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About

My approach is all about material, substance, and close to analogue.

Photography is a type of writing, with light.

The process of knowing the world and people is through the light and written words. Starting point of my artistic research is the human being; his/her feelings and the society, which are expressed through an approach where image-signs and writing are central.

Mine are images that go beyond the purely aesthetic and compositional research, but rather try to delve into deeper meanings, strongly linked to contemporary culture; our time and social fabric can be defined as the era of the image. Time is essential. We live in an era where everything occurs in a short span of time, you just need a click: from pre cooked food to any kind of online shopping. Another important aspect is the crisis, which Europe and especially my country is going through: not only an economic turn but also of its values.

The aim is to collect through a visual photographic experiment essence and contradictions which are behind our so- ciety and era: urban, inevitably digital and nostalgically analogue. To succeed in this I try to find a place on the edges by undertaking an evolving and open creative process. The value dwells in the lack of exactness and where the path of investigation and research is as important as the result.

 

Education

 

  • MA in Visual Communication, IUAV, Venice, IT

  • Internship at Vitra France, Paris, FR

  • Internship at Duemonete viral company, Turin, IT

  • Erasmus program at the Ecole Superiéure des Arts Saint-Luc, Liège, BE

  • BA in Progetto Grafico e Virtuale, Politecnico, Turin, IT

Work experiences / Collaborations

 

  • Photographer / Artist (2012-2017)

  • Photographer for Veja (2017)

  • Art Director for Flaneurz (2016-2017)

  • Santus (2016)

  • Remmert S.p.A. (2015)

  • Formulapassion.it for Ayrton Senna’s Tribute 1994-2014 (2014)

  • Vitra France (2012)

Group Shows / Festivals

 

2016

  • San Fedele Art Prize, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, IT.

  • Chunk2, group show curated by Team Caef, SS. Filippo e Giacomo, Brescia, IT

  • Quotidiana 16, group show curated by Caterina Benvegnù, Letizia Liguori and Elena Squizzato, Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padova, IT

2015

  • ALPHA, solo show curated by Costanza Bàrbera, Galleria Pavesi, Milan, IT

  • Neo:artprize 2015, group show curated by neo:gallery, Bolton, UK

  • Al di quà e al di là del limite, group show curated by Italo Zannier, Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano, IT

  • Chunk, group show curated by Team Caef, SS. Filippo e Giacomo, Brescia, IT

  • Text(iles), group show curated by Cornelia Lauf with Giulia Meloni/ Stefano Mudu/ Claudio Pisco, Magazzini IUAV, Venice, IT

2014

  • Dolly multiplo contemporaneo, curated by Marta Cereda, Circoloquadro, Milan, IT

  • Giorni Felici, curated by Marta Cereda, Casa Testori, Milan, IT

  • Aesthetica Art Prize, curated by Laura Turner, York Art Gallery, York, UK

  • Atelier 2013, Mostra Finale, curated by Rachele D’Osualdo with Angela Vettese, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT 

  • Walking with Art, Stonefly prize, curated by Marco Tagliafierro, Spazio Monotono, Vicenza, IT

2013

  • Legami Deboli, Galleria Cinica, show with Cinzia Delnevo, curated by Celeste Ricci, Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi, IT

  • Premio Bonatto Minella, group show curated by Antonio d’Amico, casa Toesca, Turin, IT

  • TO-NYC / Breaking Boundaries, group show curated by Irene D’Ameglio, Superbudda Docks dora, Turin, IT

  • “88”, show with Lorenzo Commisso, curated by BLM foundation, Venice art night, Palazzo Carminati, Venice, IT

  • Art Souvenir Al-bunduqiyya, curated by Cecilia Tirelli, la Fenice gallery, Venice, IT

2012

  • The Photocopy Club, curated by Matt Martin, The Church of London, London, UK

  • International Performance Art Week, group show curated by Andrea Pagnes, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, IT

  • Fahrenheit 39, self-publishing exhibition, curated by Ass. Culturale Strativari, Ravenna, IT

  • FRUIT, self-publishing exhibition, curated by Crudo, Bologna, IT

Residencies / Awards / Workshops

 

2016

  • 2nd Prize at the Artistic residence for the “Premio San Fedele”, Milan, IT

2014

  • Finalist at Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, UK

  • Il futuro del fotogiornalismo, workshop curated by Francesco Zizzola, 10b Photography, Rome, IT

2013

  • Artistic residence at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT

  • DIY, Independent publishing workshop organization with Riccardo Banfi for IUAV University, Venice, IT

  • Organiconcrete, Flickr selection (51)

2012

  • Winner of the coordinated image for the “96ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti”, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT

  • Saccades project, curated by Timothy Backwalter

Contacts
 

abelloamedeo@gmail.com

+33 6 38 77 11 85