Alfonso de Gregorio is a European artist, globally recognised cybersecurity technologist and hacker. De Gregorio's artistic work spans image-making, informatics, lectures, and engineering. His work aims to raise questions about the world and time we live in, and to make politics sensible to the viewers. In his practice, De Gregorio examines the aesthetics and politics of surveillance, traumatic memory, and sustainability. He has exhibited, spoken, and published internationally. De Gregorio's works have been shown in art and cultural spaces around the world, including leading museums, contemporary photography festivals, and international art biennials, such as Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (National Portrait Gallery – London, 2000), FUTURE(S) (Belfast Photo Festival, 2021), PORTRAITS HELLERAU Photography Award (Museum of Science and Technology – Dresden, 2022), the Metaverse Biennale (2022), among others. In 2019 GUP Magazine named De Gregorio FRESH EYES talent. In 2021 De Gregorio was shortlisted by the Belfast Photo Festival for the Spotlight Award, and was selected as the recipient of the first place prize of the Magenta Foundation's UNSTUCK Photography Grant. De Gregorio has lived in Dubai, Moscow, Milano, Brussels, and Rome, where he is currently based.