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Exhibitions/Bio

Represented by the gallery Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan

EXHIBITIONS

2023         Shoebox Stories, (solo) Speos Gallery, Paris, Fr.
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2023         Memoires Vives, (group) Immix Gallery, Paris, Fr.
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2023         Cabinet of Curiosities, (group) Yiwei Gallery, Venice CA, USA
2022         Photo-Bodies, (solo) MUSA, Monza, Italy
2021         Donner corps à l’idée, donner des idées au corps (group) Immix gallery, Paris, France
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2021         The Host Or The Guest? (solo) El Nido Art Space, Hollywood CA, USA
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2021         Cinquecento, (group) Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2021         In Your Absence, Something Can Be Born, (group) El Nido Art Space, Hollywood CA, USA
2021         Slow Art, (group) Casa Regis – Center for Culture and Contemporary Art, Mosso, Italy
2020        Soft, Silky, Melting…Memories, (group), Western Ave. Collective, Hollywood., CA, U.S.A.
2020        Group Show, Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2020        Agent of Ordinary Pleasures (group) curated by vcprojects, Gallery The Lodge, Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
2020        In the Beginning…(group), Detroit Center for Design and Technology, Detroit, MI, USA
2019        Fotofever fairCarrousel du Louvre  (solo), with Casa Regis-Center for culture and contemporary art, Paris France
2019        Les Rencontres, Photo-bodies, Galerie Huit, Arles, France
2019        The European Festival of Nude Photography (F.E.P.N.) , Photo-Bodies, Arles, France
2018        Fotofever fair, Carrousel du Louvre  (two person), with Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Paris, France
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2018        Percorso dell’anima (group), Filanda Pregiata, Sorsesina, Italy
2018        Gli eroici furori, 2008-2018, Un compleanno importante (group) Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan Italy
2017        One two three four….can I have a little more? (group) Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan Italy
2017        Triennale della fotografia italiana (group), Fondazione Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice  Italy
2017        Best Awards - HIT PARADE – Paratissima 2016 -2017 (group) Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile (MAUTO), Turin Italy
2017        Paratissima – No photo fair (solo) L’ex Caserma “La Marmora”, Turin
2017        Mare Sopra Mare Sotto (group) Curated by Giovanni Pelloso, Acquario Civico di Milano, Milan, Italy
2017       Affordable Art Fair with Gli Eroici Furori gallery, Super Studio, Milan Italy
2016       Gli Infiniti Mondi (group) curated by Silvia Agliotti, gallery Gli Eroici, Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2016       Untitled (group) curated by Giuseppe Diecidue, Villa Borletti – Hesperia Associazione Culturale, Origgio, Italy
2015       Tracciati, (two-person) curated by Alessia Locatelli and Silvia Agliotti, Gli Eroici Furori – Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
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2015       Cento + 1, Libri d’artista, (group) Palazzo Trinci, Foligno, Italy
2014       Photissima Photo Festival, (group) Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Turin, Italy
2014       Sguardi Rivelatori, (group) curated by Roberto Mutti, Associazione Culturale Plana, Spazio Plana, Milan, Italy
2014       Sguardi Rivelatori, (group) curated by Roberto Mutti, Associazione Culturale Plana, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
2014       Acqua Virtuosa, (group) Curated by Giovanni Pelloso, Acquario Civico di Milano, Milan, Italy
2014       Contemporary Art Auction, Sotheby’s, (group) Milan, Italy
2014       Figura Aqua, (group) Curated by Maria Rosa Pividori, Alessia Locatelli & Pino Diecidue, Ex- Fornace, Milan, Italy
2013       International Fine Art Photography Exhibit, (group) Salon de la Photo, Paris, France
2013       Public Domain – project for Art & Science (group), Inauguration of MUSE science museum, Trent 2013
2013       Con gli occhi degli altri – Roberto Mutti’s photography collection (group) Palazzo Comunale, Seriate (BG), Italy
2013       L.E.D. LightscapesFuori Salone (solo) Curated by Gigliola Foschi, Atelier Daniela De Marchi, Milan, Italy
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2013       Libriste – libri d’artista (group) Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna, Italy
2013       L.E.D. Lightscapes (solo) Galerie Spèos, Paris, France
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2012       Nikon Talent Gallery, The Others Fair (group), Museo del Carcere Le Nuove, Turin, Italy
2012       Colore è Energia (group) Click Gallery, Milan, Italy
2012       L’Acqua è Energia (group) Acquario Civico di Milano, Milan, Italy
2012       Libriste – libri d’artista (group) Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna, Italy
2011       Milano Scorre Luce (solo) Curated by Robert Mutti, Acquario Civico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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2010       Serendipity (solo) Casa dell’Energia-Fondazione AEM, Milan, Italy
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2009       Miracoli a Milano (solo) Acquario Civico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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2009       Immagini d’amore (group) Spazio Papel, Milan, Italy
2008       Milanconia (solo) Spazio Papel, Milan, Italy
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2008       Homegrown (two person) Spazio Papel, Milan, Italy
2006       Fotografi Milanesi, (group) The Photographer’s, Milan, Italy
2003       Oriental Theme (group) Nishi Hongangi Temple, (Biken International Co. Ltd.) Kyoto, Japan.
1999       Traveling Temple Series (solo), Temporary Services, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999       Les Salon d’Academe (group) Union Street Gallery, Chicago, USA
1999       Traveling Temple Series (group), Hokins Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, USA
1999       Traveling Temple Series (solo),  Temporary Services, Chicago, USA
1998       Traveling Temple Series (solo), Harold Washington College, Chicago, USA
1997       Hindu Temples (group) Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Museum, Deoghar, India.
1997       Columbia College Faculty Exhibit (group), Hokin Gallery, Chicago, USA
1997       The Garden Show (group), Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, USA
1997       Synthesis Exhibition (group), Three Arts Club, Chicago, USA
1996       Spiritual Tourism Series (group), David & Alfred Smart Museum, Chicago, USA
1995       National Graduate Seminar Exhibition (group), American Photography Institute, New York, USA
1994       Abstract Exhibit (group), Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1993       Destined for Retail (group), Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1989       City Hall (solo), L’Helium Restaurant, Paris, France.
1989       Waiting Room Series (group), C.I. M. E. A. (Cultural Center), Paris, France
1987       Order-out-of Series (two person), Lab Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1987       Fish with Weapons (group), Student Union Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1987       Bay Area Students Project (group), SF Camerawork, San Francisco, USA

Awards

2021      Honorary Mention, Tokyo International Foto Award, Tokyo, Japan
2019      Finalist for ‘Art Photography’, Lens Culture, Paris France
2018     ‘Portfolio Winner’ for exhibition invitation to The European Festival of Nude Photography (FEPN) 2019 in Arles, Fr.,
(hosted by Archivio Fotografico Italiano and Festival Fotografico Europeo, Milan, Italy)
2017      Finalist for ‘Triennale della fotografia italiana’, Fondazione Arte Contemporanea, Venice, Italy
2017      Selected for ‘Best 15 Awards – Hit Parade’ , Paratissima, Turin Italy
2017       Finalist for Paratissima – NoPhoto, Turin Italy
2014       Finalist for Photissima Prize, Turin, Italy
2013       Finalist for photography ‘Experimental’, International Fine Art Photography Award /Grand Prix de la Découverte, Paris, France
2013       Juror’s Award of Merit for photography ‘Abstract’, International Fine Art Photography Award /Grand Prix de la Découverte, Paris, France
2012       Nikon Talent Finalist for Architecture/Landscape, Italy
2012       Honorary Mention for Low-Light Photography, IPA (international Photography Awards-Lucie Foundation), Los Angeles, USA
1999       CAAP Grant (Chicago Artists Assistance Program), Chicago, USA
1998       CAAP Grant (Chicago Artists Assistance Program), Chicago, USA
1994-96       Tuition scholarship, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Education
1996       M.F.A. in Photography, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA
1992       B.A. in Photography and French, San Francisco State University, S.F., USA
1989       Art History, L’Université de Paris VIII, Paris, France
1988       Photography, L’Université de Paris X, Paris, France
1987       French, L’Institut d’Etudes Françaises pour Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, France

Catalogue Publications (limited edition boxes)
Milano Scorre Luce, 74/b 2011. Limited edition of 3 copies, signed and numbered I-III.Nine photographs by L. Mikelle Standbridge.
Serendipity, Grafiche ATA 2010. Limited edition of 40 copies signed and numbered 1-40; 5 copies I-V; 5 copies f.c. I-V. Twelve photographs by L. Mikelle Standbridge with an introduction by Jacqueline Ceresoli.
Miracoli a Milano, Grafiche ATA 2009. Limited edition of 100 copies signed and numbered 1-100; 10 copies I-X; 10 copies f.c. I-X. Twelve photographs by L. Mikelle Standbridge with an introduction by Jacqueline Ceresoli and alm Fraschetti.
Milanconia, Edizione Papel 2008. Limited edition of  40 copies signed and numbered 1-40; 10 copies I-X; 10 copies f.c. I-X. Twelve photographs by L. Mikelle Standbridge with an introduction by Pier Luigi Senna.

*Art boxes Serendipity and Miracoli a Milano are available in Milan at Sozzani bookshop, Corso Como 10
*I cofanetti Serendipity e Miracoli a Milano sono disponibili a Sozzani bookshop, Corso Como 10, Milano

 

PUBLICATIONS

2020    Art anthology, Time at the Time of Isolation (Tempo al tempo di isolamento) , by Renato Penna produced by Art1307, Naples/L.A. , published by Blurb.
2020   Chip Foto Video magazine (#12, 2020, pg. 60-69), Shanghai, covering series Photo-Bodies and L.E.D. Lightscapes.

BIOGRAPHY

L. Mikelle Standbridge was born 1965 in Los Angeles, USA and studied at San Francisco State University (B.F.A. 1992), University of Paris (2 year exchange), and University of Chicago (M.F.A. 1996). Currently living and working between Biella and Milan, Italy, Standbridge’s artistic practice is photography-based, where the role and nature of photography are explored through photo-objects or small sculptural installations. Not satisfied with flat prints under glass, she often prints double sided, or stitches pieces together, or adds paper hinges to allow for moving parts. Treated with a patina that gives a leather like texture and allows for handling, the works of art are designed to be touched and interpreted as an extension of the body. The last two series, “Photo-Bodies: In Between the Edges of a Stitched Soul” and “Shoebox Stories: The Eclipse of Family Histories and Surrogate Memory Tropes”, both address how haptics and photography in the form of held objects can enrich content, by having double identities as image and form.

Standbridge is represented by the Milan-based gallery, Gli Eroici Furori – Contemporary Art, and has had multiple shows sponsored by the City of Milan and been exhibited in many international exhibitions, such as Galerie Huit in Arles, Fr., Immix Gallery in Paris, Fr. and Yiwei Gallery, Venice, Calif., USA. Her work is in many private collections such as Jackie Morgan, Phillipe Browning, Kerry Marshal, as well as the Library of Paris. Her recognitions include a scholarship to the University of Chicago, finalist for “Nikon Talent”, Portfolio Winner and exhibition for The European Festival of Nude Photography (FEPN) in Arles, Finalist for “Triennale della Fotografia Italiana”, Venezia, It., and Finalist for ‘Art Photography’ by Lens Culture.

Standbridge is also the founder and director of the non-for-profit Casa Regis – Center for Culture and Contemporary Art in Biella, It., where she hosts residencies and curates exhibitions.