Angelo Iaia (Fasano, 1994) is a visual artist based in Milan. His artistic practice makes use of video and photography to present, from an anthropological perspective, certain distinctive elements of his native region, Puglia. By focusing on local traditions, the artist revives historical and local narratives and practices that have died out or are disappearing, using them to construct new imaginaries capable of engaging in a dialogue with the contemporary world.

Recently, his interest has turned toward exploring the concept of magic understood as an ancestral ritual practice through which human beings confront and navigate moments of adversity, pain, and celebration in the various phases of social and individual life. By reactivating ritual as a collective practice in his work, he explores new forms of meaningful participation and connection that respond to needs still present today.

He graduated from the DAMS in Bologna and subsequently earned a master’s degree in New Technologies in Art with a specialization in Photography from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.

2026

  • Sotto una luce fossile, curated by Nicola Ricciardi, Polo Culturale Le Clarisse, Grosseto IT

2024

  • Limburg Biënnale, section curated by Anouk Kruithof, Marres - House of Contemporary Culture, Maastricht NL

2023

  • Rea Fair, section curated by Rita Meschiari, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano IT

  • Pensieri Correnti Festival, curated by Laura Tota, Fasano IT

2022

  • Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee sezione Arte Emergente, curated by Carlo Sala, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo IT

  • Paratissima Factory The Exhibition II, curated by Cristina Meli, Cavallerizza Torino, Torino IT

  • Braera Klasse #6, curated by Elisa Medde, Careof, Milano IT

  • Centrale Festival, curated by Luca Panaro, Rocca Malatestiana, Fano IT

2021

  • Symbole, curated by Oscarito Sanchez, Hinterland Galerie, Wien AT

  • URBAN FOTOSYNTHESIS, curated by Linda Carluccio, Das T/abor, Wien AT

2020

  • Nello spazio fa freddo, curated by Luca Panaro, Chippendale Studio, Milano IT

  • Singolare Plurale, Graphic Days, curated by Futuro Arcaico, Torino IT

  • Cheap Festival, RECLAIM, Bologna IT