| Work experience: | |
| from 2005 | work in "Riso - Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily", Palermo; |
| from 1991 | work like photographer in Regione Siciliana (Regional Administration); |
| nel 1989 | work for the "AGORÀ" Consortium financed by the Italian Ministry for the artistic wealth, in order to perform the following activities: inventory, catalogued information, filing bibliography and photos of historical squares in west Sicily; |
| 1986/88 | work with Letizia Battaglia and Franco Zecchin in the journalistic field as photo-journalist for the daily news paper "L'ORA" of Palermo; |
| from 1986 | collaboration with several italian and foreign newspapers and magazines. |
| Solo exhibitions: | |
| 2012 | "Albania", Galerie 4, Cheb (Czech Rep.); |
| 2011 | "Istanbul, the city-bridge between Asia and Europe", Openmind Gallery - Milano (Italy) 2011; |
| "Kracow", Palazzo dei Normanni - Palermo, Italy; | |
| "Belgrade, fragments of a decade - 2001/2011", Italian Cultural Institute, Italy Palace, Belgrade.
Video at the Italian Pavilion/54, Venice Biennale; |
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| "Death and resurrection", celebrations of the Holy Week in Sicily, Ethnographic Museum, Beograd 2011; | |
| 2010 | "Fragments", Museum of Zajecar (Hermitage days), Eastern Serbia; |
| "Fragments", ArtGet Galerie, Beograd; | |
| "In my shoes", Imago Fotokunst Galerie, Berlin; | |
| 2009 | "La Notte della Poesia", Associazione Amici dei Musei Siciliani, Oratorio S.Lorenzo, Palermo; |
| 2008 | "Paques en Sicilie", International Photo sociale Social Festival - Photsoc, Sarcelles (F); |
| "In my shoes" panoramic pictures and 35mm "S. Bartolomeo Church and Galerie 4", Cheb (Czech Rep.); | |
| 2006 | "Palermo" panoramic pictures, "Visa pour L'Image", "Campo Santo projection", Perpignan; |
| 2004 | "The city-bridge between Asia and Europe", "Leica Gallery", Solms (D); |
| "Palermo", 30 panoramic pictures, "ArtGet Gallery", with "Italian Cultural Institute" in collaboration with "Cultural Institute of Belgrade", Belgrade, Aleksandrovac, Krusevac, Kragujevac, Mladenovac, Smederevo, Zrenjanin; | |
| "Sicily, on this side of lighthouse", Corte Capitanale, Photographic Gallery "Luigi Ghirri", Caltagirone; | |
| 2003 | "Paques en Sicilie" "Visa pour L'Image", "Campo Santo projection", Perpignan; |
| 2002 | "Cantieri" "Ecole des beaux-arts de Rennes", "Téatre National de Bretagne" Rennes; |
| "Regards sur la Ville" A Photographic Mission to document the city and the agglomeration of Bastia and of the Urban center II "Centre Culturel Una Volta", "Centre Mediterraneeen de la Photographie" and the "Pepiniers European pour Juenes Artistes", Bastia (Corsica); | |
| "Bambini" International Festival "PhotoBiennale 2002", Mosca; | |
| "Sicily, on this side of lighthouse" "Loggiato S.Bartolomeo", Palermo; | |
| 2001 | "Sicily, on this side of lighthouse - Vision of Europe" "International Fototage", Herten (D); |
| "Easter in Sicily" "Galerie Imago Fotokunst", Berlin; | |
| "Childrens" "Galerie Imago Fotokunst", Berlin; | |
| 2000 | "Islands of west Mediterranean" "Cultural Center Una Volta", Centre Mediterraneen de la Photographie, Bastia (Corsica); |
| "Easter in Sicily" "Blue Sky Gallery", Portland (Oregon); | |
| 1999 | "Aš" "Museum of Aš", Aš (Czech Rep.); |
| "Childrens", "Galerie 4", Cheb (Czech Rep.); | |
| "Easter in Sicily", "Galerie Trzi Lilie", Frantiskovy Lazne (Czech Rep.); | |
| "Fragments", "Association Contrejour, Atelier de Visu", Marseilles; | |
| "A journey in South Tunisia", "French Cultural Center", Palermo;" | |
| 1998 | "Easter in Sicily - Death and return to life", "Galleria Saba", New York; |
| 1997 | "Reflections of tales", "Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa", Palermo; |
| "Noah Ark", Bookstore "La Penna e la Civetta", Palermo; | |
| 1996 | "Sicilian eyes", "The Diaframma Kodak-Cultur; |
| 1995 | "Sleep", "Editorial Cultural Center Pier Paolo Pasolini" - Agrigento; |
| "Between sky and earth", "Palazzo delle Aquile" - Comune di Palermo; | |
| 1994 | "Between sky and earth", "Spazio foto S. Fedele", Milano; |
| "Sleep", "Acanto blù", cultural association, Palermo; | |
| "Addis Abeba", "Libreria Dante", Palermo; | |
| "Between sky and earth", "Fotodiagonale", international workshop organized by the "Gallerie 4" of Z. Illek, (Czech Rep.); | |
| 1993 | "Sicily", "Fotodiagonale", international workshop organized by Kultur-werkstatt-ost, Munich (D); |
| 1990 | "Women", "Oltremare", cultural association, Palermo; |
| 1989 | "The journey", "La Macchina dei sogni", annual festival organized by M. Cuticchio for the town of Palermo; |
| 1987 | "Youth Culture", opening of the "laboratorio d' IF" of L. Battaglia (Photographic Information), Palermo. |
| Group exhibitions: | |
| 2011 | "ROUND NEW YORK", X3 gallery, Palermo, Italy. With the Patronage of the General Consulate of the United States of America and with the support of Geolab srl and of Cusumano wine firm; |
| "CASA AUT", (SIKANIA RISING PROJECT) - Friday 11 November 2011 - by Laboratorio Saccardi, CINISI (Palermo); | |
| "A PARTIR DE L'EAU", Story of an unknown, Zelle Contemporary Art - Friday 28 october 2011 - Palermo; | |
| "ONE HUNDRED SICILIES", Luigi Ghirri Photograph Gallery - Corte Capitaniale, Caltagirone CT; | |
| 2010 | "25 YEARS OF GALLERY 4", "Gallerie 4", Aš (Czech Rep.) - 10 December from 6 p.m.; |
| "SWEET SHEETS (Moves to... Modica)", Palazzo della Cultura di Modica - Corso Umberto I, 149 Modica, Italy; | |
| "Images against walls", Photofestival "Horizonte Zingst", Ostsee (Baltic sea); | |
| "15 FOTOGRAFIE", Spazio Cannatella, Palermo; | |
| 2009 | "Aš 20 years after", a project with "Museum of Aš" and "Gallerie 4" (Czech Rep.); |
| "Dry as Dust", #01/Gate 21, Catania; | |
| 2008 | L’Humain, dans les collections du Centre Méditerranéen de la Photographie, Théâtre Propriano, Corsica (F); |
| "Premio celeste", Fabbrica Borroni, Milan; | |
| 2005 | "Vur sur la Méditéerranitée", 5° Biennale Photographique, Bonifacio - Corsica (F); |
| "Dormire nel Mirino", Studio 83 - Visiv Art Organization, Spoleto; | |
| 2003 | "Vur sur la Méditéerranitée", "Bastion De Saint Florent", Saint Florent (Corsica) (F); |
| 2002 | "Hundred Sicilies" "Foyer of Town Theater", Comiso; |
| "Cantieri aperti" a project with the choreographer Catherine Diverrès "Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa", Palermo; | |
| 2001 | "Vur sur la Méditéerranitée", Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia (Corsica) - Centre Mediterraneeen de la Photographie, Bastia, Corsica (F); |
| "Sicilian landscape" Loggiato di San Bartolomeo, Palermo; Palazzo dei Deputati, Bruxelles; | |
| "Mediterranée, Babylone de l’imaginaire" "French Cultural Center", Palermo; "Fnac", Belfort, Montpellier, Barcellona, Valencia; "Office of Culture, Marsiglia"; "Festival des cultures Méditerranéennes", La Fare-les-olivers; "Association Chambre à part", Strasbourg; | |
| "Collective show", "Turkley gallery", Dallas; | |
| "Photgraphic Competition organized by Photo Italia - first prize reportage" "International Photographic Center" of Verona's Scavi Scaglieri; | |
| 2000 | "Image 2000" "ArtCentre of Plano", Texas; |
| "Mediterranée, Babylone de l’imaginaire" "Fnac", Marseilles; "French Cultural Center", Genes; "Maison de la Photographie", Atene; | |
| "Mediterranide II" "Atelier d’ Artistes", Marsiglia; Office Culture Marseille, Marsiglia; | |
| 1999 | "Sleep in the view-finder" "Studio ’83 - organizzazione Arti visive", Spoleto; |
| "Mediterranée, Babylone de l’imaginaire" Fete escales à Venissieux, Lion; | |
| "Mediterranide - sguardi attraverso il Mediterraneo", looks through the Mediterranean, Chiesa dello Spasimo", Palermo; "Porto Antico", Genova; | |
| 1998 | "Assko 98" (ten years after), "Museo di Aš", Aš (Czech Rep.); |
| 1996 | "Inspired by the Botanic garden" "Orto Botanico", Palermo; |
| 1995 | "The journey in every aspect" "Fondazione G. Costa", Genova; |
| "Barriere" "Fotodiagonale", Edimburgo (GB); | |
| "Traditional religiosity in Sicily" ex Convento S. Spirito, Agrigento; | |
| "One year one hundred immages" part of the convenction "Capaci, how long ago", to commemorate the anniversary of judge G. Falcone's murder, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo; "Convento San Francesco", Manguria, (Puglia); | |
| 1994/96 | "Sicily in the contemporary photography" in different Goethe Institut of Germany |
| 1994 | "Images of a political campaign", "Museo Ken Damy di fotografia contemporanea", Brescia; "Centro culturale Pier Paolo Pasolini", Agrigento; "Rosamilia Photogallery", Castel San Giorgio, Salerno; "Libreria Campus", Torino; "Circolo Filologico Milanese", Milano; |
| 1993 | "Sicilian photographers", kermesse for the "Azienda Autonoma Provinciale" to increase tourism in Palermo, "Medivacanze '93, fiera del Mediterraneo", Palermo; |
| 1991 | "The face" "Facoltà di Lettere", University of Palermo. |
| Projects: | |
| 2008 | "Aš, venti anni dopo", a project with "Museum of Aš" and "Gallerie 4", (Czech Rep.); |
| 2006 | "The Landscape Exhibition without Frontier", "Gallerie 4", Aš (Czech Rep.); |
| 2002 | "Regards sur l’agglomération Bastiaise", "a project with "Centre Mediterranèe de la Photographie" in collaboration with the institution "Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes" |
| 2002 | "Cantieri", conceived by the choreographer Catherine Diverres per il "Centro Coreografico Nationale di Bretagna", Rennes; |
| 1999/2001 | "Mèditerranèe, Babylone de l’Imaginaire", a project with "France Cultural Center" of Palermo with Atelier de Visu, Atelier des Artistes and Office Culture of Marseille, "Mediterranide"; |
| 1998 | "Aš, dieci anni dopo", ", a project with "Museum of Aš" and "Gallerie 4;, Aš (Czech Rep.) |
| 1993/95 | "Fotodiagonale", International Workshop between the cities of Palermo,Edimburgo, Monaco and Cheb. |
| Publications: | |
| "Museo Regionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - La collezione", Palermo Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Electa 2012; | |
| "Francobolli d'Italia dal 1861 ad oggi", fascicolo 9, collezione ideata da Bolaffi spa 2011; | |
| "Lo Stato dell'Arte", Italian Cultural Institute, Padiglione Italia/54. Biennale di Venezia, edizione Skira, 2011; | |
| "Riso/Annex. I quaderni di Riso", n.1-2 / vol.VI-VII Others Medirerraneo, edizione Electa, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, 2011; | |
| "Agenda 2011", Riso editions - Contemporary art Museum of Sicily, Palermo 2010; | |
| "Attività 2010", Riso editions - Contemporary art Museum of Sicily, Palermo 2010; | |
| "Catherine Diverrès mémoires passantes", Irène Filiberti Co-édition CND / l'œil d'or, nov. 2010; | |
| "Abitare Palermo, Teatro los sentidos", a sensorial teather project, edition Riso 2009; | |
| "Aš Museum", Aš twenty years later, G4 edition - 2009 | |
| "La collezione di Riso", Museum of Contemporary art, Palermo 2009; | |
| "Catalogo degli artisti SACS 2009", Riso/Annex supplement. I quaderni di Riso 2009 n.2, vol. III Milano 2009; | |
| "Agenda Riso", Museum of Contemporary art, Palermo 2009; | |
| "Passaggi in Sicilia", La collezione di Riso e oltre, edizion Skira 2009; | |
| "Riso/Annex. I quaderni di Riso" n.2, edition Riso - Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, 2008; | |
| "Sicilia 1968/2008 Lo Spirito del Tempo", edition Riso - Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, edition Silvana 2009; | |
| "Riso/Annex. I quaderni di Riso" n.1, edition Riso - Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, edition 2008; | |
| "Sicile" Fantomes du Soufre, Charlemagne, edition Grands Reportages 2007; | |
| "Il Grande Cretto di A.Burri, Gibellina", edition Riso - Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, edition 2007 | |
| "The city-bridge between Asia and Europe", edition Leica, Photographic Diary - 2004 | |
| "Palermo", edition ArtGet Gallery - 2004; | |
| "Paques en Sicile", edition Grands Reportages - 2004; | |
| "Solunto antquarium", edition Soprintendenza per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali - Palermo 2003; | |
| "Ebrei e Sicilia", edition Flaccovio, Sop. B.C.A. Palermo - 2002; | |
| "Cantieri", edition Centre Choréographic National de Rennes e de Bretagne - 2002; | |
| "4.PhotoBiennale 2002", International Festival of Photography, edition Maison de la Photogrphie de Moscou - 2002; | |
| "Retrouver Palerme", edition Acte Sud & La Pensée du Midi" - 2002; | |
| "6.Internationale Fototage Herten", edition BildForum Herten - 2001; | |
| "Paesaggi in Sicilia", edition Peliti - 2001; | |
| "Blue Sky #29 & #30", 2001; | |
| "Image 2000, ArtCentre of Plano - 2000; | |
| "Modi Bruschi", edition Bruno Mondadori - 2000; | |
| "Méditerranée, Babylone de l'Imaginaire", edition Images en Manceuvres - 2000; | |
| "Mediterranide", 1999; | |
| "Viaggi nel Sud Tunisino", edition Fenetre sur... 1999; | |
| "The New Yorker", Aprile 1998; | |
| "Dìlna '98 - Assko po deseti Letech", edition G4 - 1998; | |
| "Ispirandosi all' Orto Botanico", edition Ariete - 1997; | |
| "Riflessi di racconti", edition indizi - 1997; | |
| "Arca di Noè", edition La Penna e La Civetta - 1997; | |
| "Sonno", edition Pier Paolo Pasolini - 1998; | |
| "Religiosità Popolare in Sicilia", edition Accademia di Studi Mediterranei - 1995; | |
| "Mezi Nebem A Zemì", edition G4 -1994; | |
| "Sizilien in der Heutigen Fotografie", edition Goethe Institut - 1994; | |
| "Pasqua in Sicilia", Indipendent Magazine - 1996; | |
| "Kermesse la Fotografia a Palermo", APT Palermo - 1993; | |
| "Le Città del Mezzogiorno", edition Bulzoni - 1992; | |
| "Grande Vù", edition of Battaglia - 1986/90. | |
| Calendars: | |
| "Siciliana Gas", Palermo 2003; | |
| "Siciliana Gas", Palermo 2001; | |
| "Ilford", Czech Rep. 2000; | |
| "Acqua Geraci", Palermo 1998; | |
| "Spazio Foto San Fedele", Milano 1996. | |
| Prizes: | |
| selected for the prize Premio Celeste Contemporary Art - 2008; | |
| first prize category Reportage, organized competition from magazine Photo Italia - 2000; | |
| selected for the prize Voice off, slide show at Fringe festival - Arles 1999; | |
| selected for the prize Oskar-Barnack Leica, slide show at Teatro Antico - Arles 1998; | |
| prize GR Namias, competition organized by magazine Progresso Fotografico - Italia 1998; | |
| prize Ritratto, competition organized by Kodak Italia 1996; | |
| prize competition organized by Progresso Fotografico magazine - Italia 1998; | |
| selected for the prize Preis fur Jungen Bildjournalismus, Bilderbergs Agfa 1993. | |