Biography

Estasi tra i fiori di campo

year 1986 - oil on cartoon with palette-knife - 13 x 18 cm

Paesaggio da Bormio

year 1955 - oil on cartoon with paintbrush - 15 x 20 cm

She was born in Milan , where she currently lives and works. Since she was young, she was passionate about drawing and Art. Her first small oil painting was created in Bormio, during her summer holidays.

She was a self-taught artist until 1968 when she went public in Cairo Montenotte (SV), with her painting Rudere del Castello del Carretto (Carretto Castle Ruins), which she gave to the italian charity association for the fìght against cancer (Lega Italiana per la Lotta Contro i Tumori) during a collective exhibition at the “Au Petit Paris” club, in Milan.

She then moved on to the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, where she continued to study at the “Scuola Artefici” under the lead of Proff. Sponziello and Oldani, attending also the School of Nude for one year.

Since 2006 she has been regularly attending the first three years of the painting course at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, guided by Prof. Ignazio Gadaleta.

In January 2007 she opened her own Studio/Atelier with a permanent exhibition in Milan , in viale Monza 294.

She began drawing inspiration from French Impressionism and then moved on, working only with the palette knife, the "Fauve" using very bright colors, then her works have been oriented figurative expressionism. In 2008 it passed with abstract expressionism "Action Painting", a dripping enamel and gold with a unique and personal style that uses a mixed technique combined with a material designed by her and the composition of which is secret.

She kept her passion for Art alive while taking an active part in the family business.

Since 1987 she has been a member of the Lions Clubs Intemational District 108-IB4; she was also an important member of the Milano Ca’Granda Europa Club until 2006 and donated her works to charities. She eventually moved to the Milano C. Porta San Babila Club.

In her long artìstic career she has taken part in significant Exhibitions and Contests both in ltaly and abroad, being awarded with highly coveted acknowledgements, such as the “Riace Bronzes” of the European Community and the International Prize “Art Majeur Silver Award 2009.

Rudere del Castello del Carretto

year 1968 - oil on canvas with paintbrush - 30 x 40 cm

Big heart

year 2011- Dripping enamel, gold, acrylic, mixed technique on canvas - 80 x 80 x 4 cm

Personal Exibitions:

Salò (BS), Salsomaggiore (PR), Villamarina di Cesenatico (FO), Torino, Firenze, Padova, Bari, Milano, Roma, Menaggio (Co), Cremona, Parma, Forte dei Marmi (Lu).

Collective on Exibitions:

Cairo Montenotte (SV), Torino, Milano, Riccione (RN), Como, Castell’Arquato (PC), Cremona, Ravenna, Bergamo, Verona, Piacenza, Firenze, Livorno, Bormio (SO), Padova, Nice (France), Kyoto (Japan) Cologno Monzese (MI), Cassina Rizzardi (CO), Rimini, Certaldo (FI).

She has partecipated with O.B.A. "Original Book Art" at international exibitions:

Nice '97 (Art Function) - Montese '98 (Forum Artis Museum) - Milano '88 (Galleria d'Arte Studio Oggetto) - Lugano '98 (Gall.

d'Arte Folini De Giorgi) – Lausanne '98 (Galleria d'Arte Niederhauser) - Bari '99 (Mostra Expo Arte Fiera del Levante) -

Paris '00 (Maison de l'Italie Citè Internazionale Universitaire)

On Invitation she has partecipated in three important exhibitions in the "comune" of Cassina Rizzardi (CO), Bormio and Livigno

(SO) executing large-size paintings. These pictures will remain on permanent exhibition at the town councils of these cities,

as a part of their permanent cultural heritage.

In recent year the artist has partecipated in itinerant exhibitions with O.B.A. Original Book Art in Italy, in Switzerland and France

Cascinale in Cassina

year 2000 - oil on canvas with palette-knife 100 x 120 cm

Tradizioni antiche: il casaro

year 2000 - oil on table with palette-knife - 150 x 180 cm

With her pictures has partecipated in Italy:

from year 2000 until 2004 at ArtePadova of Padova;

in year 2002 at Expo Arte of Bari:

in year 2004 at Expo Arte Vitarte of Viterbo

in year 2009 at NAC Arte Contemporanea of Novegro (MI)

in year 2011 at ARTISTI in MOSTRA, Fiera di Parma, PROPONENDO, Nuove proposte per l'Arte Contemporanea, Forte dei Marmi (Lu)

Her picture “Lo Chalet” has been exhibited at Museo Nazionale "Gli Etruschi" of Vada (Li) and now is in permanence at La Rosa Theatre of Pontremoli (MS).

Lo Chalet

year 2000 - oil on canvas with palette-knife 50 x 70 cm