︎︎ Matteo Spertini

I am a graphic designer with a focus on editorial design and documentary photography. I focus on participative photography, keeping an eye on marginalities, be they social, economical or geographical. I grew up on the side of a deep lake, there Erica and I gave birth to Voce Collective. matteospertini.com

   education
2020 MA: Enterprise=Moving Creative Culture, E.U., CFP Bauer, Casa degli Artisti, AfolMet, Milan, Italy
2013 MA: Documentary Photography, John Kaverdash Academy, Milan, Italy
2012 BA: Design, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy
2011 Erasmus: ENSA Ecole Superieure Nationale des Beaux Arts et Design, Dijon, France
2007 High School Diploma: Graphic/Communication Design, IIS L. Franzosini, Verbania, Italy

   awards
2021 winner of Urbanautica Institute Awards
2016 winner of Premio Riccardo Prina (part of Premio Piero Chiara), Milan, Italy
2011 winner of “La pelle dell’edificio” design contest by Akzo Nobel, Milan, Italy

   exhibitions
2019 Nana Home Gallery, part of Capture Festival of Photography, Vancouver, Canada
2017 Via Roma OFF Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia, Italy
2017 (solo) 1 Apr – 1 May MA*GA Museo Arte Gallarate, Italy
2016 La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy 2016 Galleria Ghiggini, Varese, Italy
2016 Fonderia20.9, Verona, Italy
2011, 2010 Fuorisalone, Milan Design Week, Italy
2011 DMY International Design Festival, Berlin, Germany

   books/publications
2016 “L’Europa deporta | Europe deports” by Paolo Grassi, Christian Parolari, Matteo Spertini, Ombre Corte, Verona, Italy

︎︎ Erica Belli

I am a photographer and artist with a vivid interest towards photovoice and participative art practices. I am a teacher and lecturer and with my work I try to spread these practices in different areas of interest. Through photography and image reading workshops, I involve participants on a path of deeper understanding of their life experience and I challenge them to shift their focus on the places and situations they are currently living in. ericabelli.com

    education
2021-ongoing Art Therapy- Three year program, Nuove Arti Terapie, Milan, Italy
2020 Photovoice Worldwide,
Talking with pictures: Photovoice Methodology, USA
2020-ongoing BA: Psychology, G. Marconi University, Rome, Italy
2014 Reading Pictures Masterclass, Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy
2014 Photo Book Making Masterclass, Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy
2011 MA: Photo Editing and Iconographic Research, CFP Bauer, Milan, Italy
2010 Italian Institute of Photography, Milan, Italy

    awards
2018 Finalist at Premio Prina

    exhibitions
2014 Edinburgh Photo Fest, UK
2018 Galleria Ghiggini, Italy
2018 La Triennale, Milano, Italy
2018 Magazzini Fotografici Napoli, Italy
2018-2019 Nana Home Gallery, Capture Photography Festival, Canada
2012 Colorado Center for Arts, USA
2012 Archetype Gallery, Australia