All images are available for purchase as numbered edition signed prints Hahnemuhle Prestige Baryta or Photo Rag-Smooth, in the following sizes:
40×60, 50×70, 80×53, 120×80 cm.Photographies are printed on demand and are inspected, signed, dated and numbered by Monika Bulaj.Certificates of Authenticity are provided with each print. For questions, please email: monikabulaj(at)gmail.com.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 -2017
Broken Songlines, November 2019, Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy.
Nur. Afghan Diaries, 19th May – 17 June 2018, Polveriera Castelfidardo, Anconafotofestival, Italy
Where Gods Whisper/Sacred Crossings, exhibition, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, 8 th November 2017 – 3th Jannuary 2018, Centre européen de création et de production, France, Gallery
Nur. Afghan Diaries, 3 th – 30 th November 2017, Reggia, Colorno, Italy. Gallery
Nur. Afghan Diaries, Galleria La Stanza Delle Biciclette, 10 March – 30 April 2017,People BresciaPhotoFestival, Italy
2016
Nur. Afghan Diaries, VISAS de l’ANI 2016, ANI Pixpalace Award, 28 November – 17 December 17, Paris, France
Sacred Crossings, Festival The Ancestors/Dziady, 13 October – 12 November, The Grotowski Institute, Dolnośląskie Centrum Fotografii, Wroclaw European Capital of Culture 2016, Poland
Sacred Crossings, «La Lettura» and Fondazione Corriere della Sera, 18 November, Triennale di Milano, BookCity, Italy
L’altro sguardo/ Parlando con voi / Italian women photographers, 5 October 2016 – 8 January 2017, Triennale of Milan, Italy
Nur. Afghan Diaries, , 24 September, LuganoPhotoDays, Switzerland
Nur, Afghan Diaries, 13 July- 30 September, Festival Corigliano Calabro Fotografia, Italy,
2015
Where Gods Whisper (Dove gli dei si parlano), Frigoriferi Milanesi, Sponsor Assicurazioni Generali, 23 – 30 October, Milano Bookcity, Italy
2014
God’s People, FIAF, Spilimbergo, Italy
2013
Auras, 20-30 November, Assisi, Italy,
Nur. The hidden light of Afghanistan, Paris, France, Marché des blanc manteaux, 29 Octobre – 5 Novembre Photography Fair “La quatrième image” /Images Humaines
Auras, Biblical Festival, May 31 – June 9, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy
2012
God’s People, Brugnera, Italy, 28 October – 10 November
Women, Galleria Ricci Oddi, Piacenza, Italy, 7 October – 4 November
The Objective Afghanistan. The Land Beyond the War, Roma, Italy, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 28 September – 30 October, with Riccardo Venturi, Zalmai and Reza
People of God, Observatory Balkans and the Caucasus, Trento, Italy, 24 September – 4 October
Nur/Light. Afghan Notes, Trieste, Italy, Il salone degli Incanti/Ex-Pescheria, 2 August – 30 September. Exhibition concept, urban art, graphic design by Aleksander Masseroli Mazurkiewicz, sponsor Montura
God’s People, Altidona Belvedere, Italy
Auras, Festival on The Move, Chiesa di Sant’Antonio, Cortona, Italy
Gens du Dieu, Le voyage en Autre Europe, Festival Etonnants Voyageurs, San Malò, France
God’s People, with Mimmo Iodice e Gabriele Basilico, exibition curated by Mariateresa Ceretelli and Angelo Bucarelli, Festival Poiesis, 24 -29 May, Fabriano, Italy
Il senso della vita, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, National Geographic Italia, exibition curated by Guglielmo Pepe, from March 9th, with: Wiliam Albert Allard, Christopher Anderson, Jonas Benediksen, James P. Blair, Alexandra Boulat, Monika Bulaj, Jodi Cobb, Penny de los Santos, Travis Dove, Carolyn Drake, Melissa Farlow, Alessandro Gandolfi, Annie Griffiths, Fritz Hoffmann, Lynn Johnson, Ed Kashi, Karen Kasmauski, Taylor Kennedy, Brian Lanker, Frans Lanting, Gerd Ludwig, Sreve McCurry, David McLain, John McNally, Matt Moyer, Vincent J.Musi, James Natchway, Michael Nichols, Randy Olson, Antonio Politano, Steve Raymer, Reza, Jim Richardson, Norbert Rosing, Joel Sartore, Stephanie Sinclair, Brian J. Skerry, James L. Stanfield, Maggie Steber, George Steinmetz, Medford Taylor, Mark Thiessen, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Ami Vitale, Michel S. Yamashita.
Through Our Lens: Photographers Reflect on Empowerment, 25 Central Park West Gallery, New York, March 5-11
Curators: Bess Greenberg (25CPW/Red Roots Gallery), Whitney Johnson (The New Yorker),Yukiko Yamagata (Documentary Photography Project, Open Society Foundations)
JB Reed (Nuru Project)
Photographers: Lynsey Addario, Martyn Aim, Christopher Anderson, Nina Berman, Marcus Bleasdale, Monika Bulaj, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Elinor Carucci, Renee Cox, Wendy Ewald, Donna Ferrato, Stephen Ferry, Larry Fink, Russell K. Frederick, Cédric Gerbehaye, Ashley Gilbertson, Wayne Lawrence, Deana Lawson, Alex Masi, Kirk Mastin, Ross McDonnell, Susan Meiselas, Bertrand Meunier, Bob Miller, Inge Morath, Platon, Sylvia Plachy, Alex Prager, Espen Rasmussen, Stephanie Sinclair, Lana Slezic, Maggie Steber, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Clarence Williams, Daniella Zalcman, Zoe Zimmer
Il Fuoco della Natura, Salone degli Incanti – Ex Pescheria, 12 febbraio – 9 aprile, with Ansel Adams, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Nan Goldin, Triest, Italy
Auras, Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, “Gesu nostro contemporaneo”, February 9th: the inauguration of the exibition by Antonio Paolucci, the director of Musei Vaticani, Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy
2011
Nur, Afghan Diaries, Officine Fotografiche, December 16 2011 – January 12 th, sponsor Montura, Rome, Italy,
Auras, Centro Candiani, 11 November – 23 December, Venice, Italy
Russia 2009, Central exhibition hall “Manege”, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nur, Afghan Diaries, Comune di Venezia, Assessorato Politiche Giovanili and Centro Pace, under the patronage of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, with the participation of Provincia di Venezia and Emergency. Sponsor Montura, Venezia, Palazzo Ducale Loggia Foscara, Italy .Press review,
Auras. Where the Sacred Transcend Borders, 5 July – 30 August, Casa di Cultura Cibernetica, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy
Religiones en Trieste / Trieste y Magris, March 8 – July 17, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain
2010
Auras , Isle of San Pietro, Sardegna, Occhi du Mò Photocontest, International Festival of Photography, Carloforte, Italy
2009
Auras, Festival of the Jewish Culture Negba, 7 September – 4 October, Otranto, Italy
Vertical Europe, photo and text of Monika Bulaj, designs and text of Paolo Rumiz, 29 May- 30 August, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy
Elijah’s travel, Festival of the Story, 22-24 May, Gorizia, Italy
Il Gerundio Inverso, Rubiera, Italy
Elijah’s travel, Jewish Museum, Trieste, Italy
God’s People, Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munchen, Germany
2008
God’s People, Galleria BelVedere, Milan, Italy
God’s People, Monastery of Santa Maria del Lavello, Calolziocorte, Italy
Auras, Teatro Miela, Trieste, Italy
Video
Auras, Sama Khana, Italian Government, Cairo, Egypt
Rebecca and the rain, Antichi Chiostri di Torino, Italy
Auras, Polish Cultural Institute, Palazzo Blumenstihl, Rome, Italy
Auras, ex Monastero dei Benedettini, Catania, Italy
The photographers of the National Geographic, Tuscany Photographic Workshop, Italy
Confini/Frontiere/Boundaries/Frontiers, with Ryszard Kapuscinski, Pordenone, Italy
2007
God’s People, Palazzo Chianini Vincenzi, Arezzo, Italy
God’s People, World Social Agenda, Castel Mareccio, Bolzano, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Chiesetta S. Pietro in Archivolto, Verona, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Loggia della Mercanzia, Genova, Italy
Noah’s sons, “Immagimondo”, Erba, Italy
God’s Poeple, Centro Candiani,Venezia Mestre, Italy
Auras, Fiera di Primiero, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Palazzo Agostinelli, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
God’s People, Biblioteca Classense, for the festival Meditaeuropa, Ravenna, Italy
God’s People, Mantova, Italy
God’s People, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Cisterna di Latina, Pinacoteca Palazzo Caetani, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Calcinato, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Villa Carcina, Villa Glisenti, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Hotel Bristol, Milan, Italy
Rebecca and the rain, Basilica di S. Petronio, Bologna, Italy
2006
Noah’s sons, Bergamo, Porta Sant’Agostino, with the premiere of the Figli di Noè documentary by Monika Bulaj, 95’, prod.: LAB80 Film, Italia, 2006
God’s People, Palazzo Geremia, Trento, Italy
2005
Dove gli dei si parlano, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano-Venice, Italy
Donne, storie e progetti, Firenze, Ridotto di Palazzo Medici Riccardi/Alinari, Italy
Menschen Gottes, Koln, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Germany
God’s People, Asti, Italy
God’s People, Museo Civico, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Il ritorno sul Don, with Marco Paolini, Strehler Theatre, Milan, Italy
Le ha ma la ya, Rom in Serbia, Rome, Italy
God’s People, Pordenone, Italy
God’s People, Cornaredo-Milan, Italy
2004
God’s People, Galleria Nazionale d’Umbria, Perugia, Italy
God’s People, Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, Italy
Menschen Gottes, Fondazione Langer, Euromediterranea, Bolzano, Italy
God’s People, Forli, Europe and the Balkans International Network University of Bologna, Italy
God’s People, Polish Cultural Institute, Sofia, Bulgary
2003
Boze dzieci, Polish Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary
God’s People, Teatro Miela, Triest, Italy
Objective: people’s world. 24 photographers in action, World Health Organization: Albania, Serbia, Macedonia, Central America and Brasil
2002
God’s People, Polish Cultural Institute, Palazzo Blumenstihl, Rome, Italy
Blow up. Photography in the time of uproar, Warsaw-Zakopane, Poland
Martinka the Gypsy and others stories, Festival Identity and Difference, Turin, Italy