Valeria Gaia was born in Treviso, Italy.
She studied art history at the University of Padova, Italy.
After having moved to Paris, France she had her first approach to photography as a photographer’s assistant before moving ahead to becoming a portrait and documentary photographer. From analogue she moved on to digital photography whilst still continuing to work in daylight, capturing shapes, colors and light effects directly taken from nature. Since the year 2000 prolonged travels to Oceania and North Africa inspired her a different approach to photography focusing upon the observation of the visible reality and its essential elements: the mineral world, the liquid element, the plant life, starting a trilogy entlited: LIQUIDA-MINERALIA-PLANTAE.
Furthermore, since 2017 with the book “The Cities of Silence” Valeria Gaia’s photography has started to get involved in memory of the human cultural patrimony.
Exhibitions
Group
2011 Ephemeert, Paris FR
2014 Fondation ,Espacio Micus,Ibiza SP
2015 Nido Gallery, San Francisco USA
2016 Yael Studio, San Francisco USA
2017 Galleria Due Piani, Pordenone IT
2017 Galleria Govetosa, Padova IT
2018 Fondation Espacio Micus,Ibiza SP
2018 Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris FR
2019 Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris FR
2019 Heillandy Gallery,WopArtfair Lugano CH
2019 Galleria Valeria Bella, Milano IT
2020/21 Galleria Valeria Bella, Milano IT
Solo
2007 Maison de la Culture Toata, Tahiti PF
2007 Tosei Gallery, Tokyo JP
2018 Galerie 127, Marrakech, Morocco
2020 Comune di Zoppé di Cadore, Belluno IT
Represented by
Galerie Agathe Gaillard
3, Rue du Pont Louis-Philippe
75004 Paris
Tel. +33. 142773824
contact@galerieagathegaillard.com
HEILLANDI GALLERY
Via Canova, 7
6900 Lugano
tel.+41919211100/919211100
info@heillandigallery.ch
Galleria Valeria Bella Stampe
Via Santa Cecilia, 2
20122 Milano
tel. +39 0276004413
photo@valeriabella.com