Alessandro Cidda (1964) was born in Rome. He studied sociology, social psychology and communication. He’s an all-round creative and has worked continuously for over 20 years with major Italian companies and institutions, designing creative solutions for product development and service expansion. He approached photography in the late 80’s dedicating himself to street photography and reportage. In 2001 he published his first book of photographs dedicated to a trip to Africa, and in 2006 he published Le Erme del Gianicolo (The Herms of Janiculum) that officially entered in the repertoire of Capitolina Library and the Museum of the Risorgimento of Rome.

In 2005 he started working in studio investigating the Fantasy world and its characters. In 2006 he exhibited, at the Monocromo gallery in Rome, his first series of Fantasy portraits called Fenomeni (Phenomena), which now counts more than 50 portraits. Portraits alongside the realization of themed compositions involving Batman as the main witness. In 2008 the Ennagon Gallery in New York dedicated him a solo exhibit where Fenomeni were exposed in large format together also with part of the Fantarealistica compositions.

In 2010 the Marino Golinelli Foundation purchased, at the auction organized by Christie's at the Macro Museum in Rome, in favor of IMI for Research on Melanoma, the work titled BatTwins of the Fantarealistica series.

His main photographic and exhibition work is related to the world of in-studio Fantasy.

He also produces more traditional secondary works, mainly dedicated to fragments of life and the accumulation of memories of people and places he encounters.

In this area he has published in 2012 Il Cielo In Una Stanza (Heaven in a room) dedicated to the 14 square meters house of a Discalced Carmelite of Casoria (NA), and Il Tempo e Il Materiale (Time and Material) dedicated to Cinears, the historical sculpture and plastic workshop at Cinecittà.

Solo Exhibition

La Città del Tempo. 2014. Stadio di Domiziano-Roma Capitale, Piazza Navona Roma. direzione artistica Francesco Cascino.

Storie di grandi e piccoli eroi. Roma 2012, esposizione outdoor a Piazza Cavour a favore dell’Ospedale Bambino Gesù di Roma

Il Tempo e il Materiale. Il laboratorio di plastica e scultura a Cinecittà – Roma 2012 – Fotoforniture Guido Sabatini – progetto a cura di 3/3

Luci (ed ombre) della città Milano 2009 - Fashion Café – Curatore Francesco Cascino Star Gazing New York 2008 - Ennagon Gallery - Curatore Giulia Coccia
Untitled WC Rome 2007 - Riparte Hotel - Curatore Danilo De Cocci
Fenomeni GalleriaDue Rome 2007 Romics – International Fair of Comics

Fenomeni GalleriaUno Fantarealistica Rome 2006 - Monocromo Art Gallery Curatore Gianluca Marziani

Group Exhibition

Affari di cuore... Latina 2011 – LaRanaRossa Gallery – Curatore Sivia Sfrecola Romani

Occhio Magico Roma 2009 - Istituto Portoghese - Curatore Graziano Menolascina

Photovirus Grosseto 2008 - Curatore Silvia Sfrecola Romani

I Cimeli di Garibaldi - Roma 2007 Complesso del Vittoriano - Curatori Giuseppe Talamo, Marco Pizzo

Are you Reddy? Velletri 2007 - La Casa del Critico - Curatore Silvia Sfrecola Romani Sign-City Roma 2007 - Monocromo Art Gallery – Curatore Gianluca Marziani