Antonia Tricarico has been taking photos since 1997. She previously worked as a photo archivist for Lucian Perkins (Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the Washington Post). She collaborated with Tolotta Records, Dischord Records, Kill Rock Stars, and Youth Action Research Group.
Her work can be found in private collections, in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, and the permanent exhibit and archive of the Special Collections Division of the District of Columbia, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Punk and Go-Go music archive, in the Special Collections of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland, and the Collections of DC History Center in Washington, DC.
Her first book Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essay from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997-2017 was published by Akashic Books in 2019. Her second book The Inner Ear of Don Zientara: a half-century of recording through the voices of musicians, engineers, and producers from one of America’s most innovative studios was published by Akashic Books in 2023.
Her third book, the Italian novel Beyond the Influence, was published by Sensibili alle Foglie, Rome, Italy, in 2025 Her work has appeared in Photo Review, Guitar World, Kerrang, RAZORCAKE, Fretboard Journal, Exclaim!, Washington City Paper, All Music, New Noise Magazine, Capital Bop, and The Quietus. She has been showing her work nationally and internationally.
She received the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Juried Exhibition Grant 2024, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship Grant 2024, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant 2025.
Scuola Romana di Fotografia - Itinerant show with Cynthia Connolly and Lely Constantinople - March 6/2001 - Rome, Italy
H.Lewis Gallery - Itinerant show with Cynthia Connolly and Lely Constantinople - June 1/2001 - Baltimore, Maryland
Govinda Gallery - Itinerant show with Cynthia Connolly and Lely Constantinople - Sept.30/2001 - Washington, DC
SHOTS: An American Photographer’s Journal 1967-72, Photographs by David Fenton (EarthAware/Insight Editions, 2005) Venue: Angelo Mai, Rome, Italy - 2012
Photography certificate: Centro Sperimentale Televisivo - Comunicazione e Fotografia - Roma, Italia 2008/2009 (Television Experimental Center - communication and photography - Rome, Italy 2008/2009) - Online Solar Plate Etching workshop with Dan Welder, who developed the process in the 70s - February 2021
FRAME OF MIND: punk photos and essays from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997-2017 - published by AKASHIC Books, NewYork, NY 2019
THE INNER EAR OF DON ZIENTARA: a half-century of recording in one of America’s most innovative studios, through the voices of musicians - published by AKASHIC Books, New York, NY 2023
BEYOND THE INFLUENCE - Novel in Italian - Sensibili alle Foglie publisher - Rome, Italy February 2025
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Read a feature/Q&A with Antonia Tricarico at Popular Photography.
Read a Q&A with Antonia Tricarico at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival blog.
www.popmatters.com/frame-of-mind-antonia-tricarico
Read an interview/feature on Antonia Tricarico at Please Kill Me.
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tamagazine.com/2019/05/28/book-review-frame-of-mind-by- antonia-tricarico/
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Washington City Paper by Christina Smart June 2023
Culpeper Star Exponent newspaper by Richard Horner - Charlottesville, VA June 2023
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/antonia-tricarico-interview/id1369458829?i=1000615829386
www.noecho.net/reviews/inner-ear-of-don- zientara-book-review
Horse Hospital Gallery - The Art Auction - Nov.19/2001 - London, England
Scuola Romana di Fotografia - Itinerant show with Cynthia Connolly and Lely Constantinople - March 6/2001 - Rome, Italy
H.Lewis Gallery - Itinerant show with Cynthia Connolly and Lely Constantinople - June 1/2001 - Baltimore, Maryland
Govinda Gallery - Itinerant show with Cynthia Connolly and Lely Constantinople - Sept.30/2001 - Washington, DC
Positive Force Concert Art Show for Centro de Art Childrena Art Program- August 2001 - Wilson Center - Washington, DC
Grand Atrium of the Majlis Cultural Center - Art Against War Show -
January 16/2004 Mumbay, India Motoazabu Gallery - Stop violence against women - Fighting Back show - March 2004 -Tokyo, Japan
Paper Politics - In These Times - April 17/2004- Chicago, Il Gallery twenty-four - June 10/2004 - Berlin, Germany solo show
Paper Politics West - Phinney Neighborhood Community Center - April 1/29 2005-Seattle, Washington
The Hubbard Museum of the American West - Honorable Mention for Yvette, People category - November 3/2006 to January 28/2007 - Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Paper Politics - 5+5 Gallery - January 5th- February 19th, 2006 - Brooklyn, NY
Paper Politics Portland - Food for Thought Student Gallery at Portland State University - Smith Memorial Student Union - May 3-June 16/2006 - Portland, OR
SEEN Show with Lely Constantinople - Transformer - February 3 - March 10, 2007 - Washington, DC
Paper Politics - Walker's Point for the Arts - September 7 - October 13, 2007 - Milwaukee, WIPaper Politics - University of Wisconsin -
Whitewater Crossman Gallery - October 18 - November 17, 2007 - Whitewater, WI
Paper Politics - K Space Contemporary - April 5 - May 11, 2008 -
Corpus Christi, TX Stage/Offstage - Catania, Italy 2009
We the people - Ponte Milvio- Torretta Valadier - Rome, Italy 2010
We the people - Comune di Orbetello - Orbetello, Italy 2011
Stage/Offstage - Metaponto Beach Festival - Metaponto, Italy 2012
Stage/Offstage and Silent Body - Occhi Rossi Festival - Forte Prenestino - Rome, Italy 2013 Politico Pop-up 2 - New Orleans Art Center - New Orleans, LA 2015
MLK library - DC in the House - Punk and Go-Go music archives show - Washington, DC 2016 Superfierce - The Art of Resistance - Blind Whino - Washington, DC 2017
Transformer Silent Auction at the American University's Katzen Arts Center - Washington, DC 2017
Transformer's 15th Annual Silent Auction at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design 2018 - Washington, DCTransformer's 16th Annual Silent Auction at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design - Washington, DC 2019
Lost Origins Gallery Exhibition and Frame of Mind photo-book launch - June/August Washington, DC 2019
Politics and Prose - Artist talk and book signing - June 2019 Washington, DC
Flex your camera - La Fotografia de Dischord Records - Moments Festival 2020 - Contenedor Cultural Malaga, Spain October 9/18, 2020
Transformer Envisioning Benefit Exhibition and Online Auction at the American University’s Katzen Arts Center - Washington, DC 2021
DC History Center - Artist talk and book signing - Open house - October
2022 Washington, DC Transformer Retrospective Exhibition & Benefit Auction Gala at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University - October 2022 - Washington, DC
TRANSFORMER - The Invincible Visible: Exhibition & Benefit Auction Gala American University Katzen Arts Center November 4 - 18, 2023
Legacy: Civil Rights at 60 FY 2024 Juried Exhibition Grant Exhibition DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities January 12 - March 1, 2024
DC ART NOW - Finalists show for FY25 Art Bank program Grant - Virtual Gallery Sept/Dec 2024 - Washington, DC
Transformer - Transcendence - 20th Annual Auction Exhibition Gala - American University - Katzen Arts Center - Nov 2024 - Washington, DC
Jazzy-Groovy-Rhythmic-GoGo - The Sound of DC A Visual History of GoGo - Brentwood Arts Exchange - Jan/Mar 2025 - Brentwood, MD
Behind the Scenes - The Sound of DC A Visual History - Brentwood Arts Exchange - March/May 2025 - Brentwood, MD