Pietro Lo Casto
Pietro Lo Casto

Artist working with images and video

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(b. 1986 Italy) sees his artistic research as the possibility to participate in the visualisation of posthuman paths driven more and more by collective conceptual creativity. His work has included acts of denunciation of structural injustice towards indigenous knowledge and other non-humans, defined as animals, plants and land, in an attempt to understand and deepen the multi-level relationship between humans and nature.

Pietro is currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts at Chiang Mai University, Thailand, with a full scholarship. Previously he studied photography at the Pathshala Institute Bangladesh. He has been living in Asia since early 2018.

Education

2021 - 2023
MFA Visual Arts, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2020
International Program of Photography, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
2009
BA Communication Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy

Selected Exhibition

2021
Weaving Connections, Albumen Gallery, London, UK
2021
Un/Natural, Lishui International Photography Festival, China
2021
Natural Ellipsis, curated by Rita Meschiari, Gate26A & Studio Tape, Festival Filosofia, Modena, Italy
2021
Images Gibellina, Italy
2021
DongGang International Photo Festival, Yeongwol, South Korea
2021
Photoszene, Slideshow curated by Slideluck Editorial, Cologne, Germany
2021
FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2020
Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2020
Bird in Flight Exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine
2020
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
2020
Photo Vogue Festival, Slideshow curated by Slideluck Editorial
2020
Erratic Dream, Online exhibition curated by PH Museum
2020
Cortona on the Move Festival, Cortona, Italy
2020
Chronicles 2076, Kathmandu, Nepal
2019
2nd Battle Zine, VOID, Athens, Greece

Scholarship/ Awards / Grants

2021
Presidential Scholarship, in support of MFA Visual Arts, Chiang Mai University
2021
GUP’s FRESH EYES Talent
2021
Prix Nouvelle Écritures de la Photographie Environmental, Finalist
2021
Zine Tonic Award, Honorable Mention
2020
Premio Canon Giovani Fotografi, Third Prize Winner
2012
Everything is Connected by Slideluck Editorial, Winner

Collections

2021
Collection of Collections APS, Modena

Pubblications

2021
FRESH EYES 2021, The Latest European Photography
2021
Inside / PHmuseum 2nd Photobook On Mobile Photography