Irene Ferri is an Italian photo artist, teacher and entrepreneur, based in between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Berlin.
Ferri graduated in Communication & Media at Iulm University of Milan with a thesis on the work of cinematographers David Lynch, Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson.
In 2013 she moved to Los Angeles to study cinematography at UCLA Extension (University of California Los Angeles), which has had a huge impact on her artistic vision. She designs pictures like still frames from a movie and strongly believes in the contamination of multiple disciplines (cinema, literature, art and music) that all collide in her photographic work.
Ferri has been acknowledged by Nikon Italy and Nikon Europe as one of their best young talents in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She has taught classes of visual communication, photography and Instagram marketing at IUSVE University of Venice, Collegio Einaudi of Turin, ACT Creative Tourism Academy and the Order of Journalists of Emilia Romagna.
In 2022 Ferri founded her e-learning company in the Canary Islands, The Arizona Project.
Her work is deeply connected to introspection, mental health and the exploration of neurodivergence.
Ferri identifies as non-binary (still using she/her pronouns).
CONTACT
info@ireneferri.com
INSTAGRAM
@ire.ferri
[Current] Summer University of Arts | Universität der Künste Berlin (Germany)
Certificate program in Movies & TV Production | UCLA Extension – University of California Los Angeles (USA)
Bachelor of Communication, Media and Advertising | IULM – International University of Languages and Media (Milan, Italy)
Perimetro Awards | "No other country but America" - Audience award | 1st place (2024)
Perimetro Awards | "No other country but America" - Jury Award | 10th place ex aequo (2024)
Fotografia Europea | Circuito Off - "Non per nasconderci" with Audiocassetta - 3rd place (2024)
Fotofestival Lenzburg | Synthesis - Singles | Audience award (2024)
Miami Street Photography Festival - Singles | People's Choice Award (2022)
Artphilein Photobook - Utopia | Long list - "No other country but America" (2024)
Italian Street Photography Festival - Singles Finalists (2024)
Format Festival presents: Future Now - "No Other Country But America" (2024)
Dublin Street Photography Festival - Singles Finalists (2024)
Chromatic Photography Awards | Honorable Mention in "People" Category (2022)
Chateau Gallery (Louisville, USA) - The Surreal Exhibition | Director's choice (2022)
"Couldn’t share that" | Biennale of Female Photography (Mantova, Italy - 2024)
"Riscatti" | part of Shaping Fair Cities (Bologna, Italy - 2020)
"People I met Once" (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2012)
[Now on] A hidden variable - The Denizen Art Space (Berlin, Germany - 2025)
Non per nasconderci | in collaboration with Audiocassetta - Via Roma (Reggio Emilia, Italy - 2024)
Format Festival presents: Future Now - No Other Country But America (Derby, UK - 2024)
Tribute to three museums - Spazio ReFactory (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2023)
Miami Street Photography Festival (Miami, USA - 2022)
New Addictions – Falegnameria Messori (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2021)
I is Another – Atelier Viaduegobbi3 (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2013)
Remember me – Atelier Viaduegobbi3 (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2010)
Lego Logo – Galleria Zenone 1.1 Contemporanea (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2010)
[Current] Idee Photo Contest in collaborazione con l'Università degli Studi di Milano [Partecipa al concorso]
Artivis(mo) - Roma, Italy (2021)
Nikon Italia - Nikon Creator (2019, 2020, 2021)
Nikon Europe - Brand ambassador for Nikon Z50 (2020, 2021)
TEDxReggioEmilia - Contributor to the marketing & communication team (2018, 2019)
GAM Torino (Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna & Contemporanea)
Huawei Italia
Polaroid
Cosmico
Regione Lombardia
Visit Romagna
Come to Hamburg
The North Face
Casa Milo
Real Me
Crocs
Wanderlust
Brandina The Original
Skate Love Barcelona
