Education

1978 – 85	Diploma as Ballet Dancer, Classical Ballet Academy of Liliana Cosi and Marinel Stefanescu, Reggio Emilia, Italy
1979 – 84	Institute of Art Gaetano Chierici, Reggio Emilia, Italy
1979 – 82	Diploma Maestro dArte specialising in Ceramics, Reggio Emilia, Italy
1984	Maturità Artistica, Institute of Art Gaetano Chierici, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Professional Experience

1985 – 2003	International Dance Career as Principal Dancer and Guest Artist working with some 20 different Ballet Companies in many countries around the world including Italy, England, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, China and Japan.
2003 –	Visual Artist.

Awards and Residencies

2018	Artalpha Residency, in collaboration with George Enescu Fine Arts University and the National College of Art Octav Bancila, Iasi, Romania. The project required holding conferences for students and professors of both institutions, the accession of art works for the institutions collections and a final solo exhibition in a state gallery.
2018	Winning candidate – Selection of an expert for the realisation of a contemporary art project (Guernica) in the English language, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research - I.I.S of Valle Sabbia Giacomo Perlasca
2017	Winning candidate – Selection of an expert for the realisation of a contemporary art project in the English language, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research - I.I.S of Valle Sabbia Giacomo Perlasca.
2016	Charcoal Home Art Residency, Zhanjiang, China.
2011	Artflight Grant – Department of Culture and the Arts, Perth, Australia
2000	Premio dArte Città di Cremona, First Prize for Figurative Painting, Cremona, Italy

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018	Thanatopraxy, Galeria Labirint, House of Culture Mihai Ursachi, Iasi, Romania
2016	Kolner Liste International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
2014	Torrents, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia
2013	The Well, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia
2012	Frankenstein, Linton & Kay Contemporary, Perth, Australia
2011	New Landscapes, Rex – Livingston Projects, Sydney, Australia
2009	Vespers, Emerge Art Space, Perth, Australia
2008	Paesaggi, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, Australia
2002	Personale Spazio Espositivo ex Biblioteca Piazza Mercato delle scarpe, Bergamo, Italy
2001	Natura e Luce, Galleria Rota, Bergamo, Italy
2000	Galleria Immagini – Spazio Arte, Cremona, Italy
1999	Galleria Rota, Bergamo, Italy
1997	First personal exhibition, Arches Gallery, Windsor, England

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016	Charcoal Home Residency Exhibition, City Art Museum, Zhanjiang, China
2014	Sedimentation curated by Alessandra DArbe, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia
2012	Celebrate, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia
2012	The Last Hurrah, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia
2010	Reconfigured, Emerge Art Space, Perth, Australia
2010	Directors Choice, Rex – Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney, Australia
2009	The Great Deck Chair Auction, Deckchair Theatre, Fremantle, Australia
2009	Moving Land, exhibition with Damion Blundell, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, Australia

Selected Collections

George Enescu,  Fine Arts University, Iasi, Romania Octav Bancila,  National College of Art, Iasi, Romania Charcoal Home Collection,  Zhanjiang, China St Vincents Hospital Art Collection,  Sydney, Australia

Selected Publications

2015	Strategic Direction Framework 2015 – 2030, Government of Western Australia,Department for Culture and the Arts. Publication of the painting Bush.
2014	Annual Handbook, Government of Western Australia, Department for Culture and the Arts. Publication of the painting Kimberly.
2013	The Well, exhibition catalogue, foreword by Dr. Stefano Carboni, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia; essay Art and the Unconscious – Symbology and Eternal Language by Alessandra DArbe, curator. Published by Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia. Copy archived in the National Library of Australia.
2012	Frankenstein, exhibition catalogue, essay Introducing an Artistic Journey by Dr. Stefano Carboni, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia; essay The Frankenstein Series by Alessandra DArbe, curator. Published by Linton and Kay Contemporary, Perth, Australia. Copy archived in the National Library of Australia.
2008	Paesaggi, exhibition catalogue, foreword by Hon. Sheila McHale MLA, Minister for Culture and the Arts of Western Australia; essay Paesaggi: Drawn to the Light by Jody Fitzhardinge, curator. Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, Australia. Copy archived in the National Library of Australia.