Biography
Matteo was born in Rome in 1997. In 2020 he graduated in Photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome. In 2021-2022 he attended the Master’s degree in Contemporary Photojournalism at Officine Fotografiche and the Work Notes workshop at Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Florence. In 2023 he realized Laboratorio Italia, an editorial project for Italian Tech (Repubblica) in collaboration with Contrasto and he inaugurated his first solo show at the Leica Store of Rome. In 2024 he took part in the Roma ChilometroZero collective exhibition at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere and in the related book published by ContrastoBooks. In 2025 he was selected by Exposed Torino Foto Festival for the Photomatch. In the same year he was involved in two artistic residencies: Trevinano Ri-Wind (Produzioni dal Basso) and Best Artist in Gerace (Paratissima). In 2026 he was selected for the Premio Gianni Borgna‘s collective exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni and for the collective show Prima Materia 0.2 at Palazzo Sforza Cesarini.
Statement
My visual research develops as a method of investigation and exploration, with the aim of portraying some contemporary landscape’s hints. The most touched issues are the relationship between human figure and territory, environment and sustainability. The interest in these areas born from the need to contribute in a complicated historical and social period where the climate emergency creates, especially in young people, an anxiety to live with. Contemporary landscape means a territory rich in values and contradictions, a visible and invisible scenario where nature and man seek each other, move away and leave traces. My practice arises from this tension and it is articulated in the complexity of a world that is transforming, often in a negative way, but also with small sparks of rebirth. In my works I don’t look for simple answers but images capable of inhabiting ambiguity, leaving spaces for doubt and reflection.
Residencies
2025:
Best Artist in Gerace, Paratissima, Gerace
Trevinano Ri-Wind, Produzioni dal Basso, Riserva Naturale Monte Rufeno, Acquapendente
Solo Exhibitions
2026:
SENTIERI – Sinestetica, Rome (22/05-04/06)
2023:
SENTIERI – Roma ChilometroZero, Leica Store Gallery, Rome
Collective Exhibitions
2026:
MINDSCAPES – Abelardo Morell, La misura del visibile, Studio Marangoni, Firenze
LABORATORIO ITALIA – La tecnologia con un’anima, Biblioteca Civica G. Tartarotti, Rovereto
SIN – Prima Materia 0.2, Palazzo Sforza Cesarini, Genzano di Roma
SENTIERI – Rome, aujourd’hui. Visions d’une ville en transformation, Senna River, Paris
ARCHIVE – Premio Gianni Borgna, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – Rigenera, Factory Leisure Club, Pozzuoli
2025:
SIN – Spazi Oltre la Camera Chiara, Spazio Piera, Trento
Στρωματώσεις – Paratissima, Real Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – GreenSquare, Festival della Sostenibilità, Milan
MINDSCAPES – Immaterial, Alt_Ra Project, Arco della Pace (Augmented Reality), Milan
2024:
SENTIERI – Roma ChilometroZero, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome
SOLO – A Testament to Loss, Too Tired Project (online)
SIN – La Notte della Fotografia, Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cortina, Piacenza
MINDSCAPES – Youth III, 10b Photography, Roma
2023:
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – ISPA, Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia
MINDSCAPES – Circuito OFF CIFA, Chiostro di San Lorenzo, Bibbiena
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – ISPA, Palazzo Ducale, Genova
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – ISPA, IMP Festival, Padova
ABITANTI DEL SORBO – Your Roots, Perimetro, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan
RETI INVISIBILI – Street Photography, F-Stop Magazine (online)
SOLO – Same Same But Different: Exclusion, Perimetro, Base, Milan
ARCHIVE – Young Advocates Open Call, Format Festival, Quad Gallery, Derby
SOLO – Looking for the Light, Photometria Festival, Esp+ Gallery, Thessaloniki
MINDSCAPES – Black and White, F-Stop Magazine (online)
2022:
PUROSOLE – Climate Change Italia, Contrasto, MAXXI, Rome
SOLO – Looking for the Light, Photometria Festival, Melanithros Art Space, Athens
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – Note di lavoro, FSM Gallery, Florence
MINDSCAPES – Resources 2.0, Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg
SOLO – Looking for the Light, Photometria Festival, Ioannina
PCCB – FotoLeggendo, Officine Fotografiche, Rome
PUROSOLE – Climate Change Italia, Festival Green&Blue, Milan
SOLO – Personality: Contemporary Portraiture, PH21 Gallery, Budapest
SIN – Ways of Living Climate Project, Then There Was Us, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
MINDSCAPES – New Talents, Photographic Exploration Project, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin
SOLO – Year Book, Shutter Hub (online)
PCCB – Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine (online)
2021:
SOLO – You/th, Kobo Studio, Rome
RETI INVISIBILI – Tales of Unwritten, Trieste Photo Days, Trieste
SIN – Fotografia a Sostegno del Pianeta, Sifest, Savignano sul Rubicone
SIN – Environmental Alterations, Loosen Art, MillePiani, Rome
SIN – On Climate Change, Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Rome
SOLO – Favorite Photograph Exhibition, Lenscratch (online)
SIN – Landscape, F-Stop Magazine (online)
SIN – Four Degrees: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change, Humble Arts Foundation (online)
STAND-BY NIGHT – Empty Streets, Art Doc Magazine (online)
2020:
ARCHIVE – Confinement, dans l’Attente de la Renaissance, Open Eye Magazine (online)
SIN – Hidden Histories, In Conversation With (online)
Awards
2026:
LABORATORIO ITALIA – Vincitore, La tecnologia con un’anima, Informatici senza frontiere
2025:
ARCHIVE – Finalist, Premio Gianni Borgna
SIN – Mention, Charta Award
2024:
PARCO DELLE ENERGIE – Premio Hombres
2023:
LABORATORIO ITALIA – Finalist, ISPA Awards
SOLO – The Fc’Diary Photo
2022:
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – Finalist, ISPA Awards
SOLO – Finalist, Photometria Awards
PUROSOLE – Second place, Gruppo Italia Energia
PCCB – Mention, Urbanautica Institute Awards
2021:
SOLO – International Photography Awards
SIN – Mention, BUP Book Award
SIN – Mention, Urbanautica Institute Awards
2020:
SIN – Mention, Urbanautica Institute Awards
Publications
2025:
DOVE IL PAESAGGIO – Attiviamo Energire Positive / Produzioni dal Basso
ARCHIVE – Scomodo
ARCHIVE – Maps6Collectve
ABITANTI DEL SORBO – Animals, 8 di Zero
LABORATORIO ITALIA – Perimetro
ARKIROMA – Forbes Italia
SENTIERI – Boheme Magazine / Osservatorio FO
2024:
SENTIERI – Roma ChilometroZero / ContrastoBooks
MINDSCAPES – Sola Journal
ABITANTI DEL SORBO – Perimetro
ARCHIVE – Immemory Magazine
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – La Nuova Ecologia
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – Textile Exchange
MINDSCAPES – Marino Mag
2023:
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – Foto di Classe, L’Espresso
MINDSCAPES – How Do You Feel About Rome, Sleeve Magazine
PCCB – Vol IV, The Best Selected Book
PCCB – Giro d’Italia, Artribune
LABORATORIO ITALIA – Italian Tech, La Repubblica
ARCHIVE – ZeroFeedBack
SIN – Il Fotografo
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – ISPA, Seipersei Books
PCCB – Panorama
FROM WASTE TO GOOD – Landscape Stories
SIN – Platform Green
PCCB – Conceptual Projects
PCCB – Artwort
PCCB – Perimetro
LEGAMI – Esplorazioni Accessibili
2022:
PCCB – Sguardi Contemporanei, Fotografia dell’Architettura
MINDSCAPES – Issue 02 Sunlight, Eki Magazine
PUROSOLE – Green&Blue, National Geographic Italia
PUROSOLE – Green&Blue, La Repubblica
PUROSOLE – Green&Blue, La Stampa
SOLO – Year Book, Shutter Hub
PCCB – Best Selected
ARCHIVE – Best Selected Project
PCCB – Handbali Magazine
RETI INVISIBILI – The Street Rover
SIN – Float Photo Magazine
2021:
SIN – Vol IV, The Best Selected Book
RETI INVISIBILI – Zero Nine Magazine
SIN – Rilegno, Black Camera
STAND-BY NIGHT – Almanac, Fotografia dell’architettura
SIN – Witness Journal
SIN – Mediterraneo Mag
SIN – Perimetro
SIN – In Fìeri
SIN – Still Young
SIN – Origine Magazine
SIN – Artwort
SIN – Ombra Magazine
SIN – Issue 01, Black River
2020:
SIN – Annus Horribilis, Float Photo Magazine
SIN – The Pupil Sphere
SIN – Conceptual Projects
SIN – Panorama
SIN – Landscape Stories
SIN – Korper Magazine
SIN – Art Doc Magazine
SIN – Phroom