SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Benrubi Gallery, New York, I am nothing, March 14 -May 24, 2019
2017
Camera, Centro Nazionale per la Fotografia, Turin, Italy, I am nothing curated by Francesco Zanot, March 2017 - June 2017
2013
Galeria Cero, Madrid, Spain, Gomorrah Girl
2012
PPAC Phila Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA USA, Gomorrah Girl
Galleria Argentica, Ravenna, Italy, Gomorrah Girl
2011
Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, Holland, Gomorrah Girl
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
DAZ BANK Art Foyer Exhibition Private Exhibition at DZ-Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Art Basel, The Grass Grows, Three Selected gallery from Italy, Valerio Spada, Gomorrah Girl
2013
A survey of documentary styles in early 21st century photobooks, Columbia Center for Arts & Paper, Chicago
Photoville, New York City, Curated by Darius Himes and Larissa Leclair
Artissima & The Others Fair, Torino, Italy
2012
FotoBook Festival Best Book of the Year, Le Bal Museum, Paris (France)
The Best Book Design Award 2012, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (Holland)
2011
Incredible-Unglaublich, Münchner StådtMuseum, Munich, (Germany)
MAFIA/S – ImageSinguliéres, Séte (France), Christian Poveda, Letizia Battaglia, Valerio Spada
Fotografia Roma, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, (Italy)
Outskirts, Palazzo Poli, Calcografia, Roma, (Italy)
Oh my Books 2011, Arles, France
2007
PragueBiennale3, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Flash Art Fair, Milan, Italy
SELECTED INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2019
Documenting the Italian Mafia, Martinique, Elena, Widewalls, CH, March 2019
2017
Arte, Sky. Valerio Spada e Magnum a Camera, Centro Nazionale per la Fotografia.
Internazionale. La mafia raccontata da Valerio Spada in mostra a Torino.
Vogue Italia. Italian Panorama. 15 best italian potographers shoots A/W 17/18.
GAP Worldwide Summer Campaign
2016
Seymour, Tom. The Italian Renaissance of Photography. British Journal of Photography, UK
O’Hagan, Sean. The DIY Saviours of Photography. The Guardian, UK
Ritter, Andrea. Es sind doch noch kinder – Valerio Spada. Stern Crime, Germany
2015
Christiansen, Anne. The most exciting new photography books, The Guardian, UK
Self Publish, Be Happy by Ceschel featuring Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada in the best photobooks self-published will launch at Foam Amsterdam and New York Book Art Fair. Dazed & Confused, London, UK
Laranjeira, Marta. An interview with Valerio Spada. Lomography, London, UK, 2015
Attinger, Irène. April selection best books Maison Européenne de la Photographie, L’Oeil de la Photo, Paris, France
SVA, NY. New books: Focus on Photography featuring Vivian Maier, Valerio Spada, Larry Fink, Larry Sultan, La Toya Ruby Frazier.
2014
La Fotografia ad Artissima, Vogue Italia, Italy, Nov 2014
Tripoli, Gaia. Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada. Page 2. The New York Times IE, USA
Muñoz, Alba. Gomorra Girl: así viven y mueren las adolescentes de la mafia, Playground, Brasil October 2014
Le ragazze di Gomorrah, Il Post, Italy October 2014
Avedon, Elizabeth. Gomorrah Girl Valerio Spada Twin Palms edition, USA August
An unfullfilled dream of escape, The New York Times International Ed., USA July 2014
TIME Magazine, Lightbox, Best Spring/Summer 2014 PhotoBooks,
The Huffington Post, USA March 2014
2013
Gomorrah Girl at Galeria Cero. TV Interview for La Aventura del Saber, TVE2, Spain, Feb 2013
Lorenzo, Áurea. Valerio Spada, Gomorrah Girl, TV Interview for TeleDiario on TVE1, Feb 2013
Segura Albert, Luisa. Hacerse mayor conviviendo con la Camorra, RTVE, Spain, Feb 2013
2012
Leinen, Lisa. Berlusconis Vermachtnis, Interview with Valerio Spada, Fraulen Magazine, Germany, Feb 2012
Ladd, Jeffrey. On Gomorrah Girl with Syb, The Photobook Review, Issue One, Aperture Foundation, USA, Jan 2012
Yue, Geng. On the strees in Naples, Valerio Spada interview, Lens Magazine, China Feb 2012
Evtushenko, Yan. Valerio Spada interview on Gomorrah Girl, Hoolingan Magazine, Russia, May 2012
Cheung, SGH. Valerio Spada – Peanut Butter Thoughts, United Kingdom, Jan 2012
Rickard, Doug, Himes, Darius. Gomorrah Girl, ASX, American Suburb X, USA, Jan 2012
2011
Moakley, Paul. Gomorrah Girl: Best in Show, TIME Magazine, USA, Sept 2011
IMSO, The land of the Camorrah, Five Award-Winning Photobooks 2011, IMSO, USA, Dec 2011
Gomorrah Girl, 2nd edition, Photo Eye, Curated Selection, Santa Fe, USA, Dec 2011
Himes, Darius. PBN 2011 Winner: Gomorrah Girl, video, PBN 2011, USA, Sept 2011
Coignet, Rémy. Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada, Le Monde, France, March 2011
Mutti, Roberto. Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada, La Repubblica, Italia, March 2011
Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada, Esquire, Russia, March 2011
SELECTED RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
2017
Magnum Foundation Fund Nominee Invitation
2015
Artist in Residence at Cité des Arts, Paris France with the support of Ministère de la Culture, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Ville de Paris, et de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts
2014
Gomorrah Girl featured in “A History of PhotoBook, Volume III, by Gerry Badger and Martin Parr”
DAZ BANK Art Foyer Top 5 Artists 2014 DZ-Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany 2013
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Creative Arts, Photography
2012
Kassel PhotoBook Festival 2012, Le Bal Museum, Paris, France (Germany/France)
2 nominations as Best Book of the Year by Jim Goldberg and Kummer & Hermann
Premio Ponchielli / Photo editor prize (Italy)
Resident Artist, LightWork, Syracuse University, NY (USA)
2011
Best Artist of 2011, Albert Renger-Patzsch Award 2012, (Germany)
PBN Photography Book Now 2011, Grand Prize Winner, New York, (USA)
Best Project of the Year, Winner FOTOGRAFIA, Museum of Contemporary Art, (Italy)
Top 10 Best Books of the Year by Rémy Coignet, Le Monde, (France)
Top 10 Best Books of the Year by Joerg Colberg, Conscientious, (USA)
4 Nominations as Best Book of the Year Photo Eye Best Books of 2011, Santa Fe, (USA)
LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, ARTIST TALKS
2019 Scuola Holden, Torino, Italia "Nicola LaGioia incontra Valerio Spada, Mar 2019
2017 Camera, Centro Nazionale per la Fotografia, Torino, Italia, “La mafia come opera d’arte”, Valerio Spada, Serena Uccello, Marzia Sabella, Mar 2017
2015 School of Visual Arts, New York, i3 Lecture Series, Valerio Spada, Jan 2015
Scuola Holden, Turin, Italy, Jan 2015
2014 ‘Mafia as a work of art’, Valerio Spada and Nando Dalla Chiesa invited by curator Francesco Zanot and Lorenza Bravetta, Head of Continental Europe at Magnum Photos, Artissima, Torino, Italy
2013 California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA, on Jim Golbderg invitation, Sept 2013
Ramapo Liberal Arts College, New Jersey, USA, Sept 2013
Galeria Cero, Madrid, Spain , On the process of creativity with Valerio Spada, Jan 2013
2012 Magnum Lugano Photo Days, Lugano, Switzerland, Valerio Spada on self-publishing, Sept 2012
Visual Studies Workshops Photo-Bookworks Symposium, Rochester, NY, USA, June 2012
PhotoShow Roma 2012, Corso con Valerio Spada, Roma, Italia, Apr 2012
2011 Gomorrah Girl: Extensive lectures, panel discussions and artist talks throughout Europe and USA.
The future of photography and newspapers, Panel discussion at Münchner StädtMuseum, Munich, Germany, Sept 2011
Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada, Parsons School of Arts and Design, Paris, France, Oct 2011
COLLECTIONS & REVIEWS
‘Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada, this is a book that I can really learn something from.’
Jim Goldberg, Magnum Photos
‘Spada’s book – self-published, stapled together, a brilliant combination of the roughhewn with the exquisite – is a memorial for a dead girl, a cri de coeur for vulnerable young women and a penetrating examination of the social ills resulting from a corrupt and rotten political system.’ Martin Parr / Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Vol.III – Phaidon
Darius Himes, International Head of Photographs at Christie's and lead juror of Photography Book Now (PBN) 2011, announcing the Grand Prize winner Valerio Spada Link