Alessandro Parente (born 1984) is an italian artist specialised in analogue photography, primarily in alternative photographic techniques such as wet collodion. He holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts and has experience curating photographic exhibitions and events. He combines his work as a photojournalist - with publications in various national and international media - with that of an artist, having undertaken several artistic and curatorial residencies in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. He is specialised in covering humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on migration, armed conflicts and climate change.
He lives and works in Tunisi.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026
Ardotypes, curated by Doris Thilmany, Musée de l'Ardoise, Martelange.
2024
Ardotypes, curated by Sebastien Pierre, Piconru, Musée de la grande Ardenne, Bastogne.
2023
Ardotypes, curated by Carole Marquette-Morelle, Musée de l'Ardenne, Charleville-Mézières.
2021
Seine Pandemie, Echomusée, la Goutte d'or, Paris.
2020
Seine Pandemie, curated by Hugo Beregaray and Roberto Pezet, Le Phare, Paris.
2016
Bordertypes, curated by Ernesto Ledesma, Tierradentro, San Cristóbal de las casas, Mexico.
2014
Bordertypes, curated by Samanta Luna, La blastula Gallery, Tijuana, Mexico.
2011
Untitled, curated by Emanuele Cerone, RDC, Centre Culturel Rome, Rome.
2010
Christus Liberatus Est, Siegel Gallery, Berlin.
2008
Untitled, curated by Catalina Sur, Mindalae - Ethnohistoric & Crafts Museum of Ecuador.
Untitled, curated by Catalina Sur, Ribera Sur Theatre, Buenos Aires.
Selected Group Exhibition
2026
Unseen, curated by Angelique Bousmiche, Espace d'Interprétation artistique, Vresse-Sur-Semois.
2024
Atlante, curated by Ilaria Carmeli, Fotografia Europea Off, Reggio Emilia.
2023
Untitled, curated by Marshal Weber, Booklyn Inc. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
2022
Urbi & Orbi, Biennale de la photographie et la Ville, Sedan.
2021
Untitled, 59 Rivoli, Paris.
2019
Museum Collection, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Seattle.
Untitled, curated by Marshall Weber, Booklyn Inc. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
2018
Art installation, curated by Vinicio Capossela and Franco Bassi, Sponz Fest, Avellino.
2017
Boudless, curated by Marie-Claire Nun, Die Färberei, Munich.
Urbi & Orbi, Biennale de la photographie et la Ville, Sedan.
2016
Untitled, curated by Marshall Weber, Booklyn Inc. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
University collection, Stanford University of California, Stanford.
Photographic installation, Encuentro Fotografico Mexico, Puebla, Mexico.
2011
Untitled, Node festival, Forte Prenestino, Rome.
Diritti al Sud, Marte Live, Alpheus, Rome.
2009
Untitled, curated by Mario Iacomin, Ascanio, Tagliacozzo.