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    I’m a photographer and art historian born in Rome in 1973. I received BA and Master in Art History from Rome La Sapienza University, studying with Professor Enzo Bilardello. I worked few years in this field in Italy, before moving to London in 2008, where I exclusively focused on photography as my main interest and activity, studying photography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

    As soon as I started learning it, I felt that photography was the tool to satisfy my need of expression. My first practice focused on macro photography to undertake a visual investigation of plants and flowers. I had my first solo exhibition Botanical Beauty at the Imperial College of London in 2010. I then opened to other subjects. I travelled around the world in 2012 keeping a photoblog, published on an Italian online magazine (TheTripMag).

    My approach to photography is based on the idea that understanding (or at least trying to understand!) social, historical, and political, context around us is the starting point to give space to self expression, and only from that point it’s possible to appreciate and give value to aesthetic aspects of life. I’m particularly interested to those moments of everyday life where you can intercept clues of an original melt between routine and the extraordinary. I’d love to be able to point out this mix through my photographic work, discernible in many apparently unimpressive situations of our ordinary existence. 

    Collections: Archivio Italiano dell’Autoritratto Fotografico, Musinf, Senigallia Italy

    I was one of the judge of the International Photographer of the Year Photo Contest 2015.

    In 2015 I was Finalist at the prestigious Lens Culture Portrait Awards with Women’s Energy, I won a first place in Aerial at the International Color Awards with Sorrento, and one of the photo from Another Point of View was selected for Exclusive Exhibition curated online by Hollywood celebrity Jamie Lee Curtis for SaatchiArt.

    In 2016 I was invited to be part of the Network by LensCulture, a chosen group of photographers all over the world, and I was selected for Connect, the first exhibition online of the Network curated by Aaron Schuman;  last but not least I won a second place in Sport category at the International Color Awards with Marettimo.

    In 2017 I was selected between 1000 applications to be part of The Other Art Fair in London, curated, among others, by Rebecca Wilson, former director of Saatchi Gallery. 

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    EXHIBITION (where not specified it is group exhibition) 

    Oct 25th – Nov 3rd 2017, Relais, Fondamenta Gallery, Rome

    September 19th – 30th 2017, The Pollux Awards Exhibiton, Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona

    September 13th, Behind the Portrait, opening night exhibition, Golf Photo Plus, Dubai, (video projection)

    June 18th – Aug 31st 2017, Lens op de Mens, International Photo-Festival, Overpelt, Belgium

    March 30th – April 2nd 2017, The Other Art Fair, curated by Rebecca Wilson, Kate Bryan, and Lulu Guinness, Victoria House, London

    September 2016 – February 2017, Connect, online curated by Aaron Schuman for LensCulture Network visible@ https://www.lensculture.com/2016-lensculture-connect-juried-show

    September 14th – 24 rd 2016, XX International Prize Massenzio Arte, Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Rome

    October 2015 – now, Exclusive Exhibition, online curated by Jamie Lee Curtis for SaatchiArt with a selection 16 photos only
    visible@ http://www.saatchiart.com/shows/jamie-lee-curtis-for-saatchi-art

    28 May – 4 June 2015, MIFA 2014 Winner exhibition, Rooftop Gallery, Bangkok, (video projection)

    November 15th – 23rd 2014, Premio Celeste 2014,  curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Assab One, Milan

    October 23rd – 26th 2014, Moscow Foto Awards, Fotolab Gallery, Contemporary Art Centre Winzavod, Moscow (video projection)

    July 26th 2014, SeeMe Takeover 2014Distribution #11 exhibited on the full billboard of Time Square NYC

    April 4th – May 10, 2014, Doppi, solo exhibition, M.A.D. Gallery, Rome

    November 14th – 23rd 2013, XVII International Prize Massenzio Arte, Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Rome

    July 11th 2013, Exposure, See | Exhibition Space, Long Island City, New York (video projection)

    April 9th – 30th 2013, Looking at Looking into, solo exhibition curated by Arianna Mercanti, La Linea Arte Contemporanea, Rome

    December 12th – Janurary 30th 2013, Le Forme dell’assenza Le Forme dell’acqua, Sveva Bellucci e Eleonora Pecorella, 2 solo exhibition, MAD Gallery, Rome

    September 20th – October 5th 2012, Mine l’esplosione del Sé, curated by Jacopo Perfetti, Superground Art Kitchen, Milan

    July 11th – 22nd 2012, Travel & Architecture Solos,  Lewisham Arthouse, London

    June 28th – July 20th 2011, My Jigsaw Puzzle, solo exhibition, MAD Gallery, Rome

    April 8th – 17th 2011, Photography Exhibition, Candid Arts Trust, London

    13th – 14th December Cinema Aquila, Rome/ 23rd -24th October 2010 St Agostino Church, Faleria, La Foto Rupestre

    November 27th – December 30th 2010, Il Bello fa Bene,  Archiginnasio, Bologna

    May 26th – June 22nd 2010, Botanical Beauty, solo exhibition, The Imperial College of London – South Kensington

     

    AWARDS: WINNER & FINALIST

    2016 IX International Color Awards, second place winner in Sport category for the photo Marittimo
    2016 IX Pollux Awards, finalist in Portrait category with a selection from Women’s Energy 
    2015 VIII International Color Awards, first place winner in Aerial category for the photo Sorrento
    2015 Lens Culture Portrait Award, 1 of 25 finalists for the project Women’s Energy
    2014 Moscow Foto Awards, third place winner in Self Portrait category for the series Alterego
    2014 Premio Celeste, Milan Italy, 1 of 43 finalists for the photo Hirshhorn Museum
    2013 XVII Premio Internazionale Massenzio, Rome Italy, 1 of 23 finalist for the project Another point of view 
    2012 Mine, l’esplosione del Sé, Milan Italy, 1 of 10 winner for the project Another point of view 
    2010 Il Bello Fa Bene, Bologna Italy, winner for the photos Hibiscus & Finally
    2010 La Foto Rupestre, Faleria Italy, winner for the photo Aspettando

     

    AWARDS: OFFICIAL SELECTION, NOMINATION, HONORABLE MENTION

    2016 Family of Men by International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention in Old Age category for the photo Margherita
    2016 IX International Color Awards, honorable mention in Aerial category for the photo Sorrento #2
    2015 International Photography Award, honorable mention in Fine Art: Portrait category or the series Alterego and in  Architecture : Other_ARC category for the series Windows
    2015 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, honorable mention for the series Recreational Animals
    2014 New York Center for Photographic Art, New Creativity contest, honorable mention for the photo Distribution #15 
    2013 VII Photography Master Cup (Colors Awards) nominée in Fine Art Professional for the photo Depressione and nominée in Portrait Professional for the photo Margherita
    2013 London International Creative Competition honorable mention for the project Another point of view
    2013 International Photography Awards One Shot: One World, honorable mention in Places category for the photo Sorrento
    2013 International Photography Awards One Shot: One World honorable mention in Things category for Venezia
    2012 International Photography Awards One Shot: Spaces, 4 honorable mentions in Spaces – Inside category  for each photo of the project Il luogo dove dissolvo i miei conflitti interiori
    2011 Px3 Prix de la photographie, official selection category Portraiture Children for the photo Emh
    2010 International Photography Award, Honorable Mention category Flowers for the photo Hibiscus