About



Hi,
I'm Matteo de Mayda, I was born in Treviso in 1984 and I’m based in Venice (Italy)

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Co-founder of Baringo

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Email
mdemayda@gmail.com
BOOK
The Passenger Venezia (Iperborea, 2023)
Era Mare | It Was Sea (bruno, 2020)

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MUFOCO - Museo Fotografia Contemporanea
Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia

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AWARDS
2023, Artist residency at Osservatorio OMNE (Italy)
2022, BJP International Photography Award - Single Image Winner
2022, Gabriele Basilico Prize - Fourth Edition - Finalist
2021, Italian Sustainability Photo Award Grant winner
2021, FUTURES 2021 Talent
2020, Best young italian photographer of 2020 (Artribune)
2020, Winner of REFOCUS award by MiBACT
2020, Finalist at the Head On Photo Awards
2020, Winner at Inner Outlook
2019, National Geographic Prize (Cortona on the Move), Finalist
2008 and 2014, First prize at the Bevilacqua La Masa

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EXHIBITIONS
Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia (Italy), 2024
CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin (Italy), 2023
Gibellina Photoroad, Trapani (Italy), 2023
IMP Festival, Padua (Italy), 2023
Design Museum, London (UK). 2022
Seen Fifteen, London (UK). 2022
Head On Photo Festival, Sydney (Australia). 2022
Cripta747 (in collab with CAMERA), Turin (Italy). 2022
KIC, Skopje (North Macedonia). 2021
MUFOCO, Milan (Italy). 2021
La Triennale, Milan (Italy). 2021
Photobook Week Aarhus (Denmark). 2020
Fotobok Festival, Oslo (Norway). 2020
Head On Photo Festival, Sydney (Australia). 2020
The Gallery by Generali, Milan (Italy). 2019-2020
La Fabbrica dello Zucchero, Rovigo (Italy). 2019
Gwangju Biennale (South Korea). 2017
15th Architecture Biennale, Venice (Italy). 2016
Museo dell’Università la Sapienza, Rome (Italy). 2015
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (Italy). 2014-2015
National Architecture/Design Centre (Sweden). 2014
United Nations, Geneva (Switzerland). 2013

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND CLIENTS
British Journal of Photography, Das MagazinDer Spiegel, Die Zeit, D la  RepubblicaDomusEmergencyL’Espresso, L’EssenzialeFerrariFinancial Times MagazineGestalten, The Guardian, GreenpeaceInternazionale, Il Sole 24 OreLAVMani Tese, MareMedici con l'Africa CUAMMNational Geographic, The New York TimesNike, L’ObsSportweek, Parmigiano ReggianoLa Repubblica, Libération, MonocleRivista Studio, Rivista UndiciRolling Stone Magazine, 6MoisSociety Magazine, SoFootVice, VogueThe Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Wired, World Health Organization

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TEACHING
SPAZI FOTOGRAFICI
LA SAPIENZA University in Rome
IUAV University of Venice
NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti), Milan

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LECTURES / TALKS
CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin, 2023
CA’ FOSCARI University, Venice, 2023
IUAV University of Venice, 2023
IMP Festival, Padua, 2023
ADI Design Museum, Milan. 2022
Triennale, Milan, 2021
SAPIENZA - University in Rome. 2021
MUFOCO
- Museo Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan. 2021
CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin. 2021
RUFA - Rome University of Fine Arts. 2021
IED - Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan. 2021
FABRICA, online for COVID-19. 2020
UCEN, Manchester. 2019
La Fabbrica dello Zucchero, Rovigo. 2019
La giustizia ambientale, Taranto. 2018
Festival dei diritti umani, Milan. 2018
EDCH Conference, Munich. 2017
FABRICA, Treviso. 2017