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).
- Free lance jewelry designer for many Italian companies
- From 1998- present: Co-founder and Director of ” ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence.
- Since 2003- present:
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- 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)
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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.