Simone Benedetto is an artist born in Turin in 1985, where he lives and works. After earning a degree in sculpture from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, he furthered his education through experiences abroad at the academies of Valencia and Lisbon, coming into contact with international contexts and languages that helped steer his practice toward a research path open to dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity.
From the very beginning of his career, Benedetto has developed a sculptural practice attentive to symbolic dimensions and to the relationship between the individual and society, expressed through a language that combines visual power with conceptual tension. His work unfolds in a territory where the figure—often animalistic or anthropomorphic in nature—becomes a tool for reflecting on the dynamics of the present, the fragility of human beings, and the transformations of social reality.
In 2013 he received significant recognition by winning the competition promoted by the Zoom Biopark in Turin and the first prize as Best Artist at the ninth edition of Paratissima—achievements that marked a turning point in the visibility of his work. From 2015, the year of his first solo exhibition, he began a steady exhibition trajectory that includes both solo shows and numerous group exhibitions, gradually consolidating his presence on the contemporary art scene.
In 2016 he was selected among the artists for the ORA Prize, a further confirmation of the critical attention toward his research.
In the following years he presented his work in important exhibition venues, with solo shows such as Project Room #2 in Turin, Black Mirror of Society in Ascoli Piceno, up to more recent exhibitions including Simone Benedetto at Castello di Rivara, Solo Show in Catania, Animal Soul at Domus Lascaris in Turin, and at the Monumental Complex of San Severo al Pendino in Naples in 2025.
At the same time, Benedetto has taken part in a wide range of group exhibitions in both public and private contexts, including Castello di Rivara, Castello Visconteo Sforzesco, and events such as SOS Humanity in Orta San Giulio and Flâneurs e naviganti in Brescia, engaging with other artists on the contemporary scene and expanding the reach of his work.
His career reflects the evolution of a coherent and recognizable artistic research, capable of questioning the present through sculpture as a tool of both critical and poetic inquiry. His works, shown in galleries and institutional spaces, outline an imaginary world in which dystopian and symbolic dimensions intertwine, offering a lucid and restless vision of the human condition in the contemporary world.