Andrea Elia Zanini

(Rome, 1997), is a Milan-based curator and archivist. He holds a Master’s degree in Curatorial Practices from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milano. Since 2020, he has been collaborating with the G. Basilico Archive, and since 2023, he has served as the curator of the Fondo Malerba per la Fotografia in Milan.


His curatorial research, rooted in visual and performing arts, focuses on contemporary photography, with a particular attention on image theory and the evolving forms of photographic practice.

He has collaborated with different magazines, including Antinomie, C41 Magazine, L’Essenziale Studio, and Artribune. As an independent curator, he has worked with various institutions, including MonFest, Casale Monferrato (2021); Condominio Arte, Milan (2023–2024); The Others, Turin (2023); KA32, Berlin (2023); Casa degli Artisti, Milan (2025); and Careof, Milan (2025).

Andrea Elia Zanini for SWIT

Curator in residence: Residency 2025 – Göteborg

Images:
1: Exhibition “III edizione del Premio Mila”, at Condominio, Milano 2024. Works by Federica Di Pietrantonio, Giulia Iacolutti, Alien. Photo credit: Elia Panini.
2: Exhibition “Se una notte d’inverno” at Condominio, Milano 2023. Curated by C. Angelucci e A. E. Zanini. Works by Nicola Di Giorgio, Mattia Balsamini, Ivan Terranova, Nicoletta Grillo. Photo credit: Elia Panini.
3: Conference “Mario Giacomelli. Fotografia, poesia, visioni. Vita e opera de “l’uomo nuovo della fotografia”. Fondazione Ugo Da Como, Lonato del Garda (BS) 2023.
4: “Se una notte d’inverno” published by etcetc, Catalogue from the exhibition at Condominio, Milano 2023. Curated by C. Angelucci e A. E. Zanini. 
5: Exhibition “Fernweh”, at Casa degli Artisti, Milano 2025. Curated by C. Angelucci e A. E. Zanini. Works by Friederich Andreoni e Roberto Casti. Photo credit: Tiziano Ercoli e Riccardo Giancola.
6: Exhibition “Gabriele Basilico nel Monferrato” at Castello dei Paleologi, Casale Monferrato 2022, on the occasion of Festival di Fotografia del Monferrato. Photo credits: Gianni Nigro.