ABOUT
Born in 1986 I’m a photographer and director based in Italy. My works are regularly published by magazines and media outlets such as: Newsweek, The New York Times, Vogue, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, The Atlantic, Vice, LFI-Leica Fotografie International, The New Republic, Vanity Fair, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Guardian, Monocle, Courrier International, Politico, Al Jazeera, Volkskrant Magazine, XL Semanal, Publico, De Correspondent, D-La Repubblica, Internazionale, Corriere della Sera, Dagbladet Information, Newsweek Japan, La Stampa, Deutsche Welle, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, La Repubblica, SportWeek, Tidningen Re:public, FQ Millennium, Open Society Foundation, Monopol.
LECTURER
Istituto Europeo di Design IED, Fproject School, Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, FuturiProssimi Compagnia di San Paolo and in several workshops and masterclasses
CURATOR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
PhotoArt Books Exhibition - Revela't Festival, Villassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain
2023
Have you ever heard the sound of falling rocks? - Lumen Museum, Kronplatz, Italy
L'Italia è un desiderio - Scuderie del Quirinale by MUFOCO & Fondazione Alinari, Rome, Italy
2022
Padanistan - StudioFaganel, Gorizia, Italy
Padanistan - Marsèll Paradise, Milano, Italy
Padanistan - Mutty, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
Universo Giovane - Palazzo Lombardia, Milano, Italy, Group exhibition with works by (Gabriele Basilico, Tomaso Clavarino, Claudio Majorana, Rachele Maistrello and others) - Curated by MUFOCO
2021
Panorami Contemporanei - MUFOCO, Milano, Italy
Eyes on Tomorrow - Museo Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Triennale Milano, Milano, Italy
Padanistan - Cortona On The Move, Cortona, Italy
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - studiofaganel, Gorizia, Italy
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Leporello, Roma, Italy
Hard as Stone - Camera Work, Ravenna, Italy
NATURA RISPONDE, Group exhibition - A21 gallery, Lodi, Italy
DIPUNTA, Group exhibition - Circolo del Design, Torino, Italy
2020
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Spazio 13, Bari, Italy
Latitudini Quotidiane, Group Exhibition - Photo Open Up, Padova, Italy
Of Men and Woods, Group exhibition - Verzasca Foto Festival, Verzasca, Switzerland
Hard as Stone - AltroFestival, Sondrio, Italy
SHIFT - Group exhibition - Studio Faganel, Gorizia, Italy
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Spazio Libero, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2019
Confiteor - Angkor Photo Festival, Curated by NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Cambodia
Confiteor - Officine Fotografiche Roma, Italy
Confiteor - Officine Fotografiche Milano, Italy
Confiteor - Format 19, Derby, United Kingdom
2018
Fotografia Contemporanea - Fondazione Fabbri/Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Italy
Confiteor - Photo Kathmandu, Curated by Anshika Varma, Nepal
Confiteor - Festival Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy
Confiteor - Encontros da Imagem (Discovery Awards Projections), Braga, Portugal
Confiteor - Obscura Festival of Photography, Penang, Malaysia
Confiteor - Les Rencontres d’Arles – Nuit de l’Année (Projection), Arles, France
Confiteor - Athens Photo Festival (Benaki Museum), Athens, Greece
A Humble Bow - Unveil’d ⁄ Photobook #0 - Borough Road Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Confiteor - Festival Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Confiteor - Omnibus Circus – Espace Photographique de Sauroy, Paris, France
With Bare Hands - Festival Vicino Lontano, Udine, Italy
2017
With Bare Hands - European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
A Humble Bow - Spazio WSP, Roma, Italy
A Humble Bow - Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2023
Winner - L'Italia è un Desiderio acquisition by MUFOCO, in collaboration with Fondazione Alinari, Scuderie Quirinale & DGCC
2022
2021
Shortlisted - Grand Prix Images Vevey
2020
Winner of the Open Call - Refocus by MIBACT, MUFOCO and Triennale Milano
Winner of the Open Call - Of Men and Woods by Verzasca Foto Festival
Winner of the Open Call - NEW VISIONS by Cortona on The Move
Nominee - Joop Swart Masterclass
Nominee - Oskar Leica Barnack
Winner of the Open Call - Panorami Contemporanei, MUFOCO, Ministero dei Beni Culturali, GAI, Comune di Milano
2019
Selected for the New York Times Portfolio Review
2018
Winner Honorable Mention - Premio Fabbri per la Fotografia Contemporanea
Finalist - Premio Marco Pesaresi, SI FEST
Finalist - La Bourse du Talent
Finalist - New Visions (COTM - Lens Culture)
Main Prize Finalist - PHMuseum Grant
Cortona On The Move exhibit Finalist - PHMuseum Grant
Selected for #6 Giovane Fotografia Italiana
Shortlisted - Guernsey Photography Festival
Winner - Zine Tonic Dummy Award
2017
Selected for the PhotoVogue Portfolio Review
Winner - Premio Voglino Young Talent award
Winner - Barbiellini Amidei Prize
Shortlisted - Lugano Photo Days
Longlisted - One World Media Award
2013
Shortlisted - Prix Bayeux Calvados for War Correspondents
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2018
Fellowship - Noor/Nikon Academy Masterclass
2017
Grantee - Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
2016
IDR Grantee - Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation/European Journalism Center
2015
IDR Grantee - Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation/European Journalism Center
2014
Fellowship - Agence VU/Nikon/Reporters Sans Frontieres Masterclass
Grantee - Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
2013
Helge Hummelvoll Fellowship - 65th Missouri Photojournalism Workshop
© 2024 TOMASO CLAVARINO ⁄ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Born in 1986 I’m a photographer and director based in Italy. My works are regularly published by magazines and media outlets such as Newsweek, The New York Times, Vogue, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, The Atlantic, Vice, LFI-Leica Fotografie International, The New Republic, Vanity Fair, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Guardian, Monocle, Courrier International, Politico, Al Jazeera, Volkskrant Magazine, XL Semanal, Publico, De Correspondent, D-La Repubblica, Internazionale, Corriere della Sera, Da- gbladet Information, Newsweek Japan, La Stampa, Deutsche Welle, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, La Repubblica, SportWeek, Tidningen Re:public, FQ Millennium, Open Society Foundation, Monopol.Gallery representation in Italy by studiofaganel.
LECTURER
Istituto Europeo di Design IED, Fproject School, Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, FuturiProssimi Compagnia di San Paolo/JEST and in several workshops.
CURATOR
JEST Fotografia.
info@tomasoclavarino.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Have you ever heard the sound of falling rocks? - Lumen Museum, Kronplatz, Italy
L'Italia è un desiderio - Scuderie del Quirinale by MUFOCO & Fondazione Alinari, Rome, Italy
En lo profundo de sus raices, todas las flores contienen luz - Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo, Uruguay
2022
Padanistan - StudioFaganel, Gorizia, Italy
Padanistan - Marsèll Paradise, Milano, Italy
Padanistan - Mutty, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
Universo Giovane - Palazzo Lombardia, Milano, Italy, Group exhibition with works by (Gabriele Basilico, Tomaso Clavarino, Claudio Majorana, Rachele Maistrello and others) - Curated by MUFOCO
2021
Panorami Contemporanei - MUFOCO, Milano, Italy
Eyes on Tomorrow - Museo Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Triennale Milano, Milano, Italy
Padanistan - Cortona On The Move, Cortona, Italy
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - studiofaganel, Gorizia, Italy
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Leporello, Roma, Italy
Hard as Stone - Camera Work, Ravenna, Italy
NATURA RISPONDE, Group exhibition - A21 gallery, Lodi, Italy
DIPUNTA, Group exhibition - Circolo del Design, Torino, Italy
2020
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Spazio 13, Bari, Italy
Latitudini Quotidiane, Group Exhibition - Photo Open Up, Padova, Italy
Of Men and Woods, Group exhibition - Verzasca Foto Festival, Verzasca, Switzerland
Hard as Stone - AltroFestival, Sondrio, Italy
SHIFT - Group exhibition - Studio Faganel, Gorizia, Italy
Ballad of Woods and Wounds - Spazio Libero, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2019
Confiteor - Angkor Photo Festival, Curated by NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Cambodia
Confiteor - Officine Fotografiche Roma, Italy
Confiteor - Officine Fotografiche Milano, Italy
Confiteor - Format 19, Derby, United Kingdom
2018
Fotografia Contemporanea - Fondazione Fabbri/Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Italy
Confiteor - Photo Kathmandu, Curated by Anshika Varma, Nepal
Confiteor - Festival Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy
Confiteor - Encontros da Imagem (Discovery Awards Projections), Braga, Portugal
Confiteor - Obscura Festival of Photography, Penang, Malaysia
Confiteor - Les Rencontres d’Arles – Nuit de l’Année (Projection), Arles, France
Confiteor - Athens Photo Festival (Benaki Museum), Athens, Greece
A Humble Bow - Unveil’d/Photobook #0 - Borough Road Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Confiteor - Festival Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Confiteor - Omnibus Circus – Espace Photographique de Sauroy, Paris, France
With Bare Hands - Festival Vicino Lontano, Udine, Italy
2017
With Bare Hands - European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
A Humble Bow - Spazio WSP, Roma, Italy
A Humble Bow - Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
AWARD & NOMINATIONS
2023
Winner - L'Italia è un Desiderio acquisition by MUFOCO, in collaboration with Fondazione Alinari, Scuderie Quirinale & DGCC
2022
Winner - ISPA AWARD Grant
2021
Shortlisted - Grand Prix Images Vevey
2020
Winner of the Open Call - Refocus by MIBACT, MUFOCO and Triennale Milano
Winner of the Open Call - Of Men and Woods by Verzasca Foto Festival
Winner of the Open Call - NEW VISIONS by Cortona on The Move
Nominee - Joop Swart Masterclass
Nominee - Oskar Leica Barnack
Winner of the Open Call - Panorami Contemporanei, MUFOCO, Ministero dei Beni Culturali, GAI, Comune di Milano
2019
Selected for the New York Times Portfolio Review
2018
Winner Honorable Mention - Premio Fabbri per la Fotografia Contemporanea
Finalist - Premio Marco Pesaresi, SI FEST
Finalist - La Bourse du Talent
Finalist - New Visions (COTM - Lens Culture)
Main Prize Finalist - PHMuseum Grant 2018
Cortona On The Move exhibit Finalist - PHMuseum Grant 2018
Selected for #6 Giovane Fotografia Italiana
Shortlisted - Guernsey Photography Festival
Winner - Zine Tonic Dummy Award
2017
Selected for the PhotoVogue Portfolio Review
Winner - Premio Voglino Young Talent award
Winner - Barbiellini Amidei Prize
2016
Shortlisted - Lugano Photo Days
Longlisted - One World Media Award
2013
Shortlisted - Prix Bayeux Calvados for War Correspondents
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2018
Fellowship - Noor/Nikon Academy Masterclass
2017
Grantee - Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
2016
IDR Grantee - Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation/European Journalism Center
2015
IDR Grantee - Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation/European Journalism Center
2014
Fellowship - Agence VU/Nikon/Reporters Sans Frontieres Masterclass
Grantee - Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
2013
Helge Hummelvoll Fellowship - 65th Missouri Photojournalism Workshop
© 2024 TOMASO CLAVARINO ⁄ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.