A more extensive biography for the press communication of Éditions Steinkis · 2016

I started drawing as a child inspired by Japanese cartoons. Even if I was the first in my family, I had no doubts that I wanted to draw and I decided to attend an Art School and then the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venezia, graduating in Painting and Engraving.

After that I received scholarship from Fabrica — the acclaimed communication research Centre founded by Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani  in Treviso — and started experimenting with different languages, including comics, illustration, animation and graphic design.

In collaboration with Fabrica I created Variazioni, a highly experimental web comic, and I was so privileged as to present it at the 2004 edition of the Angoulême Festival, where it was much appreciated.

When the scholarship ended, I worked as a graphic designer for some years, but eventually went back to my first love: drawing stories.

I wrote and drew some short stories for ANIMAls, a magazine founded by Laura Scarpa and published by Coniglio Editore and was noticed and eventually selected by Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza and Napoli Comicon for the 2010 edition of Futuro Anteriore, a review dedicated to emerging Italian comic artists.

It was in this happy moment of my career that I received a phone call by Becco Giallo Editore. They invited me to join a project on the biography of Anna Politkovskaja, which was born from an idea by the writer Francesco Matteuzzi.

I must admit that accepting this job was a great challenge as I knew the incredible story of Anna Politkovskaja only superficially. Being an author of intimate and “local” stories, it was difficult for me to deal with so distant, vast and complex themes, but in the end it turned out be a decisive step for my professional growth.

The book was published in Italy in November 2010 and in the Spring of 2011 it was shortlisted as best comic for the Attilio Micheluzzi Prize at Napoli Comicon.

The book was an occasion for Francesco and I to tour most of Italy and meet people in schools and at festivals. I particularly enjoyed being a guest at Perugia’s Festival of Journalism, where we talked about communication languages and human rights together with brave journalists who shared their experiences at a table organized by Amnesty International.

Mini intervista per la Scuola Internazionale di Comics – Padova · 2021

Quali sono gli autori importanti per la tua formazione? A chi ti ispiri?

L’imprinting è stato con i cartoni animati: l’Uomo Ragno della serie TV degli anni Ottanta, e gli anime giapponesi. Da bambina disegnavo perché volevo riprodurre quei personaggi e soprattutto il loro movimento. Mi è rimasto molto di quella prima ispirazione: è da lì che arriva il dinamismo nel segno e nel carattere delle mie immagini, insieme alla voglia di raccontare storie.

Dopo sono arrivati i fumetti: Hugo Pratt, Grazia Nidasio.

E poi i pittori, che sarebbero troppi da citare: da Giovanni Bellini che mi commuove sempre, al misterioso Giorgione, ai giapponesi Hokusai e Hiroshige maestri della grafica e della leggerezza, a Picasso, che amo particolarmente nei suoi disegni e incisioni.

Posso aggiungere ancora qualcuno? L’inesauribile Arthur Rackham, e due artisti che hanno in comune l’essere sia scrittori che illustratori: William Blake e Dino Buzzati.