Isabelle Giovacchini (FR, 1982)

Lives and works between Paris (France) and the Mediterranean region

A graduate of the École nationale supérieure de la Photographie (Arles) in 2006, Isabelle Giovacchini expanded her practice by completing a master’s degree in literary creation at the Université Jean- Jaurès (Toulouse) in 2018–2019. Her work has been exhibited widely in France and internationally, including at FRAC Sud (Marseille) in 2007 and 2024, FRAC Occitanie-Montpellier (France) in 2008 and 2023, Galerie Xippas (Paris) in 2010, and Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris) in 2013. That same year, her work was shown at the Espace de l’Art Concret (Mouans-Sartoux), the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (Nice), and the Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré (Tours).

She later exhibited at the Centre Photographique d’Île-de-France (Pontault-Combault) in 2015 and 2020, at Centre d’Art image/imatge (Orthez) in 2024, and at the Musée Bourdelle (Paris) in 2025.

Since 2020, she has been developing a project based on the archaeological site of Lake Nemi, near Rome, supported by the Institut français in 2021 and awarded the Boukris Prize from the Fondation des Artistes in 2023. This project has been presented in solo exhibitions at the Centre Photographique d’Île- de-France in 2025 and at the Centre d’Art Le Lait (Albi) in 2026, and will also result in a monographic publication. Isabelle Giovacchini has participated in several residencies in France and abroad, including São Paulo (2006), Berlin (2008), Frac Lorraine (2011), the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris (2012), and the Villa Medici in Rome (2020–2021).

In 2020, she received the Epkhrasis grants (ADAGP/ AICA France) and the Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts award (Washington, D.C.). Her works are held in several public collections, including the Cnap – Centre national des arts plastiques (Paris), the Société Française de Photographie, and various Frac collections in France.