1962 – Born in Pisa, 16th of December.
Education
1981 – B.A. in Jewellery design at the State Art Institute of Florence.
1985 – M.A. in Fine Arts and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.
Working experiences
1994-1997
- Illustrator Consultant for publishing houses in Italy
- Design for jewellery collections for Paolo Gucci Company – New York – USA
- Teacher of Jewellery Design at the Arti Orafe in Florence
- Designer of Jewellery Collections for the Moonlight Company in Florence
- Teacher of Jewellery Design and Functional Object at the Centro di Formazione Professionale della Provincia di Firenze (CFP)
- Freelance jewelry designer for many Italian companies
From 1998- present:
- Co-founder and Director of Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Firenze
Since 2003- present:
- Curator of ” Alchimia Art Jewellery from Italy ” Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center,
Athens (Greece) - Lecture at Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, Japan
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Italian Pavillion – (Korea) - Co-Curator and organizer of the Exhibition – Symposium – Educational Forum
“Siamo Qui-We Are Here” 14 international jewellery schools take position. Florence, Italy - “Alchemic experiences” exhibition at Shenkar College of Engeneering and Design, Ramat Gan, Irsael
- “Lapislazzuli – Magia del Blu” Palazzo Pitti – Museo degli Argenti, Florence, Italy
- TCDC – Bangkok- “Alchemic Experiences” : lecture and workshop “Preciousness as ideal and reality in contemporary jewellery “in TCDC (Thai Contemporary Design Center) –Bangkok (Thailand).
- Workshop on jewellery rendering at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
- Collaboration with Hiroko Koshino haute couture, Osaka, Japan
- Design Miami/Basel, Basel, represented by Antonella Villanova Gallery (Switzerland)
- 2020: “IM-MA-GI-NA” exhibition and co-organization – The jewellery artist’s works and their notebooks, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2023 – “Cultural Heritage “training teaching program and lecture (PBS Company): project for qualification and training specialized for members of non-profit sector partners for the Social Development Bank in Riyadh (SA)
Group Exhibitions:
- 2005-2024 participated in group exhibitions in various galleries, fairs and museums of: Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, The Nederland’s, UK, Belgium, Greece, Israel, Korea, Japan.