Valeria Cherchi (b. 1986 in Sassari, Italy) is an artist working with images and text, freelance photographer and teacher.
Her work over the past years has been themed around the meaning of the ‘unspoken’, with a particular interest in using images and words to shed light on little known stories about lack of social justice.
In her most recent project ‘Some of You Killed Luisa’, she examines small Sardinian communities as an example of a civil context that has opted to shape its social structure by choosing omerta (Code of Silence). The project has been published and exhibited across Europe and the photo-text book is published by The Eriskay Connection (May 2020).
In 2018 Valeria was named in British Journal of Photography’s annual ‘Ones to Watch’ and shortlisted for the Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship. In 2019 she was one of the artists selected for Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur, shortlisted for the Foam Talent and nominated for the C/O Berlin Talent Award, 6×6 Global Talent Program and Joop Swart Masterclass.