Ottavia Castellina is an Italian fine art photographer based in London.
Graduate in Art History at Turin University, she completed an MA in Fine Art Photography at the London College of Communication in 2008.
In addition to her artistic practice she also teaches photography workshops and courses and she is a visiting lecturer at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Genoa.
Selected solo and collective shows, awards and grants:
Solo shows
2018 Màn. Vietnam Street Heroines, MAO Museum of Oriental Art, Turin
2017 Portraits from Slices of Life, Spazio Calvino, Sanremo
2016 Portraits from Slices of Life, The Muse Gallery, London
2014 (L)ending lines, Harlem Room, Montrasio Gallery, Milan
2012 Still Beauty, Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London
2012 En route, double-solo show with Samir Parker at KHOJ International Artists Association, New Delhi
2008 Flatmates, TurinPhotoFestival, Turin
Selected collective shows
2016 VII Premio Fondazione VAF, Posizioni attuali dell'arte italiana, Kunstammlungen, Chemnitz
2016 VII Premio Fondazione VAF, Posizioni attuali dell'arte italiana, Stadtgalerie, Kiel
2016 VII Premio Fondazione VAF, Posizioni attuali dell'arte italiana, Macro Testaccio, Roma
2014 Thanks to Luigi Ghirri, Km0 Gallery, Innsbruck
2013 Thanks to Luigi Ghirri, Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea, Arezzo
2013 Biennale Giovani Monza, Villa Reale, Monza
2013 Home, my place in the world, Wandsworth Museum, London
2013 Thanks to Luigi Ghirri, Museo Bodini, Gemonio - Varese
2012 Thanks to Luigi Ghirri, curated by Laura Serani, organized by Montrasio Arte, Mois de la Photo, Paris
2012 Migration. History of a Journey, Royal Horseguard, London
2011 Fotografia Europea, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia
2011 Circulasion(s), Young European Photography Festival, Paris
2010 Italian Emerging Photography, curated by Laura Serani, Italian Institute, Paris
2009 La Ragione dell’Età, curated by Laura Manione, Auditorium Santa Chiara, Vercelli (Italy)
2008 MA in Photography final show, London College of Communication, London
2008 France e-motion, Jubelee Place, London
2007 Seminfermita’ ambientali, Nave-parco culturale Le Serre, Turin
Awards, competitions, residencies
2016 Selected artist, VAF - Stiftung Prize, Germany
2012 Selected artist, Premio San Fedele, Milan
2012 Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital grant recipient, London
2012 Shortlisted at Migration. History of a Journey, London
2011 Resò fellowship recipient at KHOJ International Artists Association, New Delhi
2007 Shortlisted at Project Assistant Award, The British Journal of Photography, London
2006 Shortlisted at Premio Le Logge, ToscanaPhotoFestival, Massa Marittima, Italy
2005 Mention of honour at CRT Bilancio Sociale national competition, Turin
Public talks
2016 Fotografia e viaggio, Immagini sdoppiate a cura di Laura Manione, Unipop, Vercelli (Italy)
2012 Let's talk RESO', Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Collections
Guy's and St Thomas Hospital
Provincia di Vercelli
ArtInn Jaipur
private collections