Massimiliano Gatti has a bachelor degree in Pharmacy and he is graduated in Photography at Cfp R. Bauer in Milan. From a long time he carries out a number of photographic researches about the Middle Eastern territory. He is photographer at the archeological mission in Middle East (2008-2011 in Qatna, Syria and from 2012 in Iraqi Kurdistan in the PARTeN project). This helps him to discover and know better the situation in these territories full of History and stories.
His approach is documentary and far away from the reportage, his research spans from the exploration of ancient ruins and past traces, to the observation of the complexity of contemporary reality. He bring forward everything proposing a personal thought. He took part of many group and solo exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
From 2013 he takes part as a photographer in the PARTeN project (Archaeological Project in the Land of Nineveh), an interdisciplinary research conducted by the University of Udine in Iraqi Kurdistan. Lives and works between Italy and the Middle East.
EDUCATION
2006 Bachelor degree in Pharmacy, Università degli studi, Pavia
2008 Degree in Photography, CFP R. Bauer, Milano
SELECTED SOLO
2012 Proximum est, San Pietro in Atrio, Como, IT
2013 Confini Invisibili, RB Contemporary, Milano, IT
2013 Work in Progress 2, Constructions of Landscape, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, SC
2015 Passages, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2015 Passages: selected images from Syria and Iraq, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Passages, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Washington, DC
2016 Il giorno in cui la memoria si è dissolta, Columbia University, New York, NY
2018 Hanno memoria le querce, BiBox, Palazzo Ferrero, Biella, IT
2019 Levante, Podbielski Contemporary, Milan, IT
2019 Hanno memoria le querce, Casa della Memoria, Milan, IT
2019 Sottopelle, storie di resistenze e persistenze, Forte Strino, Vermiglio, IT
2020 Sottopelle, storie di resistenze e persistenze, Palazzo Bertazzoli, Bagnolo Mella, IT
2020 Aleph, Studio la Città, Verona, IT
2021 Eyes on Tomorrow, IIC Mexico City, ME
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Piattaforma Zeronove, ex ospedale Sant’Agostino, Modena, IT
2011 International Departures 11 AIR, ex ospedale Sant’Agostino, Modena, IT
2012 CoCoCo Como Contemporary Contest, San Pietro in Atrio, Como, IT
2013 La Giovane Fotografia Italiana #02, Officina delle Arti, Reggio Emilia, IT
2013 E quindi uscimmo a vedere la stelle, galleria San Fedele, IT
2013 Ri-Nascere, Museo del Territorio Biellese, Biella, IT
2014 Circulation(s), Festival de la jeune photographie européenne, Centquatre, Paris, FR
2014 Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey Island, UK
2014 Trame della guerra. Dalla prima all’ultima, Castello Visconteo, Pavia, IT
2015 Obiecta, Galleria Giacomo Guidi, Roma, IT
2015 Nuove acquisizioni. Inediti e riscoperte dalla collezione della Galleria Civica di Modena, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, IT
2015 Biennale dei giovani artisti di Monza, Palazzo dell’Arengario, Monza, IT
2015 Un racconto fotografico, Triennale di Milano, Milano, IT
2016 Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, IT
2017 Archeologia del presente, Studio la città, Verona, IT
2017 Summer show, Studio la città, Verona, IT
2017 Colectiva Atlantica, TEA, Tenerife, SP
2017 Confini migranti, Palazzo Ferrero, Biella, IT
2018 Artifact Prize, Castello di Levizzano, IT
2018 Spatium, Palazzo Botti, Torre Pallavicina, IT
2018 Esercizi di scrittura, Palazzo La Marmora, Biella, IT
2019 Unseen, Westergas, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Un racconto fotografico, Triennale di Milano, Milano, IT
2019 Artissima, Oval Lingotto, Torino IT
2019 Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, IT
2019 La forma delle nuvole, BiBox, Palazzo Ferrero, Biella, IT
2020 Artefiera, Fiera Bologna, Bologna, IT
2020 Ore sospese, un diario italiano, Podbielski Contemporary, Milan, IT
2021 Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, IT
2021 Not only history, but our memory, Podbielski Contemporary, Milan, IT
2021 Unseen, Westergas, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Encontros da imagem, Braga, PT
2021 Photo Open Up, Cattedrale ex Macello, Padova IT
COLLECTIONS
BNL Art Collection
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena
Columbia University
California Museum of Photography
Galleria Civica di Modena
Musei Civici di Pavia
Collezioni Comune di Monza
Private collections
Website: massimilianogatti.com
Instagram: massimiliano_gatti
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