Gaia Renis (Salerno, 1999) is an emerging Italian photographer who approaches the images creation by instinct, alternating analog and digital shots with a conceptual spirit.
She holds a BA in Humanities for Communication and an MA in Publishing and Communication from the Università Statale di Milano, and she completed her studies in Digital and Analog Photography at CFP Bauer. 
From 2021 to 2025, she steadily collaborated with Podbielski Contemporary In 2022, her project "Stereocaulon vesuvianum" won the under 30 prize at Terna Photography Award. In the edition 2023 of the prize, she was part of the jury in Academia section.
gaia renis fotografa
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"Premio Terna – Driving Energy", Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 2022
"Sacred Landscapes", Italian Cultural Institutes in Warsaw and Sydney, 2023-2024
"Madre Materia", Podbielsky Contemporary, Milan, 2024
"Conversazioni sul Premio Driving Energy", Made in Cloister, Napoli, 24.05.2024
AWARDS
Premio Driving Energy - Fotografia Contemporanea, TernaCult, first prize, 2022
FAIRS
MIA Photo Fair 2025, Milano, Gaze-Off & Franco Marinotti
OTHER PROJECTS
"La mémoire est un jeu d'enfant", Massimiliano Gatti solo exhibition - curated by Gaia Renis | opening 18.09.2025, Podbielski Contemporary
PRESS
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