Max Serradifalco (Palermo 1978) is een beeldend landschapskunstenaar die woont en werkt in Italië. In zijn eerste, in 2011 ontwikkelde artistieke project Web Landscape Photograhy, reisde hij virtueel de planeet af op zoek naar een nieuwe methode om landschappen te observeren en te herinterpreteren, zonder daarbij gebruik te maken van manipulatie.
Serradifalco was een van de eerste kunstenaars die fotoseries via internet maakten op basis van uitsluitend satellietkaarten. In zijn werk experimenteert hij met de grenzen tussen reizen, fotografie, geografie en virtual reality. Als beeldend kunstenaar heeft hij ook een milieuactivistisch en ethisch doel. Dat is gericht op het versterken van de duurzaamheid van de aarde, onder meer door haar innerlijke schoonheid en creativiteit te laten zien.
Werken van Serradifalco zijn in 2015 gepubliceerd op het social media-platform Behance van Adobe, dat tientallen miljoenen gebruikers over de hele wereld is. Zijn werk is daarnaast te zien in musea en kunstgalerieën in Italië en Griekenland. Ook maken ze deel uit van openbare en particuliere collecties in Europa en de Verenigde Staten.

Exposties
2022 – ArtVerona Fair with Bianchi Zardin Contemporary Art
2022 – Inside the Myth, Group Exhibition, Pappas mill (Pineiòs festival), Larissa
2022 – MIA Photo Fair, Milan with Bianchi Zardin Contemporary Art
2021 – WAAG. We Are All Greeks, Group Exhibition, Riso Museum, Palermo
2021 – WAAG. We Are All Greeks, Group Exhibition, Byzantine Museum, Thessaloniki
2020 – Laudata Terra, Virtual Exhibition, Vatican Website
2019 – Paratissima, Art Fair, Turin
2019 – The Satellite Garden, Solo Exhibition, Bangladesh pavilion on occasion of 58th Biennale di Venezia
2019 – Affordable Art Fair, Milan with Bianchi Zardin Contemporary Art
2019 – Max Serradifalco Earth Day 2019. The Spirit of the Earth, Solo Exhibition, Cefalù
2018 – The Satellite Garden, Solo Exhibition, Magione Arts District on occasion of Manifesta 12 Palermo
2018 – BIAS International Biennial of Sacred Art, Group Exhibition, Palermo
2018 – Satellite Photography, Solo Exhibition, Carte Scoperte Gallery, Milan
2018 – Earth Flags. Transcending Boundaries, Solo Exhibition, for Palermo Italian Capital of Culture 2018
2017 – SpacEarth. The Satellite Photography, Group Exhibition, LABottega Gallery, Pietrasanta
2017 – BAU14 GPS, Group Exhibition, GAMC Museum, Viareggio
2017 – Meta Land Art, Solo Exhibition, Riso Museum, Palermo
2016 – The Virtual Journey. Visioni Satellitari, Solo Exhibition, Exclusiva Fondation, Rome
2016 – MIA Photo Fair, Milan with Bianchi Zardin Contemporary Art
2016 – 66° Festival of Italian Song, Group Exhibition, Palafiori of Sanremo
2015 – 6 pm Your Local Time Europe, Group Exhibition, Link Art Center
2015 – MIA Photo Fair, Milan with Adalberto Catanzaro Contemporary Art
2015 – The look and light, Group Exhibition, Sant’Elia Foundation, Palermo
2015 – Media Art Festival, Group Exhibition, Musei Capitolini, Rome
2014 – Earth. Viaggio Fotografico nel Web, Solo Exhibition, Giffoni Film Festival
2014 – ArtFactory, Catania Adalberto Catanzaro Contemporary Art
2013 – Web Photography. L’arte del paesaggio tra ‘maps’ e anima, Solo Exhibition, Elle Arte Gallery, Palermo
2013 – Arte Padova Fair Adalberto Catanzaro Contemporary Art
2012 – Web Landscape Photography, Solo Exhibition, Light CNR, Botanical Garden, Palermo
Awards & Public Collections & Publications
AWARDS
2015 – MIFA (Third Place), E-ART-H, cat. Nature Aerial
2015 – MIFA (Honorable Mention), E-ART-H, cat. Fine Art Landscape
2012 – IPA (Honorable Mention), Web Landscape, cat. Fine Art Landscape
2009 – IPA (Honorable Mention), Old Sicily Country, cat. Architecture Historic
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Museo Riso, Regional Center of Modern and Contemporary Art, Palermo
- Exclusiva Foundation, Rome
- Donà dalle Rose Foundation, Venice
- Luciano Ventrone and Miranda Gibilisco Foundation, Collelongo
- Lucrezia De Domizio Durini Collection, Bolognano
PUBLICATIONS
2022 – Satellite EarthWorks, pp. 192, Serradifalco editions
2022 – Inside the Myth, edited by Francesco Piazza, pp. 80
2021 – WAAG. We Are All Greeks, edited by Francesco Piazza, pp. 116, Serradifalco editions
2018 – Earth Flags. Transcending Boundaries, edited by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi, pp. 112, Serradifalco editions
2017 – Meta Land Art. Apofenie Satellitari, edited by Fabiola Di Maggio, pp. 112, Riso Museum editions
2014 – Earth. Viaggio Fotografico nel Web, edited by Maurizio Marco Tozzi, pp. 96, Ezio Pagano editions
2012 – Web Landscape Photography, edited by Aldo Gerbino, pp. 36, Plumelia editions