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ABOUT

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:

Flavia Rossi is a photographer that lives in Rome. She graduated in architecture at La Sapienza University in Rome and obtained a Iuav Master degree in photography with honours in Venice. Her research is both factual and autobiographical and focuses in particular on the subject of conserving and highlighting cultural wealth and the landscape, keeping the collective memory alive over time through introspection. Her work has been exhibited both in Italy and abroad and is part of private and also public collections. 

STUDIO INTERNS AND COLLABORATORS
Tassiana Rovai
INKJET PRINTS – Digid'A Davide Di Gianni Via dei Gracchi, 58 00192 — Roma

CV:

STUDIES
2019: ISSP, selected for the workshop “Photography and Ritual: The Revealing Machine” with Alfonso Borragán in Zaļenieki, Latvia

2018: Summer School Sisf in Pieve Tesino, Trento

2018 - 2017: Master Libro at D.O.O.R in Rome with J Carrier, Ricardo Cases, Jeffery Ladd, Jason Fulford, Eloi Gimeno, Ed Panar, Giuliana Prucca, Hans Gremmen, Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine, Antonio Xoubanova

2017 - 2016: Internship at ICCD in Rome

2017 - 2016: Master Iuav in Photography in cooperation with Fondazione Francesco Fabbri. Some teachers: Bas Princen, Armin Linke, Giovanna Silva, Amedeo Martegani. Thesis supervisors: Stefano Graziani and Filippo Romano. Final mark of 110 with honors

2016: Graduation in Architecture with a thesis in the Aesthetics of landscape about the unexpected changes in the territory. Thesis supervisor: Stefano Catucci. Final mark of 110 /110 with honors

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2025-2024: Photography campaign in the construction sites in Marche, Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzo for Il Commissario Straordinario Ricostruzione Sisma 2016

2024: Photography campaign for the project PNRR Digital Library by MiC at Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche, Ancona

2023: Finalist at the Photobook Contest by Arphilein “Regeneration: A future perceived”

2022: Nuovo Patrimonio won sixth place at Perimetro Awards 2022

2022: Nuovo Patrimonio was shortlisted for "Urbanautica Institute Award 2021", category Representiations of space, architecture and conflicts

2021: She was nominated for the Italian Fellowship program at the American Academy in Rome

2021: She won the Vitamina G competition organized by Regione Lazio with the project Fab-Iter

2020: She was nominated for the third edition of the Gabriele Basilico Prize

2019: She was nominated for PLAT(T)FORM 2020 organized by Fotomuseum Winterthur

2019: She won the Atlante dell’architettura contemporanea competition, supported by Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea MIC and MUFOCO in collaboration with Triennale

2019: Shortlisted for Itmakes Art, curated by the Italian Embassy in Madrid in cooperation with IIC in Madrid, PhotoEspana and Camera - Centro Italiano per la fotografia

2019: Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival and Verzasca Foto Festival

2018: Finalist at Premio Francesco Fabbri Prize and at Premio Combat Prize

2018: Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival

2018: She is one of the 30 Under 30 Women Photographers selected by Artpil + Photo Boite

2017: She won the Aldo Nascimben Prize for Photography organized by F.A.S.T. in Treviso

RESIDENT CAREER

2019: The Photo Solstice#2, curated by Marco Delogu, in Asinara Island

2019: Designathon#1 of the 26th Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Mao, Museum of Architecture and Design. Challenge#2 The Museum: A Meaningful Online/Offline Experience. Knowledge mentor Ida Hiršenfelder and Design mentor Paolo Patelli

2019: Premio Artivisive San Fedele Prize, in Milan, curated by the San Fedele Arte gallery

2018: Global Youth Culture Forum in Jeju island, South Korea, curated by Rosa Pera and United Cities and Local Governments UCLG

2018: The Hidden City within Manifesta12, Palermo, with Stefano Graziani curated by Cloe Piccoli

2016: MANUFATTO in SITU 10. La carta sonora degli orti di San Pietro / 2, curated by ViaIndustriae in Perugia. Visiting artists: Vincenzo Cabiati, Stefano Graziani, Amedeo Martegani

EXHIBITIONS 
2024: inQuiete fotografica, within inQuiete Festival, curated by Eleonora Scoti Pecora, Cinema Avorio, Rome 

2024: Sacritalia: fotografia tra visibile e invisibile, curated by Carlo B. Doria, Pinacoteca Civica, Ascoli

2024: Nuovo Patrimonio, within Le parole della montagna Festival, Smerillo. Installation by Ikonica Studio

2023: Roma Novissima, curated by WAR, Mattatoio, Rome

2023: Così nello sfavillio di un momento, installation within Langhe Photo Festival, Neive

2023: Sideways, 1plus1 gallery, Venice

2023: Vuotopieno Balla, curated by Rocco Sciaraffa, Vuotopieno, Rome

2023: Altre Storie di Angelica, Palazzo Besta, Teglio

2023: Altre Storie di Angelica, within TRE-DI-CI Sguardi sui musei di Lombardia, promoted by Direzione Regionale Musei Lombardia and MUFOCO, Palazzo Reale, Milan

2023: La Casa Albero, Art meets architecture, by Laufen and Proviaggi Architettura, Laufen Space, Milan

2022: She curated the exhibition Fab-Iter at Colli Gallery and Portuense 201, Rome

2022: Canova interpretato, curated by Marco Albertario and Kevin McManus, Atelier Tadini, Lovere

2022: 10 viaggi nell'architettura italiana, curated by Matteo Luigi Balduzzi, Luciano Scuderi and Alessandra Cerroti, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

2022: Alla ricerca della forma architettonica. Luigi Moretti all'Olgiata, Facoltà di Architettura Sapienza, sede di Valle Giulia, curated by Giorgia Dal Bianco, Milena Farina (Università Roma Tre), Andrea Grimaldi (Sapienza Università di Roma), Davide Paterna

2022: Luci Su Roma, WPP Campus within FAR Festival dell'Architettura di Roma, curated by Scenario and Zero. Installation by Ikonica Studio

2022: Nuovo patrimonio within the Photography Festival Biennale della Fotografia Femminile, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, curated by Alessia Locatelli

2021: 10 viaggi nell'architettura italiana, curated by Matteo Luigi Balduzzi, Luciano Scuderi and Alessandra Cerroti, Triennale, Milan

2019: Nuovo patrimonio. Dalla calamità all'estetica del provvisorio, Centro Studi Giorgio Muratore, Rome, curated by Niccolò Fano (director of Matèria)

2019: JOBS, Forme e spazi del lavoro nel tempo della Quarta rivoluzione industriale, Linea di Confine per la fotografia contemporanea, Rubiera, curated by William Guerrieri

2019: How do we start?, ISSP, Zaļenieki, Latvia

2018: Ricostruzioni: architettura, città e paesaggio nell’epoca delle distruzioni, Triennale, Milan, curated by Alberto Ferlenga and Nina Bassoli

2018: 30 under 30 Women Photography, Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, curated by Artpil

2018: Der Greif Guest Room by Lorenza Bravetta, online exhibition

2018: Una geografia personale, LO.FT, Lecce, curated by Niccolò Fano

2017: Manufatto in Situ: 10 paesaggi, CIAC, Foligno, curated by ViaIndustriae

2016: Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia, Linea di Confine per la fotografia contemporanea, Rubiera, curated by Sabrina Ragucci

2016: GangCity, Spazio Thetis, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, curated by Anna Zemella

COLLECTIONS:
Direzione Regionale Musei Lombardia of MIC

Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea DGCC of MIC

MUFOCO Museo Fotografia Contemporanea

Accademia Tadini

Private collections 

LECTURES AND TALKS
2024: Commentare la contemporaneità attraverso la fotografia d'architettura, within FAR, Festival di architettura di Roma, Ordine degli architetti PPC di Roma e provincia, Rome

2024: La palazzina romana, Ordine degli architetti PPC di Roma e provincia, Rome

2024: Cornell University, Rome

2024: Forgotten Architecture, MAXXI, Rome

2024: Roma Novissima, MACRO, Rome

2023: Infinito. L'universo di Luigi Ghirri, Cinema Troisi, Rome

2023: Art meets architecture, LAUFEN showroom, Milan

2022: Biennale della Fotografia Femminile, Mantova

2022: Perimetro, Milan

2019: Centro Studi Giorgio Muratore, Rome

2019 and 2018: Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome

2018: MUFOCO, Cinisello Balsamo

2018: Global Youth Culture Forum, Jeju, South Korea

2018: Bitume Photofest, Lecce

2017: Fotogang bookshop, Milan

2017: Gazebook: Sicily Photobook Festival, Punta Secca

2017: Scanner Festival, Autoproduzioni su carta, MONK, Rome

2017: Master in Interior Design, IED, Rome

2017: Funzilla Rome Photozine Festival, Rome

SELECTED BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
Her works have been published by Italian magazines such as Domus, PLATFORM, Elle Decor, Corriere della Sera, Il Messaggero, La Repubblica, Il Venerdì and international platforms such as Divisare, World Architects, Archello.

2025: Roma e la curva, curated by Cristian Sammarco, published by Anteferma (upcoming)

2025: TRE-DI-CI Sguardi sui musei di Lombardia, published by Skira (upcoming)

2024: Ereditare il presente. Conoscenza, tutela e valorizzazione dell’architettura italiana dal 1945 ad oggi curated by DGCC MiC and Fondazione Scuola Beni Attività Culturali, published by Magonza

2023: Domus 1085 dicembre 2023 "Italia Fragile"

2023: Renaissance Quarterly The Spring 2023 Issue (vol. 76.1)

2022: Forgotten Architecture, curated by Bianca Felicori, published by Nero Editions

2022: A Landscape Infra-structures Research. Roma Tuscolana Pilot Project, curated by Beatrice Moretti and Giorgia Tucci, published by ListLab

2022: La Maddalena. Atlante di un'occupazione, curated by Eterotopia, published by Quodlibet

2022: Architetti senza tempo, catalogue 2022, curated by Openhouse Italia and DGCC of MiC

2022: Mappe n16

2021: Video interview by Fotografia dell'architettura

2021: Interview "La ritrattista dei luoghi dimenticati" on Interni Magazine

2021: Dieci viaggi nell'architettura italiana, published by Silvana Editoriale 

2021: Espoarte 114

2021: Mappe n15

2021: Panteon 2/acquedotti magazine

2020: AR Magazine Vol. 122: Roman Inventions. Patents, trademarks, models, design of the XXI century, published by Architetti Roma Edizioni

2020: The Routledge Companion Guide to Fascist Italian Architecture: Reception and Legacy, edited by Kay Bea Jones and Stephanie Pilat, published by Taylor & Francis Ltd

2019: AR Magazine Vol. 121: Rome as a dream. Architectural archives, from Nolli to the new radical poetics, published by Architetti Roma Edizioni

2019: On Progetto Borca website

2019: Portfolio INSIDE ART magazine 116

2018: Elogio della cornice: Giorgio Muratore un intellettuale dell'architettura italiana, published by Campisano

2017: She published the photobook Così nello sfavillio di un momento

2017: La Carta sonora degli orti S.Pietro / manufatto in situ 9/10 (book + cd) curated and published by Via Industriae Suono and a+Mbookstore