Fabian Albertini
1965, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Fabian Albertini is an Italian-Brazilian artist living and working between Reggio Emilia and Rio de Janeiro. She began her career by creating photographic performances with contemporary dancers, exploring movement, presence, and the body’s relationship with space and environment.
Her multidisciplinary practice spans photography, painting, sculpture, and installation, engaging deeply with themes of nature, spirituality, and the human relationship with the environment. Albertini’s work explores the transformation of nature across deep geological and human historical time, often addressing urgent ecological concerns. A significant aspect of her process involves immersive fieldwork in remote locations with strong geophysical identities—such deserts, forests, and volcanoes.
Through a conceptual and material investigation, Albertini interrogates how we perceive, represent, and interact with the natural world. Her artistic practice invites critical reflection on cultural traditions and encourages a reevaluation of the human-nature connection in the face of environmental crisis.
Highlights include: publication Just Be/ between lines, Publisher Snap Collective, Denmark (2024); Ouro Líquido, Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); Aequilibrium, Salon Meiselberg, Meiselberg Castle, Carinthia, Austria, (2024); Casa Voa, Artist Residency, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2024); Inspire Art Show (NFT), Nordic Blockchain Conference, Langelinie Pavilion Copenhagen (2023); Laguna Art Prize, Venice, Italy (2023); solo show “Fluido”, Galerie Molin Corvo, Paris, France (2023); Controlled Lives, Fiumefreddo Photo festival, Calabria, Italy (2022); Ciao Tchau, Noaddress Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2022); Art Site Fest, Palazzina Reale di Caccia di Stupinigi, Torino, Italy, (2022); public collection Piú Nuovo, Palazzo dei Musei Civici, Reggio Emilia, Italy, (2021); solo show ‘X’, Galerie Palü, Zurich, Switzerland (2020); Controlled Lives, Photoumnales 17° edition, Le Quadrilatère-Beauvais, France (2020); solo show “Seguindo uma Linha”, Galerie Palü, Pontresina, Switzerland (2020); solo show “Beyond Seeing”, Molin Corvo Gallery, Paris, France (2020); Winner Life Framer Photography Prize, jury Richard Mosse, (2019); Solo show “Controlled Lives”, PhotoLux Festival, Lucca, Italy, (2019); Art Site Fest, Royal Castle of Govone, Italy (2019); De Finibus Terrae, European Parliament, Strasburg, France, (2019); Winner Special Prize Laguna Art Prize (2019), Venice, Italy; solo show Fake - Truth, Rotterdam Photo Festival, The Netherlands (2018); Lab Verde, Artist Residency, Amazonas, Brazil, (2018); Solo Show Get Lost, TAL Projects Cascais, Portugal (2017); Projections Discovery Awards, Encontros da Imagem Festival, Braga, Portugal (2017); has also been prominently featured at the 54th Biennale di Venezia Italy (2011); Solo show Ama+zônia - Corpos da Natureza, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2011).