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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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In Italy, many people
make jokes about
my surname and name,
that can be “translated” into
THE PINK HORSE.
So here it is.
Have fun! ︎
︎︎︎EDUCATION
2023–present / MEDIAE Online Masterclass On Transmedia Storytelling with Salvatore Vitale | PhMuseum
2022–2023 / FOLIO International Online Photobook Masterclass with Rocco Venezia, Tommaso Parrillo (Witty Books) and Giulia Boccarossa | PhMuseum
2014–2017 / Photography Postgraduate Degree | Fine Arts Academy of Bologna, Italy
2017 / Masterclass in Reportage Storytelling 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 Finalist, Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee (IT)
2023 Finalist, Deloitte Photo Grant (IT)
2023 2nd Place Winner, Safelight Paper (DE)
2023 Winner, Photograph-ER, curated by Fondazione Palazzo Magnani in collaboration with Fotografia Europea (IT)
2021 3rd Place Winner, Emergentes 2021 - Encontros Da Imagem (PT)
2021 Winner, FRESH EYES Talents of 2021, GUP Magazine (NL)
2021 Finalist, Nera di Verzasca Prize, Verzasca Foto Festival (CH)
2021 Finalist, Camera Work 2021 (IT)
2020 Special mention, CDPzine, Castelnuovo Fotografia (IT)
2020 Winner, Colectivo Equis (MEX)
2020 Winner, COVIDEO-19 NOTES, Undercurrent (NY)
2017 Winner, EyesOpen! Magazine, Issue #11 Generazioni (IT)
2016 Shortlisted, Your Views, a film by Gillian Wearing (GB)
2015 Runner up, World Nomads Competition (AUS)
2014 Finalist, National Geographic Italia (IT)
︎︎︎NEXT EXHIBITIONS
2nd February - 31rst March 2024 ︎︎︎ RAKFAF - Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival (UAE)
︎︎︎SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Sana Sana, Safelight, Berlin (DE)
2022 Sana Sana, Common Places, Encontros da Imagem 2022, Braga (PT)
2023 Premio Francesco Fabbri pe le Arti Contemporanee, Pieve di Soligo (IT)
2023 Dummies & Books from Folio 2023, PhMuseum Days, Bologna (IT)
2023 Being Human - Pop-Up Open Call, PhEST, Monopoli (IT)
2023 Zines of the Zone Collection, La Roche-sur-Yon (FR)
2023 Der Greif 15th-anniversary screening at Les Rencontres d'Arles Nuit de L'Année, Arles (FR)
2023 Past & Present, Der Greif, Pinakothek Moderne / Zirka Space, Munich (DE)
2023 Participacion Popular, Getxophoto International Image Festival, Algorta, Getxo (ES)
2023 A Man’s World, Better days will come, Liquida Photo festival, Turin (IT)
2023 Discover Your Nature, RAKFAF - Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Al Jazirah Al Hamra Heritage Village (UAE)
2022 Paesaggi Plurali, Differenti Trame, Molteplici Genealogie, Castelnuovo Fotografia, Castelnuovo di Porto (IT)
2022 Le Trait sous la vague, Zines of the Zone, Cherbourg (FR)
2022 Tracer la route/Tramer la zone, Zines of the Zone, Rennes (FR)
2022 Exposition autour du live d’artiste, Zines of the Zone, Digne les Bains (FR)
2021 Fresh Eyes 2021 Talents, Rotterdam (NL)
2021 Night of Photography, Verzasca Foto Festival, Brione (CH)
2021 Camera Work - OFF 2021, Ravenna (IT)
2020 New Talents 2020, PEP - Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin (DE)
2020 Funzilla Expo 2020, Rome Pandemic Photozine Exhibition, Rome (IT)
2020 #pandeMY - Future in Construction-, FotoLimo festival, Cerbère (FR)
2019 By the sea, we will breathe, Lishui Photo Festival, Lishui (CHN)
2019 By the sea, we will breathe, PIP Festival, Pingyao, (CHN)
2016 Your Views, Brighton Festival, Brighton (GB)
2016 ImageNation 2016: Eyes on the World, Livorno (IT)
2016 I cieli in una stanza, Fotografia Europea - Speciale 18-25, Reggio Emilia (IT)
2015 ExBt Exhibition - images of a province never born, Trani (IT)
2015 Collective Vision Degree Show, Coventry (GB)
2015 Cello, Voice, Piano and Images, University of Chichester (GB)
︎︎︎PUBLICATIONS
FOOD – 200 Images and 2 videos exploring our relationship with consumption AA.VV., designed and published by DITO Publishing, Rome, 2023
XII edizione Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee 2023, curated by Carlo Sala, Pieve di Soligo, 2023
I don’t know how to respond to that, catalogue of PhMuseum Days International Photography Festival, curated by Giuseppe Oliverio and Rocco Venezia, Bologna, 2023
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
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
Zero.Nine Magazine / Safelight Paper / 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
︎︎︎TEACHING
2019 - 2021 / Teaching assistant in the Department of Art Graphic, Fine Arts Academy, Bologna
