Cosmogonia

• Prize
• Photographer
  Stefania Di Filippo, Italy

‘Water is the principle of all things' Thales of Miletus, the sixth
century A.C.

The history of mankind has always been very closely linked to
the myth of origins. In an attempt to answer the questions of
human existence, philosophy and science, each in their own
way, have formulated their own interpretations: the arche, the
big-bang, a creative principle from which everything began.
From an initial condition of fluid chaos, suddenly.. the matter.
So does my cosmogony of imaginary and fantastic planets,
watercolor dreams. A huge inner explosion then a necessary
regurgitation: the creation as the need to rediscover a colorful
world that was laying there, somewhere... forgotten on the
bottom of the soul.

Stefania Di Filippo was born and raised in Sicily, where she currently lives and works. She conceives photography as a means to investigate and document reality. In 2014 her first work 'Cosmogonia' was selected and exhibited in the eighth edition of the well-known and internationally recognized Photofestival event, inside the historic Giureconsulti Palace in Milan. In 2014, this series received the prestigious international award PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris - and won third place in the Fine Art - Abstract Photography category. Later in the same year, she also received an honorable mention from IPA, International Photography Awards, for her work focused on memory and objects’ energy, theme that she is currently developing on her own personal photographic research.

Awards ABOUT
Stefania Di Filippo was born and raised in Sicily, where she currently lives and works. She conceives photography as a means to investigate and document reality. In 2014 her first work 'Cosmogonia' was selected and exhibited in the eighth edition of the well-known and internationally recognized Photofestival event, inside the historic Giureconsulti Palace in Milan. In 2014, this series received the prestigious international award PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris - and won third place in the Fine Art - Abstract Photography category. Later in the same year, she also received an honorable mention from IPA, International Photography Awards, for her work focused on memory and objects’ energy, theme that she is currently developing on her own personal photographic research.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2014 | Cosmogonia. Photofestival, Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milano. Curated by Aurelia Nicolosi *
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
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2016
- Anamorfosi II. Gallera Civica Montevergini, Siracusa. Curated by Nicolosi and Spironello.
- Affordable Art Fair. Super studio Più, Milano. Curated by Aurelia Nicolosi. *
- Trinacria Contemporary. Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Catania. Curated by Daniele Alonge. *
- Art Factory 05. Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Catania. Curated by Ko Art *
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2015
Expo Arte Italiana. Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo. Curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. *

2014
- Analogie Libere. Palazzo Ducezio, Noto. Curated by Galleria Artekò.
- Kennedy Foundation Charity Auction. MAXXI, Foyer del MAXXI, Roma. Organized by Kennedy Foundation *
- Young FaCTory. Art FaCTory 03, Centro Fieristico Culturale Le Ciminiere, Catania. Curated by Daniela Arionte *

2012
- Artesiana. Artisti in Villa. Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina. Curated by Giada Cantamessa *
- Strade - Circuito Off, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia.
- Artisti per TRIBEART. Palazzo della Cultura, Catania. Curated by Marella Ferrera and Daniela Arionte.
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PRIZES AND AWARDS
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2014 | Honorable mention from IPA, International Photography Awards.
2013 | 3rd place at the international award PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris.