(she, they) I am a human being living
and working in Bologna.
After classical studies, I explored photography for
several years, initially at Spazio Labò,
where I completed the course with a
workshop led by Michael Ackerman at the
Pratt Institute in New York. I continued
my studies at Fondazione Fotografia
Modena (now Fotografia Modena Arti
Visive), where I won a scholarship for,
and in 2018 an artist residency at the
Geidai University of Fine Arts in Tokyo, where I’ve been tutored by Tokihiro Sāto.
I further explored photographic
bookmaking through several workshops with
Witty Books in Turin and Yogurt Magazine
in Rome.
Afterwards, I enrolled in an MA
in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
to gain tools to support my research and
understand social phenomena related to
contemporary issues. I graduated with
top honours, presenting a thesis in Medical
Anthropology about the role of facilitators or
guides in personal support contexts using
psilocybin in the Netherlands, which is
legal in truffle form. I have also written
about psychedelia for Vice and memecult,
curating a dedicated column for the latter.
As a queer and transfeminist person, I am particularly interested
in gender studies, especially feminism
and sexuality, the dynamics related
to the crisis of capitalism, the climate
emergency, and psychedelics.
Currently, I’m working as a photographer, digital retoucher, and street host for Nottambula, a project for the Night Plan of the Municipality of Bologna aimed at creating a more livable and safer city for everyone, focusing on harm reduction, conflict management, and more. In the meantime, I’m
into the potential of psychedelic
substances and experiences from a
transfeminist perspective, aiming to
protect native knowledge and oppose the
commercialization of these insights and
substances, preparing a PhD proposal.
My research explores the unknown, especially new ways of thinking about
the future, combining the ethnographic
tools of anthropological research with
photography, contemplating new ways of studying the world and living on this planet.
✶ EDUCATION ✶ 2025: Summer School of Psychedelic Research, BCN, UMCG, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
2018/2024: MA in Medical Anthropology with honours, Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, University of Bologna 2016/2018: Master on contemporary imagery, Scholarship, FMAV, Modena 2015/2016: Annual photography course at Spazio Labò, Bologna
2011/2015: BA in Semiotics at DAMS, Drama, Arts and Music Studies, University of Bologna
2016: Workshop with Michael Ackerman, PhotoWorkshop New York, Pratt Institute, New York
✶ EXHIBITIONS ✶
October 2025: Circuito OFF, Narnimmaginaria, Narni, Italy
September 2025: Il labirinto, Artisti Cremonesi, Labirinto Edolavi, Cremona, Italy
May 2025: INSIGHT Foto Festival, Varese, Italy July 2021: Mojo, publication’s collective exhibition curated by Yogurt Magazine, Charta Festival, Rome March 2019: Del Sublime, PoverArte Festival, Ateliersi, Bologna March 2019: Who knows what’s going on in the ladies parlour! Chapter II, Magazzini Fotografici, Naples June 2018: Madame Gerard, collective exhibition, curated by Filippo Maggia, MATA, Modena February 2018: Platform 8 1/2, Geidai University of Fine Arts, Tokyo February 2018: SOMA, during Artefiera, Bologna July 2017: Collective Mid-Term exhibition curated by Filippo Maggia in occasion of the conclusion of the first year of FMAV master, Foro Boario, Modena
✶ ONLINE PUBLICATIONS AND OTHERS ✶ 2021: Vice Italia Le Monde - L’Époque, Perimetro, Aurora Fotografi, Frizzifrizzi, ISO400, Casa di Ringhiera, Vanni Pandolfi bestselected
✶ ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES ✶
2026: Kathmandu International Artist in Residency (KIAR), Kathmandu, Nepal
2025: 7 Chakras Festival, Tuscania, Viterbo, Italy 2018: Geidai University of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
✶ SCREENINGS ✶ June 2024: ZOOM, Sedici, Ex Fabrica, Prato, Italy September 2018: Festival diecixdieci, Collective diecixdieci, Gonzaga, Mantova, Italy
