Born in Bolzano in 1968. Degree in architecture in Venice, she has been practicing as architect in Italy and in the Netherlands and as glass designer at Venini and Barovier&Toso in Murano, working alongside with ceramics. After attending various ceramic workshops she specialized in the Naked Raku technique with British artist David Roberts.
Starting from 2013 she participated in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and Europe, in 2019 she won the 1st Prize of the ceramic competition V° CoffeeBreak.Museum, Museo delle Ceramiche G. Gianetti (IT) with Special Mention Award of MiDec (IT) and has been selected in many different European Ceramic Biennials and fairs. In 2024 she has been invited in China to exhibit in Jingdezhen and has been selected in the Homo Faber Guide by Michelangelo Foundation (CH) taking part in the event Homo Faber in Città.
Aim of her work is the expression of the sculptural value of ceramics (vases or bowls) characterized by a strong tactile and graphical aspect. Pieces are handbuild with coiltechnique focusing on the geometry of the form and the finishing (rough or smooth) of the surface. They are fired twice, their final aspect is the result of interaction between smoke and different materials or slips used before the second firing (Raku).
Her formal references look to both Japanese ceramics and culture and African art, as well as to simple manifacts linked to the ancient, to the primitive, to the fossil world. And, undoubtedly, living in Venice, a city of stones eroded by time and smoothed by water, represents a daily source of suggestions and references.
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