Mattia Sagnimeni, born in 1997 in Rome, grew up in the city and graduated in Graphic Design and Photography from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome. He later completed his Master's degree in Art History at the University of Tor Vergata. Between 2022 and 2024, he spent much of his time in France, working in contexts related to the pension reform riots. He currently divides his time between Rome and Paris, where he exhibits his work and continues his artistic research. In 2022 and 2023, he was active at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, within the Musée du Louvre complex.
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With the photograph Lockdown di primavera 2020, he received an honorable mention in the Analog Landscape category at the 2023 IPA AWARDS in New York City.
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With the series SILENCES, he won second place at the Prix de la Photo Paris 2025, in the Analog Architecture category.
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In June 2023, the BANLIEUE series was published by the international magazine PERIMETRO, representing Rome at the PERIMETRO ROMA AWARDS 2023. It was later published by Psicografici Editore in 2024 and is currently a finalist at the Rencontres d'Arles 2024 with the MP on Stage award.
For the first time in Italy, the series now titled BANLIEUE tous les acts is being exhibited at the Bruno Lisi Gallery in Rome. The series investigates the relationship between three different Mediterranean suburbs: Rome, Naples, and Marseille, exploring the connection between space and time, between physical representation and the surrounding environment. BANLIEUE tous les acts is a social investigation into the relationship between citizens and their environment, focusing on the condition of various European suburbs in dialogue with both visual and structural expressions. The work unfolds through a slow, suspended narrative that captures moments of genuine everyday life.
