bio fabian albertini
solo exhibitions
2024
Sospensione, Link Studio Arte, Bologna 2024, Italy
2023
Fluido, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
2022
Controlled Lives, MIDWAY: BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE, Fiumefreddo Photo Festival, Cosenza, Italy
2021
"44.6984907 - 10.629356", Noaddress Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy
General Public, solo presentation with RH, Los Angeles, USA
2020
X, Galerie Palü, Zurich, Switzerland
Controlled Lives, PHOTAUMNALES 17° edition, Le Quadrilatère, Beauvais, France
Beyond Seeing, Molin Corvo Galerie, Paris, France
Seguindo uma linha, Galerie Palü, Pontresina, Switzerland
2019
De Finibus Terrae: Xylella Landscape with Bruna Rotunno, Emilio Colombo Gallery, European Parliament of Strasbourg, France
Lines, Noaddress Gallery, Champorchair (AO), Italy
Linee, Nuvole Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Montesarchio (BN), Italy
2018
Light Perception, Noaddress Gallery + FAI, Palazzo Tirelli, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Controlled Lives, EX Macello Space, Circuito OFF Fotografia Europea, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
2017
Get Lost, Tal Gallery, Cidadela Art District, Cascais, Portugal
No Identity (video), Teatro Ciro Menotti, Milano, Italy
Paesaggio Impercettibile, Casa Cavezzi, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Bianco Deserto, Circuito OFF Fotografia Europea, Spazio Via Dei Due Gobbi Tre, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2015
Rio Arte Corpo Movimento, FotoRio, Biennial of Photography, Sala Baden Powell, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013
Ballet La Doppia Notte — with Artemis Danza/Monica Casadei and Orchestra Sinfonica for Verdi and Wagner bicentenary, scene with photographs and video, Comunale Theatre of Bologna, Italy
Orchids, Fotografia Europea Circuito Off, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2012
10 years Retrospective, 30° Fotofestival Castle of Montecchio Emilia, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Ama+zônia, Sofitel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ama+zônia, Esther Giobbi, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
Ama+zônia – Corpos da Natureza, FotoRio Biennial, CCJF – Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ama+zônia – Corpos da Natureza, Italian Embassy, Brasilia, Brazil
Corpi, Kulay-Diwa, Manila, Philippines
2009
Simplesmente eu, Clarice Lispector — with Beth Goulart, scene with photographs and video, Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eye, Via dei Gonzaga, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2008
Eye, Le Châtelet Theater, Paris, France
Eye, Festival International of Literature, Mantova, Italy
Eye, Fotografia Europea, Bonioni Arte Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Silent Music, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
Silent Music, Agnus Dei Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Silent Music, Casa da Bola, São Paulo, Brazil
Eye, Theater Ponchielli, Cremona, Italy
2007
Corpos Líquidos, Ateliê da Imagem Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eye, Degli Arcimboldi Theater, Milan, Italy
Eye, Municipal São Luiz Theater, Lisbon, Portugal
Eye, Towol Theater, SI Dance Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Eye, Duse Theater, Bologna, Italy
Eye, Theater Wolubilis, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Corpos, Mônica Filgueiras Art Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Eye, IM Pfalzbau Theater, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Eye, IM Forum Theater, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Eye, Lucent Dans Theater, The Hague, Netherlands
Eye, Comunale Theater, Modena, Italy
Eye, Vittorio Emanuele Gallery Max Mara, Rome, Italy
Moto Sospeso, Casa Cini, Ferrara, Italy
Corpi all’Infinito, Max Mara Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2005
Corpi all’Infinito, RED Festival Theater, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Corpos, FOTORio Anita Schwartz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corpi all’Infinito, Festival International of Literature, Mantova, Italy
Corpi all’Infinito, Theater Due, Parma, Italy
2004
Poesia del Corpo, Brera Gallery, Milan, Italy
Silent Music, Orvieto Fotografia Festival, Palazzo dei Sette, Orvieto, Italy
Silent Music, La Torre Gallery, Pisa, Italy
2003
Silent Music, Bergamo, Italy
Silent Music, Chiostri della Ghiara, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2002
Silent Music, 20º Fotofestival Castle of Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Nude look, Il corpo e la Moda, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
2000
Silent Music, Milan, Italy
The Documentary, Milan, Italy
group exhibitions
2025
Beyond Horizons: An Artistic Expedition, Galerie Palü, Pontresina, Switzerland
Ateliê Aberto, Exhibition Expanded Field Residence program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ruina in Fabula, No Address Gallery, ex-officine Rubertelli, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
2024
SALON MEISELBERG, Meiselberg Castle, Carinthia, Austria
Ouro Liquido, Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art&Vault, Times Square Billboard, International Women’s Month
325 screens in Melbourne, Australia, in collaboration with Art Crush and Clear Channel
2023
Inspire Art Show, Langelinie Pavilion Copenhagen, Nordic Blockchain Conference 2023
Sloika World Photography Day Exhibition, Superlative Gallery, Bali
17th edition Laguna Art Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Drawing Space, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
The Color White, a serene oasis in a world of chaos, Galerie Palü, Pontresina, Switzerland
Collective Summer, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
Le GODMICHÉ, No Address Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2022
Beyond Photography, Mia Photo Fair, curated by Domenico de Chirico, Galerie Palü, Milano, Italy
Ciao Tchau, Noaddress Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
February Exhibition, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
Gazes and abstractionism, Trento Art Festival, Trento, Italy
2021
Bienvenue Art Fair Paris, Noaddress Gallery
Art Site Fest, Palazzina Reale di Caccia di Stupinigi, Torino, Italy
Gazes and Abstractionism, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
Art Week, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
Permission to Breathe, Albertini/Casadei, Medesano, Italy
No Identity, Albertini/Casadei, Medesano, Italy
Group Show Winter 20/21, Galerie Palü, Pontresina, Switzerland
Duo#3, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
Più Nuovo, Palazzo dei Musei Civici, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Miraggi Possibili, Ateliers viadeiduegobbitre, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Umanità, Aula Magna, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
The last/2021, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France
2020
Group Show Winter 20/21, Galerie Palü, Pontresina, Switzerland
A penny for your thoughts, Noaddress Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Flutua, Galeria Mamute, Porto Alegre, Brazil
The color of the sky, Artland online exhibition, No Address Gallery, Italy
2019
PhotoLux Festival, Lucca, Italy
Art Site Fest 2019, Royal Castle of Govone, Italy
Life-Framer, London
Life-Framer, Milan
Projections Discovery Awards, Encontros da Imagem Festival, Braga, Portugal
Como Falar Com As Árvores, Z42 Arte Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
Geste Paris, Photo Projection, Paris, France
Art in the City, View Point, Paratissima, Torino, Italy
Controlled Lives by Urs Stahel, Der Greif - Guest Room
Controlled Lives by Monica Allende, Der Greif - Guest Room
Controlled Lives by Lorenza Bravetta, Der Greif - Guest Room
Controlled Lives by Diane Dufour, Der Greif - Guest Room
No Address Gallery, Away, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
So Far, Landskrona Foto Festival, Landskrona, Sweden
Another Time. Another Space, Noaddress Gallery, Arles, France
Laguna Art Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Fake/Truth, Rotterdam Photo Festival, Netherlands
2017
Winter Exhibition, LensCulture
NoPhoto, Paratissima, Torino, Italy
Projections Discovery Awards, Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
Swipe, Baby Swipe, Tal Gallery, Cidadela Art District, Cascais, Portugal
2015
EFÍGIE, Ateliê da Imagem Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SER CARIOCA DA GEMA, Solar Grandjean de Montigny, PUC - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
Art Takes Times Square - Electronic Billboards Exhibition, See Me - New York, USA
Verão Carioca, Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
54th Biennale di Venezia, "Lo Stato dell’Arte nel 150º dell´Unità d’Italia", Padiglione Italia, Venice, Italy
"Ama+zônia", Italian Embassy, Brasilia, Brazil
BEA, Brazilian Endowment for the Arts, New York, USA
2010
FotoAtiva, São Paulo and Belém, Brazil
2008
Ponto de Vista, DASLU Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
Silent Music, Maison et Objet, Paris, France
2006
Fabian e Mapplethorpe a confronto, La Spina Gallery, Pisa, Italy
Nano Expo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Nano Expo, Bogotá, Colombia
2005
Video Performance, MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi, Brazil
2004
Area10 - Residence Arts Biennial, London, UK
Purifying Process - Performance video with Gabriela Maciel, Domotov Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Eletrolise - Performance video with Gabriela Maciel and Marquinhos Mescita, Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mostra o seu que eu mostro o Meu, Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003
FotoRio, Biennial of Photography, Anita Schwartz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998
Rumors Festival, by City of Milan and Region of Lombardia, Italy
1996
Portraits for Emergency, Via della Spiga, Milan, Italy
selected press + interviews
2025
OpenEye Magazine
2020
French Magazine
2018
Aint-Bad, Seguindo uma Linha by Nicole Hawkins
Latent Image Magazine, Issue 13, Seguindo uma Linha [following a line]
PHMUSEUM, Story of the Week, Controlled Lives by Laurence Cornet
2016
Doc! Photo Magazine, Issue 38, Talks Interview
catalogues / books
2024
JUST BE, Snap Collective, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
X, Self-published
2016
Manual de Fotografia de moda em 30 passos
2011
RIO Arte Corpo Movimento, Brazil, text by Angel Vianna
2009
Ama+zônia, Brazil, Poetry by Marcia Theophilo
2007
Eye, Italy, Aterballetto, text by Domenico Montalto and Mauro Bigonzetti
2006
Moto Sospeso, Italy, Artemisdanza/Monica Casadei, text by Franco Patruno, Dino del Vecchio and Valentina Bonelli
2005
Corpi all’infinito, Italy, Artemisdanza/Monica Casadei, text by Massimo Mussini
2002
Silent Music, Italy, text by Massimo Mussini
2000
The Documentary, Italy, Tibetan Buddhist culture
prizes
2023
Laguna Art Prize (Finalist)
2019
Street Photography Awards Lens Culture (Finalist)
Discovery Awards - Festival Encontros da Imagem
COLORS by Life Framer Jury Richard Mosse (Winner)
Special Prize Photolux by Laguna Art Prize (Winner)
2018
Laguna Art Prize (Finalist)
Prix Carmignac (Shortlisted)
Fine Art Photography Awards Nominee with Seguindo uma linha and Light Perception
Athens Photo Festival (Shortlisted)
2017
Discovery Awards - Festival Encontros da Imagem
Athens Photo Festival (Shortlisted)
2010
Prize Un Bosco Per Kyoto, Capitol, Rome, Italy
2007
Marella, Max Mara Fashion Group Award “Sole 24Ore” at the Tenth Edition of the Enterprise and Culture Prize with the project “Meeting of Fashion, Dance and Photography”
2004
Prize Pisa Poesia e Immagine, Italy
artist residencies
2025
Campo Expandido, Tech Art Lab, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2024
Casa Voa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023
No Address Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2018
LABVERDE, Art Immersion Program in the Amazon, Brazil
2017
Hotel Pestana Cidadela Art District, Cascais, Portugal – Invited to create one of the 17 Designer rooms as part of the art and design residency
2004
Area10 - Residence Arts Biennial, London, UK
additional projects
2025
Simplesmente Eu, Clarice Lispector, with Beth Goulart – Visual artist: photographs and video used as scenography, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2021
HBO MAX Ellen's Next Great Designer (with Ellen Degeneres)
2020
Begins collaboration with General Public Art (founder Portia De Rossi) and RH, CB2
2019
Curator of the exhibition Non resta che guardare il cielo by Mirko Frignani – Part of Fotografia Europea - Circuito OFF, held at EX-Macello, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
2017/18
Curatorial Project – Profeti In Patria
October 2017 – July 2018, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Invited by the Department of Culture of Montecchio Emilia as curator, in collaboration with Juliana Curvellano, for the contemporary art space Ex-Macello. The curatorial program included five exhibitions:
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Lab Photo Residence
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Americhe
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Varal
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Artist Residence
2016
Ballet Carmen K, with Artemis Danza / Monica Casadei and Orchestra Sinfonica (Georges Bizet)
Visual artist: photographs and video used as scenography at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italy
2003
Curator of group exhibition 4 photographers from Brazil at the 21st Fotofestival, Montecchio Emilia:
Marco Antonio Portela, Patricia Gouvêa, Eduardo Dias da Rocha, Simone Rodrigues
1994
Director of photography, Maya’s Play movie, presented at Festival del Cinema, Florence, Italy
education & background
1991/1992
Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, Milan, Italy
1993/1995
Assistant Photographer, Superstudio 13, Milan, Italy
1995/2010
Fashion Photographer – Published work in international magazines including Glamour Italia, Grazia, Vogue Pelle, Vogue Gioiello, GQ Italia, Elle France, BIBA, W, Max France
2004/2016
Teacher of Photography: Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IED – Istituto Europeo di Design, São Paulo and Brasília, Brazil
2010 - Present
Conducted various workshops and coaching courses in Brazil and Italy