FRANCESCA POMPEIBIO
Francesca Pompei, graduated with Honour in Philosophy, is a Rome based professional photographer focused on arts and architectural images.
Her work has been awarded internationally and exhibited widely in museums and photo festivals.
She is a member of Sign Press and PhotoVogue run by Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of PhotoVogue Festival.
She is on LensCulture, blink, Dodho, Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia, L’Oeil de la photographie, Saatchi Art, Aesthetica Magazine, All About Photo, OpenEye, Artribune, Il Giornale dell’Architettura, Exibart, Marika Magazine, Iconic, Aesthetics of Photography, Perimetro, Artdoc Photography Magazine, Better Photography, Designboom, DIVISARE and CNN Arabic.
Publications and editorial clients include AD-Italia, Vatican City State, Emre Arolat Architecture, Jaca Book, Living-Corriere della Sera, La Venaria Reale, Artribune, the Ministry of Culture, the Embassy of Italy in Doha, Qatar.
She is Photography Tutor of Image and Storytelling Studio for the Master’s Degree Course in Design, Multimedia And Visual Communication of Architecture Department of La Sapienza University of Rome.
She is Photography Subject Expert at the faculty of Architecture of La Sapienza University in Rome.
2024
She is appointed Photography Subject Expert at the faculty of Architecture of La Sapienza University in Rome
She is confirmed Photography Tutor of Image and Storytelling Studio for the Master’s Degree Course in Design, Multimedia And Visual Communication of Architecture Department of La Sapienza University of Rome
She is Winner of the Public Vote in the Professional-Architecture category at the 1839 Awards-2024 Color Photography Contest
She is among the Winners of the Fotofestival Lenzburg
She is in Paris, on assignment by La Sapienza University, to realize the shootings for the European Project of The Virtual Museum of Eleonora Duse
She is included by Stella Kalaw among the Exceptional Women In Architecture Photography
She is Bronze Winner of PX3 Paris Photography Prize, Professional-Architecture category
She is finalist in the Photographic Art section of Arte Laguna Prize
Her work is in the Shortlist of LICC-London International Creative Competition
Her work is Honorable Mention at the Architecture MasterPrize Photo Award 2024
Her work is in the Nominees of FAPA-Fine Art Photography Awards
2023
She is appointed Photography Tutor of Image and Storytelling Studio for the Master’s Degree Course in Design, Multimedia And Visual Communication of Architecture Department of Sapienza University of Rome
She is winner of the prestigious Architecture MasterPrize Award in the Photography- Cultural Interior category
She is interviewed by Architecture MasterPrize
She is interviewed by CNN Arabic
She is Winner of the prestigious Art of Building Photographer of the Year and her work is on The Times
She is Winner of the prestigious Amedeo Modigliani Foundation Award 2023
Her work is in the Official Selection of LICC-London International Creative Competition
Her work is included in the Annuario d'Arte Italiana 2022 promoted by Quadriennale di Roma
She is in the Official Selection of the IPA-International Photography Awards 2023
2022
She is an accredited photographer at the Expo 2020 Dubai
She is awarded the 1° prize in the TIFA-Tokyo International Photo Awards, Professional-Architecture Category
Her work is Image of the Week on The Guardian
She is among the artists selected by Marco Delogu for the EUR Photo Project Festival in Rome
As Gold Medal of TIFA-Tokyo International Photo Awards, her work is on show at the House of Lucie Budapest, the House of Lucie Kashan, Iran and in Tokyo at the Shibuya Cultural Center Owada
Her report realized with Libera-Association against Mafia is finalist at the Festival della Fotografia Etica
She is in the Official Selection of IPA-International Photography Awards 2022
She is Bronze Winner of PX3 Paris Photography Prize, Professional-Architecture category
She realizes some photo shoots in Istanbul commissioned by the international Emre Arolat Architecture studio
She is winner of the prestigious Architecture MasterPrize Award in the Photography-Cultural Interior category
2021
In January she is among the winners of Best of Houzz 2021- Photography
Her work is selected by the Aesthetica Art Prize and in the top-notch entries of the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2021
She realizes some photos for the press campaign of Libera and her work for the project LePiazze (in)visibili is on a tour across Europe organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affair
She gives a Lectio Magistralis at the Fine Arts Academy of L'Aquila
She gives a Lectio Magistralis at La Sapienza University, Rome
Her work is published on Future Now Anthology-UK 2021
She is among the artists selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to celebrate the Italy’s Republic Day
Her work is in the top-notch entries of the LensCulture Critics' Choice 2021and of the LensCulture Street Photography Award 2021
She is invited to write her own column in the Dodho Magazine
She is the winner of the New Buildings 2021 Prize, promoted by Matrix4Design in collaboration with the URBAN Photo Awards
She is among the Italian artists of the Giornata del Contemporaneo- Italian Contemporary Art 2021, promoted by AMACI and the Ministry of Culture
She is invited by the Embassy of Italy in Qatar and the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a solo exhibition at the Qatar National Library in Doha
2020
She is among the artists selected by the Art Prize and her work is published on the Aesthetica Magazine 2020
She is among the artists on show at the Future NowAesthetica Symposium with Martin Parr and Nadav Kander
She is among the artists selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to celebrate the Italy’s Republic Day
Her work is published in the book Le Piazze (In)visibili, curated by Marco Delogu
Her work is published on the June issue of AD Architectural Digest-Italia
Her work is acquired by the permanent collection of the Fondazione Dario Mellone, Milan
She is among the artists selected for the PHOTO IS:RAEL’s 8th International Photography Festival
Her work is published on the November issue of Living-Corriere della Sera
Her work is selected by the editors of the Aesthetica Art Prize
2019
She is charged by La Venaria Reale to work for the catalogue of the exhibition Viaggio attraverso i Giardini d’Europa
The report The theater of old memories is selected for the archives of the Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia in Milan
Her work is in the top 10% of all entries of the World Press Photo 2019
She produces some photos for the Alberta Campitelli’s book Ville e giardini d'Italia tra natura e artificio
She is appointed professor at the Centro Romano di Fotografia e Cinema
She is among the winners of Best of Houzz 2019- Photography
2018
She is invited and awarded at Paratissima Art Fair and she is selected for the event Artrooms Fair London 2019
She is the first weekly editor's pick of British Journal of Photography- OpenWalls Arles and she is interviewed by the BJP
She is selected as a TOP 100 artist 2018 by the Circle Foundation for the Arts-France
In April her works are on screen show at the Artexpo New York
One of her works is sold in a Christie’s auction for Il Cigno edition
She among the winners of Best of Houzz 2018- Photography
2017
Her works are awarded the 3rd place in the category Places of PDN-One Life Awards
She is invited to join the contemporary art platform ART UpCLOSE of New York
In March she is reelected in the new board of the Italian Association of Professional Photographers-TAU Visual
Her name is included in Art in America's 2017 Guide to Museums, Galleries and Artists
She is awarded the 1° prize in the Architecture Category of the PhotoPlus Perspectives
She is among the winners of Best of Houzz 2017- Photography
2016
In January she is awarded the Honorable Mention at the exhibition Oltre le Mura di Roma directed by Francesco Zizola with the report The Baobab realized with De Simone
She is finalist in the Photographic Art section of the Laguna Art Prize
She is among the winners of the Contemporary Art competition Oltre i libri organised by the Angelica Library in Rome and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage
The report The Baobab is selected for the archives of the Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia in Milan
In July her works are among the top-rated entries in the Magnum Photography Awards 2016
She is awarded the 3rd place in the Photography and digital graphics category of Celeste Prize
In November 2016 she is committed to document the new Centro Luigi Pecci in Prato
2015
She is invited to join LensCulture website
With the endorsement of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism she publishes the photobook Passato Prossimo. Santa Maria della Pietà 1914-2014, realised with De Simone
The report Passato Prossimo is selected for the archives of the Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia in Milan
2014
In January she got certified to UNI, in compliance with National Requirements, for both Commercial Photography and Fine Art Photography activity
In March she is elected in the new board of the Italian Association of Professiona Photographers-TAU Visual
In August her works are on screen show at Saatchi Gallery, London
2013
Since June 2013 she is a photographer of PhotoVogue, selected by Alessia Glaviano and the editorial staff of Vogue Italia
Since December she joins the Art+Commerce Agency- PhotoVogue Collection, New York
2009
Photographic commitment by the Vatican City State in order to publish 3 books about the Vatican’s Gardens
Member of the Fiof-International Fund For Photography
2008
She enters the Italian Association of Professional Photographers-TAU Visual
2004
Graduated with Honour in Philosophy from La Sapienza University, Rome
2002-2006
Degree in Photography from the Municipality of Rome
1978
Born in Rome, Italy
Books presentations
2024
Psychogeography and the City as Performance: Drifting Through Wonderlands, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2024
Mythography, vol.4. Vulcan and Uranus, dotART 2024
2023
Annuario d'Arte Italiana 2022, Treccani 2023
Paratissima Art Fair, catalogue
71% The State of Water, exhibitAround 2023
2022
PX3 annual book
Mythography Vol.2, dotART 2022
2021
Mythography Vol.1, dotART 2021
Aesthetica Anthology: Future Now 2021
URBAN unveils the City and its secrets - Vol. #07, dotART 2021
2020
Piazze (In)visibili, Punctum 2020
Robotic Men, catalogue
Chromantic-A tribute to Alex Webb, dotART 2020
Aesthetica Anthology: Future Now 2020
Art Festival, catalogue
2019
Viaggio attraverso I Giardini d'Europa da André Le Nôtre a Henry James, La Venaria Reale catalogue
OpenEye- Spécial hiver
Ville e giardini d'Italia tra natura e artificio, Alberta Campitelli, Jaca Books
Mannequins and Puppets, catalogue
All About Photo Awards Magazine 2019 Special Edition
Collection-Pan Arab Luxury Magazine-Summer
Visuali italiane, catalogue
Collection-Pan Arab Luxury Magazine-Winter
Artrooms Fair London 2019, catalogue
2018
Collection-Pan Arab Luxury Magazine-Spring
Making Strange, catalogue
The World Through My Eyes, catalogue
Collection-Pan Arab Luxury Magazine-Autumn
Paratissima Art Fair, catalogue
2017
One Life gallery-Shutterbug magazine
PhotoPlus Expo New York 2017, catalogue
Biennale RomArt 2017, catalogue
2016
Celeste Prize, catalogue
Laguna Art Prize, catalogue
Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia, catalogue
2015
Passato Prossimo. Santa Maria della Pietà 1914-2014, Libreria Fanucci, Rome. Presented by Marco Delogu, Director of Italian Cultural Institute London and the endorsement of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
2014
FOTOGRAFIA-Festival Internazionale di Roma, catalogue
2011
Le Cento Fontane (99+1) del Vaticano. Presented in the conference hall of the Vatican Museums, Vatican City State
2003
Per le strade di Roma conference hall of the Municipality of Rome
Art Fairs, selective solo and group exhibitions
2024
AIPAI Photo Exhibition, Olivetti Historical Archive Association, Ivrea. Presented by AIPAI
Fotofestival Lenzburg, Switzerland
Trieste Photo Days Festival, Trieste. Presented by dotART
AIPAI Photo Exhibition, MUSIL, Brescia. Presented by MUSIL Foundation
AIPAI Photo Exhibition, AEM Foundation, Milan. Presented by AIPAI
2023
Art of Building, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Presented by CIOB
Paratissima, Cavallerizza Complex during the Turin Art Week
Head On Photo Festival 2023, Sydney. Presented by Head On Foundation
Perimetro EXCLUSION, BASE, Milan. Presented by Perimetro
71% -The State of Water, Palazzo Costanzi, Trieste. Presented by K.van Lohuizen, NOOR images
International Festival of Urban Photography-Trieste Photo Days, Trieste. Presented by dotART
World Water Day Photo Contest, Museo di Storia Naturale, Cremona. Presented by Lions Clubs
Your Roots, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan. Presented by Perimetro and Themoirè
Lucus a non lucendo, Amedeo Modigliani Foundation, Rome Presented by the Foundation
Centrale Montemartini, RO.ME Museum Exhibition, Rome. Presented by AIPAI
2022
Px3 Paris Photography Prize, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris. Presented by Px3
Mythography, vol.2. Apollo and Pluto, Palazzo Gopcevich, Trieste. Presented by Nino Migliori
TIFA International Foto Awards, Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Tokyo. Presented by TIFA
EUR Photo Project -La Nuvola, Rome. Presented by Marco Delogu
URBAN Photo Awards 2022 exhibit-preview, Trieste Airport. Presented by dotART
Roma Sport Architettura, Ara Pacis Museum, Rome. Presented by CONI, Fondazione Almagià and ACER
Sharada, Qatar National Library in Doha. Exclusive solo for the Giornata del Contemporaneo- Italian Contemporary Art 2021,
promoted by AMACI, the Ministry of Culture and presented by the Embassy of Italy in Qatar and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Le Piazze (In)visibili, Palacio Quintanar, Segovia. Presented by Marco Delogu and the Embassy of Italy in Spain
Piazza della Fotografia, S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome. Presented by Roma Fotografia
TIFA International Foto Awards, House of Lucie, Budapest. Presented by TIFA
Le Piazze (In)visibili, University of Kent. Presented by Marco Delogu and the Italian Cultural Institute in London
TIFA International Foto Awards, House of Lucie Kashan, Iran. Presented by TIFA
2021
New Buildings, MetroQuality, Milan. Presented by Matrix4Design during the Fuorisalone of the Milano Design Week
Trieste Photo Days Tour, Friuli. Presented by URBAN Photo Awards
Le Piazze (In)visibili, Centro Foundacion Caja Rioja La Merced. Presented by Marco Delogu
Fotografia al Femminile, Bresciani Visual Art and Palazzo Merulana, Rome. Presented by Roma Fotografia
Le Piazze (In)visibili, City Council of Seville. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute
Le Piazze (In)visibili, Italian Embassy in Tunis. Presented by Marco Delogu
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Museums Trust
Le Piazze (In)visibili, Lucerna Palace, Prague. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute
2020
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Museums Trust
PHOTO IS:RAEL’s 8th International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, St John University, York
Art Festival, United Arab Emirates. Presented by Italia Arte
Chromantic-A tribute to Alex Webb, Trieste. In collaboration with Trieste Photo Days
Robotic Men,Villa Brentano, Milan. In collaboration with Independent artists
Share your time, share your art, Emmeotto Arte, Rome. Presented by Valentina Luzi
2019
Art Fair Paris 2019. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Mannequins and Puppets, Rome. Presented by LoosenArt
Artrooms Fair London 2019, London
Paratissima Talents, Visconti-Sforza Castle, Novara. Presented by the artistic direction of Paratissima
Visuali italiane, Roonee 247, Tokyo. Presented by Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia
2018
Photokina-Perspectives, Cologne. In collaboration with PhotoPlus, New York
Paratissima Art Fair 2018, Turin
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2018, Hong Kong. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Architectural Digest Design Show New York 2018, New York. In collaboration with ART UpCLOSE, New York
Making Strange, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis
The World Through My Eyes, Pre-Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography Barcellona
2017
PhotoPlus Expo New York 2017. In collaboration with Photokina, New York
Art Busan 2017, Busan. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Artissima 2017– MIIT Museum Turin, Contemporanea exhibition
Art Fair Tokyo 2017, Tokyo. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, ParisWorld Water Day Photo Contest, Seregno-Milan
Biennale RomArt 2017, Stadio di Domiziano, Rome
Le Vie delle Foto Festival, Trieste
2016
Aqua Art Miami 2016, Art Basel Miami Beach 2016, Miami
Affordable Art Fair, New York City 2016. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Celeste Prize, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
Oltre le Mura di Roma, MACRO-Testaccio, Rome. Curated by Francesco Zizola
Laguna Art Prize, Nappe Arsenale, Venice
Oltre i libri. L’arte del presente incontra i libri del passato, Biblioteca Angelica, Rome
2015
KIAF-Korean International Art Fair 2015, Seoul. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
20°Concorso Nazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Stella, Genoa
Art Fair Tokyo 2015, Tokyo. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Nourishing the optic soul, X ed. Florence Biennale, Spazio Linea, Florence
Naked City Project Festival 2015, Rome
Roma- La mia città solidale, promoted by the Municipality of Rome
2014
Select Fair, Frieze Art Fair New York 2014, New York. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Affordable Art Fair New York City 2014, New York. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
FOTOGRAFIA-Festival Internazionale di Roma- Francesca Pompei e Gianluca De Simone. Passato prossimo. Santa Maria della Pietà 1914-2014. Presented by Marco Delogu and Angelo Tanese
Esposizione Triennale di Arti Visive a Roma 2014, Roma. Presented by Daniele Radini Tedeschi and Philippe Daverio
(e)merge art fair 2014, Washington DC. Presented by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Quarta Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea, Casa dei Carraresi, Italy
Alchemia Galerie, Krakow
2013
Aqua Art Miami 2013, Art Basel Miami Beach 2013, Miami
They were, They are, They will, Atlantic Gallery, New York. Curated by Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris
Punti di Vista, Pastificio Cerere, Roma, with Simona Ghizzoni, Davide Monteleone, Toni Thorimbert and Tommaso Ausili.
R-evolution, Castello Svevo, Barletta. Curated by Fiof, Fondo Internazionale Orvieto Fotografia
WHO ART YOU?2, Spazio Concept, Milan
Co.Co.Co., Como Contemporary Contest, S. Pietro in Atrio, Como
2012
Miami River International Art Fair, Art Basel Miami Beach 2012, Miami
Arte Fiera Bologna 2012, Bologna
Praga Contemporanea- Contemporary Prague, Galleria Brehova, Prague
2011
Le 100 Fontane (99+1) del Vaticano, exclusive solo for Galleria Paolo Antonacci , Rome
Fuori dal Guscio/Sorprese d’artista nell’Italia dei pulcini e Pulcinella, La Fonderia delle Arti, Rome
2010
Borromini e la scoperta della luce, solo, b>gallery, Rome
2010 International Orange Photo Festival, Changsha Government, China
2009
MUSAE, Museo Urbano Sperimentale d’Arte Emergente, European circuit
Le strade di Roma, La città dell’Altra Economia, Rome
Scatti d’acqua, Cappella Farnese di Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna
2006
Roma e Stoccolma, così lontano, così vicino, Libreria Odradek, Rome