Mario Guerra

Mario Guerra is an Italian photographer, after having lived in New York, Paris and Lecce (Apulia), he lives today in Rome and Chamonix (France).
His photographs upon materials are images that abstract themselves in small details of few millimeters, enlarged at the excess, where photography abdicate its representation role to become something else. Looking for the existing beauty in the minute reality that surrounds us.
"An intimate, minimalistic look which explores the nature of the material in its purest and most essential aesthetics. Details almost invisible to the naked eye, like inner landscapes coming to life with shades, imperfections, imperceptible tracings and secrets: like those of the human mind." (Ludovico Pratesi – La Repubblica)

Mario Guerra has begun his activity as a professional photographer. Since more than twenty years he's working for europeans enterprises and factories, advertising and communication agencies, focusing on industrial, corporate and portrait photography.
He has took part at many campaigns and publications, among books and magazines, in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Spain, US.
The artistic activity of Contemporary Photography is today predominant.

He's teacher of Photography (an education to the inner and emotional vision in photography as art) at the Design, Visual and Multi-media Communication Department (D.C.V.M.) of the Architecture faculty at University La Sapienza of Rome.
He's teacher of Photography at the European Institute of Design (IED) of Rome.
He has taught at the Superior Institute of Photography and Integrated Communication of Rome and at the Marne la Vallée University in France.
He leaded several workshops and seminars during cultural events, artistic festivals, for foundations, associations, and institutions.

Main personal exhibitions:
- Metal’s Landscapes and Material-Design Round Trip: Galleria Anna Caridi, Rome 2018.
- Québec e Ulividipuglia: Galeria Gaudì, Madrid 2016
- Québec e Ulividipuglia: Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg 2015
- Fluid Sensuality: Galerie Le Purgatoire - 54 Paradis, Paris 2014
- Material-Design Round Trip: Duke Palace, Sassari 2013.
- Intimates Details - the invisible code of an inner exploration (previously called "Alternatives Details"): Historical Museum, Lecce 2013.
- Material-Design round trip: Teatini Palace, Lecce 2013.
- Material-Design round trip: GDF-SUEZ space at Art-Café Contemporain, Paris
2012. Acquisitions of ten works.
- INTIMATES DETAILS - the invisible code of an inner exploration: THE SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON 2011 (previously called "Alternatives Details").
- Material-Design round trip: Galleria Angelica, Rome 2011.
- Eyes of the slavery: portraits for the Blacks Musics exhibitions in Johannesburg
2012 and Réunion Island 2011.
- Material and Memory: Museum of the Turrisi Palace, Lecce 2011.
- Sculptures in the Sky : Museum of the Ara Pacis, Rome 2011.
- Metal’s Landscapes: Espace 111 , Montreuil (Paris) 2011.
- Material-Design round trip: Corso V.Emanuele, Milan 2011. Urban installa...