-2025
Nigel Baldacchino [b. 1989] is an artist and design architect based in Malta.
In 2019 Nigel published Soon Out of Context (Unsolicited Press) featuring
instances of his own poetry presented in dialogue with found images lifted
from old publications, now in the public domain. In 2021 he published his
first solo music release under his experimental ambient project pool night,
with Belgian label Complex Holiday, titled Everything is Still Here.
Baldacchino was part of the 2023 Long Term Photobook Program by Penumbra
Foundation / Image Threads Collective & was commissioned as exhibition
designer for the first edition of maltabiennale.art (2024).in 2024 he was also
part of the second edition of those eyes – these eyes – they fade held at
the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse in Mulhouse, accompanied by photographers
raymond meeks, awoiska van der molen, bénédicte blondeau & bernard plossu.
exhibitions
2011 Valletta Photo Fest : Auberge D’Italie, Valletta, Malta
2012 BOZAR EXPO : Sense of Place : BOZAR, Brussels Belgium
2012 I DRAW : BOV Headquarters, Sta. Venera, Malta
2017 In Transit : NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany & Stadskantoor, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2017 VIVA: Inside the Fragment : St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
2017 Rhythms of Vision : Teatru Manoel, Valletta, Malta
2020 TRANSITIONS : Peinture Fraiche, Brussels, Belgium
2021 BLINK : Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta
2021 REBOILS : Ex-Powerstation, Pinto Wharf, Floriana, Malta
2021 Uncovering Transition : MUŻA, Valletta, Malta
2022 those eyes – these eyes – they fade 1 : Valletta Contemporary, Valletta
2023 FAR REACH : Mahalla, Berlin
2024 those eyes – these eyes – they fade 2 : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France
PODCAST EPISODES
2023 REAL PHOTO SHOW : NIGEL BALDACCHINO: ASYMPTOTE (PINETU)
2024 GALERIA LOCAL : Nigel Baldacchino: Is reality flat?
2012 THE URBANAUT PODCAST : Intuition, Photography, and the Power of Letting Go – A Deep Dive with Nigel Baldacchino
Publications
2012 I DRAW : exhibition catalogue
2012 BOZAR EXPO: SENSE OF PLACE : exhibition catalogue
2017 Still Life / Guest [ EDE Books ] : photography monograph
2018 Nisġa : Storja Kontemporanja [ MidSea Books ] : exhibition catalogue
2019 Fresh Eyes [ GUP ] : photography collective
2019 VC003 : Valletta Contemporary annual publication : catalogue
2022 VC004 : Valletta Contemporary Annual Publication : catalogue
2023 Site Specific [ Tall Poppy Press ] : featured exhibition
2023 Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022 [ URBANAUTICA ] : AWARD PUBLICATION
2024 MALTABIENNALE.ART CATALOGUE [ HERITAGE MALTA ] : OFFICIAL CATALOGUE
collections
2018 Three Series of Photographic work, a publication & work in video acquired by the Malta National-Community Art Museum
2021 Photographic work from Clear Windows acquired by the Valletta Contemporary Foundation
2022 Photographic work from Fog acquired by the Valletta Contemporary Foundation
soundtracks
2012 4.1868 THE THEORY OF HEAT : soundtrack for video
2013 S-S-Spaces : Soundtrack for Theatre Performance
2014 SONUS The sound of sonnets and the paper memory machine : Soundtrack for video
2016 LIMBUS : Soundtrack for Theatre Performance
2022 Bil-Bieb Mitbuq (Huis Clos) : Soundtrack for Theatre Performance
awards
2023 Winner at the Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022
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