Malena Mazza, bolognese di origine, si trasferisce presto a Milano dove frequenta la Scuola del Cinema. Inizia quindi la sua carriera come assistente di importanti registi in ambito cinematografico, lavora a fianco di Michelangelo Antonioni e dei fratelli Paolo e Vittorio Taviani. Si avvicina poi alla fotografia, dimensione perfetta per mettere in pratica i suoi progetti sulla mutazione estetica e socioculturale del femminile negli ultimi 40 anni, guardando la fotografia come forma d’arte e prediligendo il colore. Soprattutto esercitando il suo punto di vista ironico e dissacrante che mette l’accento sulla stridente dicotomia dei due aspetti del femminile: la donna che nella quotidianità della vita si divide tra lavoro, famiglia, figli, spesa e pulizie, ma che deve anche sempre essere perfetta, glamour e sexy, come vuole la società. Una donna tanto improbabile quanto reale, un equilibrista della vita.
Partecipa a due edizioni dell’iconica Biennale di Venezia, le sue opere sono state esposte al Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica e alla Triennale di Milano e in molte altre importanti manifestazioni quali Art Basel, Arte Fiera Bologna e MIA photo fair a Milano.
Il suo lavoro è soprattutto nella moda e beauty ed ha all’attivo mostre in tutto il mondo e varie collaborazioni con le principali testate giornalistiche e brand operanti in vari settori, dal Fashion all’alluminio. Non mancano le iniziative che implicano un crossover con altre arti, come l’esposizione di alcune sue opere sui billboards di Times Square a New York.
Malena Mazza, originally from Bologna, soon moved to Milan where she attended the School of Cinema. The beginning of her career sees her as an assistant to important film directors, working alongside Michelangelo Antonioni and the brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. She then approaches photography, the perfect dimension to put into practice her projects on the aesthetic and sociocultural mutation of the female in the last 40 years, looking at photography as an art form and preferring color to BW. Especially exercising her ironic and irreverent point of view that emphasizes the striking dichotomy of the two aspects of the feminine: the woman who in everyday life is divided between work, family, children, shopping and cleaning, but who must also always be perfect, glamorous and sexy, as society wants. A woman as improbable as she is real, an equilibrist of life.
Malena participates in two editions of the iconic Venice Biennale, her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Science and Technology and Triennale in Milan and in many important events such as Art Basel, Arte Fiera Bologna and MIA photo fair in Milan.
Her work is above all in fashion and beauty and she has important exhibitions all over the world and various collaborations with the main newspapers and brands operating in various sectors, from Fashion aluminum. She’s involved in plenty of initiatives that include a crossover with other arts, such as the exhibition of some of her works on the billboards of Times Square in New York.
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Tv - shows:
Mia Fair 2018 - Vittorio Sgarbi
NC Awards - Malena Mazza for Pittarosso
Foto per arredare - LA7 Tv Show
Malena Mazza on Canale 5 - XStyle
Desperate Housewife - Class Tv Moda Show
Italia’s next top model - Sky Uno
Come mi vorrei - Italia 1
Interviews and Talks:
Gazzetta di Milano 2023
Story Time - Radio Canale Italia 2023
Journey in Italy 2023
Convivium Talks 2022
Radio News 24 - 2021
Mia Photo Fair 2016
Fotografica12 - Canon Photo Week
Malena Mazza - NPS Italia
SinergicaMente - Altervista
Università la Sapienza - Rome
Audio Interview - Radio Sapienza, Rome
Photographic Books:
2022 “WomanonWomen”, numbered and autographed, Ed. Oberon
2011 “Storie di Brunch”, Ed. Rizzoli
2003 “Quotidiano Femminile”, Ed. Peliti&Associati
2003 “Autoportraits”, Ed. Pin-Uo Editions
2001 “Senza Babysitter”, Ed. Electa Mondadori
1993 “Le Ceramiche di Fes”, Ed. Greco
1992 “Ceramiche del 900”, Ed. Finarte
1991 “Gioielli d’Epoca”, Ed. Finarte
ART EXHIBITIONS
2023
Permanent exhibition Perez Museum, Miami
“Taboo” Firenze, March
MIA FAIR, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, March
Art Miami, Palm Beach, March
2022
Scope, Miami, December
“The Others”, Turin, November
Hampton’s Fair, Hampton’s, July
Premio IRINOX, Parma, May
“WomanonWomen” MIA Fair, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, April
MIA FAIR, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, March
2021
“BREATHLESS” 5 VIDEO A PALAZZO DUCALE Genova May
“L’Amore ai tempi di Tinder” Visionquest Gallery Genova
“Kiss Me” MIA Fair, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, October
“Big” Spazio BIG, Via Santa Marta 10, Milan, November
2020
“Al tempo del coronavirus” Jan – Feb First exhibition behind closed doors.
2019
“L’amore ai tempi di Tinder”, ROBERTAEBASTA, Milan, 14 May - 30 June
Crystalexe, ANM Design, Milan, 1 April - 6 May
2018
“Occhi di bambina”, Plumes Atelier, Milan, 15 - 30 November
Retrospettiva Malena Mazza, MO.OM Hotel, Milan, 5 April - 30 July
“Untouchable”, L’Universo Femminile Dietro l’Obiettivo - Pontremoli Foto Festival, 20 - 29 July
“Untouchable”, MO.OM Hotel, Milan, 5 April - 14 July
“Provocazioni”, The C|E Contemporary Gallery, Photo Week Milano, 4 June - 15 July
“Untouchable”, Mia Photo Fair, Milan, 8 March - 12 April
“Natale con gli autori”, Libreria Open, Milan, 20 December - 30 January
2017
“Natale con gli autori”, Casa Museo Tadini, Milan, 5 - 19 December
“Natale con gli autori”, ASPESI Store, Milan, 1 - 6 December
“Natale con gli autori”, Magna Pars Hotel, Milan, 30 November - 18 December
Black Friday, Via Quadrio 18, Milan, November - December
Docks Art Fair, Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporaine, Lyon, 16 - 20 September
“Altro Sguardo”, La Permanente Triennale di Milano, 31 May - 10 June
Capri Photography Festival IX, Capri Foundation, Capri, 25 June - 23 July
Personale Milano,”Dark Brightness”,ROBERTAEBASTA, Via Formentini4/6, 4-9 April
Exhibition Milano, MIA FAIR 2017, The Mall-Porta Nuova, 10-13 March
2016
Triennale di Milano, Collettiva “L’altro sguardo”,Milan, 4 October -8 January
Sotheby’s, Milan, charity auction, 17 November
“Wopart”, Lugano, 1-5 September
Bipersonale Milano, Costantini Art Gallery, 14 April -21 May
MIA FAIR 2016, The Mall-Porta Nuova – Pres, 10-13 April
Artefiera Bologna 2016, 29 January -01 February
Permanent exhibition “Progetto Architettonico Tarshito”, Ex Albergo Capital, Crotone
2015
“Art Context” Miami during “Art Basel” 1-6 December
Sotheby’s, Milan, charity auction, 10 November
Studio Uno, Caserta, October 2015- January 2016
Aluminium Fashion and Food, Museo Nazionale Scienza Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, April-May
Malena Mazza Retrospective, L’Oficina de L’art, Alghero, 28 March-12 April
Permanente Sant’Angelo di Brolo (ME)
“Virgo et Virago”, Museo degli Angeli, 28 March
“Virgto et Virago”, Galleria Studio 71, Palermo 8-28 March
“Studi d’Artista” , Spazio Andrea Zucchi, Milan, 10-15 February
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Dusseldorf, 25 January -5 February
MIA FAIR 2015, The Mall-Porta Nuova , Milan 10-16 April
2014
“Art Context” Miami during “Art Basel”, 2-9 December
Christie’s, Milan, charity auction, 2 December
“Beauty Market”, Biblioteca della Moda, Milan, 21-28 November
Sotheby’s, Milan, charity auction, 4 November
“Donne x Donne”, Palazzo Borghese, Rome, 28 October
New York, giant billboards in Times Square, 24-25-26 July
“Desperate Housewives”, Palazzo Victoria Contemporanea, Verona, 11 July -31 October
“Beauty Cage”, Galleria Francesco Zanuso, Milan, 5-14 February
2013
“Exposure”, Foundation Gallery, New York, July
“La Grande Bellezza” , Art Gallery ROBERTAEBASTA, Milan, 3 July - September
“And time goes by” , VisionQuestTGallery, Genova, 28 March -11 May
Temporary Show Milano, GOODS, April
“Desperate Housewife”, Byline Gallery , Milan, 21 March - 5 May
Sotheby’s, Milan, charity auction, 26 March
Adisco Milano, charity auction
“La Migliore offerta”, MO.OM Hotel Gallery, Milan, 5 March -31 May
Art&Co Gallery, Caserta, 7 March
Exhibition Firenze, curated by Style Piccoli for Pitti Bimbo, 17-19 January
2012
Conference Fotografica Canon, Milan, November
“On your feet”, VisionQuesT Gallery, Genova, November-January
“Cibo è natura morta” ,VisionQuesT Gallery, Genova, November-December
Sotheby’s Milan, charity auction, October
“From a female eye” , Gallery Sota King’s Road 36, Hong Kong, 14 June
“Orticola”, Galleria GAM, Milano, May
“Da Milano ad Hong Kong”, Gallery Art&Co, Milan, April
Exhibition Milan, during 2012 International Furniture Fair, April
CityLife AD Project curated by Daniel Liebeskind, Milan, throughout 2012
2011
54th Biennale di Venezia, June
Exhibition Milano, Byline Gallery, November
“Erba e fior che la gonna” ,VisionQuesT Gallery, Genova, June-September
“Hotel M” ,Visionnaire Design Gallery, Milan, May-June
“Allegra”, Brera, Milan, April-May
“Kokoro”, Camera 16 Gallery , Milan, May
“Cristiana Capotondi seen by Malena Mazza”, actrice portraits, coll. Glamour, Central Station, Milan
“Art for Heart “ charity auction - Gallery FORMA Contrasto, Milan, March
2 works permanently exhibited at “Museo Dell’Angelo”, Sant’Angelo di Brolo, Messina
2010
Sotheby’s Milano, charity auction for CAF Milano, October
“La Fotografia di nudo”, 7th Biennale della Fotografia, Catania, February - March
“Bad Girls” ,VisionQuesT Gallery, Genova, February - March
2009
Sotheby’s Milano, charity auction for CAF Milano, September
“Sulla Pelle” during Atri’s festival, Teramo, June - August
“Magic Moments” coll. Playboy Italia, Art Gallery ROBERTAEBASTA, Milan, April - May
“I Luoghi, il Sogno”, Galleria Studio 71, Palermo, March - April
2008
Sotheby’s Milan, charity auction, November
“Pelle”, via Dante, Milan, sponsored by Vichy, May - July
“Peep Show” in collaboration with “Vogue Gioiello”, Art Gallery ROBERTAEBASTA, Milan, April
2007
Sotheby’s Milan, charity auction for CAF Milano, October
“Bijoux Gourmand” coll.Vogue Gioiello, Hotel Principe Savoia, Milan, September
“Fotografare l’Eros”, Fondazione Mazzullo Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina, September
“Fotografare l’Eros”, Galleria Studio 71, Palermo, June - July
“Textile Photos”, Brera, Milan, April-May
“Metamorfosi Del Corpo”, Auditorium Renzo Piano during “Alta Roma”, Rome, January - February
2006
“Mode”, National Centre of Photography, Padua, October-December
“Sound Check”, Università di Pavia, Pavia, December
“Foto d’Autore per Arredare”, Brera, Milan, April
2005
“Grey Wolves”, Libreria Del Mare, Palermo, November
“Cucina”, Outlet S.Gregorio, Milan, October
Sotheby’s Milan, charity auction for CAF Milano, October
Contest Tirana, 1st prize winner, Marubi exhibition, May
“Chez Mois”, Galleria Spazio Erasmus, Milan, April-May
2004
“Quotidiano Femminile”, Palazzo Delle Stelline, Milan, 7 February -23 March
2003
“Quotidiano Femminile”, Palazzo Fontana di Trevi, Rome, 10 April -1 June
“Quotidiano Femminile”, Museo d’arte Contemporanea, Pescara
“Quotidiano Femminile”, Chiesa Santa Maria al Pendino, Naples
Exhibition Milan during “MIART”, November
“Autoportraits”, Pin-Up Studios, Paris, November
“Paesaggi Epidermici”, Calusca City Life Cox, Milan, October
“In Prima Persona”, Galleria Spazio Erasmus, Milan, May - June
2002
“VADIMODA”, Calendar of Women Fashion, Milan, September - October
2001
“VADIMODA” retrospective 150 photos during Bologna Capitale Europea della Cultura,
Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, February - March
