Alessandra Mattanza, born in Italy, is an accomplished fine art photographer, bestselling and multi-awarded author, and a versatile multimedia artist, discovered her passion for storytelling through photography at the tender age of six in the picturesque Italian countryside in Franciacorta and Tuscany and the waters of Venice. Her journey through art, literature, philosophy, and theater at the University Ca’ Foscari in Venice, coupled with painting techniques learnt in Italy and formal training at the Akademie der Bayerischen Presse in Munich, Germany, laid the foundation for her artistic pursuits.
From collaborating with renowned photographers, as Steve McCurry and Erwitt Elliott, to traversing the globe, Alessandra has called numerous cities home, including Venice, Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Munich, Berlin, Tahiti in French Polynesia, Nairobi, Accra, Sydney, and Perth. Currently dividing her time between Munich, Helsinki, Paris, Venice and Cellatica in Franciacorta, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, Alessandra’s nomadic spirit continues to fuel her creative endeavors.
A prolific writer, journalist, and photographer, Alessandra has contributed to esteemed publications such as FORBES, F, NATURAL STYLE, ICON, VANITY FAIR, COSMOPOLITAN, ELLE, GRAZIA, FLAIR, HOW TO SPEND IT, GQ, CONDE NAST TRAVELER, SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, AMERICA and SÜDAFRIKA BY LATKA VERLAG. Her work extends to collaborating with publishing giants like WHITE STAR / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, GIUNTI / FELTRINELLI, HEARST, RANDOM HOUSE, CONDE NAST, FINANCIAL TIMES, MONDADORI, SPERLING & KUPFER, RIZZOLI, HACHETTE, DOMUS and many more publishing companies.
Specializing in art, film, culture, biographies, interviews, and social or environmental issues, Alessandra is not only an author and photographer of illustrated coffee table books but also engages in the production and development of campaigns, videos, and documentary films (UNIVERSAL PICTURES in Rome, Italy), and many celebrities’ interviews, as Nicole Kidman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Leonardo Di Caprio, Jennifer Lopez, Sophia Loren, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jesse Eisenberg, Tom Hanks, Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, Kevin Costner, Matt Damon, and many more actors, artists, visionaries, and entrepreneurs. Her notable titles include “AUSTRALIA – THE NEW FRONTIER,” “MY NEW YORK – CELEBRITIES TALK ABOUT THE CITY,” “MY PARIS – CELEBRITIES TALK ABOUT THE VILLE LUMIERE,” “SOS PLANET EARTH: VOICE FOR A BETTER WORLD,” “BANKSY,” “C215 – THE STENCIL ART,” “STREET ART – LEGENDARY ARTISTS AND THEIR VISION,” “STREET ART IS FEMALE – WOMEN STREET ARTISTS: 24 CONTEMPORARY GRAFFITI AND MURAL ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD,” “STREET ART’S RISING STARS,” “TULIPINA’S FLORAL FANTASY,” “THE WORLD OF BANKSY,” “DIGITAL ART: 20 PIONEERS REDEFINING ITS BOUNDARIES.”
A recognized force in the field, Alessandra’s accolades include numerous prizes at the National Journalism Awards in Los Angeles.
Her paintings, fine art photography, and installations grace galleries, luxury hotels, and museums worldwide. At the same time, her multimedia campaigns champion various causes, including human and social rights, equality, antiracism, indigenous rights, environmental conservation, animal welfare, support for emerging artists, and the promotion of culture and the arts.
Recently, Alessandra has started collaboration also with a robot and AI to create magical digital art: “I like to bring the physical work to the non-physical world, merge them in a love encounter, a dance, in dreams and memories that run endlessly and are not replicable like emotions. I am fascinated by AI and the possibilities that allow me to explore new dimensions in ways I could never imagine in the pure physical world. I enjoy collaborating with robots to create and test their will and ability to create themselves beyond limits I would have never imagined.”
Alessandra’s artistic journey remains a testament to her unwavering commitment to storytelling and the pursuit of a better world through the lens of her creativity. Alessandra has always been an introvert, still avoiding social media and prioritizing her privacy. Just after the pandemic, she started doing art exhibitions to promote causes and journalism as a call to create awareness for a better world.
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER, JOURNALIST, PAINTER, AND MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
MAIN ART EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS:
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
“WATER DANCE,” 2025, visual art film, digital art installation, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA Hotel, San Francisco, USA
“SOMA, SAN FRANCISCO, A MODEL OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY,” 2025, photography art installation, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA Hotel, San Francisco, USA
“SAN FRANCISCO RISING,” 2025, photography art installation, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA Hotel, San Francisco, USA
DANCE AND THEATER, HAPPENING EVENTS
November 25, 2024, INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN EVENT, “Street Art is Female,” United Nations, New York, USA, artist, producer, co-creator: 2 dances, “LIFE AND DEATH – A Free Girl, A Marvelous Flower” and “REBIRTH – For A Better World full of Love, Peace and Non-Violence,” created in collaboration with INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BALLET for Alessandra Mattanza’s “ALWAYS REMEMBER” with music by Ivan Linn, Alex Wong, Wavv’s Musica LLM
April 6, 2024, “A BETTER PLANET, A BETTER WORLD” BALLET, Theater At St. Jean’s, artist, screenwriter, co-creator, producer, created in collaboration with INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BALLET, New York, USA – SOLD OUT
6 June, 2025: “TANGO METAMORPHOSIS” and “YOU ARE MY RHAPSODY IN BLUE” BALLET, THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ARGENTINA IN NEW YORK, USA – SOLD OUT
SOLO ART SHOWS
2025
September 2023 – November 2025: “A Better Planet, A Better World,” Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN, New York, USA
June 3, 2025: “ Nature Dances,” United Nations, New York, USA
2024
May 30 – August 16: “A Better Planet, A Better World,” INNOVIT, Innovation Center, Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco and Italian Consulate, San Francisco, USA
April 13 – April 28: “A Better Planet, A Better World,” KUNSTLABOR 2 / MUCA MUSEUM, Munich, Germany
2023
July 10 – August 28: “A Better Planet, A Better World,” United Nations, New York, USA
2022
11 February 2022 – 15 December 2024, “THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ROOM”, INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGN “LEND A HAND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE” in a room, KUNSTLABOR 2 / MUCA MUSEUM, MUNICH, GERMANY
11 February – 17 April, “NEW YORK BLACK AND WHITE”, fine art photography art exhibition, KUNSTLABOR 2 / MUCA MUSEUM, MUNICH, GERMANY
GROUP ART SHOWS
2024
21 October – 29 November, “Street Art is Female”, United Nations, New York, USA, curator, producer and artist for “ALWAYS REMEMBER,” endorsed by NASA’s SSERVI PROGRAM with AI music by Ivan Linn, Alex Wong from WAVV’S MUSICA LLM, an AI Generative Art Installation in the Fine Art Digital Art Section, and for the INTERACTIVE CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN RIGHTS: “A ROSE FOR A THOUGHT, A ROSE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS”