STEFANO RONCI

Born in 1972, he graduated with honors in Architecture from the University of Florence in 1999. During these formative years, he met his first gallerist, Walter Bellini, director of the historic Ken’s Art Gallery in Florence.
In parallel, he pursued studies in Philosophy at the University of Florence, specializing in Aesthetics, and later completed a two-year postgraduate program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.

Since 2000, alongside his artistic and exhibition practice, he has been active in arts education.

In 2006, he was invited to participate in a group exhibition curated by Vanja Strukelj at Palazzo Pigorelli in Parma, highlighting emerging artists from Emilia-Romagna. He was a finalist for the prestigious Celeste Prize in both 2005 and 2006, curated by Gianluca Marziani. In 2007, he took part in BAC—the Audiovisual Arts Festival in Barcelona.

In 2010, he taught a course in Painting Techniques and Technology at the LABA Academy in Rimini. Since then, he has collaborated with WerkstattGalerie in Berlin.

In 2015, he participated in Macrocosmi, a group exhibition between Bologna and Berlin organized by CUBO, Unipol’s multifunctional space dedicated to contemporary art, with which he continues to collaborate. That same year, he began working with Galleria Adiacenze in Bologna.

In 2016, he was invited to exhibit at the International Photography Festival in Reggio Emilia. In 2018, he was selected by Massimo Pulini for the 3rd edition of the Rimini Drawing Biennale.

Since 2014, he has worked as a creative consultant for Saraghina Eyewear, overseeing the design and staging of the brand’s exhibition booths at major Italian and international trade shows.

In 2019, he was a finalist for the Swiss Original Handmade Creative Project, curated by Emmentaler Switzerland.
In 2022, he won the competition for the 10th anniversary of CUBO, with the work DiecialCUBO.

Selected Exhibitions

2023
• Confini, solo exhibition at Galleria Zamagni, Rimini — curated by Ilaria Bignotti
• BAF – Bergamo Arte Fiera, with Galleria Zamagni

2022
• Unfair, Galleria Zamagni, Milan

2021
• Arte Padova, Galleria Zamagni
• Lucca Art Fair, Galleria Zamagni

2019
• Finalist, Swiss Original Handmade Creative Project, curated by Massimo Bruto Randone, Overstudio, Milan
• ArteW Fiera Forlì, Galleria Zamagni
• Arte Fiera Padova, Galleria Zamagni
• Museo della Città di Rimini – B-Archive, curated by A. Bigi Lotti & F. Pozzi
• Galleria Gollini, Id, curated by Gigi Foschini
• Unipol, Milan – Take Care, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Spazio CUBO

2018
• Museo Magi ’900 – Reliquaire, curated by Galleria Adiacenze in collaboration with Koma Gallery
• Casa della Cultura Italo Calvino – Ramram, Calderara di Reno
• Rimini Drawing Biennale – Cantiere Disegno, curated by Massimo Pulini
• Galleria Augeo Art Space – Sironi e il Contemporaneo, in collaboration with Galleria 56

2017
• Galleria Gollini – Bianco Nero, Imola
• Galleria Augeo Art Space – Cartello Rimini P’arte
• Galleria Adiacenze (Bologna) & Galleria Koma (Belgium) – Reliquaire

2016
• International Photography Festival – Heav•En, Reggio Emilia, curated by M. Portioli, H. Forde & M. Yuan

2015
• Macrocosmi – Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben & Atles Postfuhramt West, Berlin
• WerkstattGalerie – Retour de Bologna, Berlin
• Spazio CUBO – Macrocosmi, Bologna

2014
• On Board of the New MS Europa, WerkstattGalerie – cruises from Hong Kong to Singapore
• Set Up Contemporary Art Fair, Bologna

2013
• Künstlerquartier Bethanien, Berlin – Lost Identity, with Lithuanian artists, by the Lithuanian Embassy and WerkstattGalerie
• Alte Oberpostdirektion, Hamburg – In Between

2012
• WerkstattGalerie – Lost Identity, Berlin
• Galleria Federica Ghizzoni – Ventiperventi, Milan

2011
• Spazio Fumetto – WOW, curated by Fondazione Milano Expo 2015, Milan

2009–2008
• Arte Fiera Art First, Verona
• Grafique Art Gallery (multiple exhibitions), Bologna
• Mandelli Arte Contemporanea, Milan
• Associazione Culturale Maria Sorgato, Noale
• Museo Internazionale della Caricatura Luigi Magli, Tolentino
• Fabbrica – RN 7565, curated by Angelo Grassi, Forlì

2007
• Galleria Studio.Ra Contemporanea – Videofusion1, Rome
• Galleria Spazioinmostra – Tag, Milan
• Caffè Letterario – Aniconics Icon Killers, Rome
• BAC – Festival of Audiovisual Arts, Barcelona

…and many more exhibitions across Italy and Europe between 2002 and 2006, including Rome, Milan, Strasbourg, Cologne, and Berlin.

His practice reflects the genius loci of Romagna—combining an authentic, joyful, and slightly irreverent spirit with an innate ability to create something from nothing