Karmilla Shelly

I am an Italian artist and art photographer. I have a degree in Contemporary Art, I also studied scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. I use photography and video as creative mediums, I identify as a seeker of beauty. My style involves a constant exploration of human existence, the impulses of the soul and the beauty that occasionally transforms creating compositions with dreamlike, surreal, glitch and grotesque references. In addition to pure photography, I employ graphic manipulation sometimes combined with 3D scenic elements, to craft or reimagine fantasy narratives or nocturnal images with portraits permeated by sensuality and mystery. In the last two years I have ventured out in NFTs, continuing to experiment various digital postproduction techniques, fusing them to manually create my works, always anchored to the fundamentals of photography.

Academy of Fine Arts - Rome (Italy).
Curator and Contemporary Art Critic Master's Degree -
Sapienza University - Rome (Italy).

2024 - New York, U.S.A - NFTNYC2024 - Photography Category

2022 - Los Angeles, U.S.A - NFTS DarkArtRising - SUPERCHIEF Gallery
2020 - Chania, Greece, Group Exhibition, CIP FESTIVAL 2020.

2019 - Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition, "Mannequins & Puppets", LOOSENART Gallery.

2019 - Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition, "The Game", LOOSENART Gallery.

2019 - Athens, Greece, Group Exhibition, "Water Photography", Blank Wall Gallery.

2018 - Athens, Greece, Group Exhibition, "Conceptual Photos", Blank Wall Gallery.

2018 - Forte Dei Marmi (Lu), Italy, Group Exhibition - 4ª Edizione Premio Internazionale Michelangelo Buonarroti.

2018 - Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition, "Premio Medina. Sezione Fotografia", Medina Roma.

2018 - Athens, Greece, Group Exhibition, "Fine Art", Blank Wall Gallery.

2017 - Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition, "Il Mostro #8", TAG - Tevere Art Gallery, RAW - Rome Art Week.

2015 - Rome, Italy, Solo Exhibition, "Frammenti", Defrag.

2014 - Rome, Italy, Solo Exhibition, "Music and Prospective", 30 Formiche.

2013 - Rome, Italy, Group Exhibition, Dodici Pose.