Noemi Comi (1996) is a visual artist and conceptual photographer born in Catanzaro (Italy). Noemi studied photography at LABA (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti) Florence, where she graduated with Honorable Mention. She is actually enrolled at Brera Academy (Milan).
Her photography is constantly evolving and follows a multidisciplinary path. She wants to combine art and science trying to break down any taboo. Her works conform to a well-defined aesthetic, dominated by strong colors and surreal atmospheres.
Education
2020- ongoing MA in Photography - Brera Academy - Milano, IT
2017-2020 BA in Photography - LABA (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti) - Firenze, IT
Workshop and Residencies
2023 Strategia Fotografia - La cultura del progetto - Savignano sul Rubicone, IT
2023 FMAV Scuola di Alta Formazione - workshop with Francesco Jodice
2023 The Narrative Impulse - workshop with Salvatore Vitale
2022 Essere nella distanza - residency with Davide Tranchina, guest Giangavino Pazzola - Isola del GIglio, IT
2022 Il fotolibro nel panorama dell'editoria indipendente - workshop with Tommaso Parrillo - Witty books
2022 Editoria come Curatela - workshop with Elisa Medde - FOAM magazine
2021 Canon Student Development Programme - Visa pour l'image
2021 Tracciati - AIR non riservato residency - Milano, IT
2021 Nuove modalità operative per la fotografie - workshop with Paolo Woods
2018-2020 Mentorship with Steve Bisson/Urbanautica Institute
Awards
2023 Young Photographers from Italian Academies - finalist Homo Saurus
2023 Premio Nocivelli - finalist Lupus Hominarius
2023 Young Prize CRAF - winner Proxidium
2023 Combat Prize - finalist Lupus Hominarius
2023 Artefici del nostro tempo - 2nd winner Proxidium
2023 Premio Luigi Candiani - finalist Lupus Hominarius
2023 Gibellina Photoroad - winner Lupus Hominarius
2023 New Post Photography Award - MIA Fair - winner Lupus Hominarius
2023 Sony World Photography Awards - 2nd winner Lupus Hominarius
2023 Photofolios:23 - winner Lupus Hominarius
2022 Boutographies - finalist Homo Saurus
2022 Premio Castelfiorentino per le Arti - winner Lupus Hominarius
2022 FORMAT23 - finalist Homo Saurus
2022 OD Photo Prize - finalist Lupus Hominarius
2022 Phest Pop-Up - finalist Homo Saurus
2022 Photometria Awards - winner Deathfest
2022 Premio Arturo Ghergo - winner Alba Lux, Deathfest, Homo Saurus
2022 Ragusa Foto Festival - special mention Deathfest
2022 Athens Photo Festival - finalist Homo Saurus
2022 Lenscratch Student Prize - finalist Homo Saurus
2022 Fine Art Photography Awards - winner Homo Saurus
2022 Premio Umane Tracce - mention Alba Lux
2022 Gomma Grant - finalist Homo Saurus
2021 Premio Musa Donne Fotografe - winner Homo Saurus
2021 Grand Prix Białystok Interphoto - finalist Homo Saurus
2021 PHmuseum Days - finalist Homo Saurus
2021 Photographic Memory Asp Krakow - winner 8STABS
2021 RADICI Futuro Arcaico - winner Homo Saurus
2021 Belfast Photo Festival Award - finalist Homo Saurus
2021 Photometria Festival Parallel Voices - winner Alba Lux
2020 PhotoVisa Photobook Contest - 3rd winner Alba Lux
2020 Tiff Festival Breslavia – finalist Asfodeli di cartapesta
2020 Premio Basilio Cascella - winner and mention Asfodeli di cartapesta
2020 Premio Pesaresi - finalist Alba Lux
2020 Moscow International Foto awards - winner Asfodeli di cartapesta
2020 Lenscratch Student Prize - finalist Alba Lux
2020 Shutterb Hub YearBook award - finalist Alba Lux
2019 Premio Pesaresi – mention Asfodeli di cartapesta
Next exhibitions
2025 Alterazioni - Gibellina Photoroad Festival - Gibellina (IT)
2024 FORMAT International Photography Festival - Derby (UK) - slideshow
2023 Photopolis - Agrinio Photo Festival - Agrinio (GR)
Solo exhibitions
2023 Homo Saurus - Lounge Bar Gallery - Photometria Festival - Ioannina (GR)
2023 Lupus Hominarius - PHest - Casa Santa - Monopoli (IT)
2023 Proxidium - Centro Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia - Palazzo Tadea - Spilimbergo (IT)
2022 Lupus Hominarius - Teatro del Popolo - Castelfiorentino (IT)
2022 Il mondo dentro ai sogni - Museo Arturo Ghergo - Montefano (IT) - curated by Denis Curti and Alessio Fusi
2022 Confine - INSIGHT Foto Festival - Varese (IT)
2021 Homo Saurus - Fotografia Musa - Monza (IT) - curated by Alessia Locatelli
Group exhibitions
2023 SIFest - Testimone Oculare - Savignano sul Rubicone (IT)
2023 XV Premio Nocivelli - Chiesa della Disciplina - Verolanuova (IT)
2023 Spazio Arte Contemporanea - Premio Luigi Candiani - Robecchetto con Induno (IT)
2023 Artefici del nostro tempo - Padiglione 29 di Forte Marghera - Venezia (IT)
2023 Combat Prize - Museo Civico Fattori - Livorno (IT)
2023 SWPA - Museo Diocesano - Milano (IT)
2023 Looking for the Light - Nekubi Gallery - Kavàla (GR)
2023 SWPA - Somerset House - London (UK)
2023 New Post Photography Award - MIA Fair Superstudio Maxi - Milano (IT)
2023 Looking for the Light - Esp+ gallery - Thessalonìki (GR)
2022 Braeraklasse#6 - Careof - Milano (IT) - curated by Elisa Medde
2022 Looking for the Light - Melanithros Art Space - Athens (GR)
2022 Barocco e Neobarocco - Design festival - Ragusa (IT)
2022 Looking for the Light - Photometria International Photography Festival - Ioànnina (GR) - judged by Martin Parr
2022 Rethinking Nature - FOTO WIEN - Wien (AT)
2022 Umane Tracce - Temporary Bacone - Milano (IT)
2022 Fake - Ctype Gallery - Bangkok (TH)
2022 Legacy - Biennale della Fotografia Femminile - Mantova (IT) - curated by Alessia Locatelli
2021 DOMANI - BreraBicocca - Milano (IT)
2021 TracciatiI - AIR NON RESERVED ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Officine Creative Non Riservato - Milano (IT) - curated by Cecilia Guida
2021 Interphoto - Grand Prix Exhibition - Białystok (PL)
2021 On Media. Signals and Connections - Loosenart - Roma (IT)
2021 In viaggio. Tragitti del corpo, percorsi della mente - Biennale dei Giovani Fotografi Italiani - Bibbiena (IT)
2021 RADICI - Futuro Arcaico Fest - Valona (AL) - curated by Maria Teresa Salvati
2021 Inside / Home, Family And Community In This Transitional Time - PhMuseum Lab - Bologna (IT)
2021 Parallel voices - Photometria International Photography Festival - Ioànnina (GR)
2021 The Makeable Mind - Noorderlicht Photo Festival - Groningen (NL)
2021 Le opere e I giorni - Istituto degli Innocenti - Firenze (IT)
2021 RADICI - Futuro Arcaico Fest - Bari (IT) - curated by Maria Teresa Salvati
2021 Thinking the Future - Estate Fotografia International Photography Festival - Siracusa (IT)
2021 Segni, tracce, indizi - Carpi Foto Fest Focus Giovani - Carpi (IT)
2021 Photographic Memory - Asp Krakow/Contemporary Lynx - Krakòw (PL)
2020 Home Museum - Lagos Photo Festival - Lagos (NGR)
2020 Green Economy - LXIV Premio Basilio Cascella - Ortona (IT)
2020 PhotoVisa International Biennale of Photography - Krasnodar (RU)
Slideshows
2022 Rethinking Nature - Festival Center Foto Wien - Wien (AT)
2021 Meeting Point - PHOTO IS:RAEL - Tel Aviv (IL)
2021 Light Matter Film Festival - Alfred (NY)
2021 Rethinking Nature - Imago Photo Festival - Lisboa (PT)
2021 New Borders - NIDA Meeting Photographhy -Nida (LT)
2021 Rethinking Nature - Moise Europeèn de la Photographie - Luxemburg (LU)
2020 Process - Tiff Photo Festival - Wrocław (PL)
2020 Landskrona foto & Breadfild Dummy award slideshow - Landskrona (SE)
Catalogs and papers
Combat Prize 2023 - Sillabe (ISBN 9788833403793)
Whatever - Issue_9 - KDpress (ISBN 9770007819035)
Reassemblage - Noia Issue 2 (ISBN 9783161484100)
LEGACY Biennale della fotografia femminile 2022 - Emuse (ISBN 9788832007510)
EMERGĔRE - A Priori Magazine N.0
Riflessioni 07 Biennale dei Giovani Fotografi Italiani - Immedia Editrice
65° Premio Basilio Cascella 2021. A riveder le stelle - StreetLib (EAN 9791220878005)
Il Futuro Annunciato / Thinking the Future - Fototeca Siracusana Libri
Inside / PhMuseum Photobook On Mobile Photography - Gluqbar (ISBN 4356035183967)
Publications and interviews
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