She was born in 1986 in Pisa, where she graduated in history of art in 2012. In 2013 she studied photography and visual design in the master of NABA and FORMA in Milan, with a focus on advertising, architecture, art and corporate photography. After an internship in the Netherlands at Paradox about photography, in curatorial and publishing sector, she came back in Italy, in Lecce, where she lives and works as photographer and visual artist. She teaches history and technique of photography in associations and schools and recently she has started to teach in training courses: pinhole photography and visual storytelling, with the purpose of spreading the value and photographic culture in primary and secondary schools.
Education
•2015
Vocational training at ASCLA | Graphic Design, Casarano (LE), Italy
•2014
Workshop by Zabar “Mani cucite di fine estate” | Bookbinding | Bitume Photofest, Cineporto, Lecce, Italy
Workshop by Allegra Martin | “Che cosa guardiamo?” | Bitume Photofest, Cineporto, Lecce, Italy
Workshop by Julia Borissova | “A constant accumulation of images” | Bitume Photofest, Cineporto, Lecce, Italy
•2013
One month’s course under the autority of Bas Vroege with Ad Nuis and Raimond Wouda | Editorial and Curatorial Training Programme | Master in Film and Photographic Studies | Leiden University, The Netherlands
Postgraduate Master at Academy of Fine Arts NABA | Photography and Visual Design, Milan, Italy
•2012
Master of Arts at University of Pisa, Italy
•2008
Bachelor of Arts at University of Pisa, Italy
Residency program
•2014
CreArt_Artist-in-Residence, Kaunas, Lithuania
Creanature, Paloude, Lithuania
Exhibitions
•2015
Ipotesi | Curated by Lorenzo Madaro | Palazzo Vernazza-Castromediano Lecce, Italy
•2014
Tipi da Museo | Curated by 34 Fuso | Museo della Memoria e dell’Accoglienza | Santa Maria al Bagno (LE), Italy
Vere finzioni | Curated by Pio Tarantini | Galleria Ostrakon, Milan, Italy
Bitume Photofest | Curated by Positivo Diretto, Lecce, Italy
Drink Helleborus | Curated by Dores Sacquegna, Allotropya Museum, Antikyra, Greece
CreArt_ Network of cities for artistic creations | Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
CreArt_ Network of cities for artistic creations | History and Communication Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Creanature | Curated by Darius Straigis, Vida Žilinskienė’s Maritime Museum, Salakas, Lithuania
•2013
Trompe l’oeil_I veri inganni della fotografia | Curated by Francesco Zanot and Luca Andreoni, Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia, Milan, Italy
Padova Fotografia Festival_Sezione Dante 1001, Padova, Italy
•2011
Con-fondere_VI Biennale Nazionale dei Giovani Artisti, SMS, Pisa, Italy
•2010
Paratissima 6, Hotel Mercure Crystal Palace, Turin, Italy
Bibliography
Books
•2014 | Vade Mecum, self published, Lecce
Catalogues
•2015
Ipotesi, Palazzo Vernazza-Castromediano, Lecce, Italy
•2014
Vere finzioni, Galleria Ostrakon, Milano, Italy
BITUME PHOTOFEST, Lecce, Italy
Network of cities for artistic creations, History and Communication Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
•2013
Tromple l’oeil , Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia, Milano, Italy
Magazines
Nemunas, 17—23/09/2014, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kauno Diena | Interview, 11/07/2014, Kaunas, Lithuania
Online publications
Artribune, 7/04/2015
Spagine, 22/03/2015, Lecce, Italy
Spagine, 14/12/2014, Lecce, Italy
Menas Dvaruose, 18/9/2104, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kamane, 24/7/2014, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kauno Diena | Interview, 11/07/2014, Kaunas, Lithuania
2014| Fotografia Europea 014_Circuito Off | Online Portfolio, Reggio Emilia, Italy