Salvatore Vitale (*1986, Palermo, Italy) is a Swiss-based visual artist and editor with a Master’s in Fine Arts at Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK). In his multi-layered artistic practice and research, Vitale’s work focuses on personal and social development, modern societies and power structures, visual politics and technological development, whilst making use of different media and multiple levels of visual narratives. His work has been awarded international distinctions, including the Swiss Arts Council grant (2015-2016), the PHmuseum Award Grant (2017), the Swiss Design Awards (2018), Foam Talent (2018), the Punctum Award (2018), and the Pro Helvetia Shanghai Research Grant (2019-2020). Vitale is a lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) where he leads the Transmedia Storytelling program. He has led workshops worldwide and is a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK), the Paris College of Arts (PCA), the University of South Wales (USW) and the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE), among others.
