Giaime Meloni is a photographer with a PhD in architecture, currently living between two islands: Île-de-France and Sardinia. 

His work bridges documentary and subtle interventions, exploring the interplay of architecture, environment, and ecological activism.

Since 2022, he has been an associate professor at the ENSA Paris-Est, where he teaches the forms of representation necessary to explore the complexity of the surrounding space.

Contact : studio (at) giaimemeloni.com

©Elisa Bapst

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES


2023 · Magic Mountain, Fondazione Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland

2019 · Finalist, Francesco Fabbri Prize for Photography

2019 · Selected by CAMERA - Italian Center for Photography for the FUTURES European Photography Platform program

2016 | 2018 · Borca Project - Borca di Cadore, Italy

2016 · POLAU - Urban Arts Center of Tours, France

2014 · Calamita/à - Belluno, Italy



PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS


2022 · Rural Postcards, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium

2019 · Wallpaper #6, Le Bal, Paris, France

2017 · Columns of Cultures, Ritmo Gallery, Catania, Italy

2016 · Villaggio Eni, Librairie Volume, Paris, France

2015 · Arcaico, Facoltà di Architettura di Cagliari, Italy

2014 · Territoires Esthétiques, Ensa Paris Val-de-Seine, Paris, France




COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS


2024 · Giardini in arte, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland

2024 · La scia del Monte ou les utopistes magnétiques, Muséee des Beaux-Arts de Le Locle, Switzerland

2023 · Le Montagne Magiche, Die Zauberberge, Nuoro, MAN Museo, Italy

2022 · Les traces du vivant, Second Biennal of Architecture and Landscape, Versailles, France

2022 · Always Work in Progress, Galerie d’Architecture, Paris, France

2020 · Atlanti, Ritratti ed altre storie, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy

2019 · Pli Public Workshop Obsession, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France

2019 · Inner Space, Third Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal

2019 · What is Ornament?, Third Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal

2019 · No man’s land, Galerie E Bregdetit, Vlorë, Albania

2019 · New Beauties, Nice, France

2019 · Tour Eiffel Découvrir / Approcher / Visiter, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France

2019 · In ground we trust, First Biennial of Architecture and Landscape, Versailles, France

2018 · Sardinian Young Architects - The Contribution of Photography, Castello di San Michele, Cagliari, Italy

2018 · Pierre, Révéler la ressource, explorer le matériau, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France

2018 · Monumental, une histoire de formes sans dimension, Librairie Volume, Paris, France

2018 · Matières à réflexion, ENSA Paris La Villette, Paris, France

2018 · Fotografia in Sardegna, Fondazione Bartoli per l’Arte Contemporanea, Cagliari, Italy

2016 · Calamita/à, Matéria Gallery, Rome, Italy

2015 · Castelli di Sabbia - Nivola E il Topo, Musée Nivola, Orani, Italy

2015 · Alt+1000, Mountain Photography Festival, Rossinière, Switzerland



PUBLICATIONS


2022 · Voyages en Sardaigne - Dans les Mines de Iglesias, Caryatide, Paris

2020 · Das Unheimliche, Skinnerboox, Jesi

2019 · L’Ecri Magazine 01, "Territoires Fantômes"

2019 · Spectre Magazine 02, "Vegetal Trauma"

2019 · Fig. Magazine 05, "Oxymore"

2019 · Carte Blanche Magazine 02

2019 · Columns of Cultures, self-published journal

2017 · Before it was a desert, self-published artist book

2017 · Spectre Magazine

2016 · Classeur Magazine 01

2016 · Trans Magazin N.28