Born in 1976 in Turin, where he lives and works.
He graduated in architecture from the Politecnico in Turin and then studied at the Fondazione Spinola Banna, before graduating in the Designing the exhibition course at the Domus Academy of Milan. The winner of a number of national and international prizes, his main shows include: Ti porto il mare, Fondazione Merz, Turin (2011); VITRINE, GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin (2012); Greater Torino, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2013); I Lunatici parlano alla luna, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin (2014); Linked, Musée océanographique, Monaco (2015); Fontanella, Galerie Italienne, Paris (2016); Between a Dusk and a Dawn there is an Eclipse, Galerie Mazzoli, Berlin (2017); The Winter Symphony, Hermitage, Saint Petersburg (2019); Aurora, Ground Moscow, Moscow (2019); Aurora, XXII edizione di Luci d’Artista, Turin (2019); Sinfonia, GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin (2021); Sinfonia, TSE Art Destination, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan (2022); Tracce/Huellas, Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid (2022); Meditazioni sonore per un paesaggio lagunare, Festival Cinema Galleggiante, Venice (2022); Emotion. L’arte contemporanea racconta le emozioni, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome (2023); The Flower of Mars, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2024); Harmonic Room, ex Chiesa San Mattia, Bologna (2025).
Selected solo exhibitions
2025
Harmonic Room, ex Chiesa San Mattia, Bologna, curated by Denise Tamborrino and Patrizia Cirino
2024
Sinfonia Quadridimensionale, Galleria Mazzoli, Modena
The Flower of Mars, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
2022
ALESSANDRO SCIARAFFA. SINFONIA, a cura di Sara d’Alessandro Manozzo, TSE Art Destination, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan
2021
ALESSANDRO SCIARAFFA. SINFONIA, curated by Sara d’Alessandro Manozzo, GAM – Turin
2019
Aurora, XXII edizione di Luci d’Artista, Torino Outlet Village, Turin
De Umbris Idearum, Complesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino, Naples
Alessandro Sciaraffa. Cosmonautica”, Castello di Costigliole d’Asti, Asti
The Winter Symphony, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Aurora, Ground Moscow, Moscow
2017
Between a Dusk and a Dawn there is an eclipse, Galerie Mazzoli, Berlin
2016
Fontanelle, Galerie Italienne, Paris
On the earth as it is in the sky, curated by Paolo Rosso, La Sera della Biennale, Venice
MAPPING_EXTENDED, Motori di Ricerca, Fondazione Sandretto e Lavanderie a Vapore, Collegno, Turin
Neuma, Palazzo Pingone, Turin
2015
Neuma, Turba, Lugano
Sound Corner, curated by Daniela Trincia, Fondazione Musica per Roma – Auditorium Parco della Musica RSS, Rome
2014
I lunatici parlano alla Luna, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
2013
Greater Torino, a cura di/curated by Maria Teresa Roberto, Irene Calderoni, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
2012
VITRINE, a cura di/curated by Luigi Fassi, GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte moderna e contemporanea di Torino, Turin
le jeu est une chose trop sérieuse pour être laissé seulement aux enfants, Galerie Italienne, Paris
2011
Alessandro Sciaraffa, Galerie Italienne, Paris, in collaboration with Galleria Giorgio Persano
ti porto il mare, meteorite in giardino, curated by Maria Centonze, Willy Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, in collaboration with Galleria Giorgio Persano
Landscape Town, curated by Sara Serighelli, O’, Milan, progetto WHYOFF
Trrr, curated by Alberto Fiore, Galleria Studio 44, Genova
2010
Akasha, curated by art at work, Galleria Cardi Black Box, Milan
2008
project-room, curated by Lisa Parola, Galleria Albero Peola, Turin
Bell Tower – ItalianWave, Artissima 15, Lingotto, Turin