Salvatore Vitale

Salvatore Vitale (1986, Palermo, Italy) is a visual artist, curator, editor and lecturer based in Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses on the development and complexity of modern societies, exploring their power structures, technological mediation and the influence of these elements in society, while making use of extensive documentary analysis, including elements of fiction, narrative speculation. and the use of multiple visual forms. In 2015 he received an award from the Swiss Arts Council for the long-term project How to secure a country (2014-2019), on security production in Switzerland. Once finished, the project is published by Lars Müller Publishers (2019). His work has been exhibited in important international centers such as Fotogralleriet Oslo (2020); Fotostiftung Schweiz, Kibla Contemporary Art Space, Maribor, Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam, Deutsche Borsa Photorgaphy Foundation (2019); OCAT Shenzhen, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow and Swiss Foundation for Photography Winterthur (2018); T3 Photo Festival Tokyo (2017).

Vitale was co-founder and editor-in-chief of YET magazine, an international magazine focused on the evolution of photographic practice in the field of contemporary art. He has also contributed and edited several publications, including RESET: Questioning The Image, The Market and The Role of Representation (2021). He was recently awarded the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia Grant (2020) and the Bally Artist of the Year (2021). Vitale is also a lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) where he directs the Transmedia Storytelling program.