Gabriele Gelsi

Gabriele Gelsi's work investigates the usual and the ordinary: his subjects are conventional places, objects, and people we can find and meet everywhere.

His photography shows a different perspective on a usual situation: the relationship between shapes of objects, bodies and spaces brings out the unexpected harmony present in everyday life, thus awakening amazement in the ordinary.

His images avoid any ornament, responding to the desire to show the essence of the subject without artifice, without distractions. Reality should not be hidden or transmuted but must be embellished: light and composition place a veil of wonder on the ordinary, renewing the gaze on what is usual.

After achieving a BA in History of Theatre at University of Trieste (my born city) I moved to Rome where I got a MA degree in Historical Research Methodology while starting to work constantly with theatres and theatrical companies as stage photographer. I moved to Reading, UK, where I initially worked as portrait photographer. I am currently curator at The Caversham Picture Framer, an independent art gallery.

University of Roma Tre, Italy – Second Cycle Degree (MA) in Performing Arts: Theatre Production, History of Theatre and Drama (2010)
Final dissertation in Historical Research Methodology: “Tommaso Le Pera’s photographic archive. Eyewitnessing the History of Theatre through Photographs” 110/110 with honours.

University of Trieste, Italy – First Cycle Degree (BA) in Performing Arts (2006)
Final dissertation in Set Design: “La Machine Infernale by Jean Cocteau: project of a mise en scène at Teatro Romano in Trieste” 108/110.

Qui, Ora (Turbine House, Riverside Museum Reading, 2019)
Remotti di Carta (Macro Roma, 2016)
Scenes and Visions (CaffèRossetti, Trieste, 2013)
Il Padiglione delle meraviglie (Teatro Sala Umberto, Roma, 2011)
Occhi di Scena (Hotel San Miniato, San Miniato, 2010)
Almost B/W (Spazio Morgana, Roma, 2009)