Ronnie Grammatica is a photomedia artist who lives and works on Dunghutti land in Crescent Head, NSW. After relocating to Australia from Italy in 2014, Grammatica uses his photographic practice to explore what it means to be Australian as a mechanism to understand both his own culture and the cultures of others.
With a background in graffiti, Grammatica appreciates the beauty found in the fashion magazines but that’s not the world he lives in and whilst he admires the natural landscape he remains fascinated by urban human intervention. To him there is a clear distinction between an image that is beautiful and an image that is good. For Grammatica a good image communicates a message.
Grammatica was a recent finalist in the 67th Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (2022); exhibited in Head On Photo Festival, curated by Moshe Rosenzweig, OAM, (2021); and presented a solo exhibition 200 Years On as a part of the HomeGround Program, curated by Mariam Abboud, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo (2020).
