Tommaso Fagioli (Rome, ♉︎/♎︎) is an Italian multidisciplinary artist holding a PhD in Philosophy and currently pursuing a degree in Psychology. Throughout his career, he has engaged in diverse creative fields including online journalism, film production, and distribution. Since 2018, he has focused on artistic practice, alternating with teaching Digital Cultures at RUFA (Rome University of Fine Arts).
His artistic and philosophical research explores the dynamic interplay between the sacred and the profane, bridging archaic traditions with contemporary and futuristic imaginaries. His work articulates new interpretative frameworks and personal mythologies, drawing on a vast iconographic repertoire — from mass culture to traditional heritage — to materialize in original creations across various media. At the core of his inquiry lies a deep investigation into the evolving nature of identity in a world increasingly shaped by new intelligent technologies and post-human paradigms.
Exhibitions
2018 (2020) – “Macrocosmo” (8′- loop): visual wandering through heaven & earth with a Nikon P900’s superzoom camera, was selected at Videocittà first edition event on the “Art Foundation and Galleries” section in collaboration with RUFA – Roman University of Fine Arts and Fondazione Cerere. Reviewed on Exibart. Also screened at Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2020:
2019 – “Where is my sacred?” (Solo show). A hieratic itinerary addressing the sacred via faith, invocation and beauty. The exhibition was held at Fondazione Cerere, Rome. Interview with Art Tribune (in Italian). Also the exhibition was a reviewed on Rivista Segno N° 217 by curator Giuliana Benassi.
2019 – “Festa di Roma” (selected artists). The video installation Desert_Sea (5’-loop) was commissioned for the “Festa di Roma 2019” in collaboration with Fondazione Cinema per Roma, Rai Cinema, and Cultura Roma, screened during new years eve up until January 5th on five large squared ledwalls used as stargates around the Capitoline Hill area.
2021 – “Machine Dreaming” (online exhibition) : a series of dreamlike collages using (AI) GAN-generated images/voices and human inspiration. The video-series firstly appeared on Il Crepaccio Instagram Show @ilcrepaccio curated by the Milanese journalist and curator Caroline Corbetta.
2022 – “Sublimine” (solo show). Exhibition held in a independent artist-run space in multiethnic and fast developing district of Torpignattara in the outskirt of Rome displaying works imagined “under the threshold of attention”. Article by Giorgia Basile on Artribune.
2022 – Engels & Völkers (collab). An artistic ‘open day’ in collaboration with the leader real estate agency.
2023 – “Space One II” (group show, winner). The 2nd of the Space One – International Exhibition-Competition of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with the School of Aerospace Engineering of the Sapienza University of Rome and with the patronage of the III Municipality of the Municipality of Rome. Winner of the third price. Article on Il Messagero.
Highlighed press
2020 – “@how_icheated_ai”, the online project challenging AI and IG’s censorship policy via grids was highlighted by curator Gianluca Marziani on Dagospia,
2021 – “iPhonograpies”. The series was also highlighted by curator Gianluca Marziani on Dagospia