Born 1978, Italy. Visual artist with deep interest in documentary projects, he has always practiced photography as a passion and as a pursuit of knowledge. After graduating in psychology in 2005 with a thesis on visual perception, begins his professional work in the reportage and portraits.
- In 2007, the series called Passages of Time becomes in Turin his first solo exhibition curated by Valeria De Simoni.
- In 2008 he is selected by Luca Beatrice in order to appear in the review Art among young artists from Liguria.
- In April of that year he exhibited for Fettucciari Art and in May is selected by Fabrizio Boggiano for Biennale of Photography in Alexandria.
- In 2009 he exhibited in photosynthesis in Piacenza and is among the finalists for the prize of the Galleria San Fedele in Milan.
- In 2010 he is selected to partecipate in the descubrimientos of Photo Espana and for Campus PHE Edicion de libros.
- Specializes in professional lighting to EFTI in Madrid
- In 2011 the series End of Reality, is selected for Italian Emerging Photography by Laura Serani and projected in France, Turkey and Italy.
- In the same year he directed his first shortfilm Zapatos Rojos and founded the production group Sustancias Activas.
- In his latest project “La Isla” (2010-2013), where the island is an archetypal site and a place in which man is free to give life to new utopias of regeneration, he has combined photography and video at the same time counting with the participation of more than 70 performers.
- He completes his formation participating in workshops with: Patrizia Savarese, Ferdinando Scianna, Francesco Jodice, Francesco Zizola, Stefano De Luigi, Angelo Turetta, Micael Ackerman, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Ander Petersen.
Currently lives and works between Genoa, Madrid and Ibiza.
Education
- 2009 Master’s degree in professional lighting, EFTI, Madrid
- 2005 Degree in psychology, Parma University, (Italy)
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 End of Reality, Centro Covibar, Madrid
- 2007 Passaggi di Tempo, Svista su Piazza, Turin
Group exhibitions and Awards
- 2016 Second prize for Re-artiste International Art competition Naked
- 2016 The Video Art La Isla is selected for Madeira Film Festival
- 2015 Group Exhibition at Siena International Photography Awards
- 2014 Honorable Mention in Nude at Moscowfotoawards 2014
- 2014 Honorable Mention at the International Photography Awards (IPA) one shot- places
- 2014 Group Exhibition at Quarta Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea, Treviso
- 2014 Winner Shoot The Face, May 2014 2014
- 2014 Honorable Mention in Nude at the 7th Annual Photography Master Cup
- 2014 Selected for Unlimited Grain Gallery Contest 2014,Rotterdam
- 2014 Selected for Center Forward 2014 at The Center for Fine Art Photography,U.S.A.
- 2014 Group Exhibition for 3rd International Biennial of Fine Art Photography,Malaga
- 2014 Finalist at 6th Edition of Pollux Award in Fine Art & Nude & Figure
- 2014 Group Exhibition Love at Darkroom Gallery, U.S.A
- 2014 Digital Group Exhibition for See.me at Armony Week, New York
- 2014 Bronze finalist at Photo Shoot Awards Nude 2014
- 2013 Honorable mention at International photography awards (IPA)one-shoot
- 2013 Finalist for Fine Arts Nude at One Eyeland photography awards
- 2013 Honorable mention at GrandPrix de la Découverte, Paris
- 2013 C. I.J. Chissano, AsVozes das Águas, Maputo-Mozambique
- 2013 I’ll be your mirror at 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2012 Honorable mention at Prix de la Photographie, Paris
- 2011 Honorable mention at NVAL, North Valley-California
- 2011 The short film Zapatos Rojos at Notodo Film Festival, Madrid
- 2011 San Francisco International Photography Exhibition
- 2010 IEP at Festival Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia
- 2010 Italian Emerging Photography, Paris
- 2010 Selected for Descubrimientos PHE, Madrid
- 2010 Selected for Edicion de libros, Madrid
- 2009 In/Comunicazione exhibition, Genoa
- 2009 Honorable mention, Tau Visual, Milan,
- 2009 Finalist at the San Fedele Prize, Milan
- 2009 Slideshow at Fotosintesi Festival, Piacenza
- 2008 Collettivo 180, by VisionQuest art gallery, Genoa
- 2008 Biennial of Video and Photography, Alessandria
- 2008 Filippo Fettucciari Art, Perugia
- 2004 Scholarship at Toscana Foto Festival, Massa Marittima
Publications
- 2016 Tanit Magazine Numero 3
- 2014 PH Magazine edition 46, website
- 2014 Catalog for Quarta Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea,Treviso
- 2014 Catalog for 3rd International Biennial of Fine Art Photography, Malaga
- 2014 Contest Awards 2014 Book – The Unlimited Grain Gallery, Rotterdam
- 2014 Best of the Best Photographers 2014-One Eyeland Book Vol.4
- 2014 Catalog for group exhibition Love at Darkroom Gallery, U.S.A.
- 2014 Catalog Photo Shoot Awards, Nude 2014
- 2011 ENI artwork foro catalogue on commission, Italy
- 2011 Carpaccio Magazine, website
- 2010 Lavanguardia, Agosto
- 2010 Descubrimientos 2010, Photo Espana
- 2010 End of Reality on Sunday Times website
- 2009 In/Comunicazione, catalogue
- 2009 Tau Visual, catalogue
- 2009 San Fedele art Prize, book
- 2008 Biennial of Video and Photography, book
- 2008 Arte, Marzo 2008
