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Pamela Testa (b. 1980) is an italian artist living and working in Abruzzo, a beautiful region located between sea and mountains.
She is an emerging photographer who loves Art in all its forms and her images are in some ways inspired by Japanese traditional culture and aesthetic.
She graduated in Japanese Language, Art and Culture at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and during her studies she was very impressed by Shintoist and Buddhist philosophy, above all the concept of Impermanence and the principle of Interdependence.
It could be said that in her works there is what in Japanese is called “Mono no Aware”, an expression that literally is translated as “the pathos of things” and indicates that the beauty of things is in their impermanence.

CONTACT: pmltesta@gmail.com

BOOKS

2017 – “A Quiet Place to Live” Photo Book
Design by Piergiorgio Italiano, Black, blue and red Risograph print, soft cover
Edition of 50, Published by Barracuda, Milan (Italy)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 – Fantasmi Contemporanei – Paradossi dell’indipendenza.
curated by Raffaella Tenaglia, Art Café Rossini, Faenza (Italy)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 – Too Tired Project. Leica 6×7 Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)

2019 – Smart as Photography – Be an Artist today! Zephyr – Raum für Fotografie, Mannheim (Germany)

2018 –  Dei Nuovi Confini della Fotografia. Milano Photo Week, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (Italy)

2017 – (Con)fusioni. Inusuale mostra sull’incompiuto, Locali dell’Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano (Italy)

2015 – Self-portrait. Autoritratti al femminile. La Feltrinelli, Pescara (Italy)

2013 – FrameByFrame. Mostra fotografica collettiva ispirata al cinema, in Settimo Senso Festival, Aurum, Pescara (Italy)

2013 – (Con)fusioni. Inusuale mostra sull’incompiuto, Locali dell’Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano (Italy)

2012 – Lo sguardo degli altri. Gli altri siamo noi. (European Month of Photography) Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Berlin (Germany)

2012 – FrameByFrame. Mostra fotografica collettiva ispirata al cinema, in Settimo Senso Festival, Aurum, Pescara (Italy)

2011 – My vision of an Instant. Mostra collettiva di fotografia istantanea Bric à Brac Bar, Paris (France)

2011 – Nanowriters meet Polaroiders. Scrivi una pola in 10 parole. 
Mostra collettiva di fotografia istantanea
– Villa Usignolo, Sarezzo (Italy)
– 1° Mostra mercato foto dell’Appennino Modenese, Fanano (Italy)
– Living Lab, Varese (Italy)

2011 – (Con)fusioni. Inusuale evento di opere incompiute e sfocate, Locali dell’Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano (Italy)

2011 – Polaroiders@Artefiera Off. Mostra collettiva di fotografia istantanea, Spazi espositivi dell’Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna (Italy)

2010 – (Con)fusioni. Mostra fotografica collettiva sul soggetto mosso e sfocato Caffè Letterario “P. Barberini”, Pescara (Italy)