MICHELE STANZIONE
Contemporary Visual Artist · Photographer
Michele Stanzione is an Italian contemporary visual artist and photographer, born in Benevento in 1981.
His artistic research develops primarily through photography, with black and white as a central element of his visual language. His work investigates identity, memory, spirituality and the relationship between the visible and the invisible.
Through photography, Stanzione explores the human condition and the symbolic dimensions of existence, transforming the photographic image into a space of introspection, memory and emotional experience.
His practice extends across contemporary art, international exhibitions, cultural projects and photographic archives, including Portraits of Art, an ongoing project dedicated to the protagonists of contemporary art.
His artistic journey has developed through exhibitions and international collaborations in Italy, China, Albania and other international contexts, including the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2026, where he presents Bosco Sacro within the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Pavilion.
ARTISTIC LANGUAGE
Black and white is not simply an aesthetic choice in Stanzione’s work. It becomes a means of removing the image from its immediate reality and bringing attention to gesture, presence, memory and emotion.
His photographs move between the tangible and the intangible, seeking what lies beyond the visible surface of people, places and experiences.
The human figure, nature and landscape become instruments through which Stanzione investigates the deeper dimensions of existence.
His photographic language is rooted in observation but directed towards what cannot always be seen.
CURRENT RESEARCH
BOSCO SACRO
An ongoing photographic investigation into nature, spirituality, memory and the invisible.
Presented at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2026 within the The Forest – The Undergrowth exhibition at the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Pavilion, Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, Venice.
PORTRAITS OF ART
An ongoing photographic archive dedicated to artists and protagonists of contemporary art.
Through black-and-white portraiture, Stanzione documents artists, curators, critics and cultural figures, creating a visual archive of contemporary art and its protagonists.
INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE
Michele Stanzione’s artistic activity has developed through exhibitions, cultural exchanges and collaborations in Italy and internationally.
Photography becomes a language of memory.
His career includes significant experiences in China, where he received the Mo-tse Photography Master Award at the VI International Photography Biennale of Jinan in 2016 and the Gold Medal at the VII International Photography Biennale of Jinan in 2018.
In 2018 he was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Art & Design of Shandong in Jinan, China, further strengthening his role within international cultural exchange.
In 2025 he represented Italy at the First International Biennale of Contemporary Art of Durrës, Albania.