Biography
Enrico Smerilli was born in Vercelli (1978) where he lives and works.
He studied Visual Art at the European Institute of Design in Milan, Multimedia & New Tecnhology at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milan) and finally photography at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milan).
He works with various media but his main interest focuses on photography language and its relations with the visual art practice. His work reflects on the concept of illusion and on the depth of a potential reworking image, exploring the possible boundaries of visual perception and construction of experience.
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SELECTED WORKS
NATURE
BALLOON
UNTITLED
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Education
2012 – 2008: MFA Academy of Fine Arts Brera, Photography, Milan, Italy
2007 – 2004: BA Academy of Fine Arts Brera, Multimedia & New Tecnhology, Milan, Italy
2003 – 2000: BA Visual Arts, European Institute of Design, IED, Milan, Italy
Awards and Distinctions
2015 | Francesco Fabbri Art Prize, Finalist
2014 | Francesco Fabbri Art Prize, Finalist, Jury Mention
2013 | Francesco Fabbri Art Prize, Finalist
2007 | Salon I°, winner, Milan, Italy
2006 | MIUR, special mention, Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2015 | Twenty14 contemporary, SNUFF, Milan, Italy
2003 | Genesio Gallery, Milan, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 | Photo Open Up – International Photo Festival | Curated by Carlo Sala | Padua, Italy
2019 | Finart 2019 – Festival Internacional de Artes Gráficas | Curated by Office project Room | São Paulo, Brazil
2017 | Un’apparizione di superfici – Photo Vogue Festival | Curated by Twenty14 contemporary and Luca Panaro | Dust Space, Milan, Italy
2017 | The shape of things to come | Nowhere gallery, Milan, Italy
2017 | Un’apparizione di superfici | Curated by Luca Panaro | A plus A gallery @ The Breakfast Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2017 | “FINISSAGE” | Curated by Matilde Scaramellini and Elena Vaninetti, Twenty14 contemporary, Milan, Italy
2016 | La disfatta dell’immagine | Curated by Carlo Sala, Tra Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso (TV), Italy
2015 | Francesco Fabbri Prize | Fotografia contemporanea / Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (TV), Italy
2015 | PLATFORM, Spazio Otto, Milan, Italy
2015 | Twenty14 contemporary, MONOTYPE | seven possible chairs, Milan, Italy
2014 | Francesco Fabbri Prize | Fotografia contemporanea / Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (TV), Italy
2014 | The Heart Grows Fonder / The Miniclick Photography Talks, Brighton, UK
2014 | ONE SHOT | Curated by Luca Panaro, Rocca Malatestiana, Fano, Italy
2014 | BLOG RE-BLOG | Curated by Max Marshall and Paul Paper / Big Medium–Canopy / Austin Center for Photography, Austin, Texas, US
2013 | Francesco Fabbri Prize | Fotografia contemporanea / Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (TV), Italy
2013 | Unpublished | Best unseen photography | Silent auction @ Galleria Francesco Zanuso, Milan, Italy
2013 | BLOG RE-BLOG | Curated by Max Marshall and Paul Paper / SIGNAL Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2012 | Unpublished #4 Best unseen photography, Le Dictateur, Milan, Italy
2010 | Immagini in tasca, curated by Mario Cresci, Centro Congressi Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
2009 | Photodistorzija, Photo Biennial, Porec, Croatia
2007 | Salon I°, Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy
2006 | Sintesi di luce, Spazio Mubeiò-Peoplefor, Milan, Italy
Screening / Lecture
2020 | Zapping The Archive | Image Festival / Festival de Imagen / Irudi Jaialdia ─ Iraila, curate by Giangiacomo Cirla and Elena Rebecca Rivolta, Getxoi, Spain
2018 | COME-ON Afro Frashion | Visiting professor / workshop Laba Libre Académie des Beaux-arts, Douala, Cameroon
2018 | Phonography 2.0 | R I U, Rimini, Italy
2016 | GAMeC | Galleria D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo / Camera con vista / Incontri di fotografia, Bergamo, Italy
2013 | Belfast Photo Festival 2013 | Projection Programme “Artist as Curator – Spectacle in Photography” / Actual Colors May Vary {ACMV}, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2009 | Q-Cine (Film / Berlin) – Interflugs-Art-Summer, Berlin, Germany
2007 | “14 Festival Internation D’art De Casablanca”, Casablanca, Marocco
Press / Publications / Online Features
2017 | Un’apparizione di superfici, APM Edizioni | coverbook | text by Luca Panaro
2017 | IL FOTOGRAFO | n°290 | Interview by Alice Cice Caracciolo
2016 | Generazione critica curated by Marcella Manni and Luca Panaro
2013 | DearDave | Magazine | Issue#15 / November
2013 | Excerpt magazine | blog | A room with a view / Sunrise
2013 | HOTSHOE International | Magazine | blog Portfolio / July
2012 | Unpublished #4 Best unseen photography, magazine, Milan, Italy
2006 | Salon I° – Giovani Artisti dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera / exhibition catalogue – Paolini 2007, Italy
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