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Steve Bisson

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Chair of Photography

Steve Bisson is an Italo-Belgian educator, curator and publisher mainly working in visual research and image making.

Education
Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura – IUAV of Venice, Italy (2002), and MBA from Kansas University, USA (2004).

Work History
Extensive international collaborations with artists, museums, foundations, private organizations, public institutions and galleries. He contributed to several exhibitions and festivals, always carrying out his vision to support young talents, enhance lifelong learning, and boost debate and awareness on human conditions. In 2009, Steve founded the Urbanautica online publishing platform focusing on the image’s new territories. In 2016, in collaboration with Klaus Fruchtnis, he co-founded Blurring the Lines, an academic network that fosters talent and dialogue in the visual realm. Lastly, Steve Bisson co-directs Move Cine Arte, a Brazilian itinerant festival of films on art and architecture, and he is currently art director of Lab27 cultural centre.

Teaching
In 2018, Steve Bisson joined Paris College of Art as adjunct faculty and has since then taught in different courses in the Masters of Art (MA) / Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography and Image Making, Masters of Art (MA) in Fashion Film & Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography.

Steve Bisson has also been teaching, giving lectures, doing seminars, workshops, and reviews with cultural and educational institutions worldwide such as: Lasalle College of Arts (Singapore) | Novia University, Master of Culture and Arts, Entrepreneurship in the Arts, and Photography (Finland) | FotoDepartment (Russia) | Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina (Serbia) | FAAP – Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (Brazil), BELAS ARTES | Centro Universitário Belas Artes (Brazil), Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche (Italy), IUAV | ECA – European Cultural Academy (Italy) | Istituto Universitario Architettura Venezia (Italy), IED | Istituto Europeo di Design Venezia (Italy), Università di Bologna | Facoltà di Architettura “Aldo Rossi”, (Italy), Domus Academy (Italy), Università Ca’ Foscari (Italy), Università ‘G. D’Annunzio’ di Chieti-Pescara (Italy)

Publications
Steve Bisson is the chief-editor of Urbanautica Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes, and the founder of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni. He also regularly contributes to essays, reviews and other features for books, studies, magazines, and websites. He also participated in many photography awards and portfolio reviews as a jury member.

www.stevebisson.com
www.blurringthelines.org
www.penisolaedizioni.com
www.urbanautica.com