Giacomo Infantino (b.1993) is a visual artist based between Milan and Varese. He obtained the BA in New Media and the MA in Photography both at Brera Academy, in Milan. He also studied abroad at Hochschule Für Grafik Und Bunchkunst, in Lipsia. He’s currently attending the BA in History and Stories of the Contemporary World at Insubria University, in Varese.

Infantino’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally thanks to group and solo shows such as Hotel Plaza e De Russie, curated by Claudio Composti (Viareggio 2022), PH Museum Lab, (Bologna, 2022), Photometria Festival - Parallel Voices / (Greece 2022), Italian Institute of Culture (Prague 2021), Futuro Arcaico (Bari 2021), Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea - MUFOCO (Cinisello Balsamo, 2021), Camera Work Prize (Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna, 2019), Still Gallery (Milan, 2020), Garbatella Images (Rome, 2021), Museo degli Innocenti (Florence, 2021), B-Part Gallery (Berlin, 2020), ABITARE - 999 Una collezione di domande sull'abitare contemporaneo (Triennale di Milano, 2018).

Besides his research has been published nationally and internationally through papers and platforms such as Der Greif Issue14 (2021), A Week From Monday Viaindustriae Publishing (2021), Yogurt Magazine – Bad Taste (2020), Fresh Eyes 2020 (2020), Rolling Stones Italia - Black Camera (2020), Il Fotografo n.326 (2020), T-Mag Issue n.8 (2020), PHROOM Platform (2018). Between 2019 and 2021 Infantino has participated in several artistic residencies through the Italian peninsula such as: Garbatella Images curated by Francesco Zizola (Rome, 2021), A Week From Monday – curated by Viainsutriae Publishing (Foligno, 2020), Panorami contemporanei e luoghi in trasformazione curated by Matteo Balduzzi and Caterina Benvegnù (Padova/Milan 2020-2021), BoCS Art – curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio (Cosenza, 2019).

From 2022 Infantino carries out a collaboration as a portfolio reader with Nikon Italia aimed to publish the series “Accademia fotografia”, distributed by Il Corriere della Sera in Partnership with Bauer and Nikon School.

Since 2020 he has been working as a contributor and content writing for Phroom Platform and from 2022 for the Giornale dell'Arte.

“Through photography and moving images, Giacomo Infantino’s imaginary takes form and mentions, deconstructs, regenerates and generates myths and mythology that are surrounded by a natural and supposedly timeless scenario, almost archetypal but in a contemporary way. Light has such a key role in his visions. It’s not the sun light, it’s the one that belong to the dark. This kind of light let us see the dark, to look it into its eyes. Despite it appear to us through acid and electric colours with artificial form, it suggest us an ontological doubting about the nature of his source."

Lidia Bianchi


STUDIES

2021 – History and Stories of the Contemporary World - Insubria University, Varese, IT
2019 – Hochschule Fur̈ Grafik Und Buchkunst (Erasmus+), Leipzig, DE
2019 – MA in Photography - Brera Academy, Milan, IT
2015 – BA in Art and Media - Brera Academy, Milan, IT

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2022 – “Parallel Voices” - Photometria International Photography Festival in Greece – Winner
2021 – Der Greif Issue 14 Open Call: YES TO ALL by Sylvie Fleury. Release event during Paris Photo
2021 – PH Museum 2021 Mobile Photography. Selected by Kate Bubacz for the collective Feature on BuzzFeed News and collective Feature on The Smart View selected by Rosa Roth
2021 – Marco Pesaresi Prize, SiFest – Finalist
2021 – "RADICI" / Futuro Arcaico - Osservatorio Artistico Digitale, curated by Folklore Elettrico – Winner
2021 – Mediterraneo Fotografia – Winner
2020 – Shortlisted of the Open Call "Air Land 3.0 / Inside Land" – Finalist
2020 – Shortlisted of Premio Nocivelli - photography section – Finalist
2020 – 100 Greatest Emerging Photography Talent in Europe by FRESH EYES, on printed book - Powered by GUP Magazine
2020 – Shortlisted of Wellcome Photography Prize, category "Hidden Worlds" – Finalist
2020 – "Panorami Contemporanei e luoghi in trasformazione" - Artist Residency / MUFOCO, MiBACT, SIAE, GAI – Winner
2019 – Premio Stelle d'Europa / AICCRE Lombardia, European Parliament – First prize in Digital Art
2019 – Marco Pesaresi Prize, SiFest – Finalist
2019 – Camera Work - Slow Photo, Palazzo Rasponi – Winner
2019 – Premio Acqua dell'Elba – Special Mention
2019 – PRS Talent Prize Paratissima Torino – Winner
2019 – Premio Equita per Brera, Sala Napoleonica, Milan – Winner
2019 – Photo Prize Paratissima Milano, BASE Milano – Winner
2018 – BìFoto Prize, International festival of photography in Sardinia – Winner
2017 – Marco Pesaresi Prize, SiFest – Finalist

SOLO EXHIBITION

2023 – "Eden e Realtà" - Il difficile rapporto tra uomo e natura. Auditorium Piero Calamandrei, La Scala Società tra Avvocati, Milano, IT
2023 – "Panorami contemporanei e luoghi in trasformazione" - Dual solo exhibitions of Giacomo Infantino - Giuliana Conte. Centro Civico d'Arte e Cultura Altinate, Padova, IT
2022 – Desired Constellations, Plaza Project Art Room at Hotel Plaza e De Russie, curated by Claudio Composti, Viareggio, IT
2021 – Cerchio di perpetua occultazione, Civic Archaeological Museum of Villa Mirabello, Insight Foto Festival, Varese, IT
2019 – Nuovo paesaggio italiano, Still Gallery, curated by Alessandro Curti and Giada Storelli, Milan, IT
2019 – Camera Work Prize, Solo exhibition at Palazzo Rasponi II, Ravenna, IT

ARTISTIC RESIDENCES

2022 – Searth - The European Video-Art Contest in the Adriatic Lagoon, Grado, IT
2021 – Hotel Plaza e De Russie, curated by Claudio Composti, Viareggio, IT
2021 – Selected for Garbatella Images curated by Francesco Zizola, Roma, IT
2020 – A Week From Monday, ideated by Viaindustriae in collaboration with Holydays Festival, Scopoli / Foligno, IT
2020 – Panorami Contemporanei e luoghi in trasformazione / MUFOCO, MiBACT, SIAE, GAI - curated by Matteo Balduzzi, Padova, IT
2020 – Selected for the Scuola Nomade di Belle Arti / Sergio Breviario, Ermanno Cristini, David De Carolis, Giancarlo Norese, IT
2019 – BoCs Art residence, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Cosenza, IT

MASTERCLASS

2021 – Nuove modalità operative per la fotografie, workshop with Paolo Woods, IT
2021 – Il fotolibro nel panorama dell'editoria indipendente, workshop with Tommaso Parrillo, Witty Books, Milano, IT
2021 – Dis-connessi - Adolescenti e tecnologie, selected for the Workshop with Raimond Wouda, Istituto Marangoni, Milano, IT
2020 – Euristica del corpo / Andrea Contin, Linguaggicreativi Theater, Milano - IT
2020 – Esposizione preliminare delle proposizioni fondamentali di una dottrina, with Milovan Farronato,Casa degli artisti, Milano, IT
2020 – Futuribile, workshop with Renata Boero, Casa degli Artisti, Milano, IT
2017 – Canon Student Residency Masterclass with Magnum at Visa Pour l'Image Festival, Perpignan, FR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 - "White Carrara" - Palazzo Binelli, Curated By Claudio Composti, Carrara - IT
2023 - Villa Cicogna Mozzoni - Curated by Giorgia Vanzolini, Varese - IT
2023 – "Se una notte d'inverno" - CONDOMINIO - curated by Caterina Angelucci & Andrea Elia Zanini, Milan -IT
2022 – "Miasma" - Tiresia Gallery - curated by Chiara Franchi & Elena Perugi, Carrara - IT
2022 – "Mock Jungle" - Art City Bologna, curated by Metoché, Bologna – IT
2022 – “Where my feet stand”, Liquida Photo Festival, ARTiglieria Contemporary Art Center, Turin – IT
2022 – “Presence”, PH Museum Lab, Bologna – IT
2022 – “Parallel Voices” - Photometria Festival, Ioannina – EL
2022 – "Whish You Were Here", Casa del Commiato , Bergamo – IT
2022 – “Sentieri, di Storie Umane e Nature Immaginate”, Villa Besozzi Casati, Cologno Monzese – IT
2021 – "Panorami Contemporanei e luoghi in trasformazione" , Museo di Fotogorafia Contemporanea / MUFOCO, IT
2021 – DOMANI – Aspettative, previsioni e desideri per l'epoca post pandemica", progetto BreraBicocca, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milan – IT
2021 – ET CETERA – ISOLATION: 16 Italian young photographers - Italian Cultural Institute, Prague – CZ
2021 – Estate Romana / Garbatella Images, Duo solo exhibitions curated by Francesco Zizola at 10b Photography, Rome, IT
2021 – RADICI, Futuro Arcaico Fest, curated by Folklore Elettrico Studio, Valona, AL
2021 – RADICI, Futuro Arcaico Fest / curated by Folklore Elettrico Studio. Outdoor exhibition in the historic center of Bari, IT
2021 – "disConnessi. Adolescenti e nuove tecnologie". Exhibition with Raimond Wouda at Museo degli Innocenti in collaboration with Marangoni institute foundation, Firenze, IT
2021 – Phes+ival / Avanguardie Fotografiche, curated by Claudia Ioan and Massimiliano Tuveri. promoted and organized by:Officine Creative Italiane, Comune di Perugia, IT
2021 – A Second to the Found Terminus, book presentation at Gogol & Company bookshop, curated by Self-Self Books, Milano, IT
2021 – Maratona di Visione | 3o Rassegna Online di Videoarte, curated by Alberto Ceresoli. Represented by Osservatorio Futura, Turin, IT
2020 – New talent, curated by PEP / Photographic Exploration project. Collective exhibitions at B-Part Gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 – Official Selection of ICA Film Festival, Pune, IND
2020 – BRAERAKLASSE#5 – Iper Esterno Interno, collective exhibition at CAREOF Project during Walk In Studio, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, IT
2020– Land 3.0 Inside Land, Museum of Contemporary Arts / Ex officina ferroviaria, Barge, IT
2020 – Nello Spazio fa Freddo, collective exhibitions at Chippendale Studio during Archivi Aperti and Walk-in Studio, Milano, IT
2020 – Premio Nocivelli, group exhibition at Chiesa della Disciplina, Verolanuova, Brescia, IT
2020 – Official Selection at 60 Second Intl. Film Festival 2020, Islamabad, PK
2020 – Screening on VisualcontainertTV, International Videoart Channel curated by Kerry Baldry, London, UK
2020 – FRESH EYES 2020 - GUP Magazine, book launching at Belfast Photo Festival - UK, Fotografia Europea - IT and Les Boutographies - FR
2020 – Tra naufragi e voli, OfficinARS Fotografia, Fotografia Europea Circuito OFF, Villa Sistemi Reggiana, Reggio Emilia, IT
2020 – Let's call it a day, Handstand & Moral gallery, Leipzig, DE
2020 – Isolation, Living Oneself, LoosenArt Gallery, Millepiani Gallery, Roma, IT
2020 – PTE - PromotionTrade Exhibition, Fiera Milano Milano, IT
2019 – Tra Cielo e Terra, project ideated by Claudio Boerchia with the collaboration of MUFOCO and Matteo Balduzzi, Villa Ghirlanda, Milan, IT
2019 – Che riguarda la fotografia, Centrale Festival & Osservatorio di Fotografia, Palazzo D'Auria, Lucera, IT
2019 – Premio Arte Acqua dell'Elba, Centro per le arti figurative Telemaco Signorini, Porto Ferrario, IT
2019 – Centrale Fotografia, curated by Luca Panaro, Rocca Malatestiana – Fano, IT
2019 – Lievi e precisi come determinati voli - Sguardi altri sulla cura e la ricerca dei tumori, Grattacielo Pirelli, Milano, IT
2019 – Other Identity, Altre forme di identità culturali e pubbliche, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, IT
2018 – ContemporaneaMENTI, L'Arsenale foundation, Iseo, IT
2018 – Premio Riccardo Prina, Ghiggini Gallery, Varese, IT
2018 – Premio Riccardo Prina, La Triennale di Milano, Milano, IT
2018 – Cinematic Vision, ImageNations Gallery, ICI Venice, Magazzini del Caffè / Martin Vegas, during Venice Film Festival Days, Venezia, IT
2018 – Voies Off Festival, ImageNation Gallery, curated by Martin Vegas, Arles, FR.
2018 – Ultra // Cronache Inaudite, SEDICI Association, Prato, IT
2018 – Winners of the Premio Luna Rosa, Palazzo Poli, Roma, IT
2018 – ABITARE - 999 Una collezione di domande sull'abitare contemporaneo, Ideated by MUFOCO, MiBACT curated by Stefano Mirti, La Triennale di Milano, Milano, IT
2018 – Dei Nuovi Confini Della Fotografia, Fabbrica Del Vapore, Milano Photo Week, Milano, IT
2018 – Studi Aperti, La fotografia d'autore incontra l'architettura, Brusa Pasquè Studio, with Luca Andreoni & Roberto Caielli, Varese, IT
2017 – Ex Studio Piero Manzoni, curated by Stefano Pizzi, Milano, IT

TALKS & INTERVIEWS

2021 – Mediterraneo fotografia
2020 – Rolling Stone Italia, Black Camera
2020 – New Old Camera Milano and Canon Europe presents: "Student development programme 2020". Online meeting With Giulietta Palumbo, content editor Magnum and Maysa Moroni
2019 – Il paesaggio come ricerca, interview for Discordi fotografici magazine
2019 – We Land Photo Fest, talk with Cosmo Laera at Palazzo Risolo, Specchia, IT
2019 – Nuovo paesaggio italiano, curated by Alessandro Curti, Still Young Gallery, Milano, IT
2018 – Paratissima Milano - BASE Milano - Milan Photo Week, with Roberto Caielli, Milano, IT
2018 – La fotografia d'autore incontra l'architettura - Studio Brusa Pasque,̀ Varese, IT
2018 – PHROOM, Interview / Dialogue with Roberto Caielli & Giacomo Infantino
2018 – Interview for Darlin Magazine
2017 – Speaker for company training for Canon Imaging Partner Event during the Cortona on the move, Cortona, IT

CATALOGS / PAPER

2022 – Der Greif - Yes to All | Issue n.14
2022 – Artein
2022 – The Smart View, TVS_004 – Haunting Shadows, IT
2022 – Archivio Contemporaneo, IT
2022 – Panorami Contemporanei e luoghi in trasformazione, curated by Matteo Balduzzi, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano – IT
2021 – A Week From Monday, Book published by Viaindustriae Publishing, Foligno, IT
2021 – T-mag - Issue N.09 Videoteque, editorial work with Massimo Pericolo and Lab Zero
2021 – T-mag - Issue N.08 ONIRICA. Arcaico Contemporaneo. Interview
2020 – Yogurt Magazine -BAD TASTE Flavour. Issue published by Yogurt Editions
2020 – Il Fotografo N.326, Editorial by Matteo Balduzzi
2020 – Catalog of Premio Nocivelli 2020, IT
2020 – Selected by the jury and included in the official catalog of the Combat 2020 Prize with the Unreal series
2020 – Lampoon Magazine - Issue N.21
2020 – Buone notizie - Il Corriere della Sera
2020 – Crisis - International students publication – Vienna
2019 – Territori di frontier, Un progetto A Regola d’Arte, book created by Riccardo Scarparo and Giacomo Infantino, promoted by Mediafriends Onlus & Brera Academy
2019 – Feeling Italian, Book Ideated By SIETAR Italia
2019 – Tra cielo e terra, ideated by Claudio Boerchia with the collaboration of MUFOCO and Matteo Balduzzi. Villa Ghirlanda, MUFOCO, Cinisello Balsamo, IT
2019 – Bottega della fotografia, La Repubblica
2019 – Catalog of XXV ORA! – Contro il femminicidio, Luna Rosa Association
2019 – Caatalog of Lievi e precisi come determinati voli, Sguardi altri sulla cura e la ricerca dei tumori
2017 – Vittore Frattini, Nulla Dies Sine Lineas, NOMOS EDIZIONI, preface by Philippe Daverio
2017 – STOP MAGAZINE, Issue 2

ART FAIRS

2020 – Fresh Eyes Photo Fair, Zuiveringshal, Westergas, Amsterdam, NL
2019 – MIA Photo Fair, Represented by Still Gallery curated by Alessandro Curti, Milano, IT
2018 – Paratissima Milano Art Fair, BASE Milano during the Milano Photo Week, Milano, IT
2018 – Paratissima Art Fair, Torino, IT
2018 – MIA Photo Fair, Represented by Caielli Fine Art, Milano, IT
2018 – Novegro Photo Day, Novegro, IT

WORKS AND WORKSHOP

2022 – Linguaggi della fotografia e Progettazione, Cascina Roma, IT
2018 – Workshop | Ecosistema Olona: Territorial reading, Soundscape, Photography / Polytechnic of Milan, Induno Olona, IT
2018 – IRCCS foundation - National Cancer Institute, Milano, IT
2017 – A Regola d'Arte, Mediafriends Onlus, Milano, IT

SELECTED WEB PUBLICATIONS

2022 – Der Greif, DE
2021 – Fresh Eyes / GUP Magazine, NL
2020 – CNN STYLE, UK
2020 – PERIMETRO, IT
2020 – Rolling Stone Italia, Black Camera, IT
2019 – Interview for Discorsi Fotografici, IT
2019 – Yogurt Magazine, Unreal, IT
2019 – PHROOM, Stole the night, IT
2019 – BestSelected Project, IT
2019 – Artribune, Nuovo paesaggio italiano, IT
2018 – EXIBART, IT
2018 – Rivista Segno, IT
2018 – Darlin Magazine, Interview, IT
2018 – FP Mag, IT
2018 – IGNANT, DE
2018 – Aesthetica Magazine, UK
2018 – C41 Magazine, IT
2017 – Landscape Stories, IT
2017 – Artpil, FR

COLLECTIONS

2022 – Permanent Collection at Bicocca University, Milan, IT
2020 – Permanent Collection at Museum of Contemporary Arts / Ex officina ferroviaria, Barge, IT
2018 – Luna Rosa Association, Crotone, IT