Eleonora Agostini (1991) works primarily with photography, while also incorporating video, collage, text, and installation within her work.
Her practice explores the ways in which personal identity is constructed and performed within social and cultural frameworks.
She is interested in the tensions that emerge when private and public dimensions intersect, revealing how cultural expectations, power dynamics, and collective structures shape our understanding of identity, labour, intimate relationships, and space.
Agostini lives and works in London, where she graduated from the Royal College of Art.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries, festivals and community spaces, including FOAM Amsterdam, Deutsche Borse Foundation, Venice Biennale, South London Gallery, Borough Road Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, Fonderia 20.9, Cartacea Gallery, Almanan Inn, Forte Belvedere, L21 Gallery, Museo Castromediano Lecce, MAR Ravenna, National Museum of Gdansk, Peckham 24 London, Getxophoto International Photo Festival, Fotografia Europea, Photo OpenUp, Circulations Festival Paris, and Format Festival Derby.
She was one of the artists of Futures Photography (selected by Camera Torino in 2021) and Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2019). She was shortlisted for the Foam Paul Huf Award and selected for FOAM Talent in 2024.
In 2023 Agostini was a recipient of the Art Council England Grant (DYCP) and in 2024 of the Italian Council.
Her work, A Study On Waitressing, was published in a book form by Witty Books. in 2024.