Paolo Cirio
artist, b. 1979.
Paolo Cirio engages with the legal, economic, and cultural systems of the information society. He shows his research and intervention-based works through photos, installations, videos, and public art. His work as been collected by numerous collections around the world including by KADIST, Paris; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Fondazione Modena Arti Visive, Modena; Stefano Cecchi Trust Collection, Turin; Beep Collection, Barcelona; as well as other private collections. Cirio’s awards include the Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, the Eyebeam Fellowship, New York; and NEA Grant with ISCP, New York. Cirio has lectured at leading universities and institutions around the world and, in 2022, became Visiting Research Fellow for Media Studies, Investigative Art and Public Engagement at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.
From Web3 and the New Social Contract, June 2022