Bio

Fulvio Ambrosio was born in Naples in 1986. He first approached photography when very young and at 18 years old shot a ‘photo essay’ about children in an orphanage in Bosnia and about the cities devastated by the war. While studying psychology he continued to photograph and travel around east Europe, photographing portraits of gypsies. In 2011, he won the photographic prize “Incontri pour l’image” and exhibited his work at the MADRE Museum in Naples. In 2012, his photographs were on display during the performance “Clic si suona” at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. Since 2012 he is part of the group “LAB/per un laboratorio irregolare” created by Antonio Biasiucci. The group realised the collective exhibition “Epifanie”, exposed at Castel dell’Ovo in Naples and at “Festival Internazionale della Fotografia” at MACRO museum of Rome. In 2013, he graduated in psychology and in fact, photography and psychology come together in his work as well as interact and inspire one another. He is currently based in Naples.

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Awards

2010
Winter shots, Giu*box gallery, Naples, Italy (finalist).

2011
Incontri pour l’image, MADRE museum, Naples, Italy (winner).
Premio reportage Napoli Monitor, Overfoto Gallery, Naples, Italy (winner).

2013
Leica Photographers Award, Italy (finalist).
Insegne in francese, Grenoble, Institute Français Naples, Italy (finalist).

2014
Smartup Optima, Premio per l’arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy (finalist).

2015
Fondo Malerba per la fotografia, Milan, Italy (winner).
Enegan Art, Faces, Florence, Italy (finalist).

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Selected pubblications

2013
Insegne in francese, exhibition catalogue printed by Grenoble, Institute Français Naples, Italy.

2014
Faces, by Peter Weiermair, ed. Grafiche dell’Artiere srl, Italy.
Portrait. Fotografia. Festival internazionale di Roma 13° edizione, ed Quodlibet, Rome.
Epifanie [LAB \ per un laboratorio irregolare] by A. Biasiucci, ed Peliti Associati, Rome.
Smartup Optima, exhibition catalogue of Premio per l’arte contemporanea, Naples.
Si Fest. 23° edizione. Laboratorio Italia, S. Rossl e M. Sordi, ed. Pazzini, Italy.
Zeusi, linguaggi contemporanei di sempre, ed. Gangemi, Italy.
Golf & Eventi, Anno X, n°53, Rome, Italy.

2015
Domus, La città dell’Uomo, n°991, ed. Domus spa.
Codice Italia, Padiglione Italia Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, by V.Trione, ed. Bompiani.
Zeusi, In Natura, linguaggi contemporanei di sempre, ed. Gangemi, Italy.
International Photo Project, Milano Round, exhibition catalogue, Milan, Italy.
Enegan Art, Faces, exhibition catalogue, Florence, Italy.
La Freccia, n°10, Ferrovie dello Stato italiane.

2016
Molti, di Antonio Biasiucci, Silvana Editoriale.
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, DONI – Authors from Campania, ed. Antiga.
Codice Italia Academy, by Vincenzo Trione, ed. Gangemi, Italy.
Enegan Art, Da Faces a Cambiamenti, exhibition catalogue, Florence, Italy.
Arte, N°516, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, Italy.

2017
Apparenze, Nino Longobardi, Il Cigno GG Edizioni, Roma, Italy
12 fotografie su 12 fogli di carta, edizioni Ilfilodipartenope, Naples, Italy

2019
OpenHeart, exhibition catalogue, printed by Villa Pignatelli, Naples, Italy.

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Solo exhibitions

2004
Prima Eterogenea, Liceo F. Durante, Frattamaggiore (NA), Italy.

2007
Complesso di San Pietro Martire, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.

2008
Largo Baracche Art Space, Naples, Italy.

2011
Museo MADRE, Naples, Italy (winner of Incontri pour l’image).
Overfoto gallery, Naples, Italy (winner of Premio reportage Napoli Monitor).

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Selected Group exhibitions

2010
Grad Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia.

2011
Giu*Box galley, Naples, Italy (finalist of Winter Shot).
Agorà, Frattamaggiore, Italy.
Règards de Noël, Strasbourg, France.

2012
Clic si suona, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

2013
Storie di Luce, Centro La Tenda, Salerno, Italy.

2014
Epifanie [LAB \ per un laboratorio irregolare], Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy.
Epifanie [LAB \ per un laboratorio irregolare], MACRO, Fotografia – fesitval internazionale di Roma, Italy.
Epifanie [LAB \ per un laboratorio irregolare], Si Fest #23, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy.
Smartup Optima, Naples, Italy (finalist of Premio Arte Contemporanea).

2015
Epifanie [LAB \ per un laboratorio irregolare], Intramoenia, Naples, Italy.
International Photo Project, Milano Round, Fondo Malerba per la fotografia, Milan, Italy.
Enegan Art, Faces, Florence, Italy.

2016
Everybody is crazy, but me – Maison Particulière, Bruxelles, Belgium.
La notte dei filosofi, Chiostro di San Domenico Maggiore, Naples, Italy.
Enegan Art, Da Faces a Cambiamenti, Palazzo dell’Abbondanza di Massa Marittima (GR), Italy.

2017

Imago Mundi Art Collection – Mediterranean Routes, ZAC, Palermo, Italy.
Imago Mundi Art Collection, Doni – Authors from Campania, Madre Museum, Naples, Italy.
The Others, Ex Ospedale Maria Adelaide, Turin, Italy.
La notte dei filosofi, Maschio Angioino, Naples, Italy.
12 volte la carta, The Others Art Fair, Turin, Italy.
12 volte la carta, Archivio Parisio, Naples, Italy.
Dreaming Italia, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy.

2018
Italianism, Reggia di Portici, Portici (NA), Italy.
12 volte la carta, La Stanza del Gusto, Naples, Italy.
Imago Mundi Art Collection, Join The Dots – Unire le distanze, Salone degli incanti, Trieste, Italy.

2019
States of Mind, Palazzo Valmarana Braga, Vicenza.
OpenHeart, Villa Pignatelli – Casa della Fotografia, Naples, Italy.

2020
La notte dei filosofi, Maschio Angioino, Naples, Italy.