Pietro Ruffo

Place: Filacciano

Born: 1978

Biography:

Pietro Ruffo is an Italian contemporary artist. He was born in 1978 in Filacciano, Italy. Ruffo was introduced to art by his grandfather and became an artist's apprentice at the age of fourteen. He graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Rome in 2005 and moved to the Ex Pastificio Cerere in San Lorenzo. In 2005, Ruffo travelled to Beslan, Russia, to work with children who survived the massacre at their local school by Chechen rebels. His time spent in Beslan inspired a major work entitled, Beslan doppia mappatura (Beslan Double Mapping) 2006. In 2011, Ruffo was selected for The Premio New York fellowship at Columbia University. The research conducted during his time there served as the foundation for his series entitled, 'The Political Gymnasium'.