Milena Villalon (b. 1988, Barcelona, Spain) is a photographer based between Paris (France) and Berlin (Germany). She studied photography at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie (Berlin, 2015–2018) under the direction of Werner Mahler and Ute Mahler.

Her work was nominated for PHotoESPAÑA’s Descubrimientos 2020 with her project Carnet de Route: l’Afrique, and has been published in magazines such as GEO, Holiday Magazine, and British Journal of Photography.

Exhibitions

Le Plac’art Photo – Exhibition of Contemporary Artist’s Books — Paris, France – 2025 Münchner Kammerspiele x Der Greif – Auf nach Woanders — Munich, Germany – 2024 Open Studio, 7th arrondissement — Paris, France – 2024 Chaussee36 Photo Foundation – Resonances (Solo Show) — Berlin, Germany – 2023 VRB Gallery (Group Show) — Berlin, Germany – 2023 Le 17 Studiolo – Carnet de Route: Sénégal (Solo Show) — Paris, France – 2022 ABARTIUM Galería de Arte (Group Show) — Vic, Spain – 2021 Podbielski Contemporary Gallery – Pleasure Garden (Group Show) — Milan, Italy – 2020 Chapelle XIV – The Sea (Group Show) — Paris, France – 2020 Spoiler Aktionsraum Moabit – Die Männer (Group Show) — Berlin, Germany – 2020 Universo Neukölln (Solo Show) — Berlin, Germany – 2019 The Shelf ZWÖLF (Group Show) — Berlin, Germany – 2018 Panke Gallery (Group Show) — Berlin, Germany – 2016

Selected Press & Publications

British Journal of Photography · Holiday Magazine · Noisé Magazine · GEO Kompakt · Selfself Books · Chrismon (Die Zeit) · Assouline · Standart Magazine · Marie Claire Maison · Vogue · Photographic Bandwidth · Sentimental Journal · Sendb00ks

Nominations

Der Greif x Münchner Kammerspiele – Auf nach Woanders – 2024
Lucie Foundation – The Portrait Project – 2022
PHotoESPAÑA ‘Descubrimientos 2020’ – Carnet de Route: l’Afrique – 2020
LensCulture – Carnet de Route: l’Afrique, photographs from Morocco – 2020
International Photography Awards (IPA) – Honorable Mention for Sommer der Haut – 2019