Nicolò Degiorgis
Born in 1985 between Bolzano and Bozen, lives and works in Schio, Italy
Contact
Say hello@nicolodegiorgis.com
Upcoming & ongoing
Solo Shows
Galleria Eugenia Delfini, Rome (IT), E se l’orizzonte non fosse il confine?, 2023
MAD-Murate Art District, Florence (IT): 102m, 2023
Lumen Museum, Brunico (IT); Farms, Flakes & Peaks, 2022
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT); Am Rand, 2020
LE CAP - Centre d'arts plastiques de Saint-Fons (France): Nicolò Degiorgis, 2018
École Supérieure d’Art et Design (Grenoble, France): La Villeneuve, 2018
Museum Kitzbühl (Austria): Nicolò Degiorgis, 2018
Museion (Bolzano, Italy): Nicolò Degiorgis, 2017
Casa Circondariale (Bolzano, Italy): Work in progress, 2017
Plessi Museum (Brennero, Italy): Il ponte, 2017
Seminario Maggiore (Bressanone, Italy): Hidden Islam, 2017
Villaggio Eni - Dolomiti Contemporanee (Borca di Cadore, Italy): Peak, 2017
Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Paris, Italy): Le Tunnell, 2017
Scuola Langer Schule (Bolzano, Italy): Heimatkunde, 2017
Prisma Gallery (Bolzano, Italy): Oasis Hotel, 2014
Cubo Garutti/Museion (Bolzano, Italy): Camera Cubica, 2013
Centro Trevi (Bolzano, Italy): Alpini, 2012
ar/ge kunst (Bolzano, Italy): Selma Alacam & Nicoló Degiorgis, 2011
Italian Institute of Culture (Copenhagen, Denmark): Transitando, 2010
Gallery foto-forum (Bolzano, Italy): The Forgotten Islam, 2009
Comune di Egna (Egna, Italy): Alpini, 2012
Centro per la Cultura (Merano, Italy): Alpini, 2012
Circolo Ufficiali della Brigata Tridentina (Bressanone, Italy): Alpini, 2012
Group Shows
Fondazione Memmo, Rome (IT): Conversation Pieces, 2023
MAXXI, Rome (IT): Fuori Tutto, 2023
Museo della Tonnara, Favignana (IT): IMAGINARIUM, 2023
Fondazione Orestiadi, Gibellina (IT): Photoroad Gibellina - Alibaba e il rifiuto dell'oro, 2023
Kunst Meran/o (IT): Vielheit [molteplicità]. Storie dalla società post-migrante, 2023
Maxxi, Rome (IT); Blue as Gold - Premio Piero Siena, 2022
Centro Trevi, Bolzano-Bozen (I); Premio Piero Siena, 2022
Museion, Bolzano-Bozen (I); TECHNO, 2021
Stadtgallerie Brixen-Galleria Civica Bressanone (I); Empatizzanti-Empathisanten, 2020
Maxxi, Rome (IT); Real_Italy, 2020
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien (AT), 2020
Hofburg, Brixen-Bressanone (IT); Beauty Case, 2019
Mart, Galleria Civica Trento (IT); Everyday Life. Economia globale e immagine contemporanea, 2019
Contemporanea in Magnifica, Pieve di Cadore (IT), Degiorgis/Fliri/Tomè, 2019
Mambo, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (IT), That’s IT!, 2018
Museion, Hämatli & Patriæ, Bolzano-Bozen (IT), 2017
Fotografia Europea, Up To Now. Fabrica Photography, Reggio Emilia (I), May 2017
Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, Foam Talent, London (UK), May 2017
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, A House, halfway, Torino (IT), May 2017
Pinacoteca Comunale di Castello, Violenti confini, Città di Castello (IT), April 2017
Kunst Meran/o Arte, Wer ist noch österreichisch?, Merano (IT), April 2017
Red Hook Labs, Foam Talent, New York (US), March 2017
3rd Nanjing International Art Festival, Historicode: Scarcity and supply, Nanjing (PRC), November 2016
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 16a Quadriennale d’arte, Roma (IT), October 2016
Fotodok, Belief On The Move, Utrecht (NL), September 2016
Ragusa Fotofestival, Ragusa (IT), July 2016
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Passo dopo passo, Torino (I), May 2016
Observing the Ritual, Dubai, May 2016
Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki, Finnland): Festival of Political Photography, February 2016
Architekturzentrum (Wien, Austria): Zoom, Januray 2016
Franzensfeste (Fortezza, Italy): Modes of Democracy, November 2015
Macro (Rome, Italy): Festival Internazionale di Fotografia, October 2015
Forma Meravigli (Milan, Italy): Il racconto onesto, April 2015
Architekturmuseum - Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, Germany): Zoom, April 2015
Format Festival - Pearson Building (Derby, UK): Evidence, March 2015
Dox - Center for contemporary art (Prague, Czech Republic): Modes of Democracy, November 2014
Macro (Rome, Italy): Festival Internazionale di Fotografia, September 2014
Altes Kraftwerk (Bad Gastein, Austria): Sommerfrische Kunst, July 2013
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Torino, Italy): The 338 Hour Cineclub, May 2013
Triennale (Milan, Italy): Altagamma, December 2013
Academy Cassa di Risparmio (Bolzano, Italy), December 2012
Fo.Ku.S. (Innsbruck, Austria): Ansichten an sich, December 2012
Museo della Permanente (Milano, Italy): Premio Cairo, December 2012
Franzensfeste (Fortezza, Italy): Panorama, June 2012
Kunst Meran|o Arte (Merano, Italy): La stalla in disuso - Der nicht mehr gebrauchte Stall, September 2011
Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia (Milano, Italy): Milano, un minuto prima, June 2011
Fondazione Spinola Banna (Poirino, Italy): Opera 2010, February 2010
Palazzo Ducale (Genova, Italy): Persona in meno, Septmeber 2010
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice, Italy): Open Studios, November 2010
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Guarene, Torino): Persona in meno, April 2010
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice, Italy): Workshow, March 2010
New Museum (New York, US): Imaginares, May 2009
Prisma Gallery (Bolzano, Italy): Start II, Septmeber 2009
Curated Shows
Foto-Forum, Bolzano-Bozen (I), Like Chewing Gum On Asphalt, 2021
German Museum of Technology, Berlin (DE), The Pigeon Photographer, March 2018
Museion, Bolzano-Bozen (I), Hämatli & Patriæ, January 2017 - January 2018
Foto-forum, Bolzano-Bozen (I), Chapter 3: The Control of Images, with Sabine Gamper, 2017
Foto-Forum, Bolzano-Bozen (I), Floating Worlds, Max Pinckers & Daisuke Yokota, May 2016
Foto-Forum, Bolzano-Bozen (I), The Encyclopedia of Kurt Caviezel, May 2015
Foto-Forum, Bolzano-Bozen (I), Chapter 2: The conflict of Images, with Sabine Gamper, December 2015
Foto-Forum, Bolzano-Bozen (I), Chapter 1: The Hierarchy of Images, with Sabine Gamper, December 2014
Publications
Prison Museum, Rorhof, Bolzano-Bozen (I), 2021
Blue as gold, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2017
Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2016
Heimatkunde, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2016
Peak, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2015
Hidden Islam - 479 Comments, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2014
La Laguna di Venezia, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2014
Oasis Hotel, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2014
Hidden Islam, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2014
The Long 19th Century Digested Vol.1 & Vol. 2, Rorhof, Bolzano-Bozen (I), 2019
The Pigeon Photographer, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2017
Hämatli & Patriæ, Humbolt Books, Milan (I), 2017
Prison Photography, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2017
Floating Worlds - Max Pinckers & Daisuke Yokota, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2016
Transart, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2015
Chapter 2: The Conflict of Images, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2015
The Encyclopedia of Kurt Caviezel, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2015
Chapter 1: The Hierarchy of Images, Rorhof, Bolzano (I), 2014
Education
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of East-Asian Studies, 2006-2008
Capital Normal University of Beijing, 2007
University of Trieste, Faculty of Political Science, 2010-11
University of Leiden, Faculty of Political Science, 2018
Residencies
Kunsthistorischen Institut Florenz - MAD, Florence (IT), 2023
Kunsthalle Exnergasse - WUK, Wien (AT), 2019-2020
Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (NL), 2018
Italian Cultural Institute, Paris (FR), 2017
Sommerfrische Kunst, Bad Gastein (AT), 2013
Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice (I), 2009-10
Fabrica, Benetton's Communication Research Center, Treviso (I), 2008-09
Teaching
Penitential Institute of Bolzano/Bozen (I), 2013-2023
Fondazione Arti Visive di Modena (IT), 2017-2022
Free University of Bolzano/Bozen (I), 2014-2018
Lectures & workshops
SISF Summer-school, Pieve Tesino (IT), 2022
Schule Friedl Kubelka, Vienna (AT), 2021
MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest (HU), 2020
RM - Istituto di Mode e Design, Milano (IT), 2019
KABK - Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL), 2016
Academy of Art and Design St. Joost (NL), 2016
ISIA, Urbino (I), 2016
IUAV, Venice (I), 2016
Plymouth University (UK), March 2016
University of South Wales, Newport (UK), 2015
University of Leeds, Leeds (UK) 2014
University of Triest, Triest (I) 2014
Awards
Premio Piero Siena, Bolzano-Bozen (IT), 2022
Books & Others, ICA Milan (IT), 2022
Premio Bastianelli, special mention, Rome (IT), 2022
Historical Book Award, Rencontres d’Arles (FR), 2018
Premio Bastianelli, Rome (IT), 2018
Professor Hilde Goldschmidt Preis, Kitzbühel (AT), 2017
Italian Council, Rome (I), 2017
Foam Talent, Foam, Amsterdam (NL), 2016
Aperture Paris Photo First Book Award, 2014
Gold at the German Photobook Awards, 2014
Author Book of the Year, Rencontres d’Arles, 2014
PDN30, Photo District News, New York (US), 2011
Selected Press
Eikon #118, Nicolò Degiorgis, Farms. Flakes. Peaks, 5,2022,Anna Fliri
Camera Austria International n.158, Prison Museum, 2022, Margit Neuhold, Jakob Thaller
WIRED Japan, Hidden Islam, 18.05.2017, Obara, Kazuma
Eurozine, The political geographies of Muslim visibility, 30.03.2017, Bialasiewicz, Luiza
Flash Art, Nicolò Degiorgis, 02.2017, Gregnanin, Giulia
Generazione Critica. Arte, fotografia e tecnica 2016, Danilo Montanari Editore, Disembodied Voices, 10.2016, Carazzato, Frida
#45 Foam Talent, Nicolò Degiorgis: Hidden Islam, 08.2016
Exposure Japan; Hidden Islam; February 2nd, 2015
La Stampa, La solitudine dei confini si costruisce „passo dopo passo“, 16.05.2016, Moliterni, Rocco
Il Fotografo, La fotografia sociale di Nicolò Degiorgis, 05.2016, Caracciolo, Alice
Artbook, Nicoló Degiorgis: Hidden Islam, 10.09.2015, Sutton, Kyra
Works that work, Italy´s Hidden Mosques, 05.2015, Goodman, Jonah
OGGI, La preghiera nascosta, 03.2015, Florio, Manuela
Phat Photo, Hidden Islam Nicoló Degiorgis, 03.2015, Hayami, Ihro
NY TID, Ukens bilde, 18.03.2015, Toft, Nina
Monthly Photography, Nicolò Degiorgis, 02.2015
Donna Moderna, Anche da noi rischia di esplodere la questione islamica?, 02.2015, Dalla Palma, Maurizio
LFI, Nicolò Degioris: Hidden Islam, 02.2015
Kulturelemente, Das chinesisch-europäische Verhältnis: Notwendiger Abschied vom Schmalspur-Denken, 02.2015, Benedikter, Roland, Nowotny, Verena,
Kulturelemente, Thema: Oasis Hotel Nicolò Degiorgis, 02.2015, Stecher, Anna
Il fatto quotidiano, Dove pregano i musulmani d´Italia, 01.2015, Marini, Adele
Doppiozero, Nicolò Degiorgis. Hidden Islam, 05.01.2015, Barbon, Federico
Il Sole 24h, L´Islam visto da Degiorgis, 17.08.2014, Fofi, Goffredo
Folha de S.Paulo; Premonitorio, livro de fotos de locais improvisados escancara islamofobia; 01, 2015;
The Guardian; Hidden Islam - 479 Comments: the photobook that contains no photos; January 12th, 2015; O’Hagan, Sean
Il Post; Dove pregano i musulmani in Italia; December 21st, 2014;
Libération; En Italie du Nord, l’islam avec les moyens du bord; November 21st, 2014; Mercier, Clementine
New Republic; There are 1.5 Million Muslims in Italy and Only 8 Mosques; November 21st, 2014; Booker, Maia
Aperture - The Photobook Review, Daniele De Luigi on Nicoló Degiorgis; November 2014; De Luigi, Daniele
PDN - Photo District News; Nicolò Degiorgis Wins $10k Paris Photo-Aperture First PhotoBook Award; November 19th, 2014;
Artribune; Paris Photo e l’editoria. Tra i vincitori del Book Awards c’è anche un italiano. Nicoló Degiorgis trionfa con un reportage su Islam e immigrazione; November 11th, 2014; Brivio, Claudia
British Journal of Photography; Expressions of Islam, hidden from view, in northeast Italy; November 14th, 2014; Seymour, Tom
Emaho Magazine; Manik Katyal on Nicolo Degiorgis “Hidden Islam”, October 10th, 2014; Katyal, Manik
Slate FR; Etre musulman en Italie; October 15th, 2014; Arlandis, Fanny
Klat; Nicoló Degiorgis - Hidden Islam; October 14th, 2014; Severo, Fabio
Esquire Russia; Hidden Islam; August 18th, 2014;
Il Sole 24 Ore; L’Islam visto da Degiorgis; August 17th, 2014; Fofi, Goffredo
El Pais; El fotolibro se retrata en Arlés; August 9th, 2014; Peces, Juan
Zeit Online; Der versteckte Islam; August 8th, 2014;
Time Lightbox; Hidden Islam: Nicolo Degiorgis Charts the Challenges of Being Muslim in Italy; July 30th, 2014; Laurent, Olivier
The Guardian, Arles 2014: Nicolo Degiorgis lifts the veil on Italy’s Islamophobia, July 15th, 2014; O’Hagan, Sean
The State, Italy’s underground mosques, July 3rd, 2014; Hu, Caitlin
Arte, 13. Premio Cairo, July 2012; Beatrice, Luca
D’Ars N.207, Una seconda giovinezza, September 2011; Marcadent, Saul
Artribune, June/July, 2011, Nicolò Degiorgis; Perra, Daniele
Foto8, On the Fringe, Issue 29 - Spring/Summer 2011; Lane, Guy
Zoom, New Talent Special Issue - Nicolò Degiorgis, spring 2011; Piatti, Elisabetta
The Point - University of Chicago, Wild Alps, Spring 2011; Cooke, Erica
Flash Art, Nicolò Degiorgis, May 2011; Fassi, Luigi
Photo District News, PDN’s 30 2011 - Nicolò Degiorgis, April 2011; Tobin, Jacqueline
Reader’s Digest, Cowboy Country, April 2011, Debrebant, Serge
Flash Art, Speciale Fotografia Italiana, February 2011
Krisis - Identities, Wild Alps, Wild Stories - Nicolò Degiorgis, September 2010, Casarin, Chiara
Io Donna - Corriere della Sera, Per un pugno di Canederli, May 22nd 2010, Oriani Raffaele
Financial Times Magazine, Once upon a time in the Alps, May 15/16 2010, Debrebant, Serge
D - la Repubblica, Islam a Nordest, April 24th 2010, Giovara, Brunella