Biography
Carola Allemandi was born in 1997 in Turin, Italy.
After graduating from high school with a focus on languages, independently discovered photography while attending the first year of the Faculty of Psychology in Turin. She attended photography courses held by Mosè Franchi in Turin and collaborated for about three years at Studio Ottaviano before starting to work independently as a photographer and artist.
Since 2019 she has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Italian galleries and museums.
Since 2021 Carola has been writing about photography as a publicist and columnist for various magazines, including 'Doppiozero', 'Snaporaz', 'Siamomine', 'Discorsi Fotografici' and manages the column for Torino Magazine 'The contact of the eye with reality'.
Allemandi collaborates on the course 'Photography techniques' at Politecnico di Torino.
In 2021 she created the images for the artist book Anatomia Umana by Salvatore Astore.
In 2022 she published a poetry anthology, Sembra il Sole, for the publishing house Edizioni Progetto Cultura of Rome for the Le Gemme series, edited by Cinzia Marulli.
Since 2025 — author of articles on photography in the Noga Creative Union.
Awards & Honors
2021 — 1st Prize of the Zenato Academy Award for contemporary photography during The Others Art Fair, Turin, Italy.
2021 — Honorable Mention in Photography category at the XII Edition of the Combat Prize competition, Turin, Italy.
Solo exhibitions
2021 — Montagna Viva, curated by Domenico Maria Papa for Art Site Fest, Ussel Castle, Châtillon, Italy.
2021 — Mimesis, curated by Davide Mabellini and Chiara Graglia, Circolo degli Artisti, Turin, Italy.
2020 — Notturni, curated by Marco Albeltaro and Pablo Mesa Capella, Dr Fake Cabinet, Turin, Italy.
Group exhibitions
2022 — Erotika 2, curated by Marco Albeltaro and Pablo Mesa Capella, Dr Fake Cabinet, Turin, Italy.
2022 — Body Frame, curated by Emanuela Romano and Valentina Bonomonte, A Pick Gallery, Turin, Italy.
2022 — Ri-abitare, Fondazione Amleto Bertoni, curated by Francesca Canfora on the occasion of START/Arte, Saluzzo, Italy.
2022 — Unfair, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, Italy.
2021 — Shapes of Living / Living Earth, Heritage Lab by Italgas, part of Art Site Fest curated by Domenico Maria Papa, Turin. The Others Art Fair, Turin, Italy.
2021 — Isolation / Et Cetera, curated by Genny di Bert, Italian Cultural Institute of Prague, Prague, Czech.
2021 — Photographers in Turin, curated by Tiziana Bonomo, Accademia Albertina, Turin, Italy.
2021 — Vase, curated by Emanuela Romana and Valentina Bonomonte, A Pick Gallery, Turin, Italy.
2021 — 40 in 40ena, curated by Sarah Bowyer and Paolo Jins Gillone, Palazzo Barolo, Turin, Italy.
2020 — Returning, curated by Domenico M. Papa, Castello Gamba, Châtillon, Italy.
2019 — Photoforever, by Paola Forni, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy.
2019 — Art Site Fest, curated by Domenico M. Papa, Castello di Govone, Govone, Italy.
Bibliography
2020 — Notturni, Teca Edizioni Publishing House, ISBN 8 894 338 819, 9 788 894 338 812, Lecco, Italy.
