Pietro Lo Casto
Pietro Lo Casto
ABOUT
Read morePietro Lo Casto
b. 1986, Bologna, Italy. Lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Pietro is interested in the possibility of contemporary art to function as an archaeology of the invisible and be able to reveal hidden truths that, as layers, exist when we confront a landscape that has been marked by a multifaceted history of exploitation.
He has developed an artistic practice that is research driven and involves experiencing a place closely, talking to different knowledge producers and thinking through a multiplicity of mediums and materials to translate new connections in space.
Education
2021 - 2023
MFA Visual Arts, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2020
International Program of Photography, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
2012
MA Marketing, ESCP London, UK
2009
BA Communication Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2022
A Study in Deception, FAG2 Gallery, Khon Kaen, Thailand
2021
Weaving Connections, Albumen Gallery, London, UK
2021
Natural Ellipsis, Studio Tape, Festival Filosofia, Modena, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Rising Tides, Rising Voices, Some Space Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2023
EGO-NOMIC: life in a plasticosphere, Jing Jai Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2022
REA Art Fair, Milan , Italy
2022
Rethinking Nature, Foto Wien, Vienna, Austria
2021
Rethinking Nature, Imago Lisboa Photo Festival, Lisbona, Portugal
2021
Un/Natural, Lishui International Photography Festival, China
2021
Everything is Connected, Festival Internazionale, Ferrara, Italy
2021
Images Gibellina, Italy
2021
Rethinking Nature, Mois Européen de la Photographie Luxembourg
2021
DongGang International Photo Festival, Yeongwol, South Korea
2021
Everything is Connected, Photoszene, Cologne, Germany
2021
FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2020
Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2021
Bird in Flight Exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine
2020
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
2020
Everything is Connected, Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy
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/ Residencies/ Awards
2023
Neither on Land nor at Sea, Unidee Residency Program in Biella, Italy
2022
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2022
Khontemporary Khon Kaen, Artist in Residence
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
Bird in Flight Prize, Finalist
2020
Premio Canon Giovani Fotografi, Third Prize Winner
Collections
2023
Fondazione Orestiadi, Gibellina, Italy
2023
Khontemporary Collection, Khon Kaen, Thailand
2021
Collection of Collections APS, Modena, Italy