Born in Perugia in 1989, Mattia Micheli is a visual artist and documentary photographer based in Italy.
He achieved a BSc in International Relations (2012, University of Perugia) and a BA in Photography (2015, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence). During his academic residency at Fondazione Marangoni he participated in a student exchange program with Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
He took part in several workshops with renowned artists (George Tatge, Mathieu Bernard Reymond, Paolo Verzone, Wolfgang Zurborn) and worked as Assistant Photographer (Abelardo Morell, Terraproject, Rick Pushinsky and Steve Double).
He was lead photographer at the International Journalism Festival 2014, 2015, 2016. In 2016 he founded “Stigma Archive”: a collective box for the work of six Italian documentary photographers leading to the publication of a fanzine and with that an exhibition.
He was recipient of Parallelozero Agency fellowship in 2016.
Since 2017 he’s been working in the field of contemporary photography taking part at various festivals with collective and personal exhibitions including Voies Off, Image Vevey, Encontros da Imagem, Athens PhotoFestival, Krakow Photomonth.
In 2018 he was invited to exhibit his work at Maison de l’Image Tunis, as part of a multidisciplinary art exchange program promoted by UNESCO.
He is currently working on a project about the anthropization of the Alps.
2015 - 2021
Freelance photographer
2018
Photography teacher, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy
2015 - 2018
Assistant for photographers: Michele Borzoni, Steve Double, Abelardo Morell, Rick Punshinsky, Terraproject
2015-2016
Fellowship program, Parallelozero, Milan, Italy
2012-2015
Three-year course in photography, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy
2008-2012
Bachelor degree in International Relations, Università degli Studi di Perugia,Italy
BBC Focus / Corriere 7 magazine / Der Greif / D la Repubblica / De Morgen / de Volkskrant / Forbes / Internazionale / Le Point / la Repubblica / La Stampa / Neue Zürcher Zeitung / Munchies / Sportweek / Wired / Vice / Tatler / The Stylist / The Guardian / The Telegraph
2020
Emcontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
2020
Rooms with a view, Maison de l’Image, Tunis
2019
Dochouse 31, Florence, Italy
2018
Friendly Fire Solo Exhibition, Maison de l’Image, Tunis
2017
Guest Room: Image Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland / Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
2016
Gazebook, Puntasecca, Ragusa, Italy / Slideluck, Prato, Italy / Voies Off 2016 / Festival Voies Off 2016, Arles, France / Stigma Archive group exhibition, Le Artigiane, Rome, Italy / A process 2.0, Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, Poland
2015
Leica Talk, Photolux, Lucca, Italy / Friendly Fire Solo Exhibition, Postmodernissimo, Perugia, Italy / Millennials A.I.A.P., La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy / Third Year Program Final Exhibition, Fsm Gallery, Florence, Italy / Sculpture Currently Updating, IED, Florence, Italy / Scuplture Currently Updating Opening Presentation, CCC Strozzina, Florence, Italy / Um Olhar Do Retrato, A Pequena Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal
2014
HIDEntity, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2013
Dimora Luminosa Beyond Borders, Basilica di Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy
Amazon Prime Video / Aiym Studio / Blink / Boffi e de Padova / Boom Image Studio / CAM Sugar Music / Contrasto / Costa Crociere / Home In Italy / Isole & Olena / International Journalism Festival / Luxury Retreats / National Geographic / Musei Civici Fiorentini / Pitti Immagine / Rubner Haus / Space 23