Chiara Fersini

Born in 1986, I live in Lecce, in the South of Italy.I hold a degree in Foreign Languages (English, Japanese).
I'm a self-taught painter and photographer, singer and writer. I also study naturopathy and astrology and i'm very interested in exoteric disciplines.
You will find a lot of this in all of my works.

I became interested in photography in 2007 after a study journey in Japan. Before that moment I considered photography just as a useful tool to document events but I never gave to a photograph an artistic importance. Then I found out that photography could be much more than a simple snapshot of reality. The discovery of great digital artists made me want to try experimenting with the medium, made me improve steadily my skills and I began to think I could develop a personal style as well as to show the intricate world that I’ve always felt inside. My favorite field of research is the Surreal Photography.
My interest for Surrealism’s techniques and concepts meets another element which is a leitmotiv in my work: the painterly style. Before starting experimenting with photography I was a painter. So as painting has been my first love I have tried to keep it in my photos. I actually behave as a painter even when I am shooting and editing a photo in Photoshop. I look at lights and shadows and colors as if I were to paint them and that is why this painterly style is a sort of natural thing for me to achieve. Another thing that helped me a lot in developing this style is my deep love for old master painters. In particular I look at The ...

2016 March 2-9 - ISIDE E LA WUNDERKAMMER DELLA FERTILITA’, Group exhibition, curated by Dores Sacquegna (Primo piano LivinGallery), PALAZZO VARNAZZA, Lecce
2015 August – Solo show, Palazzo palmieri, Martignano, Lecce
2015 May22-July11 – Afk Gallery, group exhibition Staging and Revelation III, Lisbon
2014 12-15 June - Mint Art Gallery at Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London
2014 6-9 Febr - Mint Art Gallery, Works on Paper Art Fair at the Science Museum, London
2014 18/01 Masterclass at SWPP INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, London
2013 23-28 Oct - AAF Battersea LONDON, Mints Art Gallery, London
2013 5 Oct-2 Nov - IT'S NOT ABOUT RATIONALITY, Solo show, 11Dreams Gallery, Palazzo Guidobono Tortona (AL), Italy
2013 March - Publication in BAZAAR ART, China
2013 March - Finalist Professional Photographer of the year, UK
2013 March - Finalist Premio Artgallery, Milano
2013 March - Publication in Opticks Magazine, Spain
2012 August 18  - INSIGHT, Seminar organized by MALTA INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Malta
2012 August 17 - INSIGHT, solo exhibition, Malta
2012 July 19/ August 10 - A GLIMPSE AT PHOTOVOGUE, 10 Corso Como, Milan, ITALY
2012 June 06/ July - ILLUSTRISSIMA FIABA, Laboratorio Artibus, Vasto (Chieti), ITALY
2012...