MB PHOTOGRAPHY

Mixed Media ART & Photography



AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS
  • December 2023: ArtBoxy Profile Link
  • December 2023: Review of my Art by ArtTourInternational  Link
  • May 2023: Winner at the 16th International Color Awards; 7 nominations, 2 Honorable Mentions
  • May 2023: Winner and Magazine Cover Published at the 57th Artavita Online Contest
  • April 2023: Top Featured Artist on Art Tour International
  • March 2023: Part of Artists 2023 Art Collection curated by International Art Curator & Critics, Mister Vittorio Sgarbi
  • March 2023: Swiss Main Photographer at the 36th Festival des Arts Martiaux in Paris Bercy, France
  • February - April 2023: Masterclass Leading at Light & Byte Zurich
  • January 19th, 2023: Winner at the 15th International Color Photography Awards and published in the Winners Book
  • November 30th, 2022: Winner at the 17th International Black & White Photography Spider Awards
  • July 2022: 6th, Publication in the Newspaper "Cultura e Identità" with an article written by the famous Josè Van Roy Dali
  • June 2022: International Award for Best Art Critics and published in the Magazine ArtNow May/June 2022 with a 3 Page analysis by Josè Van Roy Dali
  • June 2022: Artista della Pace International AWARD, ARTIST FOR PEACE International AWARD
  • January 2022: 10th-11th, Maestri di Milano International Award, ArtNow
  • September 2021: 20th, ONE EYELAND WORLD'S TOP 10 Black & White Photographers 2021, WINNER, Rank 6 in the World.
  • March 2021: 5 nominations at the 14th Annual International Color Awards. (Advertising, Fashion, Portrait, Sport and NudeArt). With 2 Honorable Mention in Sports and NudeArt.
  • November 2020: 5 nominations at the Annual International Black and White Spider Awards, 15th edition
  • September 2020: 14th-20th: Exhibition in TOKYO, SHIBUYA. Contemporary Art Station
  • June 2020: 24th-27th, 2 Artworks exhibited at the "White Space Chelsea", for the International Award "Città di New York", "New York City Award".
  • April 22nd, 2019: Winner at the 13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION and Announcement that my works are published in the Winners Video Series
  • January 22nd, 2019: CFA Artist of the Year Award. Finalist
  • January 19th, 2019: Received the Award “Artista dell’Anno 2019” (Artist of the Year 2019). -> Mixed Media: Oil Painting and Photography
  • November 17th, 2018: Nominee in FASHION at the 11th Annual International Color Awards
  • November 10th, 2018: Winner at the Black and White Spider Awards 13th Edition. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION, nominee in FASHION and nominee in Nude
  • November 2018: published in Issue 11 of the International SPOTLIGHT Magazine. My Art on Front Cover of the Magazine, pages 4-5, 58-59 and 60-61.
  • March 2018: Dear Artist, I am very proud to award you with the International Prize RAFFAELLO The Prize is for the Artists that are worth for their artistic merit. You will be awarded on May 4th, 2018, inside the Gnudi Palace in Bologna. It is one of the most prestigious art awards awarded in the heart of Bologna. Important celebrities from the world of culture will be present at the ceremony and the talented artists will be awarded with an important prize for their careers. n the May/June number of the magazine Art International Contemporary, we will realize an introductive piece dedicated to Raffaello’s artistic talent; following to the piece the publication of the selected artists’ artworks. Awarded for my Mixed Media Artwork "Decomposition / Metamorphosis", Photography and Oil painting
  • March 2018: Nominee in FASHION at the 12th Annual Black and White Spider Awards
  • February 2018: Premio SGARBI. Selected to be part of the artists archived in the Vittorio Sgarbi Art Collection. With 2 Artworks, "Se soltanto mi vedessi | If only you would see Me" (Painting and Photography), Number R037 and "Il tuo Sangue | Your own Blood" (Painting and Photography), Number R038, are now part of the numbered Art Collection of V. Sgarbi
  • January 2018: Exhibition in Lausanne at the Swiss Art Space from January 19th to February 3rd. International contemporary Art Exhibition, "En Hiver 2018" (In Winter 2018)
  • December 2017: Cover page and Published in the High End Photography Magazine, FINE ART PRINTER. 7 page portfolio
  • December 2017: Reportage for BOXING DAYS and their Boxing Magazine
  • September 2017: Finalist at THE HARIBAN AWARD 2017
  • August 2017: Winner at the 10th Annual International Color Awards. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION and one nomination in FASHION
  • May 5th-8th. 2017: Exhibited and awarded at the Bienal de Arte Barcelona in a prestigious location the MEAM European Museum of Modern Art With special Guest Mr. José Van Roy Dali
  • May 2017: Exhibited at the Bienal de Arte Barcelona 2017
  • April 2017: Published in MyArt Magazine.
  • March 2017: Winner at the 10th Annual International Color Awards. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION and one nomination in FASHION
  • March 2017: Exhibited at the Mediterranean International Art Fair of Palermo; March 9th-12th
  • February 2017: Published in International MyArt Project. 12 Page Article about my latest Artworks
  • January 2017: International Art Award Galileo Galilei. Awarded at the Ceremony in February 2017 at "Palazzo dei Congressi", Pisa. Exhibited during the ceremony, published in Art International Magazine of January 2017
  • November 2016: Nominee at the 11th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. 2 nominations in FINE ART Photography
  • November 2016: International Art Award Uffizi Firenze. Awarded at the Ceremony of November 12th, 2016 at "Ximenes da Sangallo Palace", Firenze. Exhibited during the ceremony, published in Rivista Effetto Arte of January 2017 and Official Critics from Sandro Serradifalco
  • September 2016: Venice in Art -- Casanova Award. Awarded at the Ceremony of September 17th, 2016 at "Flangini Palace", Canareggio, Venice. Published in ART International Contenporary Magazine July/August 2016
  • March 2016: Winner at the 9th Annual International Color Awards. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION and 6 other nominations in FASHION
  • March 2016: Winner at the 10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. 2 nominations in FASHION
  • March 2016: Appearing soon in the Newsletter of ART Platform New York. Published in HIGH Impact
  • January 2016: Certificate of EXCELLENCE at 17th ARTAVITA ART Award
  • December 2015: First artist to create LIVING PORTRAITS
  • February 2015: Workshop with Joe McNally, internationally acclaimed photographer
  • October 24th, 2014: Winner at the 9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. HONORABLE MENTION in NUDE, HONORABLE MENTION in PORTRAIT and 6 other nominations in FASHION, NUDE, SPORTS
  • September 20th-30th, 2014: Exhibition, in the wonderful "Alte Krone" House, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Artworks of 2 other Artists/Photographers will be presented in parallel
  • August 22nd-31st, 2014: Anniversary Exhibition of nudeART Association, Castle of Münsingen, near Bern, Switzerland. Exhibiting 5 Artworks.
  • May 2014: 1 publication in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • Spring 2014: Meeting Japanese Artist Saori Kanda during her Exhibition
  • May 2014: Winner at the 7th Annual Photography Masters Cup. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION. 18 nominations in AMERICANA, FASHION, FINE ART, NUDE and PORTRAIT
  • May 2014: Awarded at ARTAVITA 10th ART Contest for mixed media painting & photography
  • April 2014: Winner at Project BASHO, ONWARD Compé, Exhibited in Philadelphia USA. Published in the ONWARD Compé Book N#2
  • March 2014: Winner at ARTAVITA 9th ART Award with HONORABLE MENTION, artwork "Waves of Time"
  • February 15th, 2014: Main photographer for Switzerland at he Festival des Arts Martiaux Paris Bercy. International number one Martial Arts event
  • January 31st, 2014: Finalist of the ONWARD Compé 2014 and therefore part of the Exhibition in Philadelphia. Invited to the Summit weekend!
  • January 22nd, 2014: 1 publication in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • January 2014: Winner at ARTAVITA ART Award with HONORABLE MENTION for my artwork "Psychiatric Clinic"
  • December 2013: Published in the Book of Martin Zurmühle "The Magic of Photography or the Secret of Outstanding Images". Published as one of the 6 best "Emotional Photographers". I will lead a conference as Special Guest for Martin Zurmühle on February 13th (19h15-21h30) at the Hotel Continental-Park in Luzern, Switzerland. I will talk about photographs which are capable of driving our emotions
  • December 19th, 2013: Contemporary Photography Title “Pain" selected for the ONWARD Compé 14 Award in Philadelphia
  • November 2013: 2 publications in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • October 2013: Winner at the 8th Annual Black & White Spider Awards. HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION, and 10 other nominations in SPORTS, FASHION, NUDES and WILDLIFE
  • July 2013: 1 publication in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • May 2013: 3 publications in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • April 2013: 6 publications in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • March 24th, 2013: Several publications in VOGUE ITALY Portfolio
  • March 8th, 2013: Published in Swiss Newspaper "Journal du Jura”
  • February 16th, 2013: Winner at the International Color Photography Awards. The 6th Photography Masters Cup - The World most Watched Photoshow. 13 nominations in FASHION, FINE ART NUDE, PEOPLE and PORTRAIT
  • January 2012: Workshop with Joel Grimes in Pasadena, California
  • December 9th, 2012: Big Party for the Opening of the ART-PHOTOGRAPHY photo studio. More than 50 Guests, VIPs, models, visas and hairdressers. With as special event Master Robbi Dale, World Champion Haidong Gumdo and Master Christian Mayer, Headmaster of Swiss Haidong Gumdo Association. Also Markus Säuberli, Foto Video Zumstein AG from Bern presents Zumirent.
  • October 2nd, 2012: Published under Portrait section of Journal du JURA, local Newspaper
  • August 24th, 2012: Published 5 times in TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2012!
  • July 31st, 2012: Winner of the Week at Foto Video Zumstein AG in Bern
  • July 19th, 2012: HONORABLE MENTION at ARTEVIDA International Art Awards for my Exhibition and Art Photography Works
  • July 18th, 2012: HONORABLE MENTION at ARTEVIDA International ART Awards for some of my Painting Works
  • July 11th, 12th, 2012: Published under People in Magazine Biel/Bienne, local Newspaper
  • June 2012: Winner at the 7th Annual Black & White International Photography Awards. 1st place with OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT in SPORTS, HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION and WILDLIFE, and 7 other nominations in WILDLIFE, SPORTS, FASHION and ABSTRACT photography
  • May 28th, 2012: Winner of the Week at Foto Video Zumstein AG in Bern with the picture “On The Alps”
  • Spring 2012: Published with a series of ART POLAS about PARIS in Magazine SWISS LIFE
  • March 13th, 2012: News Article by Mr. Ueli E. Adam on the Website of Swiss Boxing with several Boxing photographs
  • January 2012: Exhibition: Swiss Photo Award EWZ Selection 2012.
  • October 29th, 2011: Winner at the 5th Annual International Photography Masters Cup Awards. MERIT OF EXCELLENCE in FASHION, HONORABLE MENTION in FASHION and nominations in NATZRE and NUDE
  • August 20th 2011: Winner at the 6th Annual Black & White International Photography Awards. MERIT OF EXCELLENCE in Portrait Photography and 2 nominations in FASHION and 2 in SPORTS
  • May 20th-22nd: Workshop in Bern, Switzerland about Wetplate Photography, wet plate collodion techniques
  • December 26th, 2010: Published in Magazine in-online in their Print Version
  • November 2010: Published in Magazine Coiffure Suisse (Hairdesign Magazine), Vintage Looks
  • November 2010: Awarded in Photography Magazine Fotohits for Fine Art Nudes
  • June 16th-17th, 2010: Published in Magazine Biel/Bienne, Chapter: PEOPLE