EMILIO FERRO - THRESHOLDS of light
Site-specific light and sound installations revealing the latent condition of places- from the Pyramids of Giza to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
BIOGRAPHY
Emilio Ferro is a contemporary artist working at the intersection of space, environmental context and presence. Through light and sound, his practice unfolds in site-specific installations conceived as Thresholds of Light within natural and constructed environments.
Ferro's installations function as perceptual structures that redefine the relationship between space and body. Light is treated as a material capable of generating volume and tension, activating the latent qualities of a place.
Across a range of scales, his projects develop in response to the specific characteristics of each site, integrating technical and environmental elements. His installations have been presented in diverse contexts, including historically and geographically significant locations, where each project engages with existing formal, cultural and symbolic frameworks.
Through this approach, Ferro's practice investigates light and sound as instruments of transformation, addressing questions related to time, presence and the conditions that shape spatial experience.
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
Threshold, 2026
Temporary installation
Chapelle Expiatoire, Paris, France
Cannubi On Fire, 2025
Temporary installation
Cannubi Vineyards, Astemia Pentita, Barolo, Italy
Germinale Monferrato, Germinale, 2025
Collective exhibition
Chiesa dei Battuti, Vignale Monferrato, Italy
Direction to, SB Fine Art and Galleria Umberto Benappi, 2025
Solo exhibition
Visionnaire Wunderkammer, Milan, Italy
Vocla, Brumance and Alcova, 2025
Collective exhibition
Vocla, Milan, Italy
Liminal Journey, art+château and Espace Muraille, 2025
Temporary installation
St. Niklaus Chapel, Gstaad, Switzerland
Emilio Ferro Direction to, Galleria Umberto Benappi, 2024
Solo exhibition
Galleria Umberto Benappi, Turin, Italy
Cannubi On Fire, 2024
Temporary installation
Cannubi Vineyards, Astemia Pentita, Barolo, Italy
Tale of Two Cities, Art D'Égypte, 2024
Collective exhibition
Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Biennale Light Art Mantova, 2024
Collective exhibition
Casa Del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy
Miracle, 2024 [open daily]
Permanent installation
Cappella di San Rocco, Vicoforte, Italy
Garden Wonder, Zelda, 2024
Solo exhibition
Excess Venice, Venice, Italy
Cannubi On Fire, 2023
Temporary installation
Cannubi Vineyards, Astemia Pentita, Barolo, Italy
A Journey Through Shadows, SB Fine Art, 2023
Solo exhibition
Arca Studios, Turin, Italy
Cairo International Art District, CIAD, Art D'Égypte, 2023
Collective exhibition
Radio Theatre, Cairo, Egypt
What Will Be Next, PQV Fine Art, 2023
Solo exhibition
Palazzo Fodri, Cremona, Italy
The Art Of Disruption, Art D'Égypte and Christie's, 2023
Collective exhibition
Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Cannubi On Fire, 2022
Temporary installation
Cannubi Vineyards, Astemia Pentita, Barolo, Italy
Forever Is Now, Art D'Égypte, 2022
Collective exhibition
Giza Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt
Cairo International Art District, CIAD, Art D'Égypte, 2022
Collective exhibition
Radio Theatre, Cairo, Egypt
Terlo Night Harvest, 2022
Temporary installation
Terlo Vineyards, Barolo, Italy
Experimentum Crucis, Musumeci Contemporary, 2022
Collective exhibition
Ex Caserma Cassonello, Noto, Italy
Projec_To, 2022
Collective exhibition
Palazzo Martini di Cigala, Turin, Italy
Quantum, 2022
Temporary installation
Palazzo Martini di Cigala, Projec_To, Turin, Italy
Cardiopulso, 2022
Temporary installation
Centro Studi Beppe Fenoglio, Alba, Italy
Cannubi On Fire, 2021
Temporary installation
Cannubi Vineyards, Astemia Pentita, Barolo, Italy
Terlo Night Harvest, 2021
Temporary installation
Terlo Vineyards, Barolo, Italy
Cannubi On Fire, 2020
Temporary installation
Cannubi Vineyards, Astemia Pentita, Barolo, Italy
Terlo Night Harvest, 2020
Temporary installation
Terlo Vineyards, Barolo, Italy
Barolo To Heaven, 2019
Temporary installation
Bricco San Pietro, Monforte d'Alba, Italy
Resized Volcano, 2019
Temporary installation
National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan, Italy
Star Grafted, 2018
Temporary installation
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, Alba, Italy
Centro Incontri Della Regione Piemonte, 2009
Collective exhibition
Turin, Italy
Internazionale Italia Arte, 2009
Collective exhibition
Villa Gualino, Turin, Italy
Circolo Della Stampa, 2008
Collective exhibition
Turin, Italy
Change Art, 2008
Collective exhibition
Alba, Italy
PRESS
Emilio Ferro’s work has been featured both in Italian and international magazines such as Artribune, Sky Arte, Exibart, Interni, Designboom, The Spaces, L’Officiel, Vogue, Luce, Elle Decor, Vanity Fair, Metalocus, Rivista Idea, Archiportale, AD, Designverse, ioArch, Finestre Sull’Arte, Artupon, Collater.al, La Stampa, La Repubblica, Avvenire, Corriere.
