Irene Ferri (1991) is an Italian photo artist and educator, currently based in Berlin.
Her work is deeply connected to introspection, mental health and the exploration of neurodivergence. She uses photography like a psychic uses tea leaves in an empty cup: images often reveal meaning to her before it becomes conscious.
Ferri graduated in Communication & Media at Iulm University of Milan with a thesis on the work of cinematographers David Lynch, Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson.
In 2013 she moved to Los Angeles to study cinematography at UCLA Extension (University of California Los Angeles), which has had a huge impact on her artistic vision. She strongly believes in the contamination of multiple disciplines (cinema, literature, art and music) that all collide in her photographic work.
Ferri has been acknowledged by Nikon Italy and Nikon Europe as one of their best young talents in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She won the Audience Award at the Miami Street Photography Festival (2022), the Lenzburg Fotofestival (2024), and the Perimetro Awards (2025), and has exhibited in multiple countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, the UK and the US.
In 2022 Ferri founded her e-learning company in the Canary Islands, The Arizona Project.
Ferri identifies as non-binary (still using she/her pronouns).
CONTACT: info@ireneferri.com
INSTAGRAM: @ire.ferri
Summer University of Arts | Universität der Künste Berlin (Germany - 2025)
Certificate program in Movies & TV Production | UCLA Extension – University of California Los Angeles (USA - 2013/2014)
Bachelor of Communication, Media and Advertising | IULM – International University of Languages and Media (Milan, Italy - 2010/2013)
Perimetro Awards | "No other country but America" - Audience award | 1st place (2024)
Perimetro Awards | "No other country but America" - Jury Award | 10th place ex aequo (2024)
Fotografia Europea | Circuito Off - "Non per nasconderci" with Audiocassetta - 3rd place (2024)
Fotofestival Lenzburg | Synthesis - Singles | Audience award (2024)
Miami Street Photography Festival - Singles | People's Choice Award (2022)
Artphilein Photobook - Utopia | Long list - "No other country but America" (2024)
Italian Street Photography Festival - Singles Finalists (2024)
Format Festival presents: Future Now - "No Other Country But America" (2024)
Dublin Street Photography Festival - Singles Finalists (2024)
Chromatic Photography Awards | Honorable Mention in "People" Category (2022)
Chateau Gallery (Louisville, USA) - The Surreal Exhibition | Director's choice (2022)
"Couldn’t share that" | Biennale of Female Photography (Mantova, Italy - 2024)
"Riscatti" | part of Shaping Fair Cities (Bologna, Italy - 2020)
"People I met Once" (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2012)
[Next] HERE | Berlin Photographic 2026 - PAKD Gallery (Berlin, Germany - 2026)
A new feeling | No other country but America - Four Corners Gallery (London, UK -2026)
Other Spaces - Herzberg Ex Train Station (Herzberg Elster, Germany - 2025)
A hidden variable - The Denizen Art Space (Berlin, Germany - 2025)
Zentrifuge - UdK presentation at Gallery m3 | Atelierhaus Mengerzeile (Berlin, Germany - 2025)
Non per nasconderci | in collaboration with Audiocassetta - Via Roma (Reggio Emilia, Italy - 2024)
Format Festival presents: Future Now - No Other Country But America (Derby, UK - 2024)
Tribute to three museums - Spazio ReFactory (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2023)
Miami Street Photography Festival - History Miami Museum (Miami, USA - 2022)
I is Another – Atelier Viaduegobbi3 (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2013)
Remember me – Atelier Viaduegobbi3 (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2010)
Lego Logo – Galleria Zenone 1.1 Contemporanea (Reggio Emilia, Italy -2010)
Idee Photo Contest in collaboration with the University of Milan - Italy (2026)
"La mia memoria è piena. Silenzio" Photo Contest in collaboration with Spazio Cosmo Pigneto - Roma, Italy (2025)
Artivis(mo) Art Contest - Roma, Italy (2021)
Nikon Italia - Nikon Creator (2019, 2020, 2021)
Nikon Europe - Brand ambassador for Nikon Z50 (2020, 2021)
TEDxReggioEmilia - Contributor to the marketing & communication team (2018, 2019)
GAM Torino (Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna & Contemporanea)
Huawei Italia
Polaroid
Cosmico
Regione Lombardia
Visit Romagna
Come to Hamburg
The North Face
Casa Milo
Real Me
Crocs
Wanderlust
Brandina The Original
Skate Love Barcelona
