From September 12 to October 25 2026
Aisthanomai. La bellezza attraverso i sensi
Civic Museums in Varese – Sala Veratti and Masnago Castle


Born in Busto Arsizio, 1967. Lives and works in Italy

After attending art school, she studied archaeology and conservative restoration at the Palazzo Spinelli Institute of Art in Florence. In 1991, she was in Paris where she graduated from the Catholic University and visited the city’s most important museums, being attracted by the execution techniques of the great masters. In 1995 she moved to Rome and began her professional career as a painter of theatrical and cinematographic sets with Maestro Michele Franculli in Cinecittà, Rai and Teatro dell’Opera.  At the same time, she worked as a conservative restorer and consultant for the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and as an interior decorator in important public and private locations. After a long stay in London, she returned to Italy continuing her artistic-conceptual research focusing on the realities of contemporary society and esoteric mysteries. Since 2004, she has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions. Her works are found in public and private collections in Saint Petersburg, Cape Town, Miami, Doha and Milano.


Museum and Institutional Acquisitions

Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Castello di Masnago. Varese (IT)

Scalone Orientale. Palazzo Marliani Cicogna. Busto Arsizio (IT)

Civiche Raccolte d’Arte, Palazzo Marliani Cicogna. Busto Arsizio (IT)

Town Hall. Cape Town (ZA)

Consulate of Paraguay. Cape Town (ZA)


Cultural Heritage commissions

Palazzo Chigi. Presidenza Consiglio Ministri. Roma (IT) 

Ad Duas Lauros. Archeo Area Centocelle. Roma (IT)

Cappella Berniniana. Chiesa di sant’Agnese.  Roma (IT)

Cimitero Ebraico. Porta del Leone. Pisa (IT)

Museo Archeologico. Milano (IT)

Museo Archeologico . Castello Visconteo. Pavia (IT)

Holy Cross. Missionaries of St. Charles. Cape Town (ZA)


Printed publications and books

Aisthánomai. La bellezza attraverso i  sensi.Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea del Castello di Masnago. Casa Edizioni. Saronno (IT)

Cómo ser un Samurái.  Capitel – Universitad Humanitas. Quarterly Museum Magazine. mexico City (MX)

Dissacrarte. Antares. Bietti Edizioni. Milano (IT)

Out of me. Nomos Edizioni. Busto Arsizio (IT)

Otto racconti ai tempi della peste. De Piante Editore. Busto Arsizio (IT)

Ovvero nel centro. Casa Edizioni. Saronno (IT)

Silenzi comunicanti. Tra Verbo e Simbolo. Casa Edizioni. Saronno (IT)

Afrodite la percezione simbolica. Bi-annual Museum Magazine. Pietro Negri Editore. Vicenza (IT)

Amore e Psiche. Fondazione Art Museo Villa Ponti. Regione Piemonte (IT)

Picasso’900. Fondazione Art Museo Villa Ponti. Regione Piemonte (IT)

Made in Warhol. Fondazione Art Museo Villa Ponti. Regione Piemonte (IT)

Il console italiano. Film di Antonio Falduto. DVD and TV | Zebra Productions. Rai Cinema | Ministero Beni Culturali. Cape Town (ZA)


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