BIO
Kantfish. Italian visual artist and multidisciplinary author who expresses and shares his vision of reality primarily through images, videos, films, writing and live events.
ARS ARTIS
Kantfish is interested in reality and its sublimation More Than Real.
His artworks have been selected for prestigious photographic awards such as the Obra Abierta International Visual Arts Prize by Caja Extremadura (2012), as well as for innovative events like the NFT digital art exhibition at the Guinovart space in Barcelona (2022).
His audiovisual works were exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore, India.
His artistic and documentary works, or both, have been exhibited in prominent venues such as El Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid (2013), where he also premiered his documentary film El Dulce Sabor del Éxito ( 2023), or the Madrid Design OFF Festival (2019). His work has been represented by agencies such as Contacto, Associated Press, Notimex, and by galleries including 4/d Arty and Galería Cero in Madrid, Tricera in Japan, Saatchiart in the USA, and in Spain by Flecha, Vi-art or LEG UP.
The film El Dulce Sabor del Éxito received the Award of Merit “for its artistic value and social impact” at the Impact DOCS Awards in the USA.
It is the first Spanish documentary to premiere in the Decentraland Metaverse, shown in a cinema built ad hoc by the Decentraland Foundation in the center of the city.
The film is currently available as an NFT for collectors on the Rarible platform.
He has collaborated on and created installations for collective art projects such as Paraisurural in Asturias (Vallinaoscura, Villaviciosa), where art meets the rural world and nature.
His artworks are part of private collections in Spain, Italy, Australia, Japan, Belgium.
His images, texts and audiovisual works have been published in the main media in Italy, Spain, UK and USA, including L’Espresso, XL Semanal, El País Semanal, Rolling Stone, Il Messaggero, Foreign Policy, Guardian and Exame, among others.
He is a published author with the renowned Italian publisher Feltrinelli, where he released his research La Vuelta a Europa con 30, finalist of the Cesare de Lollis Literary Award. He is also the author of the book Crypto Jungle – The Surprising Journey To Understand The Revolution, exploring the social and humanistic phenomenon behind the new crypto world of blockchain, web3 and metaverses, cited by Nature magazine, and other international media.
He has been a journalist member of the Official National Association of Italian Journalists for over twenty years. He holds a Law Degree from the Università degli Studi di Perugia (Italy) and a Master in Photography and Image Technique and Digital Professional from Efti in Madrid (Spain).
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FILMS AND AUDIOVISUAL WORKS
Director, screenwriter and producer. As a director, he wrote, directed and produced the documentary El Dulce Sabor del Éxito ( 2022), a reflection on the concept of “Success” in the 21st century. The film features protagonist Maria Teresa Paniagua, actress Rossy De Palma, philosopher Fernando Savater, tenor Plácido Domingo, photographer Alberto García-Alix, philosopher Javier Sádaba, youtuber JPelirrojo, actor Leo Bassi, artist Pilar Albarracín, psychologists Martin Seligman and Nancy Etcoff, monk Matthieu Ricard and speaker Victor Küppers, among others.The film was selected in festivals in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Greece, and received several awards. It was granted the Award of Merit “for its artistic value and social impact” at the Impact DOCS Awards festival in the USA. It also received the support of the Community of Madrid, in support of culture and promotion of feature films. Institutional support from the Teatro de la Zarzuela. Collaboration with the TED Talks platform.
The documentary is available in the Spanish platform Filmin, the US platform Eventive, the cultural platform Pragda in the US and Filmfriends across Europe.
It premiered in some of Madrid’s most iconic cultural venues such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes or the Cineteca del Matadero. It is also the first Spanish documentary to premiere in the Metaverse of Decentraland, in a cinema created ad hoc by the Decentraland Foundation. The film is available on the Rarible platform as an NFT — a unique collector’s edition.
Kantfish has directed and produced two short films. ALMAmATER (2014), which received the Audience award at the German festival #Voff. Finalist in 10 festivals in 3 continents.
He also directed and produced the short film Nobody Like Athens (2013), about the crisis in Greece, starring actress Alexandra Aidinis (lead in the films of Theodoros Angelopoulos). The film was selected by Luca Zingaretti (Inspector Montalbano) at the HVM festival in Cortona-Rome. Documentary reporters Emanuele Giusto and Gianni Perrelli. Finalist in 7 festivals across 3 continents.
Director and producer of the official audiovisual piece for “World Water Day”, 2012, commissioned by the United Nations FAO (Food and Agriculture World Organization), registering record in visualizations.
Director and producer of the official FAO World Water Day videos for West Bengal and Tanzania projects (2013-14).
Production of the video report “Far West Luanda” (2010), published in El País (Spain) and L’Espresso (Italy).
Production of the Music VideoArt “Chaos” (2012), Ddgproject. Finalist in 2 international festivals.
Scripting and production of the official internal strategy videos for DIAGEO IBERIA (2016-2019) and Swolf Group (2017-2019). Also created videos for other brands such as Sky, Huawei, JB, among others.
Screenwriter for “Border Control Italia”, aired on Dmax.tv Discovery Inc Media, Warner Bros. Discovery.
His audiovisual works have been published in media such as L’Espresso, XL Semanal, El País Semanal, Rolling Stone, Il Messaggero, Il Venerdì, Affari e Finanza, Foreign Policy, Guardian or Exame, among others.
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MEDIA, BOOKS, MASTERCLASS, COMMUNICATION
Published author with the renowned Italian publisher Feltrinelli, for the book La Vuelta a Europa with 30€.
Author of the books CryptoJungla – El Sorprendente Viaje Para Entender La Revolución and CryptoGiungla – Il Sorprendente Viaggio per Capire la Rivoluzione (More Than Real ed.), cited by Nature magazine and interviewed or mentioned in national and international media such as RTVE (Radio Televisión Española), Forbes Centroamérica, Clarín in Argentina, El Español, ABC Economía, La Razón, Business Insider, Agencia EFE (Spain), Prensa Latina (Cuba)… among others in the United States, Mexico, Uruguay.
Author of Claves para adentrarse en la CryptoJungla: Las finanzas low cost y su repercusión en el panorama económico global (Ra-Ma Ediciones), exploring the social and humanistic phenomenon behind the new crypto world of blockchain, web3 and metaverses.
As a journalist, reporter and photojournalist,his reports have been published in various forms, including text, photography and video, across media in Spain, Italy, United States, United Kingdom, among others,
such as El País Semanal, XL Semanal, Rolling Stone (Spain); L’Espresso, Il Messaggero, or Corriere della Sera magazine (Italy); Guardian (UK); Exame (Portugal), Foreign Policy (USA).
His images have been distributed by the agencies Associated Press, Contacto, Notimex and published by Lunwerg Editores of Grupo Planeta.
Contributor to the Italian magazine L’Espresso publishing reports, interviews, videos, photographs.
Contributor of reports and news, including cover stories, for the magazine XL Semanal.
Regular contributor to Rolling Stone Spain, with the space Manual de Supervivencia.
Published reports in Il Venerdí di Repubblica, Io Donna Corriere della Sera, Grazia, Anna, among others…
He covered a a regular weekly full page in Il Messaggero Umbria. His images have been distributed by agencies such as Associated Press, Contacto, Notimex
He has published audiovisual works like Far West Luanda in El País and L’Espresso.
Audiovisual interviews for L’Espresso (ex: Ancelotti, Fernando Savater…).
Published in economic media such as Affari e Finanza, l’Espresso (Italy), Foreign Policy (USA), Exame (Portugal).
Collaborated with Report Rai 3 Italian public television.
Contributor to Sky Television.
Guest on TV and International Radios in Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Interviewed on Rai 1 Unomattina, Rai 3 Cominciamo Bene, La 7 Effettodomino, SkyTg24, Radio 24 Il Sole24Ore Salvadanaio, Cuore e Denari, Destini Incrociati. Radios: Radio3 Rai Farenheit, Radio 2 Nudo e Crudo, RNE Radiocinco Todonoticias National Spain, RSI National Radio Switzerland.
Project Director in Cape Verde and Editorial Director in Angola with Peninsula Press agency.
He has carried out photographic and audiovisual reports on missions for Médecins Sans Frontières MSF in Dowa, Mangochi Malawi UtaWaleza project; Cooperazione Italiana Sri Lanka Arugam Bay, Aldeia Nova Malange Angola. He has also worked in audiovisual production on projects such as Tanzania project and West Bengal project for FAO United Nations.
Conferences, Masterclasses, Education. He has given lectures, masterclasses and participated as a speaker in panel discussions at institutions, universities, academies and masterclasses, including the “Metaverse Summit Branding & Marketing Strategy” at the IE Business School in Madrid, the Polytechnic University of Madrid, ESAT School in Valencia, EFTI in Madrid, COAM Colegio de Arquitectos, the Círculo de Bellas Artes, El Matadero in Madrid and the ParaisuStartup entrepreneurs’ forum , among others.
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EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS
Kantfish’s artworks are part of private collections in Japan, United States, Australia, Belgium, Italy and Spain. His works have been selected in prestigious photography competitions such as the International Visual Art Prize Obra Abierta Caja Extremadura (2012) and in innovative events such as the digital art exhibition (NFT) at the Guinovart space in Barcelona (2022) during the Blockchain Avax Summit. His artworks have been exhibited and selected in important venues such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid (2013) or the Madrid Design Off festival (2019) and have been represented by agencies like Contacto, Associated Press, Notimex, the 4/d Arty, Flecha and Galería Cero galleries in Madrid.
Selection and exhibition of the NFT artwork RocketShip as part of the Regenera exhibition at the Guinovart gallery in Barcelona, 2022.
Selection and exhibition of the NFT artwork Metropolis as part of the virtual exhibition NFTsART in ArteInformado, curated by Marisol Saranova, 2021.
Exhibition Los Viajes de Kantfish within the architectural installation at the Madrid Design Festival OFF 2019, held in the decontextualized spaces of Pangea, Madrid.
Selection as Finalist and exhibition of Movimiento Linear de Salida in the prestigious photographic award International Visual Art Prize Obra Abierta de Caja Extremadura 2012.
Microvideo Awards at the Fundación Canal in Madrid, as part of the Telemadrid/La Otra Awards, under the theme “Eating Water”. Screening of No Water No Food, by Emanuele Giusto. Spain
Exhibition Nadir (2012) at Serrano 101. 4d/Arty, 2017.
Her images have been distributed by the showroom 4d/Arty (Ortega y Gasset 56, Madrid) by Eva Ruiz, 2006-2016.
Installation at Paraisurural III, the artwork Ustica: Another dimension in the island of Homer. Images, sound and audiovisual pieces installed in a hórreo in Vallinaoscura, Valdediós, Villaviciosa, Asturias. Part of the Paraisurural Art Project, III Edition, 2016.
Audiovisual Screening of Water Tanzania (2013). National Gallery of Art, Bangalore, India. 2015
Exhibition Quijotes Around the World – Instituto Cervantes – In 30 cities worldwide. Video and projection of the Italian reading of a superb fragment on Poetry, from Don Quixote, 2015.
Europolis Exhibition (July-September) at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid. Work Sibila, Nadie Como Atenas series. July-September 2013.
Group exhibition featuring the artwork New World 2013 from the series Phrónesis@BM. Galería Cero, Madrid.
Images and video installation Humanitas, at ParaiSurural Vallinaoscura, Villaviciosa, Asturias. 2013.
Installation Hórreo Apple Tree.
Audiovisual projection Image Forest, at Fundación José Cardín Fernández. ParaiSurural, Villaviciosa, 2012.
Audiovisual screening of video art Resistance, 2012. KomunicArte festival of the Hybrida Art Festival, 2012.
Exhibition and catalog in the art project Imprint Mgzn -Project funded in Benetton’s Foundation Unhate campaign, 2012.
Screening at MedioGüeyu International Film Festival Art. Audiovisual Stress and Tree Climbing Goats-Teatro Riera de Villaviciosa, 2013.
Group Exhibition at the Madrid Alcorcón Art Center. Artwork Nocturno Hu (rba)(ma) no- Homo Homini Lupus, 2009.
Actor and singer for the lyrical play Boris Годуновъ, Boris Godunov by Modest Musorgski, based on the drama by Aleksandr Pushkin. Company Teatro Massimo Palermo, 12 performances at Teatro Politema, Palermo, 1987 with i complessi ospiti del Teatro Malij di Leningrado in tournée italiana.
AWARDS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Award of Merit – Impact DOCS Awards Los Angeles – film The Sweet Taste of Success (2022).
32 International Festivals with the film The Sweet Taste of Success ( 2022) and the non-fiction short films ALMAmATER (2014), the short documentary Nobody Like Athens (2013), Water Tanzania (2013) and the video art music piece Chaos (2012). Festivals held in Los Angeles, NYC, Singapore, Paris, Barcelona, Bucharest, Valencia, Beirut, Santo Domingo, Queen City, Petaluma, Roma Cortona. 2014-2016.
Audience Award. #Viewster Film Fest – Switzerland Germany – WINNER Audience with the non-fiction short film ALMAmATER, 2014.
Finalist of the International Festival HVM di Roma-Cortona artistic director Luca Zingaretti – Teatro Signorelli, Roma Cortona Italy. Nobody Like Athens, 2013.
Finalist for the Roberto Villagraz Award. Report images series Cinematographic Vision of Malawi, 2008.
Finalist Literary Prize Concorso Internazionale Cesare De Lollis dedicated to the memory of Oriana Fallaci with the book Il giro d’Europa with 30€, Feltrinelli Editor, Italy, 2009.
