Born in 1978, Naples
Based in Italy, Naples + Milan
Now (mostly) in Naples
Available for assignment worldwide.
I work at my personal project and on commission.
Photography allows me to fill in the gaps between what is and what was, to discover new worlds by exploring old ones. I focus my attention on locations that have either been abandoned or are otherwise are absent of humanity. Removing all signs of life from the equation gives me the freedom to reflect not only on the settings I photograph, but also on my deep personal responses to those settings and what they represent to me. More than a quest for historical accuracy, my work presents me with opportunities to imagine what might have happened, both within historical contexts and within my own mind.
:: Education
2009-2010 : Master in Photography & Visual Design, NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano
2003-2007 : Degree course in Painting, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
:: Solo exhibitions
2023 : "Innobiliare Sud Ovest / Visioni insostenibili" - Studio Lombard DCA / BBS Lombard, Milan, Italy - curator Lara Gaeta
2020 : Contemporaneamente | "Innobiliare Sud Ovest / Agenzia del Controspazio" - aA29 Project Room Gallery, Caserta, Italy - curators Lara Gaeta + Ernesto Tedeschi
2020 : "Innobiliare Sud Ovest / L'agenzia che mette in vendita beni pubblici" - Edenlandia Food & Leisure Park, Naples, Italy - curator Diego Mantoan
2019 : “Innobiliare Sud Ovest / Azione-fotografica” - ArtVerona 15 #Back to Italy, Verona, Italy - curator Diego Mantoan
2019 : “Cinnamon Heart: Peepshow” - aA29 Project Room Gallery, Caserta, Italy - curator Diego Mantoan
2019 : "Dissipare le nebbie" - Il Pomo da DaMo Contemporary Art, Imola, Italy - curator Angela Madesani
2018 : "Lieux à la recherche d’un signifié (apparement) perdu" - Agence d'architecture Archi5, Montreuil (Paris), France - curator Chiara Zocchi
2016 : Fotografia Europea 016 | "La città del disincanto" - Casa Museo Pietro Ghizzardi, Boretto (RE), Italy - curators Giovanni Chiaramonte + Giulia Morelli
:: Selected group exhibitions
2023 : "Fotografia alla Carriera. Omaggio della fotografia italiana ai maestri del Compasso d'Oro" - ADI Design Museum, Milan, Italy - curators Giovanni Chiaramonte + Michele Nastasi
2021 : "La bellezza del Sacro. Milano e la Scuola Beato Angelico 1921-2021" - Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy - curator Fondazione Scuola Beato Angelico
2020 : It's gonna be #viral! on @fiveartgallery - curator Rosa Cascone
2019 : Milano Gallery Weekend - aA29 Project Room Gallery, Milan, Italy
2019 : EDRA50 Brooklyn | Sustainable Urban Environments / Sustainable Art Projects Caught on Video - NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York City (USA) - curators Diego Mantoan + Lara Gaeta
2018 : Premio Internazionale UVA / Università di Verona per l'Arte - Biblioteca Civica di Verona, Verona, Italy - curator Roberto Pasini
2018 : Getxophoto International Image Festival | "Post Conflict / Reframing a dialogue" - Getxo, Spain (Basque Country) - curator Monica Allende
2018 : "Join the Dots / Unire le Distanze" - Salone degli Incanti / ex Pescheria, Trieste - curator Luciano Benetton
2018 : "Spatium / Le stanze del contemporaneo" - Palazzo Botti, Torre Pallavicina (BG), Italy - curator Angela Madesani
2018 : Photographie et Architecture Triennale #6 | "Paradis infernaux / Enfers paradisiaques" - Espace Architecture (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium - curator Marc Mawet
2017 : Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo | "Rotte Mediterranee" - Zisa / Spazio ZAC, Palermo - curator Luciano Benetton
2017 : "Dreaming Italia" - Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy
2017 : "Doni - Authors from Campania" - MADRE Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy - curator Chiara Pirozzi
2016 : "Meden agan. Nulla di troppo: assenze e i loro spazi di esercitazione" - PrimoPiano Gallery, Naples, Italy - curator Elvira Buonocore
2015 : "Presente Infinito" - Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy - curator Presente Infinito
2015 : "Presente Infinito" - Casa della Poesia, Urbino, Italy - curator Presente Infinito + Vittorio Sgarbi
2015 : "Presente Infinito" at Savignano Immagini Festival #23 - Fondazione Tito Balestra, Longiano (FC), Italy
2014 : "Presente Infinito" - Palazzo Ziino, Palermo, Italy - curator Sandro Scalia
2013 : "Paleocontemporanea" - Catacombe di S. Gennaro, Naples, Italy - curator Pasquale Ruocco
2013 : Contemporary Art Expo III edition | Marche Centro d’Arte - Pala Riviera, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy - curator Elisa Mori
2010 : Mountain Photo Festival | "Artist in residence" - Cittadella dei Giovani, Aosta, Italy - curators Francesco Zanot + Luca Andreoni
2009 : Fotografica Canon | "Fotografia nella canzone italiana" - Aula Magna Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy - curators Denis Curti + Efrem Raimondi
2007 : "Rendez-vous" - Studio Museo Ettore de Conciliis, Fiano Romano (RM), Italy
2007 : "Dialog-Arti" - Castello Carlo V, Monopoli (BA), Italy
2007 : "Alla scoperta del Vesuvio" - Complesso Vittoriano, Rome, Italy
2006 : "Napoli e il suo vulcano: memorie e documenti" - PAN Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italy
:: Permanent exhibitions
2022 : "Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Nuove committenze" - Palazzo Pucci Martinez, Parco delle Madonie, Petralia Sottana, Italy – curators Sandro Scalia + Emilia Valenza
:: Residencies
2021 : Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Fondo storico e nuove committenze, Petralia Sottana (PA) - curators Sandro Scalia + Emilia Valenza
2012 : ARI 1, Academy of Fine Arts and Design University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (SLO) - curator Andrea Murnik
2009 : Artist in residence, Cervinia (AO) - curators Francesco Zanot + Luca Andreoni
:: Awards & Grants
2021 : Strategia Fotografia 2020 / Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Fondo storico e nuove committenze - Winner
2018 : UVA INTERNATIONAL ART PRIZE / Università di Verona per l'Arte - Winner
2018 : Getxophoto International Image Festival's first Open Call - Selected
2017 : ULB / Faculté d’Architecture La Cambre Horta - Triennale #6 Photographie et Architecture - Selected
2014 : Photissima Art Fair & Festival / Time Out - Winner
2013 : MCdA / Contemporary Art Expo III edition - Selected
2012 : ARI 1 / Academy of Fine Arts & Design of Ljubljana - Resident Artist in Ljubljana
2010 : Mountain Photo Festival / NABA - Artist in residence - Resident Artist in Aosta
2006 : Porticato Gaetano XVIII edition / "Tommaso Macera" painting award - Winner
2005 : Città della Scienza / "La Bagnoli del futuro" painting award - Winner
:: Talk
2021 : Presentation of the project Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Fondo storico e nuove committenze - Palazzo Sant'Elia, Palermo
2021 : Incontro con i fotografi #2 / Presentation of the project Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Fondo storico e nuove committenze - Aula consiliare del Comune, Petralia Sottana (PA)
2017 : Presentation of the photo book La città del disincanto at MADRE Contemporary Art Museum, with the museum Director Andrea Viliani, the curator Giovanni Chiaramonte, the scenographer Tony Stefanucci and the judge Nicola Graziano - Naples
2017 : 55° Congresso Nazionale UNGDCEC - Naples
2015 : "La soglia dell’evento", with Presente Infinito artists, the art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, the professor Luca Cesari, the photographer Giovanni Chiaramonte and the architect Matteo Cassani Simonetti - Casa della Poesia, Urbino
2015 : Presentation of the project and photo book Presente Infinito at MADRE Contemporary Art Museum, with Presente Infinito artists, the museum Director Andrea Viliani, the photographers Giovanni Chiaramonte and Sandro Scalia - Naples
2014 : Presentation of the photo book Presente Infinito, a public conversation with the authors, the photographers Giovanni Chiaramonte, Carmelo Bongiorno and Carmelo Nicosia, the architects Francesco Maggio, Giuseppe Marsala, Marcello Panzarella and the painter Giovanni Iudice - Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo
2009 : Presentation of the book Prossimamente, with the actor Neri Marcorè e the writers Giorgio Fontana, Federica Manzoni, Laura Sandi and Alberto Urbelli - Vignola (MO)
2009 : "Fotografia nella canzone italiana", with the italian songwriter Gino Pacifico, the curator Denis Curti and the photographer Efrem Raimondi - Aula Magna Feltrinelli, Milan
:: Art fair
2021 : Artefiera PLAYLIST
2019 : ArtVerona 15 #Back to Italy, Verona
2018 : ArtVerona, Verona
2018 : Artefiera, Bologna
2016 : Setup Contemporary Art Fair, Bologna
2015 : NAF Naples Art Fair, Naples
2014 : Photissima Art Fair, Torino
:: Collections, archives
2021 : Museo civico Antonio Collisani, Petralia Sottana (PA) / Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Fondo storico e nuove committenze
2015 : Benetton Collection "IMAGO MUNDI" - Campania
:: Publications
Books :
2023 : Innobiliare Sud Ovest - Speciale Bagnoli, Felici Editore
2015 : La città del disincanto, Rogiosi Editore
2014 : Presente Infinito, Franco Cosimo Panini Editore
2009 : Prossimamente, Franco Cosimo Panini Editore
Paper :
2023 : Fotografia alla Carriera. Omaggio della fotografia italiana ai maestri del Compasso d'Oro, EDIper S.r.l. Editore - catalogue
2023 : AES ARTS+ECONOMICS N. 12 - October - magazine (edited and curated by BBS Lombard Art + Culture)
2022 : The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities, Anne Schwan & Tara Thomson Editors - handbook
2022 : Madonie. Paesaggi 1973/2021 Fondo storico e nuove committenze, Comune di Petralia Sottana - catalogue
2021 : La bellezza del Sacro. Milano e la Scuola Beato Angelico 1921-2021, Arte Cristiana - catalogue
2019 : DOVE / Corriere della Sera N. 2 - February
2018 : Arte Cristiana N. 908 - September/October
2018 : Premio Internazionale UVA, QuiEdit - catalogue
2018 : GETXOPHOTO 2018 / Trantsizioak Transiciones Transitions - catalogue
2018 : Spatium, Scalpendi Editore - catalogue
2018 : ARK 25 / Frontiera - March
2018 : Corriere della Sera / Sette N. 11 - March 15, 2018
2018 : Photographie et Architecture Triennale #6 / Paradis infernaux Enfers paradisiaques - catalogue
2016-2018 : Classico Zoom / L'Espresso napoletano - January 2016 / April 2017
2016 : Doni - Authors from Campania / Imago Mundi Collection, Antiga Edizioni - catalogue
2015 : Napoli Arte Fiera - catalogue
2015 : Artribune #24 - March/April
2014 : SIFEST#23 - laboratorioItalia, Pazzini Editore - catalogue
2014 : FOTOIT N. 10 - October
2014 : Photissima Fair & Festival 2014 - catalogue
2013 : Paleocontemporanea 2013 / Elementi di trascendenza nell’arte dall’antichità al presente, Edizioni Arte'm - catalogue
2013 : Peer to Peer / Marche Centro d’Arte - III edition, Vanilla Edizioni - catalogue
2011 : Il controllo sottile, CSA Editrice - cover book image
2010 : WIRED N. 19 - September
2009 : NOTHING TO SEE HERE #1 - "The Others / Gli Altri" - magazine (edited and curated by Francesco Jodice)
2006 : XVIII Porticato Gaetano, Artistic & Publishing Company - catalogue
2005 : XVII Porticato Gaetano, Artistic & Publishing Company - catalogue
Online :
2021 : Exibart - Italy
2020 : Domus - Italy
2020 : Art For Breakfast - Italy
2020 : NOC Sensei - Italy
2017 : Le Macchine Volanti / TIM - Italy
2017 : ObjectsMag - Italy
2016 : The Towner / MOLESKINE - Italy
2016 : The Mammoth Reflex - Italy
2016 : L’Espresso - Italy
2015 : Artribune - Italy
2015 : Racna Magazine - Italy
2013 : Frattura Scomposta - Italy
Records :
2005 : Mamasan - S/t, Tomato/CNI Records - artwork design
:: Interviews
2021 : Osservatorio Futura - Francesca Disconzi
2018 : RTBF La Première JP - Françoise Baré
2015 : Artribune #24 - Angela Madesani
:: Press
2020 : La Repubblica - October 11, 2020
2020 : Corriere del Mezzogiorno - October 7, 2020
2020 : Il Mattino - October 7, 2020
2020 : Il Riformista - October 2, 2020
2020 : Il Mattino - October 2, 2020
2019 : Il Mattino - July 6, 2019
2018 : Shop & Travel Belgium - January
2018 : Madame / Figaro - March
2018 : RTBF Grand Angle - Françoise Baré about Giovanni Scotti - March
2018 : bx1 - Médias de Bruxelles - March 16, 2018
2018 : La Libre Culture - March 27, 2018
2017 : Il Mattino - October 1, 2017
2017 : Il Resto del Carlino - September 26, 2017
2017 : Il Mattino - February 22, 2017
2017 : Roma - February 16, 2017
2016 : The Daily Mail - UK
2016 : The Telegraph - UK
2016 : La Repubblica - Italy
2016 : Corriere del Mezzogiorno - Italy
2016 : SulPezzo - Italy
2016 : Travel+Leisure - USA
2016 : The Traveler’s Edition - USA
2016 : The Local - UK
2016 : Puls Biznesu - Poland
2016 : Harianriau - Indonesia
2016 : Okezone - Indonesia
2016 : Il Resto del Carlino - April 30, 2016
2015 : La Repubblica - November 7, 2015
2015 : TG Campania Edizione delle 19.30 (11.10.2015)
2015 : Il Mattino - July 14, 2015
2015 : Roma - July 15, 2015
2015 : Corriere del Mezzogiorno - July 11, 2015
2015 : Il Resto del Carlino - May 27, 2015
2015 : Il Mattino - March 19, 2015
2014 : Giornale di Sicilia - June 14, 2014
2014 : Giornale di Sicilia - June 12, 2014
2009 : Gazzetta di Carpi - November
2009 : Il Resto del Carlino - November 28, 2009
2007 : Corriere Nazionale - November 29, 2007
2007 : Il Mattino - November 13, 2007