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.