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+39 329 9303 413
lacavallarosa@gmail.com

Italian photographer and visual artist
b. 1993, Barletta, Italy
currently based  in Bologna.



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︎︎︎EDUCATION
2022–2023 / FOLIO International Online Photobook Masterclass  | PhMuseum
2014–2017 / Photography Postgraduate Degree | Fine Arts Academy of Bologna, Italy
2017 / Masterclass in Reportage with Giulio Di Sturco and Fulvio Bugani, Bangkok
2016 / Internship at Cesura, Pianello Val Tidone, Italy
2014–2015 / BA (Hons) Photography | Coventry University, UK
2011–2014 / Art Graphic Bachelor Degree | Fine Arts Academy of Bologna, Italy


︎︎︎AWARDS 
2023 Shortlisted, Participacion Popular, Getxophoto International Image Festival, Algorta, Getxo, Spain
2023 2nd Place Winner, Safelight Paper, Berlin
2023 Shortlisted, Photograph-ER, curated by Fondazione Palazzo Magnani in collaboration with Fotografia Europea
2022 Shortlisted, RAKFAF - Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, United Arab Emirates
2021 3rd Place Winner, Emergentes 2021 - International Photography Awards Encontros Da ImagemPortugal
2021 Shortlisted, Guest Room by Gem Fletcher, Der Greif, Germany
2021 Shortlisted, FRESH EYES Talents of 2021, GUP Magazine, Amsterdam
2021 Finalist, Nera di Verzasca Prize, Verzasca Foto Festival, Switzerland  
2021 Finalist, Camera Work 2021, Ravenna, Italy
2020 Shortlisted, New Talents 2020, PEP-Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin        
2020 Special mention, CDPzine, Castelnuovo Fotografia, Castelnuovo di Porto, Italy
2020 Shortlisted, We Are | Noi siamo, Église, Palermo, Italy
2020 Shortlisted, Colectivo Equis, Mexico
2020 Shortlisted, COVIDEO-19 NOTES, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Shortlisted, EyesOpen! Magazine, Issue #11 Generazioni, Italy
2016 Shortlisted, Your Views, a film by Gillian Wearing, United Kingdom
2015 Runner up, World Nomads Competition, Australia
2014 Finalist, National Geographic Italia, Italy


︎︎︎NEXT EXHIBITIONS
16-17 June ︎︎︎ Past & Present, Der Greif, Pinakothek Moderne / Zirka Space, Munich 
Coming Soon ︎︎︎ Solo show at Safelight Paper, Berlin


︎︎︎EXHIBITIONS

2023 Participacion Popular, Getxophoto International Image Festival, Algorta, Getxo, Spain
2023 A Man’s World, Better days will come, Liquida Photo festival, Turin, Italy
2023 Discover Your Nature, RAKFAF - Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, United Arab Emirates
2022 Paesaggi Plurali, Differenti Trame, Molteplici Genealogie, Castelnuovo Fotografia, Italy
2022 Common Places, Encontros da Imagem 2022, Braga, Portugal
2022 Le Trait sous la vague, Zines of the Zone, Cherbourg, France
2022 Tracer le route/Tramer la zone, Zines of the Zone, Rennes, France
2022 Exposition autour du live d’artiste, Zines of the Zone, Digne les Bains, France
2021 Fresh Eyes 2021 Talents, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2021 Night of Photography, Verzasca Foto Festival, Brione, Switzerland
2021 KULA Exhibition, Ecumene Project, online
2021 Camera Work - OFF 2021,  Ravenna, Italy
2020 New Talents 2020, PEP - Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin
2020 Funzilla Expo 2020, Rome Pandemic Photozine Exhibition, Rome
2020 #pandeMY - Future in Construction-, FotoLimo festival, Cerbère, France
2020 CÁPSULA, a virtual exhibition platform by Colectivo Equis, Mexico, online
2020 COVIDEO-19 NOTES /A Living, Virtual Video Project, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY, online
2019 By the sea, we will breathe, Lishui Photo Festival, Lishui, China
2019 By the sea, we will breathe, PIP Festival, Pingyao, China 
2019 #HOME / #CASA, Guagnano, Italy
2018 BORDERS: andare oltre se stessi, Lequile, Italy
2017 Maionese, Bologna, Italy   
2016 Il tradimento delle immagini, Bologna, Italy 
2016 Your Views, Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK
2016 ImageNation 2016: Eyes on the World, Livorno, Italy
2016 I cieli in una stanza, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2016 paSSaggio_9, Fotografia Europea - Circuito Off, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2016 Art-City White Night, in occasion of ArteFiera, Bologna, Italy
2015 ExBt Exhibition - images of a province never born, Trani, Italy
2015 Collective Vision Degree Show, Coventry, UK
2015 Cello, Voice, Piano and Images, University of Chichester, UK
 

︎︎︎PUBLICATIONS
Better days will come, catalogue of Liquida Photo Festival, curated by Laura Tota, Turin, 2023
Common Places, catalogue of Encontros da Imagem - Festival Internacional de Fotografia e Artes Visuais, Braga, 2022
Paesaggi Plurali, Differenti Trame, Molteplici Genealogie, catalogue of Castelnuovo Fotografia X Edition, curated by Elisabetta Portoghese and Michela Becchis, Castelnuovo di Porto, 2022 
CAHIER d’images, designed and published by Kianpour & Partners, with the support of the Fonds Culturel National, Luxembourg, 2022
Fresh Eyes 2021, curated by GUP Magazine, with an introduction interview by Francesca Marani, Amsterdam, 2021
Incipit Vita Nova, Camera Work Off - 2021, curated by Silvia Camporesi, Ravenna, 2021
Global Zoo - collective open call based photozine, curated by Zoopark Publishing and The Phooks, Berlin, 2021
Pep #8, New Talents 2020, catalogue of the exhibition curated by Bénédicte Blondeau and Rüdiger Lange, Berlin, 2020
WE ARE | NOI SIAMO, a publication curated and edited by Église, Palermo, 2020
New start from Lishui, Lishui Photography Festival 2019, curated by Ren Shunü, Lishui, China, 2019
EyesOpen! Magazine, Issue #11 Generazioni, curated by Barbara Silbe and Manuela Cigliutti, Milano, 2017

︎︎︎FEATURES
Fiiiirst   /   Phases Mag   /   Der Greif [Artist Feature / Artist Blog]   /   Grandmama's Print   /   The Greatest Magazine   /   Fresh Eyes Photo   /   Der Greif [Guest Room]   /   MUSÉE Magazine   /   Contemporary Matters   /   C41 Magazine [Sana Sana]   /   C41 Magazine [Voy cerrando los ojos anhelando verte otra vez]   /  Undercurrent   /   C41 Magazine [Vorrei girare il cielo come le rondini]   /   Lishui Photography Festival 








︎︎︎RESIDENCIES
2020 KULA, a virtual KULA Ceremony curated by ECUMENE Residence

︎︎︎COLLABORATIONS
2020 Your Views during the pandemic, a film by Gillian Wearing, UK
2016 Your Views, a film by Gillian Wearing, UK

︎︎︎TEACHING
2019 - 2021 / Teaching assistant in the Department of  Art Graphic, Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna
2019 - 2022 / Teaching photographic language and visual design / Teacher & Interview Coach at Associazione Internazionale Scambio dell'Arte Culturale, Bologna

























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