Lorena La Grassa

EXPERIENCE
2001 Deutsches Haus, NYU Guest Curator for “Bankfurt” Photo exhibition by Horst Schafer
Frank Rogin Gallery,NYC Guest Curator for “Rene Gabriel” Documentative photo exhibition
2000 Always in Style.com, photo-production of fashion portraits (Weehawken, NJ)
1998-99-00 Taranto Gallery (NYC), Director. Pre-selection, installation and PR for each monthly exhibition in the gallery as well as press releases, mailing list update, gallery management and sells.

Special Projects
98’/99’ “Breath of Life” Organization, installation, fundraising and public relations for the two sites group exhibition by the Humanitarian Association Action Against Hunger. Locations: Taranto Gallery and the French Consulate.

00’ “Photo-Progression” Organization, curatorial project, press releases installation and public relations for the four-site exhibition by Ferdinando Holthaus. Locations: Deutsche House NYU, Alan Klotz Gallery, Italian Cultural Institute, Taranto Gallery. Slides lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute, NYC

1998 Italian Cultural Institute, NYC Production of slides presentation of Italian jewelry design (NYC)
Out Magazine, Photo production for the Wine Guide (NYC)

1998 Italian Cultural Institute, development, production and public relations of slides lecture for the group exhibition “Vista, a photographic study of Italy”
1997-98 Studio Gabrielsen (NYC) Studio Manager
1997 Publiphoto Agency (Palermo Italy) Photojournalist
1996-97 Magnolia Studio (Atlanta, GA)
Studio Photo Assistant
1996-00 Italia Magazine, Production of redationals (New York)
1995-96 Studio Abbondanza (Rome, Italy) Studio Manager
1994-95 Istituto Europeo di Design (Rome, Italy)
Teaching Assistant
1992 Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Multimedia for presentation of poetry multimedia prize Nosside, (Rome) and Fiera del Libro Turin, (Italy)
1988-89 Giornale L’Ora (Palermo, Italy) Photojournalist
Giornale di Sicilia, Giò7 weekly insert (Palermo, Italy)
Photojournalist

ARTICLES
La Voce di Rimini, I dettagli in primo piano, Studio d’Autore, Percorsi Trasversali, October 28, 2000
Gionale di Sicilia, La Sicilia e I suoi figli: quando la foto riesce a raccontarli in un dettaglio, Studio d’Autore, Percorsi Trasversali, October 28, 2000
Romagna Corriere di Rimini, I percorsi trasversali di Lorena, Studio d’Autore, Percorsi Trasversali, October 28, 2000
Professional Photographer, Photo-Progression, May-June 2000.
D di Repubblica, Agenda, Street-Scapes, September 28. 1999
Il Maditerraneo, Immagini di fine millennio, Street-Scapes, Sept. 28, 1999
Centonove, Percezione d’immagine, Street-Scapes, October 10, 1999
Sicilia Tempo, Schegge di vita, Street-Scapes, September-October 1999
Oggi Sicilia, Quegli sguardi sulla citta’, Street-Scapes October 06, 1999
La Sicilia, I viaggi geografici dell’anima e della mente, Street-Scapes,
September 24, 1999.
Giornale di Sicilia, Prati clic, America e percezione, Steet-Scapes, 24/9/99
Zoom International, Breath of Life, March-April 1999
Professional Photographer, Breath of Life, January 1999
Giornale di Brescia, Studio D’Autore,
(Italy), November 1998
Photography in New York, May-June 1998.
Camera View, Vista: Three views of Italy, May-June 1998.
Italia Magazine, Italy with a view, June-July 1998.
Zoom International, Vision of North America,
July-August 1998.
America Oggi, Italie in "Vista", June 1998.
Oggi Sicilia, July 1998
Il Mediterraneo, September 1996.
Kermesse Catalogue 1993.
Reflex, Immagini da un promontorio, (Italy) June 1992.
Giornale di Sicilia, November (Italy) 1989.

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS & CATALOGUES
1995-97 Agency: Progressioni, Rome, Italy:
Europartenariat Italia
Flashnet (Data transmission + Networking)
ACM (Electrical Motors) Catalogue & Campaign
1995 Catalogue Guarnitex, Rome
1995 Art Catalogue De Scorpio, Rome
2002 Catalogue Osvaldo Ruggeri, Palermo

COLLECTIONS
Museo Nazionale della Fotografia, Cine Foto Club, Brescia, Italy.
Uma Gallery, New York City.
Museo dell’Immagine Fotografica e delle Arti Visuali, Universita’ di Torvergata, Rome, Italy.
Palazzo Ziino, Palermo, Italy.
La Vetrina. Rome, Italy.
Private collections.

EXIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2001 Goldstrom Gallery, Photo 2001, November NYC
2000 Galleria dell’Immagine, Palazzo Gambalunga, Musei Comunali di Rimini, Studio d’Autore, Percorsi Trasversali, October/November, Italy
2000 Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma, Foto Esordio, Studio d’Autore, Percorsi Trasversali, January.
1999 Goldstrom Gallery, Eyewitness, Street-Scapes, Dicember, NYC
1999 Camera Club, Intreccio Immaginario, Granelli, October, NYC
1999 Galleria Prati, Street-Scapes, September-October. Palermo, Italy
1999 Uma Gallery (New York), The Garden Book
1998 Museo Nazionale della fotografia (Brascia, Italy), Studio d’Autore, Percorsi trasversali, October.
1998 Art space Tino Cosma, Italian Cultural Institute
(New York City) Les Jardins de Bagatelle, Creatures
1998 Gallery Taranto, Italian Cultural Institute (New York
City) Vista, a photographic Study of Italy, Granelli. May/June
1997 Art Space of “Café Diem” (Atlanta, GA) Granelli,
1993 KERMESSE: La Fotografia a Palermo
(Tourism Council, Palermo, Italy) Granelli.
1992 Circolo degli Artisti Gallery: I linguaggi dell’obiettivo,
Dittici, (Rome, Italy)
1992 La Vetrina Gallery: benefit exhibition for the
Giornata Mondiale di Lotta contro l’AIDS’92
(World Day Against AIDS 92) Dittici (Rome, Italy)
1991 Zelig: Personal Exhibition (Palermo, Italy)
1996 Special Prize of University of Bologna (Italy) for
the best Internet Advertising Campaign: Flashnet
1994-95 Recipient of the European Institute of Design Fellowship.
1989 First Prize for the 1989 Windsurf World
Championship Photocontest.