Marina Caneve
Marina Caneve (1988) develops artistic projects exploring the interaction between photography and research. In her practice the stratification between disciplines and languages is crucial and her projects mainly arise from questioning stereotyped and frontal narratives. She is currently focusing on the idea of ecosystems both environmental and cultural.
In 2023 Caneve received the Italian Council fellowship with the project Bridges are Beautiful (working title) promoted by FMAV – Fondazione Modena Arti Visive and UGM – Umetnostna galerija Maribor. With “Are they Rocks or Clouds?” she won numerous awards including the Giovane Fotografia Italiana (currently Premio Luigi Ghirri), the Dummy Award at Cortona On The Move, the Bastianelli Award for the best Italian photobook and was nominated for the Prix du livre des Rencontres d’Arles. She was also finalist of the C/O Berlin Talent Award (2021) and the Premio Gabriele Basilico (2020).
Caneve’s work was exhibited internationally in institutions such as MAXXI in Rome, Fotohof in Salzburg, Institut Néerlandais in Paris and La Triennale in Milano; her work belongs to the collections of institutions such as MAXXI, MUFOCO, MiBACT, ICCD, National Mountain Museum. In recent years she was commissioned artistic researches such as Atlante Sapienza 22, MAXXI; Italia Inclusiva, MAECI; Tredici sguardi sui Musei Lombardia, Direzione Musei Lombardia; Atlante Architettura Contemporanea, MiC e Mufoco; Unesco, ICCD; Marghera on stage, Padiglione Venezia, La Biennale di Venezia.
Her major publications include Are they Rocks or Clouds? (Fw:Books), Di roccia, fuochi e avventure sotterranee (Quodlibet/Ghella), The Valley Between Peaks and Stars (Quodlibet), The Shape of Water Vanishes in Water (A+Medizioni). She is co-founder of CALAMITA/À (2013-ongoing), an interdisciplinary platform with a focus on catastrophes and especially the Vajont. Calamita/à was awarded with the Strategia Fotografia fellowship in 2023.
She combines her practice with teaching at Master IUAV in Photography, Spazio Labo’ and giving workshops for different institutions.
