— About Giovanna Aresu
Born in 1974 in Cagliari, Italy.
Graduated from the photography course at Istituto Europeo di Design Cagliari in 1995. Fascinated by the photographic work of Paolo Roversi, Giovanna went to Pairs to meet him and in 1996 she moved to Paris where she gained experience in fashion photography. Between 1997 and 1999 she went on working as a freelance assistant to various photographers in both Paris and New York, until she started to work as personal assistant for the French photographer Christophe Kutner. Thanks to these experiences, in 2001, Giovanna started her solo career as a fashion photographer with Elle magazine, for which she did several shoots and cover pictures. Following this, her work started to be published by Marie Claire, Flair, Tank, Crash.
Her subjects vary from portraits, fashion and performing arts.
As well as commercial pictures, Giovanna's work widens to projects of personal research which she started to exhibit in 2003.
Giovanna lives and works between France and Italy.
Solo Exhibition
September 2018
Grey is Punk,
Festival OFF L’Eredità delle Donne
Firenze / Italy
May 2018
Grey is Punk,
La Libreria delle Donne
Firenze / Italy
March 2018
Grey is Punk,
Artelier63,
Cagliari / Italy
March 2015
Dialogues Intimes, Artelier63,
Cagliari / Italy
August – September 2014
Ossidazioni3
Museo dell'Ossidiana
Pau / Italy
April 2009
Ghosts
L’Atelier Tampon Ramier
Paris
June 2006
Liminale
LE STUDIO - Paris
April – Maggio 2006
Dark Portraits
Chez Richard- Paris
November – Dicembre 2005
Liminale
La Cartoucherie
Théàtre de l' Epée de Bois
Paris
October 2004
Immagini di Traverso
La Corte di St. Efisio
Cagliari / Italiy
February 2003
Mamuthones
La Galerie Viavante
Paris
Publications
2016
Irriverent Magazine
2012
LAZAGNE Magazine
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TURNABOUT Simon & Schuster Editions
2011
SORRES La riflessione Davide Zedda Edizioni
2003/2005
Flair Magazine
2003
Crash Magazine
Label Magazine
2002
Tank Magazine
2001/2008
ELLE Magazine
2001/2005
MARIE CLAIRE Magazine
Group Exhibition
September - October 2014
Ball Masqué
Centro Culturale Il Ghetto
Cagliari / Italy
December 2011
TVB
T-Hotel
Cagliari / Italy
May 2009
Festival Regards 09
Villeneuve de la Rivère / France
March – May 2007
L’œil du Désir
Galerie Brasila
Paris
October - November 2006
Dark Portraits
Partages 06
Art’ Amis
Château de St-Brisson-sur-Loire
France
July 2006
Hybrid
Spazioespanso
ALTAROMA
Rome
May 2005
La Femme Serpent
Galerie-Edition TRA
Paris
November 2004
Immagini di Traverso
Espace St. Martin
Paris
Hp Gallery
Palais de Tokyo
Paris
Teatro Fabbricone
Prato / Italy
November 2003
Autoportraits
Les Créneaux de l’Art
Châteaux de St-Brisson-sur-Loire
France
Autoportraits
Pin-up Studio
Paris
Mamuthones
Festival NO ARTE San Sperate
Cagliari / Italy
Anthology
Autoportraits
PIN-UP Editions
La Memoria e l’Immaginario
Zonza Edizioni