Francesco Bellina

Francesco Bellina (Trapani, 1989) is a documentary photographer based in Palermo.

His work focuses mainly on contemporary socio-political issues with a particular focus on the topic of migration. He attended the Law faculty in Palermo and simultaneously dedicated himself to photography.

His works have been published on major international media such as The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Paris Match, Le Monde, Internazionale, L’Espresso, The Washington Post, among others. He often works with NGOs and is a contributor to UNHCR, WHO, and others.

In 2016 and 2017 he was nominated for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass.

In 2018 his work “Nigerian Connection” has been featured in the “Palermo Atlas” by the European nomadic biennal Manifesta12 and OMA. In the same year, his work “Tanakra” (2018), that depicts the human traffic between Niger and Libia, has been exhibited at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, and presented as a socio-political study in lectures at the University of San Diego, California, Spring Hill College and others.

In 2019 he has been invited for presentations at the World Press Photo exhibition in Bari, Torino and Palermo (Italy) about “On a Gagné” (2019), a serie of pictures taken on...

2024

Collective exhibition “ANIMAE”, Villa Zito, Palermo.

Collective exhibition “Solo che amore ti colpisca”, Real Albergo delle Povere, Palermo.

Exhibition “Nonostante Ballarò”, Chiesa dei SS. Crispino e Crispiniano, Palermo.

Exhibition “Oriri”, Palazzo Scammacca del Murgo, Catania.

2023

Exhibition “Pray for Seamen”, Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva, Palermo.

Exhibition “Oriri”, European Parliament, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Exhibition “Màscara”, Circolo dei canottieri, Reggio Emilia (RE).
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Exhibition “Magnifico e fragile: il Mediterraneo”, Acquario civico di Milano (MI).
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2022
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Solo exhibition “La fine del viaggio”, Museo Civico Castelbuono, (PA).
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Exhibition “The Last Fishermen” at Transationales Festival zu Klima, Theater Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Exhibition in Instanbul at The World Health Organization annual meeting in Instanbul, of the work committed by the WHO/Europe.

2021

Exhibition "On a Gagne" at Festival Geografie in Villa Camperio Villasanta (MB)

Solo exhibition “ORIRI”, Fondazione Sant’Elia, Palermo.

Collective exhibitio...