Alfredo Cramerotti has been appointed Director of MOSTYN, the largest publicly funded contemporary art gallery in Wales, in July 2011. Cramerotti’s appointment comes after £5.1m prize-winning redevelopment by Ellis Williams Architects, recently presented with a RIBA Award for the gallery expansion. At QUAD since 2008, Cramerotti has delivered an ambitious and innovative programme that includes the organisation of FORMAT International Photography Festival and, among others, exhibitions by Bill Drummond/The17, Jane & Louise Wilson, Daphne Wright, Dinu Li and a major retrospective of Ian Breakwell. As commissioner, art manager, and editor he has also played key roles in major international initiatives including recently co-curating Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Spain, the Furla Award for Contemporary Art in Italy and directing the roaming curatorial agency AGM Culture. From Trento in northern Italy, Cramerotti studied ‘Art in Context’ at the Universität der Künste, Institut für Kunst im Kontext in Berlin followed by the Critical Studies Programme at the Lund University, Malmö Art Academy in Sweden and the Fellowship in Theory and Art Criticism at Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen in Innsbruck. He has authored and published several volumes including ‘All That Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism’ and is Editor of the book series 'Critical Photography' for Intellect. He is regular Visiting Lecturer at NTU Nottingham Trent University, University of Westminster London and DAI Dutch Arts Institute.