Valter Sambucini @ Rome Art Week

Valter Sambucini

I was born and live in Rome. I have worked on news photos and in recent years I am mainly engaged in research in the field of art, following personal investigations on social/ environmental issues and collaborating with writers and journalists.

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At a very young age, he served as editor-in-chief of the magazine *Effeuno* and as a consultant for the automation of post-production, quality control, and printing processes at major Italian film studios, including Cinecittà, Vittori, and Telecolor.

After earning a degree in electrical engineering in 1980, he gained extensive professional experience in the field of applied research. In the 1990s, he was a researcher at ENEA, then at the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), where his work ranged from early laser applications to the use of remote sensing methodologies for analyzing satellite and aerial imagery, with the aim of characterizing the environment and monitoring the territory. He is the author or co-author of over one hundred publications, including articles in technical and scientific journals and papers presented at national and international conferences.

His photos have been published in various magazines and newspapers, while his visual research—from an anthropological and sociological perspective—has been exhibited on several occasions; for example, in a solo exhibition in Lucca in 2012, as part of the international Comics & Games festival, and in Borgo a Mozzano in Garfagnana in 2015, for the 10th-anniversary Halloween Celebration. The photographs from the project *Anima/L & Core: The Dialectic of a Wild Love* (a photo essay on the emotional bond with pets) were exhibited in 2012 at the LIPU in Ostia (Rome). The solo exhibition *Mirrored Horizons: The Void, the Full, the Body, the Virtual* was held in 2016 at the Vaccheria Nardi Municipal Library in Rome, located at Via Grotta di Gregna 37. He participated in Rome Art Week 2017 as part of Carla Guidi’s project titled *KAIROS 2.0: Investigating Time and Space Between Art, Sociology/Psychology, and Literature* at the Sinopia Gallery, Via dei Banchi Nuovi 21/C, Rome. He participated again in Rome Art Week in 2018, as part of Roberta Melasecca’s project *Go with the Flow* at the St. Stephen’s Cultural Center, Via Aventina 1. His work was included in the exhibition *Tempus fugit Ars manet* at the Scuderie Eastensi in Tivoli, in September 2022.

His works have been included in the following group publications: *Percorsi d’arte in Italia 2016*, a book edited by G. Di Genova and E. Le Pera, published by Rubbettino, and *Panorama dell'Arte Contemporanea in Italia 2019*. *Quintetti d’arte 2020/’21*, edited by Giorgio Di Genova and Carla Guidi (Robin Edizioni, 2021), and *Aspetti dell’arte presente* at Casa dei Carraresi (Treviso) in May 2022.

His photographic research is featured in Anna Bigoni’s poetry collection *Acqua dolce, acqua salata. Dove il Po incontra il mare* (Robin, 2020) and in Carla Guidi’s book *Città reali, città immaginarie. Migrazioni e metamorfosi creative nelle società nell’Antropocene, tra informatizzazione ed iper/urbanizzazione* (Robin, 2019). This latter project was highlighted in a dedicated article in the third volume of Giorgio Di Genova’s essay *Interventi ed erratiche esplorazioni sull’arte. La dialettica del mestiere di un critico* (Gangemi Editore, 2021).

Personal photography book titled “I FANTASMI DELL’IO” (The Ghosts of the Self) — Becoming a Poet by Photographing Postmodern Obsessions — Published by Il vicolo editore, Forlì, March 2026 With a critical essay and edited by journalist Carla Guidi and art historian Sergio Rossi

Personal photography book titled “I FANTASMI DELL’IO” (The Ghosts of the Self) — Becoming a Poet by Photographing Postmodern Obsessions — Published by Il Vicolo, Forlì, March 2026, with a critical essay and edited by journalist Carla Guidi and art historian Sergio Rossi

Solo Exhibition

Migrazioni e metamorfosi 18-25 Ottobre 2025 “La Caverna di Platone” Via degli Scipioni 175a - Roma

People on the move 2-23 Agosto 2025 “Galleria VIVA” Via Santa Maria, 24 - Soriano nel Cimino (VT)

Mare Leggendario: Enea, Gli Americani, Il Cinema “Peplum” 19-26 Ottobre 2024 “EMI Social Lab” Via Emilio Lepido, 40a - Roma

A Better World Is Possible 10 ottobre-10 Novembre 2024 “Nell’ambito Di “Urban Unveils The City And Its Secrets” Per Trieste Photo Days 2024” Via Pascoli,31 - Trieste

Dalle città invisibili ai cavalieri inesistenti 11-25 Novembre 2023 “Lavatoio Contumaciale” Piazza Perin Del Vaga, 4 - Roma

Nello spettacolo del Mondo, tra Eros e Thanatos 11-15 Novembre 2022Borgo Pio Art GalleryVia degli Ombrellari 2, Roma

Sogni e predizioni dell’Arte24-29 ottobre 2022MUEF Art Gallery, Via Angelo Poliziano 79/B, Roma

TEMPUS FUGIT ARS MANET18-24 settembre 2022Scuderie Estensi di Tivoli

Aspetti dell’Arte “presente”7-27 Maggio 2022Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso

Go with the flow.22-27 ottobre 2018, Roma Art Week 2018St Stephen's Cultural Center, Via Aventina 1, Roma

Kairos 2.0 Indagare il tempo e lo spazio8-28 ottobre 2017, Roma Art Week 2017Galleria Sinopia, Via dei Banchi Nuovi 21/C, Roma

GLI ORIZZONTI SPECULARI - il vuoto, il pieno, il corpo, il virtuale….3-22 marzo 2016 Biblioteca del Comune di Roma - Vaccheria Nardi, Via Grotta di Gregna, 37.

HALLOWEEN E COSPLAYER: “Il mito, l’immaginario, la rappresentazione”3-23 novembre 2015 Biblioteca del Comune di Roma - Vaccheria Nardi, Via Grotta di Gregna, 37.

Anima/l & core – “La Dialettica di un amore selvaggio”1-8 dicembre 2012 CENTRO HABITAT MEDITERRANEO - LIPU OSTIAVia dell’Idroscalo Lido di Ostia – Roma

OMBRE E FUMETTI – “Fotografare il confine tra Storie e Memorie” 29 ottobre-4 novembre 2012 Centro Culturale Agorà - piazza dei Servi – Lucca

FlowersEugenia Serafini, Elvi Ratti, Valter Sambucini12 dicembre 2013 Ufficio Culturale e Scientifico EgizianoVia delle Terme di Traiano 13 – Roma

MASCA, MASCRA, MASCARA...” seduzioni, fantasmi, rappresentazioni” Grazia Menna (Niger/The Gerewool) e Valter Sambucini (Lucca Comics & Games 2011) 5-12 dicembre 2011 “Lavatoio Contumaciale” Piazza Perin Del Vaga, 4 - Roma

Events at Rome Art Week

18-23 Oct 2026

FROM THE BODY/PLAY TO THE BODY AT PLAY (3RD EDITION)

Group exhibition on art, imagery, and languages in the construction of the Self
Free access
Vernissage Sunday 18 Oct 2026 | 18:00-20:30

Organizer Carla Guidi

Exposition

Associazione Culturale La Caverna di Platone

Via degli Scipioni 175/A

23 Oct 2026 | 18:00-20:00

Becoming a Poet by Photographing Postmodern Obsessions

As part of the exhibition “DAL CORPO/GIOCO AL CORPO IN GIOCO” at the Ass. Cult. La Caverna di Platone, Via degli Scipioni 175/A, a photography book by Valter Sambucini will be presented by Carla Guidi and Massimo De Simoni on October 23, 2026, at 6:00
Free access

Organizer Carla Guidi

Event

Caverna di Platone

Via degli Scipioni 175/A

2025

18-25 Oct 2025

“Migrations and Metamorphoses” Photos by Valter Sambucini

A work on “transparencies, vibrations, and overlaps of identity,” beyond the hypnotic charm of the media, for a symbolic visual language that enhances the transformative power of art.
Free access
Vernissage Saturday 18 Oct 2025 | 18:00-20:30

Organizer Carla Guidi

Exposition

Associazione Culturale La Caverna di Platone

Via degli Scipioni 175/A

2024

19-26 Oct 2024

Legendary sea: Aeneas, the Americans, the“Peplum” cinema

Valter Sambucini and Placido Scandurra - photos, watercolors and engravings inspired by the sea of this historic beach.
Free access
Vernissage Saturday 19 Oct 2024 | 18:00-21:00

Organizer Carla Guidi

Exposition

EMI SOCIAL LAB

via Emilio Lepido, 40/A

23 Oct 2024 | 18:00-20:00

Legendary sea: Aeneas, the Americans, the “Peplum” cinema.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6 pm - Interview with artists Valter Sambucini and Placido Scandurra and presentation of the book “Lo sguardo della Sibilla” (Robin editore)
Free access

Organizer Carla Guidi

Event

EMI SOCIAL LAB

via Emilio Lepido, 40/A