Mauro Fiorese

Artist and educator, he works as Fine-Art Photographer since more than twenty five years. His images are published in several books and his essays are collected and published in a text book entitled “Fotografia a sua immagine e somiglianza” (Ibiskos Editore, 2004). His body of work “corpolibero” (free body) – a long-term photographic inquiry on the world of handicap – was awarded in 1997 with the TOP 100 World Photographers list of the Ernst Haas/Golden Light Award. He worked as Professor of Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1998 to 2014 in Verona, Italy where he also taught at the University of Verona. He also taught at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Study Abroad Program and at I.E.D. Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan Italy. He lectured at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas at Santa FePhotographic Workshops, NM and at the International Center of Photography in New York. He also curated exhibitions and a series of lectures on Masters of Contemporary Photography at the Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri in Verona, Italy. His photographs are part of private collections and public institutions, such as the Museum of Fine Art in Houston (Tx), Bibliothèque Nationale de France, W. Hunt collection in New York, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia “Scavi Scaligeri” in Verona and Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea in Cinisello Balsamo in Milan, Italy. His works have been awarded and exhibited since 1996, in the U.S, Japan, Canada and Europe in private Galleries and Public Institutions, Fairs and Festivals, including the last 54th International Venice Art Biennale and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. In the Year 2015 Mauro was invited in Davos, Switzerland to speak at the World Economic Forum among the forty world Cultural leaders of the Year. Mauro spoke about his project "libra in cancer" a story he wrote and illustrated with his photographs about his recent journey with a stage four lung Cancer that changed his life. COLLECTIONS Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tx Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris – France Dancing Bear/William Hunt collection, New York Centro Internazionale di fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo (Mi), Italy REPRESENTATIVE GALLERIES Robert Mann Gallery, New York Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Dusseldorf Micamera – Photography and Lens-Based Arts, Milano Boxart Gallery, Verona AWARDS and Public ASSIGNMENTS 2015 Codice MIA Award 2015 Winner, Milan-Italy 2011 Medal of representation by President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano for the exhibition “COLIN Cronos: Quel che resta della memoria” curated by Mauro Fiorese International Center of Photography Scavi Scaligeri, Verona - Italy 2010 Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna, Venezia, Italy 2008 Backlight 2008 “Tickle Attack” – WOLKERSDORF, Austria International Photography Awards – New York Kaunas Photo 2008 – Kaunas, Lituania 2005 International Poetry and Literature award Città di Salò 2005 2004 MINISTRY OF WORK AND SOCIAL POLITICS Incarico di contributo, in rappresentanza dell’Italia, alla esposizione fotografica per la “Seconda Conferenza Europea dei Ministri responsabili per le politiche di integrazione delle persone portatrici di handicap” del Consiglio d’Europa. Malaga, Spain 1997 “GoIden Light/Ernst Haas Award: The TOP 100 World Photographers list” Premio Marangoni 1997 for a photographic Project (awarded work: corpolibero) SELECTED SHOWS Venues 54° ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE DELLA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA Groege Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film, Rochester, NY International Center of Photography Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany Palazzo dell’Arengario, Milano CREM – Club des residents etrangers de Monaco – Montecarlo MAM-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Alto Mantovano Fondazione Mazzotta, Milano Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Firenze Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Palazzo Forti, Verona Venice art Palace, Otaru, Japan Festival della Fotografia Savignano immagine, Savignano sul Rubicone International Photography Awards – New York Spazio Arte S. Fedele, Milano Galerie Fontana Fortuna, Amsterdam John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Tx Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario FNAC Photo Galleries Italy (Milan, Turin, Napoli, Genova,Verona) Snapper Bear Studios in Noho, New York, NY A.I.P.A.D. Show, New York MIA Milan Image Art Fair ART MONACO - Montecarlo Contemporary Art Fair Monat der Fotografie, Wien