005.
Peripolis, presented by Gigliola Foschi, Galleria Magenta 52, Vimercate, 2005.
Im Rausch der Dinge, curated by Martin Gasser, Peter Pfrunder, Thomas Seelig and Urs Stahel, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, 2004.
Impressions of Faces, a public participatory performance combining photography and video, with a collective video installation, in collaboration with the 62nd Pesaro International Film Festival, Musei Civici di Pesaro, Pesaro, 2026.
VeduteVisioni. Parco delle Cave, Milano / ViewsVisions. Parco delle Cave, Milan, nine-channel silent video installation, 2024. By Alessandro Vicario, with historical photographs by Ennio Vicario; editing by Davide Ferrario, Videozone.
Facce a Milano, Fondazione Corrente, Milan, 2011.
Una giornata d’inverno davanti all’ingresso della Camera del Lavoro Metropolitana di Milano, Camera del Lavoro di Milano, Milan, 2011. Direction, photography and filming: Alessandro Vicario; editing: Davide Ferrario, Videozone S.r.l.; camera assistants: Marco Meazza, Marco Ristuccia and Alessandra Vinci.
Along the Wall. Berlin 2009. Raw sequence, 34-minute loop, presented as part of the solo exhibition Along the Wall. Berlin 2009, curated by Giovanni Pelloso and Roberta Valtorta, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, 2010. Direction: Alessandro Vicario; photography: Alessandro Vicario and Alessandra Casoni; photography assistant: Alessandra Casoni; video editing: Davide Ferrario, Videozone S.r.l.
Segreto 10 / Secret 10, from the series Nel segreto di una casa / In the Secrecy of a Home, finalist, Arte Laguna Prize, 19th edition, 2024.
Nel segreto di una casa / In the Secrecy of a Home, artist’s book, Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, 2024.
