Maria Chiara Maffi was born in Bergamo in 1992.
In 2013, she attended the photography course at the European Institute of Design in Milan.
She won a scholarship at the Raffles Fashion and Design Institute of Milan and she attended a Master in photography directed by Denis Curti. Then, she took part in a workshop of several months with Giovanni Gastel, Matthias Harder, Margaret Courtney-Clarke and Aida Muluneh. In June 2018, she presented the project "Quarantacinque" in the exhibition "The Embarrassment Show" curated by Erik Kessels at O’gallery (Milan). 
She founded the creative duo MC2.8 with Chiara Giancamilli.
She took part in many national and international exhibitions and photography awards.
Artist and photographer. Her research investigates aspects of modern society and family ties with a disorientation between past and present, which it is able to bring to a timeless place.
She is one of the winners of the first edition of the "New-Post Photography Award? 2020” curated by MIA Photo Fair with her work:"I have brown eyes”.
PRIZES
2020 Winner of New-Post Photography Award? 2020 curated by MIA Photo Fair
2020 Winner of Centrale Photo Festival, A moveable identity, Fano
2020 Winner of Epson First prize, ADG Photo Contest 2°Ed. by ADGALLERY 
2020 Finalist of "Oltre l'immagine" - Parete Art Museum
2019 Finalist of AUTO-RITRATTO by ADGALLERY​​​​​​​
2019 Finalist of CIRCUITO OFF at PONTREMOLIFOTOFESTIVAL 
2019 Winner of Acquisition prize MALAMEGI Lab12 Art prize 
2019 Finalist of MALAMEGI Lab12 Art prize  
2018 Winner of PHOTOLUX Portfolio Reviews - Lucca, Italy
EXHIBITIONS​​​​​​​
2020 Collective "ADG Photo Contest 2°Ed" ADGALLERY, Sala del Basolato Fiesole (FI), curated by Alberto Desirò
2019 Collective "AUTO-RITRATTO", OnArt Gallery Firenze (FI), curated by Alberto Desirò e Vittorio D'Onofri
2019 Pontremoli Foto festival, Circuito OFF, Pontremoli (MS)
2019 "La trasparenza dell'immagine" MC2.8 bipersonal, Specchio41 (BS), curated by Pietro Bazzoli
2019 Collective "Malamegi Lab12 International Art contest", Hernandez Art Gallery (MI), curated by Massimo Toffolo e Margherita Jedrzejewska
2019 "Doppio Sguardo" bipersonal with Silvia Bottino, Gli eroici furori gallery (MI), curated by Alessia Locatelli e Silvia Agliotti
2019 Collective "Domus Art", Domus Drink food&lab (BG), curated by Manuel Bonfanti​​​​​​​
2018 Collective "Innocenza e Meraviglia", Circuiti Dinamici (MI) 
2018 Collective "The Embarrassment Show", O'Gallery (MI), curated by Erik Kessels