Visual artist Liana Miuccio uses photography and videography to explore identity, memory, and migration. Miuccio is a dual citizen of Italy and the USA, was raised in New York, and currently lives in her birth city of Rome. She received her B.A. degree in Humanities from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a master's degree in cinema, video, and television at the University of Roma Tre. Miuccio was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy of Rome in Fall 2022 and is also an Arts Advisor at the American Academy in Rome.
Miuccio's recent solo exhibition in 2023 at the Galleria D'Arte Moderna in Rome was sponsored by the American Academy in Rome and Temple University Rome. Other solo exhibitions include La Casa della Memoria/FOTOGRAFIA Internazionale in Rome, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York, Villa Trabia, Palermo, Sicily, and the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Her photographs have been published in numerous publications including the New York Times, the Financial Times, Vogue, the Boston Globe, the Globe and Mail, Repubblica's "D", Il Corriere della Sera, l'Espresso, and L'Internazionale. Miuccio's photographs are also in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
Degrees
MA in Cinema, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
BA in Humanities, McGill University, Canada
Courses Taught
ART 2603 - Photo I: Digital Photo
ART 2604 - Introduction to Photography
Solo Exhibitions
Extended Portraits: Former Testaccio Market, Video Installation, International Festival di Fotografia, Macro Museum, Rome, Italy
Casa della Memoria, International Festival di Fotografia, Photography and Screening of Video Documentary “Nonno”, Double Vision/Doppia Visione, Rome, Italy
Identity: Photography and Video Exhibition, St. Stephen’s Cultural Center,Rome, Italy
“Tiny Biennale” Photography, Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy,
Video Projection: “Nonno: Tutti Bene?”, International Festival di Fotografia, Rialtosantambrogio, Rome, Italy
American Academy in Rome, Italy
Sala Uno, Rome, Italy
Jamaica Arts Center,Queens, NY
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island
Casa de las Americas, Manhattan, NY
Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
Desperate Inscriptions. Traveling Solo Exhibit. Hofstra University Museum
Traveled to:
The Italian American Museum, Manhattan, NY
New York University, Casa Italiana, Manhattan, NY
An Italian Journey, Solo Traveling Exhibit sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts
Inaugurated at Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Traveled to:
Temple University Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Italian Cultural Center, Sacramento, CA
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, CA
Villa Trabia, Palermo, Italy
Permanent Collection
Museum of the City of New York
Awards/Sponsorship
Biblioteca Angelica, Roma, Oltre I Libri Visual Arts Prize
American Embassy in Rome and City of Rome sponsorship of Doppia Visione/Double Vision Exhibit, Rome Italy
Best Documentary for “Lean On Me” National Hometown Video Festival
Best Documentary for “Lean On Me” Represent the Reel Festival
MacArthur Foundation Arts Organization in Residence Program/Downtown Community Television Artist in Residence
Yann Geffroy Award by Grazia Neri: Italian juried competition for international photographers
National Italian-American Foundation Cultural Awareness Award
New York Foundation for the Arts Individual Artists’ Fiscal Sponsorship