Born 1954 in Lima, Peru
EDUCATION
1972-1973 Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru
1973-1974 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
1975 University of San Diego, California, US
1977 Apprenticeship John Vickers Studio, London, UK
1978 Apprenticeship Paul Nugent Studio, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Beautiful World, Palazzo Bonaparte, Rome, Italy
2023
Let the Sunshine In, Holden Luntz, Miami, US
Gone Wild, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
2021
Mario Testino: South Americana, Hamiltons Galley, London, UK
Mario Testino: Unfiltered, 29 Arts in Progress, Milan, Italy
2020
Mario Testino: Smile!, Nicola Erni Collection, Steinhausen, Switzerland
2019
Mario Testino: East, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
Mario Testino: Superstar, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017
Undressed, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany
2016
No Limits, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen, Denmark
HEAT, de Pury de Pury, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE
2015
In Your Face, Kunstbibliothek / Kulturforum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014
Alta Moda, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, US
In Your Face, Fundação Armando Alvares, Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil
Extremes, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France
In Your Face, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013
Alta Moda, Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, New York, US
Private View, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Alta Moda, MATE – Museo Mario Testino, Lima, Peru
Mario Testino, Prism, Los Angeles, US
2012
Private View, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
British Royal Portraits, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
In Your Face, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
British Royal Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Todo o Nada, MATE – Museo Mario Testino, Lima, Peru
Private View, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2011
Todo o Nada, Fondazione Memmo – Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy
2010
Todo o Nada, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Kate Who?, Phillips de Pury & Company, London, UK
Portraits, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
2008
Obsessed by You, Phillips de Pury & Company, London, UK
2007
Out of Fashion, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
Out of Fashion, Phillips de Pury & Company, Paris, France
Portraits, Museo San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico
Disciples, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico
Out of Fashion, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, US
2005
Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino, Kensington Palace, London, UK
2004
Portraits, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Disciples, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Portraits, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
2002
Portraits, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Portraits, Museo Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Boys and Girls, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2000
Mario Testino, Galerie Vedovi, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Amsterdam, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Front Row / Backstage, Visionaire Gallery, New York, US
1998
Mario Testino, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, US
Fashion Photographs, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil
A New Venture, Galleria Raucci / Santamaria, Naples, Italy
1997
Fashion Photographs 1993–1997 & Images for Gucci, Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES (MONOGRAPH)
2022
I LOVE YOU, Taschen
HOLY MEN, Éditions Bessard
2020
WOW, Superlabo
Ciao, Taschen
2019
Pasito a Paso, MATE – Museo Mario Testino
2018
Fina Estampa, MATE – Museo Mario Testino
2017
Undressed, Taschen
2016
HEAT, de Pury de Pury
2015
SIR, Taschen
2013
Alta Moda, MATE – Museo Mario Testino
2012
In Your Face, Taschen
Private View, Taschen
2011
Kate Moss by Mario Testino, Taschen
2010
Kate Who? Phillips de Pury
Todo o Nada, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
2009
MaRIO DE JANEIRO Testino, Taschen
2008
Obsessed by You, Phillips de Pury
2007
Let Me In!, Taschen
2006
Out of Fashion, Phillips de Pury
2005
Diana Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace, Taschen
2003
Kids, Scriptum Editions
Disciples, Timothy Taylor Gallery
2002
Portraits, Bulfinch Press
2001
Alive, Bulfinch
1999
Front Row / Backstage, Bulfinch
1998
Any Objections?, Phaidon
Fashion Photographs, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP)
1997
Fashion Photographs 1993–1997 & Images for Gucci, Art Partner
SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS AND GUEST EDITORSHIPS
2017
Man About Town 10th Anniversary Edition
Dutch Vogue Special Edition by Mario Testino
Vogue India Special Edition by Mario Testino
2016
Vogue Australia Special Edition by Mario Testino
Vogue Italia Special Edition (Laugh) by Mario Testino
2015
Me and You: Mario Testino and Ed van der Elsken, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014
Vogue Japan 15th Anniversary Special Edition (Obsession) by Mario Testino
Welt am Sonntag Special Edition by Mario Testino
German Vogue Special Edition (Blonde) by Mario Testino
Somos Libres II, Rizzoli
2013
Vogue China 100th Issue Special Edition by Mario Testino
Vogue Brasil Special Edition (Body) by Mario Testino
Vogue Paris Special Edition (Peru) by Mario Testino
2012
Spanish Vogue Special Edition (Celebration) by Mario Testino
2011
Bruma, 20 Hoxton Square Projects, London, UK
Vogue Brasil 36th Anniversary Special Edition by Mario Testino
2008
German Vogue Special Edition (Sex) by Mario Testino
Stern Portfolio, No. 53 (Mario Testino)
2007
Mario Testino: At Home, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, US
Lima Peru, Damiani
2005
New Photography Selected by Mario Testino, Photo London, Burlington Gardens, London, UK
Visionaire, No. 46 (Uncensored)
2004
Instinctive: Latin American Artists Selected by Mario Testino, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, US
Women To Women: Positively Speaking, Fashion Fighting AIDS
2001
Dutch, No. 34 by Mario Testino
Visionaire, No. 35 (Man)
Pirelli Calendar 2001
2000
Stern Portfolio, No. 20 (Mario Testino Party)
1998
The Coincidence of the Arts by Mario Testino and Martin Amis, Coromandel Express
1997
Dutch, No. 1 by Mario Testino
Visionaire, No. 22 (Chic)
ART COLLECTION EXHIBITIONS
2017
Shake It Up: Works from the Mario Testino collection, Sotheby’s, London, UK. Travelled to Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, US.
2014
Somos Libres II, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy.
2013
Somos Libres, MATE – Museo Mario Testino, Lima, Peru.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Allure, Bulgari, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Canvas, Carolina Herrera, CHANEL, CÎROC, Dolce & Gabbana, Dove, Estée Lauder, Etro, Fabergé, Furla, Gap, GQ, Gucci, Givenchy, Harper’s Bazaar, Holiday, Huawei, Hugo Boss, Iguatemi, Intimissimi, Kosé, Loewe, The Macallan, Man About Town, Massimo Dutti, Mercedes Benz, Michael Kors, Missoni, Ochirly, Paul Smith, Ralph Lauren, Revlon, Roberto Cavalli, Salvatore Ferragamo, Shiseido, Shanghai Tang, Sonia Rykiel, Stefanel, St John, Stuart Weitzman, Trussardi, V Magazine, Valentino, Vanity Fair, Versace, VMAN, Vogue (American, Australian, Brazilian, British, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish editions), Wolford, Yamamay
SELECTED ARTICLES AND TELEVISION
2022Miró Quesada, Isabel, “Mario Testino está en su major momento”, Cosas, October 24. Megía, Carlos, “Mario Testino Alta fotografía”, WhitePaperby, June.
2021 “Paris Photo 2021: Coup de Coeur: Mario Testino at Hamiltons”, The Eye of Photography, November 11.Dinter, Nadine, “What’s new, Mario Testino?”, The Eye of Photography, November 9. “South and West”, Air Mail, November 6.
2020
Zamponi, Beatrice, “Ciao è un saluto che celebra la vita. E l’Italia”, Corriere della Sera , Style Mensile, July 15.
Elkann, Alain, “When I’m in Italy I feel at home”, The RPS Journal, May 1.
2019
Griese, Inga, “Now I can do what I want”,Die Welt, Icon Magazine, September 15.
2017
Regensdorf, Laura, “A legendary fashion photographer talks real beauty, retouching, and body positivity on Instagram”, American Vogue, March 4.
Stephen, Rosella, “Mario Testino: artist or strategist?”, The Hindu, February 25.
2016
Mellery-Pratt, Robin, “Mario Testino’s Meteoric Arc”, Business of Fashion, December 3.
“The Big Interview: Mario Testino”, Monocle, November 20.
Choy, Yoko, “‘No Limits’: Mario Testino opens Copenhagen’s art season with a bang”, Wallpaper*, June 8.
2015
Blanchard, Tasmin, “This much I know: Mario Testino”. The Observer, November 7.
Etherington-Smith, Meredith, “How contemporary artists taught Mario Testino to trust himself”, Christie’s Magazine, October.
“Mario Testino on the photographer’s new role”, FT, June 9.
“CBS This Morning”, CBS, May 21.
Harbers Studios and the International Center of Photography, “ICP Mario Testino”, ICP Infinity Awards, 8 May.
2014
Wright, James, “Mario Testino”, So It Goes, Issue 4, November.
Cooke, Julia, “Project Peru”, Surface, Issue 112, October.
McDowell, Colin, “Super Mario World”, Business of Fashion, 15 October.
Saumarez Smith, Charles, “Mario Testino: how photography breached the gates of high culture”, The Conversation, June 24.
Gleadell, Colin, “Mario Testino’s shrewd eye for art”, The Telegraph, 6 May.
Odone, Cristina, “Mario Testino: ‘When I met Diana, I knew from the start that this shoot would be different’”, The Telegraph, 18 January.
2013
Espinoza, Javier, “A snapshot of a photographer”, The Wall Street Journal, 19 April.
Holden, Michael, “Mario Testino returns to Peru”, BA Highlife, December.
2012
“Charlie Rose”, PBS, 26 October.
2011
Menkes, Suzy, “Mario Testino at 30 Years”, The New York Times, 2 October.
2009
Farndale, Nigel, “Mario Testino: It’s not all glamour”, The Telegraph, 24 February.
2007
“Mario Testino revealed”, CNN International, 10 February.
2005
“Breakfast”, BBC, 22 November.
“HardTalk”, BBC, 20 May.
2002
Marks, Nadia, “Mario Testino: enchanter to the stars”, RPS Journal, April.
Menkes, Suzy, “National Portrait Gallery shows celebrity photographs: Mario Testino, larger than life”, The New York Times, 5 February.
“Omnibus Special: Mario Testino”, BBC, 30 January.
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
2017
Légion D’Honneur for services to culture, Lima, Peru
Creative Director of the Year, The Daily’s Fashion Media Awards, New York, US
2016
Business of Fashion Global Voices Award, Oxfordshire, UK
Clio Fashion & Beauty Lifetime Achievement Award, New York, US
2015
International Center of Photography Infinity Award: Special Presentation, New York, US
2014
Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of services to photography and charity, London, UK
Best Photographer in the World Award, Spanish Vogue, Madrid, Spain
2012
AmfAR Inspiration Award, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
British GQ Man of the Year, Inspiration Award, London, UK
El Museo del Barrio Lifetime Achievement Award, New York, US
Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK
Moët & Chandon Étoile Award, London, UK
Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Gold Medal, New York, US
2010
The Grand Cross rank of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service in Peru, Lima, Peru
2009
Walpole Award for services to the luxury industry, London, UK
2008
ASME National Magazine Award, “Best Fashion Cover” for the September 2007 edition of Vanity Fair, New York, US
Commitment Award, United Nations and Women Together, New York, US
Hero Award, Aid for Aids, New York, US
2007
The Tiradentes Medal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award, Los Angeles, US
2004
Doctor Emeritus of the University of the Arts London, London, UK
2003
British Style Award, London, UK
Elle Style Award, London, UK