About
Mariacristina Vimercati was born in 1959 in Milan, Italy, where she graduated at the High School of the Arts and in stage design from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and earned a Masters degree in Fashion Design with G.F. Ferre’ from the internationally renowned Domus Academy. She has been drawing and painting for over 30 years, especially large canvas oil paintings, and creates and exhibits special projects of pictorial photography and reportage. Between 1978 and 1981 she worked as assistant for Daniela Palazzoli. She also worked as contributor and researcher for the publisher Electa and as collaborator for the Florence superintendency of artistic and cultural goods for the following exhibitions: “Venezia ’79 la fotografia”, “Fotografia Italiana dell’800”, and “Fotografia Pittorica 1889/1911”. She also worked as guest stage photographer with the Italian film director Pupi Avati.
She collaborated for three years with G. Ferre’ as a tutor at Domus Academy and as a collections archivist and set &Visual designer at Maison for the Uomo and Donna boutiques.
During the same period, she is the official fashion show photographer for Milano Collezioni,GF.Ferrè, Gianni Versace and HI-Fashion, japanese’ magazine. Her career as photographer started in Milan, at Giovanni Gastel Studio, between 1987/90, where she worked as assistant photographer and design consultant. Since 1990 and after a one year collaboration with Arch.Barbara Nerozzi at Gran Bazaar magazine, she has been a free lance professional photographer for clients such as Francesca Lavazza, Ciwifurs, Geox, Loro Piana, Lario 1898, GF. Ferrè, DSquared2, Nannini, , Ferrero, Inter Abbonamenti, Max Mara.
Her work has been published, among the others, by Domus Contemporary Architecture Magazine, Elle Italia, Casa Vogue, Uomo Vogue, UOMO Ed. Futura, DDN Design International, GB progetti (ed.Progetti), Io Donna (Rizzoli), MAX (Rizzoli), Capital (Rizzoli), and Sportweek (Rizzoli), Dove Viaggi, (Rizzoli), Gardenia (CairoEd.).
Recent work: Geox Adv World Wide S/S Campaign 2015 (Man-Woman), Geox Adv World Wide F/W Campaign 2015/16 (Man-Woman), Ciwifurs, couture and prêt-à-porter furs (web and print),DSquared2-2017, Sportweek 2019, Dove Viaggi, Gardenia 2022.
Among the others: THE PATH TAKEN -Film- by Maria cristina Vimercati/Isabella Greppi -h:01:45.00- December 2017 subtitles Laser S. Film s.r.l. – Rome
PIA PERA Garden – docu-film – h:17:46.00 -Lucca 2016
Tutorial seminar at:
DOMUS ACADEMY, Milano
IULM University, Milano
POLIMODA, Florence
ACCADEMIA DELLA SCALA, Milano
MOSTRE PERSONALI /FOTOGRAFIA
Bianco e Nero analogico – Fine Art – colore.
2021 – MURABILIA “Pia Pera – disegno di un Giardino” – Lucca, personale
2020 – Galleria CAMERA CHIARA “ParoliniLab” – Milano , personale
“L’EMOZIONE DELLA LUCE”– India-1984-1992”
Mc.Vimercati | Isabella Greppi.
a cura di Daniela Parolini, testo Roberto Mutti–
2019 – LUCCA ART FAIR – Stand Personale – Lucca
2018 – MIA ART FAIR– “Selezione Nuove Giovani Proposte”- Milano,
stand personale
2017 – PHOTO FESTIVAL / PHOTO-WEEK – Milano, Personale
a cura di Roberto Mutti, Andrea Jacchia
2017 – Galleria STILL – “IN NATURA,INCANTO” – Milano, Personale
a cura di Denis Curti –
2016 – Frigoriferi Milanesi “IL GIARDINO DI PIA PERA”-
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Personale
a cura di Pia Pera .
Mostre personali/ pittura /OLIO e pigmenti.
Ottobre 2010 – Studio Dimore, “Pittura” – Via Solferino11, Milano, Personale
a cura di Jean Blanchaert e Cristina Muccioli
Settembre 2011 – Spazio Sorelle Riva, “One-day” – Milano,Personale
Dicembre 2012 – Dimore Gallery – Via Solferino 11, Milan0,Personale
“Luce crepuscolare e ondulatoria “
a cura di Emiliano Salci
Settembre 2014 – Galleria Statuto, via Statuto 13, Milano, Personale
“Pittura”
a cura di Massimiliano Bisazza, testo Massimiliano Bisazza
Settembre 2022 – MANUEL ZOIA GALLERY, Via Maroncelli 7, Milano, personale
“Luce e orientamenti prospettici”
a cura di Manuel Zoia, testo Cristina Muccioli