Born in 1980, Rome, Italy

Lives and works between New York City and Rome

 

Education

2011 MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies,

Bard College - International Center of Photography,

New York

2008 One -Year Certificate Program, International

Center of Photography, New York

2004 Istituto Superiore di Fotografia

e Comunicazione Integrata, Roma

 

Solo Exhibitions

Submerged, Photo-Biennal - Glaz Gallery, Moscow 13.03.12- 8.04.2012

Reflect What You Are, MART Museum of Modern

and Contemporary Art Rovereto 2.06.2011 – 30.10.2011

Modus Operandi, ICP-Bard Thesis Solo Show,

Long Island City, New York, ICP Studio

Gallery, 23-27.03.2011

Serenity, New York, Henry Gregg Gallery,

11.12.2008 - 18.01.2009

Metrochip Microcity, curated by

Lorenzo Benedetti, Roma, Fondazione

Pastificio Cerere, 18.04 - 15.05.2007

Fotografie di Viaggio. curated by

Isabella Del Frate, New York, Casa Italiana

Zerilli-Marimò, New York University, 6.11 -

16.12.2004

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

Cities of New York, Museo della Centrale

Montemartini, 11.09 - 09.10.2011, Rome.

ICP-Bard MFA Program 2011. Thesis Group

Exhibition, New York, International Center

of Photography, 1.04 - 22.05.2011

Transience, Z2O Gallery, Roma,

8.10 - 20.11.2010

Eye to Eye, New York, 25CPW Gallery,

21.05.2010

Object in the Mirror, New York, Helac & Wirth

Art Advisory, 20.05 - 20.07.2010

Italians, London, CVZ Contemporary,

8.04 - 15.06.2009

Oh my God!, curated by

Eleonora Lucangeli, Roma,

Galleria ICIPICI, 2-25.04.2009

New Space | New Works, New York, CVZ Contemporary,

6.03 - 31.08.2009

Art Biennal, curated by

Enzo Fornaro, Saint Petersburg,

Hall Manege, 18.07 - 30.08.2008

Reflect: Full-Time Student Exhibition 2008,

curated by Robert Blake,

Alison Morley, New York, International Center

of Photography, 13.06 - 17.08.2008

Detour. The Moleskine Notebook Experience,

curated by Raffaella Guidobono,

Paris, Centre George Pompidou,

24.04 -19.05.2008

Sensory Prelude, curated by

H. Eugene Foster, Per Gylfe, New York,

International Center of Photography, 8.03 -

6.04.2008

X Premio Internazionale “Massenzio Arte”,

curated by Maurizio Chelucci,

Roma, Ex Magazzini Generali - ISA - Istituto

Superiore Antincendi, 9-30.11.2006

L’altra metà del lavoro, curated by

Paolo Balmas, Angelo Capasso, Pino Casagrande,

Linda de Sanctis, Patrizia Ferri,

Roma, Palazzo della Cancelleria,

8-21.03.2006

East is East, curated by

Mirtilla Rolandi Ricci, Roma,

Galleria del Cortile, 15.04 - 6.05.2005

 

Grants and Residencies

2011-12 Artist Residency, Dwight School New York

2009 Elsa Peretti Foundation’s Scholarship

2008 International Center of Photography - Bard Director’s Fellowship - Photography Program, New York City

2006 Arte Prize, Roma, ISA - Magazzini Generali,

Exhibition Award, Special Mention

Inail in L’altra metà del lavoro, Roma,

Palazzo della Cancelleria

 

Bibliography

PhotoBiennale 2012,  International Month of Photography in Moscow, curated by Olga Sviblova, Exhibition catalogue, 2012, Moscow.

Elena Montobbio, Olimpia Ferrari-L’Energia delle metropoli e le piccole tracce umane, ne “Il Corriere della Sera”, 10.05.2012, Milano

Pia Capelli, Olimpia Ferrari Contemporanea, in “Elle” 08.2011, Milano.

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Io Uguale Noi, in “L’Unita’”,30.07.2011, Roma.

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in “Il Messaggero”,10.07.2011, Roma.

Reflect What You Are, curated by Walter Guadagnini,

exhibition catalogue, 2011, Milano.

Modus Operandi, MFA Thesis, exhibition catalogue, 2011, New York.

AAVV, ICP advertising , in “Bomb”, n. 115,

Spring 2011, p. 23, New York.

AAVV, Shift - International Center of Photography,

Shift Book, 2008, pp. 134-135, New York

anon., Arsep Christies Photo 2009, auction catalogue, 2009,n. 80, Ivry-sur-Seine.

AAVV, Pastificio Cerere Catalogue, October 2007, pp. 62-65, Roma.

ICP One Year Certificate 2011-2012, catalogue cover, 2011, New York.

Arielle Bier, Curtis Hamilton, Provoke, 2010, pp. 64-74, New York.

Paolo Portoghesi, Un calco dell’Anima, in “Abitare la Terra”, n. 24, 2009, pp. 38-41, Firenze.

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Fabiana Mendia, Scatti Storici al Pastificio Cerere, in “Il Messaggero”, 8.05.200, Roma.

Lilli Garrone, Metrochip di Olimpia Ferrari alla Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, in “Corriere della Sera”, 27.04.2007, Milano.

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anon., Metrochip di Olimpia Ferrari nell’antico Pastificio “Cerere”, in “Corriere della Sera”, 22.04.2007, p. 16, Milano.

Questione Italiana. Indagine sulla fotografia contemporanea, curated by Marco Delogu, exhibition catalogue, 6. Festival Internazionale di Roma, 2007, Roma.

Metrochip Microcity, exhibition catalogue, edited by Lorenzo Benedetti, Paolo Balmas,  2007, Roma.

Open Space #1, exhibition catalogue, curated by Maurizio Chelucci, 10. Premio Internazionale “Massenzio Arte”, 2006, Roma.

Segno sul Viso. L’altra metà del lavoro, exhibition catalogue, 2006, Roma.

Identità rifiutata, curated by Marco Delogu ,exhibition catalogue, 4. Festival Internazionale di Roma, 2005, Roma.

Fotografie di Viaggio, edited by Isabella Del Frate,

exhibition catalogue, 2004, New York.