BIOGRAPHY
Valeria Sarto (b. 1998, Miami Beach, FL) is an artist and photographer based between Miami and New York.
From an early age, Sarto was fond of the intimate approach photography offered in the darkroom. With an acute attention to detail, she developed clean compositions and aimed to document the idiosyncrasies of everyday life.
Romanticizing the mundane, her work is characterized by a nostalgic and sensual approach. Hidden within her work are stories suppressed being released through her subjects. A spiritual exploration of the human experience, the stories pertain to our relationships with ourselves and others.
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EXHIBITIONS
2024
Solo Exhibitions
À La Folie, 444 Studios, March 8-10, Miami, FL
Group Exhibitions
ImageNation New York, One Art Space, March 29-31, New York, NY
2023
Group Exhibitions
Paris Photo Off, ImageNation Paris, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, November 10-12, Paris, FR
Intracoastal Connections – It’s not a landscape, it’s not a seascape, it’s an escape, Oolite Arts, Curated by A1A, Oolite Arts Gallery, December 9 – February 21, Miami Beach, FL
2021
Group Exhibition
‘Dichotomy of Home’, In Our Human Nature, Apollo, September 29 – October 15, Miami, FL
PUBLICATIONS
2024
‘A La Folie,’ Self-published, March 2024
STATEMENT
‘À La Folie’ (‘To Insanity’) is about love and the loss of love. It’s a soft, feminine approach to the chaotic experience endured when love is at its end, between softness, roughness, love, lust, connection, disconnection, masculinity, femininity —and all the in between.
The artist invites the viewers to experience the emotions that flow from the unconscious mind to the distress and final conscious surrender.
After a debut of the project at her first international group exhibition during Paris Photo 2023, À La Folie has immortalized its spirit with the release of Valeria Sarto’s first photo book and solo exhibition at 444 Studios in Miami, FL and now with Galeria Azur Berlin.
