(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 which 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 on 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 on
a project about a family in Bologna
that practices libertarian education
and homeschooling and I am also delving
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.
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.
✶ CV ✶ 2018/2024 : MA with honours in 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.
✶ EXHIBITIONS ✶
May 2025: INSIGHT Foto Festival, Varese. 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 exhibition curated by Filippo Maggia in occasion of the conclusion of the first year of FMAV master, Foro Boario, Modena.
✶ PUBLICATIONS ✶ Z4ne, Zone Mag, collective. Mushroom People n. 2, magazine curated by Broccoli Magazine. Spores, anthology curated by Broccoli Magazine. Mojo, Yogurt Magazine. Giorni Sospesi, anthology curated by Yogurt Magazine. Del Sublime, selfpublished during Dummy Photobook by Chippendale Studio with Luca Panaro. Madame Gerard, catalog, FMAV.
✶ ONLINE PUBLICATIONS ✶
April 2021: On Vice Italia.
✶ ARTIST RESIDENCIES ✶ 2018: Geidai University of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
