Biography

Michael Piacenza is an emerging fine art photographer living near Chicago. His work centers on the intimate details uncovered by time, age, and familiarity in local urban and rural environments.

Contact

email: [email protected]
instagram: @piacenzamichael


Curriculum Vitae

Studied under

Jason Langer
Matthew Baum
Jeffrey Silva

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Driftless: Photography of the Midwest, EC Art Gallery, Chicago IL

Group Exhibitions

2025 Driftless, selected works, Burnt Sienna Gallery, Galena IL
2024 Silence,PH21 Gallery, Budapest
2024 Motion > Blur, Praxis Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2024 sanctuary, A Smith Gallery
2024 Abstract, With InSight Gallery, juried by Alan Shapiro, Chicago
2023 Sense of Place, With InSight Gallery, juried by Susan Burnstine, Chicago

Publications

2023 sanctuary, “the 27”, A. Smith Gallery
2023 Imaginations Captured - Inaugural Fine Art Group publication of Chicago Photography Classes

Awards

2022 National Park Foundation Share the Experience, Night Skies category winner

Collections

Private collections in Boston MA, Chicago, IL, Galena IL