Bio
Attilio Fiumarella is a photographic artist interested in exploring social landscapes. 
After studying at Porto school of Architecture, he worked as an architect before completely dedicating himself to photography.
His practice draws from documentary and architectural photography and his work received a number of recognitions. Attilio was the winner of Portrait of Humanity 2020 organized by The British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Magnum Photo. He was also finalist of the Aesthetica Art Prize and the Head On Portrait Prize. 
In 2018, Attilio was awarded a grant from the Art Council England to complete his project on British Identity. This was displayed at Obscura festival in Malaysia and his dummy book was nominated for the UNSEEN Dummy Award in Amsterdam and for the FUAM Dummy Book Award in Istanbul. 
Attilio has been commissioned work by The Guardian, L’OBS, Die Welt, We Demain, Le Monde and the Financial Times.
His work is held in several private and public collections and has been displayed across Europe, USA, Asia, Australia and in the Space. Attilio is based in Portugal and UK.   
Awards
2020
Portrait of Humanity, Winner
2019
UNSEEN Dummy Book Award, Finalist
FUAM Dummy Book Award, Finalist
FOTO WIEN - Photo Book Award, Finalist
2018
Art Grant - Developing Your Creative Practice, Art Council England
2017
Head On Portrait Prize, Finalist
2016
Aesthetica Art Prize, Finalist
2015
RBSA Photographic Prize, 1st Prize
IPA - International Photography Awards, “Social Cause” Category, Honourable Mention
IPA - International Photography Awards, “People” Category, Honourable Mention
Athens Photo Festival, Finalist
2014 
Art Grant - Some Cities, Birmingham, Uk
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, Finalist
PHOTODOCUMENT, Finalist
2013
Novos Talentos FNAC, Honourable Mention
Exhibitions
2023
Apagar A Linha: Entre Terra E Água - Erasing The Line: Between Land and Water , Palácio dos Viscondes de Balsemão, Porto, Portugal
2022
Through a Northern Lens: a community view on Health and Wellbeing in Northern BC, Prince George, Canada
Seclusion & Spectacle , Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, Canada 
2021
On the Hook, BLAH -Benjamin Lumb Art House, West Vancouver, Canada
2020
Portrait of Humanity, Capa Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Portrait of Humanity, Sent into Space, The Space
Portrait of Humanity, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India
Presence & Absence, Nic Lehoux and Attilio Fiumarella, Art Museum, West Vancouver, Canada
2019
UNSEEN Dummy Book Award - Westergas, Amsternam, The Netherlands
Istanbul Photobook Festival - Istanbul, Turkey
FotoNoviembre 2019 - Atlantica Colectiva, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
OBSCURA Festival of Photography - Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Malaysia
Photometria International Photography Festival, Photo Book Exhibition, Palea Sfagia, Ioannina, Greece
MOPLA -Month of Photography Los Angeles - Photo Book Exhibition, House of Lucie, Los Angeles, USA
Foto Wien Photo Book Exhibition, Festival Centre, Wien, Austria
2018
Middle Bound: Exploring the Social Fabric at the Heart of England, QUAD, Derby, UK. 
2017
Head On Photo Festival, Sydney Museum, Australia
Works of Mercy, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK
2016
East Meets West 2.0, The Waterhall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
East Meets West 2.0, QUAD, Derby, UK
Works of Mercy, FNAC Gaia, Portugal
Internal Landscape, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Aesthetica Art Prize, York, UK
2015
FotoNoviembre 2015 - Atlantica Colectiva, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
Works of Mercy, FNAC Santa Catarina, Porto, Portugal
Urban Life exhibition 2015 (1st Prize), RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK
The Swimmers, The Old Print Works, Birmingham, UK
Mid-Lands, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Works of Mercy, FNAC Braga, Portugal
Works of Mercy, FNAC Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal
2014
Works of Mercy, FNAC Matosinhos, Portugal
Works of Mercy, FNAC Albufeira, Portugal
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival,Tbilisi, Georgia
Works of Mercy, FNAC Norteshopping, Porto, Portugal
The Photographers' Wall - A Collection, New Library of Birmingham, UK
2013
New Settlers, Ponte Pedonal, Peso da Regua, Portugal
New Settlers, Parque do Imperio, Mirandela, Portugal
New Settlers, Lg. Arquinho - Pr. República - Solar dos Magalhães, Amarante, Portugal
Artist Talks
2023
Guided Visit: Apagar A Linha: Entre Terra E Água ,
Museu do Porto, Portugal
2020
Artist Talk: Attilio Fiumarella
West Vancouver Art Museum, Canada
2018
IPCI - Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem 
   Conversa com Attilio Fiumarella, Porto, Portugal
2017
20 X 20 X 5: Contemporary Art
   The Barber Institute of Fine Art, Birmingham, UK
Works of Mercy
   The Barber Institute of Fine Art, Birmingham, UK
The Image Makers Seminar Series 2017: 1 Attilio Fiumarella 
   Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia
2016
East Meets West, Watherhall Gallery
   Photographers Talk And Exhibition Tour, Birmingham, Uk
“Superdivercity” 
   Photocafe’, Birmingham, Uk
“Birmingham, layers of a hybrid landscape”,
   International Conference – Frontiers and borders of superdiversity: theory, method and practice, University of Birmingham, Uk
2014
SOME CITIES....a work in progress: with photographers Attilio Fiumarella and Stephen Burke
   MAC - Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK
2013
Conversas Sobre Fotografia
   FNAC Norteshopping, Porto, Portugal
2012
Pecha Kucha 03
   Spot Architecture, Cagliari, Italy
Interviews
Artist Interview: Attilio Fiumarella: Works of Mercy
https://facilitateurbanphotography.wordpress.com/tag/attilio-fiumarella/
Aesthetica Art Prize
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/aesthetica-art-prize-call-for-entries-countdown/
Some Cities - Spotlight
http://www.some-cities.org.uk/spotlight/attilio-fiumarella
BBC - 'Terracotta army' photographed at Moseley Road baths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28392292
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