Bio

Catia Mencacci, born in Cortona in the province of Arezzo, approached the world of photography in 2012. She enrolled in her first photography course almost as a joke, at the suggestion of a friend. With no knowledge of what was a new environment for her, having never felt the need to photograph before, she comes to her first lesson without a camera.
The initial interest very soon turns into a deep and overwhelming passion. She is mainly interested in the impressionistic and dreamlike sphere of photography, the one in which the image transports the observer's soul into a parallel world: a magical environment made up of emotions such as enchantment, melancholy and dreams.
She has also received international awards and exhibited in numerous Italian cities.
(me on enzotrifolelli.com)


Awards

2022 FIAF Author of the year Fiaf Tuscany 2022
2022 ND Awards Honorable Mention in Fine Art - Photomanipulation with "The violets will bloom again"
2022 FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards Honorable Mention cat. Concept
2022 FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards Bronze cat. Concept
2021 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards Gold with "You can't stop the wind with your hands"
2021 FIOF Italian Photography Ambassador LSFP Lishui (Cina) Photo Festival Eclectika
2020 ND Awards Honorable Mention in Fine Art - Photomanipulation with "A meter away..."
2020 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards Silver with "A meter away - Love in the time of Coronavirus"
2020 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards Gold with "Dream or am I awake?
2020 FIAF - Truciolo D'Oro Concorso Nazionale 1° Premio Ex-aequo Sezione Portfolio (LB) with "Non si ferma il vento con le mani (Seneca)"
2020 FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards 2nd place Winner Cat. Amateur fine art
2019 SIPA Siena International Photography Awards Finalist
2019 FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards Nominee cat. Amateur
2018 SIPA Siena International Photography Awards Finalist
2018 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards Bronze with "Nostalghia"
2018 FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards Bronze
2018 FAPA Fine Art Photoghraphy Awards Nominee cat. Amateur
2017 TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards Honorable Mention
2017 SIPA Siena International Photography Awards Finalist
2017 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards Honorable Mention with "Drown the memories in a lake of tears"
2017 FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards Absolute winner Fine Art cat. Amateur
2016 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards Honorable Mention with "Azzurrina"
2016 FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards Absolute winner Fine Art cat. Amateur2016 FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards Absolute winner Fine Art cat. Amateur


Exhibitions

2023 Viterbo (Vt) - National Etruscan Museum Rocca Albornoz, from 10 September to 5 November, collective exhibition with "Staudust"
2023 Casciana Terme (Pi) - From 10 to 17 September, in the occasion with LLDM collective exhibition with "You don't stop the wind with your hands"
2023 Montecatini Terme (Pt) - Galleria Turelli from 8 to 30 August 2023, collective exhibition
2022 Milano (MI) at Spazio Tadini - Casa Museo "La città in scena" from 24 September to 12 November, collective exhibition
2022 Lucca (LU) 24 May - 5 June Circuito Off WelovePh - A meter away Love in the time of Coronavirus
2021 Soriano nel Cimino (VT) - Palazzo Chigi-Albani: "Cottingley: a volte ritornano"
2021 from 5 to 9 November - Lishui Festival, Cina, Italian Photography Ambassar
2021 24 September - 03 October, Todi (Pg)- Palazzo del Vignola: Todimmagina Festival di Fotografia Contemporanea, La Fotografia è Donna, collective exhibition with "A meter away - Love in the time of Coronavirus"
2019 Soriano nel Cimino (Vt) - Castello Orsini: "visiON", collective exhibition Soriano Immagine Nuova Frontiera Fotografica
2017 Soriano nel Cimino (Vt) - Palazzo Chigi-Albani: "S'i' fosse sogno", collective exhibition Soriano Immagine Nuova Frontiera Fotografica
2017 Orvieto (Tr) - Palazzo dei Sette: "Quando tutto era possibile", collective exhibition It's Time under the patronage Fiof
2017 Minturno (Lt) - Castello Baronale: "Quando tutto era possibile", collective exhibition R-evolution under the patronage Fiof
2016 S. Benedetto del Tronto (Ap) - Palazzina Azzurra, "S'i' fosse sogno", collective exhibition R-evolution under the patronage Fiof
2016 Orvieto (Tr) - Palazzo dei Sette: "S'i' fosse sogno", collective exhibition Mutamenti under the patronage Fiof
2016 Lanciano (Ch) - Polo Museale S. Spirito: "S'i' fosse sogno", collective exhibition R-evolution under the patronage Fiof
2016 Krasnodar (Russia) International Photography Festival PhotoVisa, ambassador of Italian Photography in Russia
2016 Castellamonte (To) - at the Centro Ceramico Fornace Pagliero of Spineto, "S'i' fosse sogno", collective exhibition R-evolution under the patronage Fiof
2014 Foiano della Chiana (Ar) - Sala Carbonaia: "Avvistamenti, sviste e visioni", personal exhibition


Publications
2020 FOTO Cult n. 177 (December 2020 - January 2021) "Non si ferma il vento con le mani", Portfolio in the Culture Section.