Giacomo Brunelli (b. Perugia, Italy, 1977) graduated with a degree in International Communications in 2002. His work has been exhibited at The Photographers’Gallery (Uk), The New Art Gallery Walsall (Uk), The Barbican Centre (Uk), BlueSky Gallery, Portland (Usa), Format Festival, Derby (Uk), Triennial of Photography Hamburg (Germany), Nordic Light Festival (Norway), Noorderlicht Photofestival (The Netherlands), StreetLevel Glasgow (Uk), Photofusion, London (Uk), Delhi PhotoFestival (India), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland), Athens Photo Festival (Greece), Daegu PhotoBiennal (South Korea), Angkor PhotoFestival (Cambodia), Tabernacle (London, Uk), Griffin Museum (Boston, Usa) and at commercial galleries such as Peter Fetterman Gallery (Santa Monica, Usa), Robert Morat Galerie (Berlin, Germany), Galerie Camera Obscura, (Paris, France), Arden & Anstruther (Petworth, Uk), Galleria Belvedere (Milan, Italy).
He has won the Sony World Photography Award, the Gran Prix Lodz, Poland and the Magenta Foundation “Flash Forward 2009”. He has also been featured widely in the art and photography press including BBC (Uk), The Guardian (Uk), The Telegraph (Uk), Eyemazing (Holland), European Photography (Germany), B&W Magazine (Usa), Creative Review (Uk), Foto+Video (Russia).
His work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Usa), The New Art Gallery Walsall, Uk Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan) and Portland Art Museum (Usa).
Brunelli has published “The Animals” (2008) and “Eternal London” (2014) by Dewi Lewis Publishing, “Self Portraits” (2017) and "Hamburg" (2021) by Editions Bessard, “New York” (2020) by Skinnerboox and "Venice" has been self-published by TantoPress in 2022.
In 2012, he was commissioned by The Photographers’Gallery to do the “Eternal London” series and in 2015 by the Deichtorhallen to produce “Hamburg".
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 “New York”, The Photographers’Gallery, London
2017 “Hamburg”, Robert Morat Galerie, Germany
“The Animals”, Nordic Light Festival, Norway
2015 “Hamburg”, Triennial of Photography Hamburg
2014 “Eternal London”, The Photographers’Gallery, Uk
“The Animals"and "Self Portraits”, Tabernacle, Uk
2013 “The Animals” Delhi PhotoFestival, India
“The Animals and Self Portraits”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2012 “The Animals” Athens Photo Festival, Greece
2011 “The Animals” Transphotographiques, Lille, France
2010 “The Animals” The Photographers’Gallery, London, Uk
“The Animals” Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia
“The Animals” Estivales Photographiques Trégor (FR)
“The Animals” Photofusion, London, Uk
2009 “The Animals” BlueSky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Usa
“The Animals” StreetLevel, Glasgow, Scotland, Uk
“The Animals” Boutographies Fotofestival, France
“The Animals” Wrexham Arts Center, Wrexham, Uk
2008 “The Animals” The New Art Gallery Walsall, Uk
“The Animals” Galleria Belvedere, Milan, Italy
“The Animals” SiFest, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy
“The Animals” Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
2007 “The Animals” Arden&Anstruther, Petworth, Uk
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 "In Praise of Shadows", Marshall Contemporary (Usa)
2018 "Unseen:Silhouettes&Shadows”,Peter Fetterman (Usa)
2016 “Strange and Familiar”, Barbican Centre, Uk
2015 “Eternal London”, Format Festival, Derby, Uk
“The Animals”, Photo Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 “Les Fables” Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
“Metropolis” Noorderlicht, The Netherlands
“Right Here, Right Now” Format Festival, Derby, Uk
2010 “Schwarzweiss”, Robert Morat Galerie, Germany
“Hidden Sense”, Daegu PhotoBiennale, South Korea
“Make Room”, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Uk
“Dog Days”, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, Usa
“Thrown at the Wall”, PhotoIreland, Dublin Ireland
“Everyday Extraordinary”, Coutts & Co, London, Uk
Magenta, Griffin Museum Photography, Boston, Usa
PhotoVoice,Thomson Reuters, London, Uk
2009 Magenta, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Kaunas Photofestival, Latvia
Gallery.Photographer.ru, Moscow, Russia (Sony Awards)
The Affluenza Exhibition, London, Uk
2008 Scope Basel, Switzerland (with Saatchi Art)
The PowerHouse Arena, New York, USA (Sony Awards)
Bozar Centre of Fine Arts, Brussels (Sony Awards)
Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Germany (Sony Awards)
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Usa
2007 Eclectica, Crane Kalman, Brighton, Uk
2006 Small Works, Art101, Brooklyn, Usa
AWARDS
2009 Magenta, Toronto, Canada, Winner Uk
B&W Magazine Spotlight Award, Usa, Winner
2008 Sony World Photography Awards, Nature Winner
Gran Prix of Fotofestiwal of Lodz, Poland, Winner
B&W Spider Awards, Usa, Nomination
MONOGRAPHS
2021 "Hamburg", Editions Bessard, France
2020 “New York”, Skinnerboox, Italy
2017 “Self Portraits” , Editions Bessard, France
2016 "Eternal London" (2nd edition), Dewi Lewis, Uk
2016 “The Animals”, (Revised Edition), Dewi Lewis, Uk
2014 “Eternal London”, Dewi Lewis, Uk
2008 “The Animals”, Dewi Lewis, Uk
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 “Keeper of the Hearth”, Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam
2019 “Masters of Street Photography, Ammonite Press, Uk
2019 “Unseen London”, Hoxton Mini Press, Uk
2016 “Strange and Familiar”, Barbican Centre, Prestel, Uk
2015. “MONO Vol.2”,, Gomma, Uk
2015 “Evidence”, Format Festival, Derby
2012 “Technopolis”, Athens Photo Festival 2012
2012 “20 NOW: Contemporary Photographers”, Taiwan
2011 “Metropolis”, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2011
2011 “Right Here, Right Now”, Format Festival, Uk
2010 “Hidden Sense” South Korea
2010 “Kaunas PhotoFestival”, Lathuania
2009 “Magenta Flash Forward”, Canada
2008 “Lodz FotoFestival”, Poland
2008 “Savignano FotoFest”, Italy
2008 “FotoLeggendo”, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Museum Fine Arts, Houston, Usa
Portland Art Museum, Usa
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Uk
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan