Stefano Fusani

Stef Fusani is an Italian artist and experimental designer based in Madrid since 2008. He works by investigating the individual in constant negotiation with reality, attempting to metabolize its stimuli through its physicality.

His work explores the origin of production processes in relation to 21st-century human habits.

His work has been exhibited in museums such as MAMbo in Bologna, Maat in Lisbon, and has been acquired as part of the permanent collection of the MAXXI in Rome, in addition to galleries and exhibition spaces in Madrid, Milan, London, New York, Miami, and Berlin.

He is the founder of the experimental design studio STANDARD404, has worked as an independent curator, co-founded the Madrid-based collective Molto Molto Fuori (a curatorial platform active until 2019), and is a co-founder of Cinema Parentesi, a collective that works in the curation, dissemination, and scenography of installations related to video essays produced by artists, designers, and architects.

Throughout his career, he has developed various projects located in the fluctuating space between art and design, analyzing the relationships between visual culture, material culture, and the plastic arts.

Corporate Experience

• Artist, Stef Fusani, 2023 - Present

• Co-Founder Cinema Parentesi, Space design / ephemeral scenography collective, 2023 - Present

• Founder STANDARD404 (Formerly known as Studio La Cube), Design Studio, 2017 - Present

• Co-founder of Molto Molto Fuori, curatorial practice, 2018 - 2019

• Worker at Kikekeller, Art Design Studio, 2015

• Designer at Alvaro Catalan de Ocon, Design Studio, 2014

• Intern Designer at Lavernia & Cienfuegos, Design Studio, 2013 - 2014

Academic Experience

• Adjunct professor, IE University Business School, 2023 - Present

• Adjunct professor, IED Madrid, 2021 - 2022

• Workshop, ETSAM Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2019 

• Adjunct professor, IED Torino, 2019 - 2023

Academic Background

• Ongoing Ph.D. in Fine Arts – Sculpture Department, UCM Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2024 - Present

• MBA in Arts and Design – GEO-Design department, Design Academy of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2020 - 2022

• Bachelor in Product Design, IED Madrid, Spain, 2010 - 2013