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About
Filippo Barbero (b. 1992, Montecchio Emilia, Italy)
Photographer based between Milan and Florence (Italy), represented by Agent Charles Guice (NYC, U.S.)
Contacts
Phone - +39 3428284258
Email - filippomaria.barbero@gmail.com
Pec - filippobarbero@pec.it
Email Agent - charles@guiceprojects.com
Website - www.filippobarbero.com
EDUCATION
2018
Master of Laws, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Fotofabbrica Prize - Festival diecixdieci, Gonzaga, Italy, 30 May - 14 June
Natura Extensa, OMNE - Officine Fotografiche, Roma, Italy, 20 March - 10 April
Catalyst for Exchange, SPE National, SCAD, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 19 March - 3 April
2025
On the Shelf, Filter Photo, Chicago, United States, 5 September - 25 October
Context 2025, Filter Photo, Chicago, United States, 7 March - 19 April
2024
(IM)POSSIBLE WORLDS, Biennale Photo Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France, 13 September - 13 October
Rebirth - The Exhibition, Liquida Photofestival, Torino, Italy, 2 - 5 May
2023
Currents 2023, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, United States, December 15, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Chelonia, Fonderia 20.9 Art Gallery, Verona, Italy, 14 - 29 October
Center Forward 2023, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, United States, August 29, 2023 - May 31, 2024 (online)
Contextualise, Pavillon 333 - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, 16 - 18 January
New Talents 2022, 254Forest, Bruxelles, Belgium, January 19 – February 11
2022
Italian Panorama, PhotoVogue Festival, BASE Milano, Milano, Italy, 17 – 20 November
Verzasca Foto Festival Awards 2022, Verzasca, Brione, Switzerland
Talents 2022, Haute Photographie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 14
Talents 2022, Haute Photographie, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2024
Note Di Sguardi, Cervia, Italy, 8 - 16 April
2023
LAND, Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, 2023-2025
SELECTED AWARDS
2026
Camera Torino for FUTURES Photography (nominated)
2025
LensCulture Favorite Photobooks (selected)
2024
Dear Dave Mag , Fellowships (shortlisted)
Der Grief: Guest Room (selected)
Lucie Foundation, Heritage - B/W (finalist)
2023
Penumbra Foundation , Penumbra Members Gallery (winner)
Urbanautica Annual Awards 2022, People and Communities (winner)
2022
PhotoVogue Festival, Italian Panorama (winner)
Photolucida, Critical Mass 2022 (finalist)
GUP Magazine, Fresh Eyes Talents 2022 (shortlisted)
Photolux Festival, Intarget Photolux Awards (shortlisted)
Urbanautica Institute, Harmony - Ragusa Foto Festival 2022 (shortlisted)
Urbanautica Annual Awards 2022, Anthropology and Territories (shortlisted)
SELECTED INTERVIEWS AND TALKS
Interviews
2025
Anna Frattini, Collater.al Magazine, Borderland, “At the Borderline Between Joy and Pain: Filippo Barbero’s Photograph”, December 17
Laura Carbonell, puntodefugabogota.com, “Borderland” - Filippo Barbero, October 13
2023
Photo Letter, Anne Barkin, “Borderland” - Filippo Barbero, December 12
Audioteca Fotografica, Isabel Hernández, “Borderland” - Filippo Barbero, April 22
2022
Black Camera, Manuelaannamaria Accinno, “Borderland di Filippo Barbero: la vita come stream of consciousness”, January 24
2021
Nowhere Diary, Story 74, April 21
Talks
2026
Lecturer, Michelle Davis, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Firenze, Italy, March 20
Lecturer, Virtual Visiting Artist, Jessina Leonard, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., March 10
2025
Lecturer, Alex Tabellini and Marcello Coslovi, Sugar Paper, Modena, Italy, December 12
Lecturer, Tommaso Parrillo, Gallerie D’Italia Bookshop - Torino, Italy, October 6
Lecturer, Tommaso Parrillo, Photobook Mania - Ph Museum, Bologna, Italy, October 19
Lecturer, Laura De Marco, Spazio Labo’, Bologna, Italy, May 20
Lecturer, Alessandro Malavasi (Festival DiecixDieci), HUB Santagnese10, Mantova, Italy, May 9
2024
Lecturer, Steve Bisson, Lab27, Treviso, Italy, October 27
Lecturer, Note Note Di Sguardi, Maria Goia Library, Cervia, Italy, April 14
2023
Panelist, Center Forward 2023, November 11
Panelist, OMNEFEST 2023/LAND: Modi di guardare, Villa Parco Bolasco, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, September 24
2022
Panelist, PhotoVogue Festival 2022: The Artists Are Present, BASE Milano, Milan, Italy, November
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
Publications
EE72: 2026: Print
Collater.al Magazine: 2025: Digital.
Artribune - High The Journal: 2025: Print.
Float Magazine, Good Impactful Photography: 2025: Print.
Artribune, SPAZIO ESPOSITIVO TAILOR: 2025: Digital.
Ātman Journal, numero 0: 2025: Print.
The New Yorker, Sept. 30, 2024: Print.
(IM)POSSIBLE WORLDS Exhibition Catalogue, Biennale Photo Mulhouse - PEP: 2024: Print.
Origines #1. 1st ed. Revue Macaroni: 2024: Print.
The Greatest Magazine, Sight and Smell: 2023: Digital.
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022 by Steve Bisson. 1st ed. Urbanautica Institute: 2023: Print.
Turchese 5. 1st ed. STC Edizioni: 2023: Print.
PEP’s New Talents Exhibition Catalogue, 254 Forest, PEP:2023: Print.
Fresh Eyes 2022. 4th ed. GUP.: 2022: Print.
Photo Vogue, Italian Panorama: 2022: Digital
Press
The New Yorker, Vogue Italia, PhotoVogue, EE72, The Greatest Magazine, Der Grief, Penumbra Foundation, Lucie Foundation, Dear Dave Mag, Artribune, C41 Magazine, Phases Magazine, PhMuseum, Photo-Letter, ZONE Mag, Float Magazine, Float Magazine, ARTTACCA, Safelight Paper, Fiiirst, Audioteca Fotografica, Bad Print Mag, G.U.P Magazine, Urbanautica Institute, Out of Service Mag, IN FRAME, Nowhere Diary, WITNESS, The Pupil Sphere, Conceptual Projects, Too Tired Project, Deadpancollection, FotoRoom, Collater.al Magazine and more.
MONOGRAPHS
2025
Borderland, Witty Books
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Library, New York, U.S. – Borderland
Getty Research Institute Library (Getty Museum), Los Angeles, U.S. – Borderland
National Museum of Photography (MUNAF), Cinisello Balsamo - Milan, Italy – Borderland
Columbia University Libraries, New York, U.S. – Borderland
Foundation FOTODOK, Utrecht, Netherlands – Borderland
Basel University Library, Basel, Switzerland – Borderland
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Fleet Library, Providence, U.S. – Borderland
Furman University, James B. Duke Library, Greenville, U.S. – Borderland
Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy – Borderland
OMNE (Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy – Borderland
Fondo Festival DiecixDieci, Mantova, Italy – Borderland
Sugar Paper, Modena, Italy – Borderland
SPECIAL EDITIONS
Micamera; 20 / 20 / 200 Special Editions