Artist Statement

Art, in the greatest sense of the word, is the manifestation of intellectual research that chooses, as a communicative vehicle, a particular medium to reach and arouse certain emotions in the spectator through strong technical skill. This is all a reflection of the artist's soul on how he/she perceives the world. An awareness of the responsibility for the quality of the artistic object, and the consequences of its diffusion, is essential because it directly addresses the soul of other human beings. Therefore, its major purpose should be to enrich the existence of the observer, inspiring him to grow morally and, consequently, humanely.

About me

Cesare Giuffredi (b. 1995) is a contemporary painter working in the figurative tradition. Inspired by the artistic tradition in his family dating back to the XIX century with his great-grandfather, Julio Alfonzo-Rojas being a student of the famous academic painter, Arturo Michelena, Cesare demonstrated his artistic inclination as soon as he developed the ability to hold and manipulate drawing tools. As an adolescent, he won several awards and scholarships along the years, such as the Congressional Art Competition at sixteen (where his work was chosen to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year).

More recently, he was given a scholarship to attend the 2017 Figurative Art Convention and Expo (FACE) in the category of artists aged 18-26. Cesare also arrived as a semi-finalist in the 2018 Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon as well as receiving an ARC scholarship the same year to finish his specialization in still life painting and portraiture at Chiaroscuro Atelier.

The quest for artistic achievement took him to Florence, Italy where a new chapter of his life commenced immerging himself in the work of the masters in the museums where he made copies directly from the originals to expand his technical knowledge and craftsmanship. In 2019 he was accepted at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze – the first academy in the world founded in 1784 as a modernization of the Accademia del Disegno founded in 1563 by Giorgio Vasari with Michelangelo Buonarroti as its first elected Academic with the title of “Father and Master of the Arts”. In 2022, Cesare obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze with the highest grades: 110 e lode (Summa cum Laude).

Presently, Cesare lives in Florence, Italy, where he is dedicated to his vocation and its perpetual, exponential improvement, receiving portrait commissions as well as sacred art commissions from the Basilica di San Marco. In 2020 had the opportunity to create a short film, L'armonia nel Tondo, in the Galleria degli Uffizi comparing the music of the Renaissance with the Tondo Doni by Michelangelo, in which the highest resolution images ever taken of the masterpiece were realized. In 2024, he participated in the creation of a mural painting in Venturina Terme in Tuscany.

Selected collaborations and exhibitions

2017, Chiaroscuro Atelier Annual Exhibition, Conservatory of the Arts, Miami, FL USA
2018, Collective Exhibition Series 1-2, White’s Art Gallery, Miami, FL USA
2018, Collective Exhibition Series 1-3, White’s Art Gallery, Miami, FL USA
2018, Art Fusion, Five Innovations Art, Miami, FL USA
2018, Emerging Artists, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL USA
2020, Premio Combat Prize, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy
2021, Premio Cinematografico Spazio Giovani for L'armonia nel Tondo (short film), Murate Art District, Florence, Italy
2021, projection of L'armonia nel Tondo (short film), Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2021, projection of L'armonia nel Tondo (short film), Teatro Niccolini, Florence, Italy
2022, Visioni Murali, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2023, Artemisia Gentileschi Digital Review, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2023, Mifa Alumni Show, Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA
2024, Il filo della Storia, inauguration of the mural painted among other artists as part of collaboration between the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and the Comune di Campiglia Marittima, Venturina Terme, Italy.