Franz Cerami divides his time between Rio de Janeiro and Naples, where he was born in 1963. In 2023 he was appointed Ambassador of Italian Design in the world for the third time by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Two of his works have been acquired by the Farnesina Collection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Artistic Director of Monumedia, International Exhibition on Digital Languages applied to Cultural Heritage. Director for ten years of Corto Circuito, Festival of short audiovisual communication. He teaches Rhetoric and Digital Storytelling at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples and in international Masters and Workshops. Among his most important works, in addition to Lighting Flowers, are the installation Magica realised for the Voiello brand at the Castel dell’Ovo in Naples; Miss Digital World installation on virtual beauty; the video mapping installations Cam Portraits and Ovo Mapping Faces; the light installation Lipstick Portraits and the site-specific installation Eggs & Skulls, commissioned by the Madre Museum in Naples; the work Red Venus realised for the MANN – Archaeological Museum of Naples and later acquired and exhibited in the permanent collection of the Farnesina; the permanent work of portraits Denzolu, produced for the Municipality of Corigliano Rossano; the installation Lumina realised in Sarajevo on the façade of the Academy of Fine Arts; the installation Remix Portraits was realised in São Paulo, Naples and Jerevan. In December 2021, the installation Lumina was realised on Palazzo Penne in Naples. The digital work Pink City was produced in Naples, Rio de Janeiro, Jerevan, Lisbon, Capri, Marrakech, Rome, St. Petersburg, Riga, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Sao Paulo, Palermo. The permanent work T2 Portraits created for Milan Malpensa Airport. Masterclass in Riga (Latvia) at the Art Academy of Latvia at the invitation of the Italian Embassy in Riga. In 2023 he presented the installations Lighting Flowers and Red Venus at an evening event at the Circolo degli Esteri in Rome. In March 2024, he participated in the candidature of Matera Capital of Culture 2026 with the work Mussu. Among his latest works, in June 2024 he realised Face.it, a public art project for Scabec. From Sept. 13 to Nov. 12, 2024 at the former Steel Pole in Bagnoli (Naples) with the project Lighting Flowers Bagnoli. On the occasion of the 20th Day of the Contemporary on October 8 at the Garden of the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo, the work Locus Amoenus was produced. In January 2025 for the “ Other Christmases” initiative organized by the City of Naples, he conceived and produced the project “Alter Oculus” at the Church of Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato. From April 16 to June 14, 2025 “Lighting Flowers – Bagnoli, with some works and videos was on display in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,at the exhibition “Design versus Desigualdades: Projetar um mundo melhor,” the first event on the calendar of the ItaliaNoRio Cultural Hub of 2025, The ItaliaNoRio Cultural Hub is an initiative of the Consulate General of Italy in Rio, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) and the European Institute of Design (IED) in Rio, as part of Italian Design Day (IDD) 2025. On the occasion of Republic Day, May 28, 2025, he created the work Locus Amoenus at the Italian Embassy in New Delhi, India. On the occasion of the 21st Contemporary Art Day, on October 8, 2025, the Italian Embassy in Montenegro held a seminar entitled “Urban lightscapes public art for the city.”

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