Tommaso Bonaventura (Rome, 1969) studied Art History at La Sapienza University and Visual Arts at the European Institute of Design in Rome. Since 1991, he has been dedicated to long-term projects and explorations at the intersection of photography and text. His work has been featured internationally, and prizes include World Press Photo and the Sony Photography award. He is a regular contributor to various publications around the world, including “M” Le Monde’s weekly magazine, Vanity Fair, L’Espresso, Stern and IO Donna. His photographs have been exhibited at galleries, festivals and museums including Biennale di Architettura in Venice, MAXXI – Museo nazionale della arti del XXI secolo in Rome and PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan.
Bonaventura currently lives between France and Italy, where he also teaches photography, both university lectures and professional workshops.
2018
Immediate surroundings, Ragusa Foto Festival, Ragusa
Corpi di Reato, Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano
If I Were Mao, Avesta Art, Avesta (Stockholm)
Holy Sfogline, Munich Airport, Munich
2017
Fondo, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia
Immediate Surroundings, Extraordinary Visions, MAXXI, Rome
Immediate Surroundings, Spazio 32, La Spezia
2016
Immediate Surroundings, Extraordinary Visions, MAXXI, Rome
2015
Corpi di Reato, Italia Inside Out, Palazzo della Ragione, Milano
Corpi di Reato, Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren
Corpi di Reato, Nel Mezzo del Mezzo, Museo Riso, Palermo
If I Were Mao, Worth Remembering!, Galeria Asymetria, Warsaw
2014
Immediate Surroundings, Monditalia, Biennale Architettura, Venice
Corpi di Reato – Tat /Ort, Zephir, Mannhenim
Corpi di Reato, Il Delitto Quasi Perfetto, PAC, Milano
Corpi di Reato, Laboratorio Italia, SIFEST, Savignano sul Rubicone
If I were Mao, Galeria Asymetria, Warsaw
2013
Corpi di Reato, Le Gallerie di Piedicastello, Trento
Corpi di Reato, Galleria Belvedere, Milan
Real Woman Photo Shop, Fotogalerie, Wien
If I Were Mao, Paris Photo, Paris
Urban Story Tellers, Forma, Fondazione per la Fotografia, Milano
2012
Corpi di Reato, ICCD, Palazzo San Michele, Rome
Cenere, MACRO, Rome
2011
If I Were Mao, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
If I Were Mao, European Centre for Culture and Debate,
Belgrade
If I Were Mao, Officine Fotografiche
Sony World Photography Awards, Shortlisted
2010
Sony World Photography Awards, 1st Prize, Portraits
2007
Paths of Faith, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen
Beijing in and out, Triennale di Milano
2005
World Press Photo, First Prize, Arts and Entertainment
Paths of Faith, SIFEST, Savignano sul Rubicone
2004
Eurogeneration, Palazzo Reale, Milano
Fnac Prize New Talent
Scholarship Marco Pesaresi