Debora Barnaba

ed and subverted in favour of the photographic lens. Barnaba’s background can be seen in the detailed, formal construction of the shots and in her effort to aestheticise an idea, “tracing” it in the space of a single click. Solo exhibitions

.nedt, IBSA special project, Milan, Italy, june 2019

Debora Barnaba: Untitled Show, Theca Gallery, Lugano, Swiss, september 2013



Selected group exhibitions

PhotoLondon fair, with Podbielski Gallery, London, Great Britain, october 2020

Ghiggini Arte 03/2020, curated by Eileen Ghiggini, Ghiggini Gallery, Varese, Italy, march 2020

Pleasure Garden, curated by Pierre Podbielski, Podbielski Gallery, Milan, Italy, february 2020

50 Liceo Artistico, Villa Mirabello Museum, Varese, Italy, february 2020

ContemporaneaMENTI, exhibition of the finalists of the prize, Fondazione Arsenale, Iseo, Italy, september 2019

Incarnato, curated by Chiara Gatti, Ghiggini Gallery, Varese, Italy, april 2019

Artisti a Venezia, curated by Daniela Accorsi, Accorsi Gallery, Venice, Italy, may 2018

Arte e moda, curated by Giorgio Grasso, Spazio Kappa, Milan, Italy, february 2018

Carte esposte, curated by Annalisa Fanti, Theca Gallery, Milan, Italy, july 2017

Biennale di Genova, Palazzo Stella, Genova, Italy, june 2017

N**e, Cortina Gallery, Milan, Italy, may 2017

Kunst lives matter, Marzia Frozen Gallery, Berlin, Germany, march 2017

White light/White heat, Theca Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland, february 2014

Corpo a corpo, Hangart, Pavia, Italy, 2013

Il paesaggio contemporaneo, Deodato Arte, Milan, Italy, 2012

Nonsolocorpisoli, I Macelli, Florence, Italy, 2012

Circuiti dinamici, Circolo culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milan, Italy, 2011

Locus animae, Palazzo del Turismo, Jesolo, Italy, 2010

Artparty, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Castello di Masnago, Varese, Italy, 2010

Cristalli di Rocca, curated by Carolina Lio, Rocca Grimalda, Italy, 2008

Body-il corpo umano nell’arte contemporanea, Spazio Expo Culturali GB Design, Florence, Italy, 2007



Prizes

Winner of the photographry prize at ContemporaneaMENTI, Fondazione Arsenale Iseo, 2019

Finalist at C.O.C.A. Prize for photography, 2018

Winner of the critique prize, Genova Biennale, 2017

Mention by the jury, The Independent Photographer award, 2017

Third classified with Annalisa Mazzoli, Serbelloni Prize, 2014

Finalist at Premio Giovani Artisti Borgomanero, III edition, 2012

Third classified, Premio Ghiggini Arte Giovani XI edition, 2012

Special mention by the jury, Giovani Artisti Borgomanero, II edition, 2011



Selected bibliography - Books and Exhibitions catalogues

AAVV., ContemporaneaMENTI, cat. Exhibition, AGF Edizioni, 2017

AAVV., Regione Lombardia: four seasons of beauty, Regione Lombardia, 2017

BONOMI Giorgio, Il corpo solitario vol.2, Rubettino Editore, 2017

AAVV., Expo Tales, Regione Lombardia, 2015

BARNABA Debora, Mondrian: Arte come percezione della forma invisibile, Edizioni Accademiche Italiane, 2015

AAVV., Pasottiade, Silvio Pasotti dal 1933, Skira Ed, 2015

BARNABA Debora, White catalogue, White Milano, jan. 2015

AAVV., La Varese che vorrei, 80 contributors, Associazione Parentesi and Lions Club Varese Host Ed, 2014

AAVV., 12 Riflessi, cat. exhibition, Francesco Brioschi Ed, 2014

AAVV., Premio giovani artisti, cat. exhibition, Italgrafica Ed, 2012

AAVV., Ghiggini arte, cat. exhibition, 2012

BARNABA Debora, Visioni del vuoto: Varese, Arterigere Ed, 2011

AAVV., Premio giovani artisti, cat. exhibition, Italgrafica Ed, 2011

IOVINE Sandro, Il Fotografo, Kissing me, magazine, Sprea Ed, 2010

AAVV., Locus animae, rassegna d'arte contemporanea quinto episodio, cat. exhibition, Nextitalia, 2010

AAVV., Artparty, sferica, cat. exhibition, Quir Ed, 2010

AAVV., Circuiti dinamici, cat. exhibition, Seriart Ed, 2010

AAVV., Ghiggini arte, cat. exhibition, 2010

TOSCANI Oliviero e ALTRI, Santo Spirito, La Sterpaia Ed, 2009

AAVV., Cristalli di Rocca, cat. exhibition, 2008