Matteo Lonardi

Matteo Lonardi graduated from Columbia Journalism School in 2014. Since 2010 he has been documenting artists around the world through photography, video and VR. Matteo founded the multimedia project Reframe and in 2013 Directed Reframe Iran which takes you into the intimate studio spaces of Iranian artists in exile. The film presents modern masters who fled the country in the wake of the 1979 Islamic revolution, offering an uncommon perspective into contemporary Iran. The film won a Magic Grant from The Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University in 2014 and best film at The World VR forum in Crans, Montana in 2016.

In 2018 Matteo teamed up with CULTURUNNERS to direct Reframe Saudi and explore Saudi Arabia from the perspective of a new generation of contemporary artists. As the country entered a new phase of social, economic and political transformation, the film transports you to the studios of artists across the Kingdom. Each of them, through their work, reflects on a different aspect of this transformative historical time.

Matteo's written, photographic and video work has appeared in international publications such as BBC, Creative Time, The Guardian, La Stampa, The Huffington Post and Il Corriere Della Sera and others.