Olga Cafiero (*1982) is a Swiss and Italian photographer based in Lausanne. After a BA in photography and an MA in art direction at ECAL, she studied art history at University of Lausanne. Her work has been shown in exhibitions in Switzerland and internationally since 2008, and regularly published in international magazines since 2009. Her awards include Foam Talent (selection), Hyères Festival de Mode et de Photographie, BFF-Förderpreis (laureate), a Swiss Design Award (laureate) and L’enquête photographique Neuchâteloise (laureate).
EXIBITIONS
2022 Swiss Design Award, Art Basel, CH
2022 Le sommet qui cache la montagne, Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne, CH
2021 Festival Alt.+1000, Vallée de la Brévine, CH
2021 Gibellina Image Fotofestival, Gibellina, Sicily, IT
2020 Between the Mountains, Hills, and Lakes, Design Society (Shenzhen) MAB, (Shanghai) and Three Shadows Photography Center (Beijing), CN
2020 Flora Neocomensis, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Neuchâtel, CH
2019 Verzasca Foto Festival, Valle Verzasca, CH
2019 Sillages, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH
2018 18 - 28 octobre, Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2019 Verzasca Foto Festival, Valle Verzasca, CH
2019 Sillages, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH
2018 18 - 28 octobre, Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2015 Ecal Photography, Display Gallery, London
2014 Ecal Photography, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, IT
2014 CABINET OF CUROSITIES, Galleria Pomo, Milan, IT
2013 LAPSES, gallerie Saks, Geneva, CH
2012 Fashionality, Galleria Camera 16, Milan, IT
2012 TOUCH, Le monde au bout des doigts, Mudac, Lausanne, CH
2012 27ème Festival International de Mode et de Photographie, Hyères, FR
2012 “Too cool for school” Spazio Orso, Milan, IT
2011 Swiss Design Award, Mudac, Lausanne, CH
2011 Galerie ELAC, Lausanne, CH
2010 BFF-Förderpreis 2010, Köln, D
2009 Galerie ELAC, Lausanne, CH
2008 “Young Curators, New Ideas” Bond Street Gallery, New-York, USA
2019 Verzasca Foto Festival, Valle Verzasca, CH
2019 Sillages, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH
2018 18 - 28 octobre, Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2019 Verzasca Foto Festival, Valle Verzasca, CH
2019 Sillages, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH
2018 18 - 28 octobre, Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2015 Ecal Photography, Display Gallery, London
2014 Ecal Photography, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, IT
2014 CABINET OF CUROSITIES, Galleria Pomo, Milan, IT
2013 LAPSES, gallerie Saks, Geneva, CH
2012 Fashionality, Galleria Camera 16, Milan, IT
2012 TOUCH, Le monde au bout des doigts, Mudac, Lausanne, CH
2012 27ème Festival International de Mode et de Photographie, Hyères, FR
2012 “Too cool for school” Spazio Orso, Milan, IT
2011 Swiss Design Award, Mudac, Lausanne, CH
2011 Galerie ELAC, Lausanne, CH
2010 BFF-Förderpreis 2010, Köln, D
2009 Galerie ELAC, Lausanne, CH
2008 “Young Curators, New Ideas” Bond Street Gallery, New-York, USA
MONOGRAPHY
Flora Neocomensis, pub. Scheidegger&Spiess, CH
Lignes de Crêtes, pub. Noir sur Blanc, CH
RESIDENCY
2019 Verzasca Foto, artist in residency programme, Valle Verzasca, CH
TALK
2018 Photo/Conférence Extra-fort, Recyclart, Bruxelles, Belgium