Chantal Convertini, born 1992 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is a photographer and artist. With a huge passion for film photography, she points her camera mostly & intimately at herself, then at her partner and last but not least at her friends.
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Her work has been published in several magazines, online and in print and also shown in several group exhibitions mainly around Europe. Together with Imagenation and especially with KBH.G she also actively worked on bigger exhibitions as artist and curator.
In February 24 she got nominated for the Manor Kunstpreis Schaffhausen.
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She lives and works in Basel, Switzerland for over a decade.
exhibitions
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2018, Zurich, lightplays @ Photo Zürich
2019, Image Nation Paris, @ Ethereal: A daily poetry
2019, Los Angeles, series of 4 @ And I Thought About You Every Day Since
2019, Brooklyn, NYC, Venus, 2019 @Brooklyn Hights Designer Showhouse for Mahwish Syed
2019, Image Nation Paris - Paris Photo Off
2021, Image Nation Paris - A modern Romance
2022, Image Nation Paris, curating and exhibiting for "FREE BODIES" May 27-29th
2022, Image Nation Milan, curating and exhibiting for "FREE BODIES" Sept 30th - Oct 2nd
2022-2023, ofCorse - photographs, 8.12.22-12.2.23 @KBHG, Basel
2023, Space25 by Peter Steinmann, photo Basel Collab
2023, photo Basel, focus artist, 13-18.6
2023, HAUTE photographie with Kahmann Gallery, 20-24.9, Amsterdam
2024, HAUTE photographie with Kahmann Gallery, 31.1-4.2, Rotterdam
2024, Kahmann Gallery, Popup 18.4-25.4, Amsterdam
2024, groupshow "the sardines" with Nuar Gallery, 1.6-30.8, Sardinia
2024, Photo Basel with Native Digital, 10.6-16-6, Basel
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teaching: retreats, courses & classes
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2018, photography portrait evening classes @Vereinslokal Basel
2019, selfportrait workshop with Laura Zalenga
2021, 1st film photography workshop with Lena Aires in Porto
2021, open atelier with "how to business", "selfportraits on film" and "portraiture" classes
2022, 2nd film photography workshop with Lena Aires in the Normandy
2022, 3rd film photography workshop with Lena Aires in Rome
2022, online course with Domestika on "selfportraits on film"
2023, 4th film photography workshop with Lena Aires in Màlaga
2023, 5th photography retreat with Lena Aires in Thessaloniki, Greece.
2024, one day workshop with Catia Simoes and Shannon Tomasik, Turin, Italy
2024, upcoming: 6th photography retreat with Lena Aires in Stockby, Sweden
2024, upcoming: Glowsperience speaker, October, Sardinia
2024, upcoming: 7th photography retreat with Lena Aires in ...
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publications
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2017, less is more, onfilm photo
2017, interview, death before digital
2018, interview, BAZ (Basler Zeitung), "Fotografie ist meine Leidenschaft"
2018, interview, photologio
2018, god is a woman, sceniusgallery
2019, interview, cicadawheels
2019, podcast, gangolose
2019, interview, artcollectivemagazine
2019, interview, thephoblographer
2019, article about censorship (german), Kwerfeldein
2019, article about censorhship (english), theinsecuregirlsclub
2019, documentary, frachtwerk
2019, MysteryTribune
2020, myself Magazine, Juli Ausgabe
2020, Osphilia
2020, PhotoSchweiz / PhotoCorona
2020, the light, Portfolio in Schaffhauser Nachrichten
2020, L'officiel México, November issue
2020, photography book, permeable membrane
2020, The naked Journal
2021, Annabelle.ch, January
2021, BaeBe Interview
2021, SINÉCDOQUE / CORPUS
2021, Collater.al
2021, Brigitte Schweiz, April issue
2021, Portrait in Schaffhauser Nachrichten, issue 19th May
2021, Cultura Inquieta
2021, Buzzfeed interview about suspended Instagram account
2021, Zwischentext 3rd Edition "SEX"
2021, SRF Gesichter und Geschichten
2022, akut, interview on BODY
2022, NZZ Bellevue zu ofCorse
2022, Telebasel zu ofCorse
2022, SRF 2 Kultur zu ofCorse
2022, Schaffhauser Nachrichten zu ofCorse
2022, Radio X zu ofCorse
2023, Kwerfeldein zu ofCorse
2023, SRF Kulturplatz, Nackt im Museum, Interview
2023, SRF Kultur, Sommertips
2023, Interview with Sara Pawlak
2023, Nhudes Magazine, vol7
2023, life interview & interview in fair magazine Photo Basel
2023, HAUTE magazine, september edition, Amsterdam
2024, podcast episode with artist Katja Heinemann