Artist BIO, Shari Yantra Marcacci
Born in Switzerland, Shari Yantra Marcacci is a visual artist. Her work explores themes of loss, trauma, intimacy and self-discovery with a focus on personal storytelling centered around self and family. Her background in dance and filmmaking informs her directorial and documentary skills giving her a sensitivity and insight into universal human traits, their characters and psychology.
After a career as a dancer, Marcacci studied at the Los Angeles Film School, where she earned a degree in directing and screenwriting. Her films have been showcased in the official selection at numerous prestigious film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards, where she received a nomination.
During her time in the film industry, Marcacci developed a passion for photography, which led her to study at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Soon the camera became her most treasured companion, offering new avenues for creative expression.
Marcacci's work has been exhibited in renowned galleries and venues across the US and Europe, including The Center of Fine Art Photography, the Los Angeles Center of Photography, the Houston Center for Photography, the SE Center for Photography, ICP International Center of Photography NY, MIA Photo Fair and galleries including Dark Room, PhotoPlace and Alta Vista Arts in Paris. Her images have been featured in numerous publications such as F-STOP magazine, Shots Magazine, Lenscratch, Float Magazine, FRAMES Magazine and in the book Global Images for a Global Crisis by ICP New York. Her work is held in private collections.
After two decades in Los Angeles, Marcacci now resides in Switzerland
GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2025 MIA Photo Fair, Alta Vista Arts
2024 She is Present / Elle est Presénte, Alta Vista Arts Gallery, Paris
2023
Group exhibition, Alta Vista Arts Gallery, Paris
Se Center for Photography, Light exhibition, juror Douglas Beasley
F-Stop Magazine, Open Theme Issue exhibition
2022
F-Stop Magazine, The Portrait exhibition (online)
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Comeback exhibition, Honorable Mention, LA, juror Samantha Johnson
PhotoPlace Gallery, Self & Others, Vermont, juror Aline Smithson
2020
Houston Center for Photography, Togethering exhibition, Houston, Texas
PhotoPlace Gallery, Portraits of Self-Isolation, Middlebury, Vermont, juror Aline Smithson
International Center of Photography, ICP Concerned exhibition, New York, NY
Griffin Museum, 26th Juried online Exhibition, juror Paula Tognarelli
Float Magazine, Quarantine (online exhibition)
Lenscratch, Self-Quarantining (online exhibition)
2019
Tag Gallery, LA Open exhibition, Los Angeles, California
StartUP Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
2018
Black & White exhibition, The Center of Fine Art Photography, Forth Collins, Colorado, juror Catherine Couturier
It’s Personal: Photography from the Inside, Los Angeles Center of Photography, L.A., CA, curator Aline Smithson
Members’ Exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography, L.A., CA, juror Catherine Couturier
Expanding Boundaries, Los Angeles Center of Photography, L.A., CA, juror Scott B Davis
Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Center of Fine Art Photography, Forth Collins, Colorado, jurors Brian Paul Clamp and Hamidah Glasgow
2017
“Alone”, Netanya Artists Association exhibition, Israel
Your Favorite Photographs, Lenscratch (online exhibition)
2016
Center Forward 2016, The Center of Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, jurors Aline Smithson and Hamidah Glasgow.
Seities and Selves exhibition, Dark Room Gallery, Vermont, juror Aline Smithson
Moskow International Photo Awardsm digital show, Na Kashirke Gallery, Moskow
Your Favorite Photographs, Lenscratch (online exhibition)
2015
Portraiture Show exhibition, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
f16: New Photographic Visions, Los Angeles Center of Photography, L.A., CA
Group Show, Los Angeles Center of Photography, L.A., CA
Life Framer Photography Award Exhibition, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pop Up Digital Show, Juraplatz Gallery, Biel, Switzerland
Your Favorite Photographs, Lenscratch (online exhibition)
What I looked as a Child, Lenscratch (online exhibition)
Who and What I Love, Lenscratch (online exhibition)
Cell Phone Photography, Lenscratch (online exhibition)
2014
Snap to Grid, group show, Los Angeles Center of Digital Art, L.A., CA
PHOTO BOOKS:
2021 #ICPConcerned: Global Images for a Global Crisis, ICP New York, G Editions
2020 The Year of Not Knowing In Six Words, LA Center of Photography, Los Angeles
2018 Photographs Inspired by Music, Poetry, A Quote and Transformation, LA Center of Photography, Los Angeles
MAGAZINES:
2024 Lenscratch article about my life and my series All my Heart is in Eclipse
2022 SHOTS Magazine, No.156 Summer Issue, Self-Portraits
AWARDS:
2015, Fine Art Photography Awards, honorable mention (fine art portrait)
2016, Moskow International Foto Awards, honorable mention (fine art portrait)
ONLINE SALE:
Your Daily Photograph, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, USA.
FILM FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS ("NIGHTSHIFT")
2005
Taormina BNL Film Festival, Italy
Gotham City Short Film Festival, New York, US
Harlem International Film Festival, New York, US
Northampton Independent Film Festival, US
Queens International Film Festival, New York, US
Rebelfest International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival, Romania
FAIF Film Festival, Hollywood
Ohne Kohle International Independent Film Festival, Austria
Openair Film Festiva Mainz, Germany
Screening prior to Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride", Tribeca Cinemas, New York, US
Screening at Theatre Rigiblick, Zurich, Switzerland
Night of Short Films, Lugano and Bellinzona, Switzerland
Exposure - 2005 Industry Screening, Los Angeles, US
2006
41st Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland
Malibu International Film Festival, Malibu US
2007
Filmguild Movie Nights, Switzerland
Short Films Lounge, Movie Theatre Riff Raff, Zurich, Switzerland
