Place of birth – Dolomites, Bolzano, Italy
EDUCATION
1976 – 1978 Istituto d’Arte di Ortisei, Italy
1978 – 1982 Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Italy
1986 – 1988 Capel Manor Horticultural College (Ecology and Conservation)
EXHIBITIONS
INTERVALS The Tabernacle Gallery 2022
EARTH IS CALLING The Crypt Gallery 2019
ZERO CELSIUS Exhibition of Digital Prints Resource for London 2018
LIBERTEA CAFE London 2017
LAUDERDALE HOUSE London 2015
CHELSEA LIBRARY GALLERY London 2014
LAUDERDALE HOUSE London 2014
VOLUNTARY ACTION ISLINGTON London 2014
ZERO CELSIUS London Canal Museum 2013
WATERMARKS London Canal Museum 2013
UNITED HOUSE paper pulp installations London. 2012
L’ACQUA DIALOGA COI SASSI pulp works and installations VZ Gallery, London. 2011
UNITED HOUSE large-scale paper pulp works London. 2010
CITTA IDEALE Barbican Library Foyer, Barbican Centre, London. 2009
ECO D’INCONTRO paper pulp works Tavistock Centre, London. 2009
L’ANGELO DELL’INTERMEZZO
paper pulp and bookworks Chelsea Library Gallery. 2007
LA FAVELLA DI COLORE paper pulp works Tavistock Centre, London. 2005
ANCHE ANIME DEVONO EVOLVERE
installations, paper pulp works and artists books Diorama 1, London. 2004
SUONO VOCALICO
paper pulp works Broadway Theatre, Peterborough. 2004
INSTALLATION AND PULPWORKS Circolo Artistico e Culturale di Ortisei, Italy. 2002
‘Irma Irsara, Pur Amur de la Nature’
film broadcast by TV RAI 3 Ladina, Italy. 2001
PULPWORKS Gadz, The Coffee Bar, London. 2001
MAMMACORD II
paper pulp works Tavistock Centre & Mary Ward Centre, London. 2000
THE TRIANGLE exhibition of paper pulp works London. 1999
PAPER PULP WORKS Mary Ward Centre, London. 1999
TAVISTOCK CENTRE exhibition of etchings London. 1999
MAMMACORD
large-scale paper pulp works Tavistock Centre, London. 1998
La Dolce Restaurant exhibition of paper pulp works London. 1997
PAPERWORKS
prints and works made from paper pulp Tavistock Centre, London. 1997
WXD Café Gallery exhibition of prints on hand-made paper London. 1996
AUTOMATIC CROSS-STITCH (part 1 and 2) King’s Fund, London. 1996
AUTOMATIC CROSS-STITCH (part 1 and 2)
HIDDEN FEMININITY prints and installations Filef Centre, London. 1996
AUTOMATIC CROSS-STITCH
Slide performance with poetry performed by Frances Presley for conference ‘
Feminism and the Aesthetics of Difference’ University of London. 1995
STONEQUARRY
slide performance and exhibition with Islington Poetry Workshop. Islington, London 1994
GREEN FRUIT YELLOW BREEZE
prints and drawings Islington Central Library Gallery, London. 1992
FRA MITI E SEGNI prints and drawings Filef Centre, London. 1991
Arts Theatre Café exhibition of etchings London. 1990
Filef Centre exhibition of etchings and paintings London. 1990
LOOKING FOR CONNECTION
Lauderdale House Gallery, Highgate, London.1989
UNO SPAZIO installations Galleria del Circolo di Ortisei, Italy. 1983
MISURE DEL COLORE
glass and mirror installation Accademia di Belle Arti d’Urbino, Italy. 1981
QUADRATO ALCHIMISTA
installation Urbino 1982
CASA, FILO, FUOCO, GENTE
installation and performance Accademia di Belle Arti d’Urbino, Italy. 1980
SIRENA E METROPOLI
studio exhibition Accademia di Belle Arti d’Urbino, Italy. 1979
GROUP SHOWS
FORAGERS OF THE FORESHORE (TOTALLY THAMES)
The Bargehouse, London SE1 9PH 2019
ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF MICROSCOPY (QUEKEX)
Natural History Museum, London 2017, 2018, 2019
ARTISTS DRAWING A LINE UNDER TORTURE
Freedom from Torture charity auction, Bargehouse Gallery, London 2018
SUMMER MEMBERS SHOW London Print Studio 2016
ART AT THE BRIDGE #7 (SAF) Tower Bridge (Engine Rooms) 2016
ARTROOMS Melia White House Hotel, London 2016
ARTISTS DRAWING A LINE UNDER TORTURE
Freedom from Torture charity auction, Bargehouse Gallery, London 2015
LETTER IN MIND Oxo Gallery, London 2015
IN THE OPEN Murray Edwards College, Cambridge 2015
BYOB BRIGHTON Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Dome 2015
MUSEUMS AT NIGHT London Canal Museum, Islington. 2014
NEL CERCHIO DELL’ARTE Centro Trevi, Bolzano , Italy 2013/14
ART BELOW billboard poster, St Pauls Underground Station, London. 2013
CARP ‘Rubbish Art’ Regent’s Canal Festival
Mile End Park (Art Pavilion), London. 2012
MUSEUMS AT NIGHT London Canal Museum, Islington. 2012
SAF SUMMER ART FAIR Southwark Arts ForumHay’s Galleria, Jubilee Walk, London. 2011
ISLINGTON EXHIBITS London 2011
MUSEUMS AT NIGHT London Canal Museum, Islington. 2011
20/21 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
Royal College of Art, London (Print Europe stand). 2011
ISLINGTON EXHIBITS London. 2010
THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR London (Print Europe stand). 2010
BATTERSEA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR London..2010
GRAND MARCHÉ D’ART CONTEMPORAIN La Bastille, Paris. 2010
ART LIBERATING LIVES 2009 Mall Galleries, London. 2009
GRAND MARCHÉ D’ART CONTEMPORAIN La Bastille, Paris. 2009
THE CONTINUOUS PICNIC
(plant-pulp workshop atLondon Festival of Architecture). 2008
ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR Phoenix Arts, Brighton, 2008
BATTERSEA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR. 2008
BREAKING THE MOULD
IAPMA international paper touring exhibition. 2007/08
LAB’07 london Artists Book Fair, ICA, London. 2007
THE GREAT ART FAIR Alexandra Palace, London. 2006
LAB’05 London Artists Book fair, ICA, London. 2000
1/2 STUDIO PLUS GALLERY London. 1999
25 YEARS OF ETCHING AT THE ACCADEMIA
Accademia d’Urbino, Italy. 1998
WRITINGS ON THE WALL
exhibition of women artists Islington Museum, London. 1997
CHRISTMAS CRACKER Islington Museum, London. 1996 & 1997
SUMMER SHOW Northbank Gallery, London. 1996
SEE THE PRINTS
Printmakers Council, National Theatre Foyer Gallery. 1992
CROSS SECTION
Printmakers Council, Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton. 1992
PRESENT PRINTS Printmakers Council, Battersea Library. 1991
7TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS OPEN Café Gallery, Southwark, London. 1991
LONDON WOMEN’S ITALIAN EXCHANGE
Art auction, Accademia Italiana, London. 1990
15 YEARS OF ETCHING AT THE ACCADEMIA
Accademia di Belle Arti d’Urbino, Italy. 1987
BIBLIOTECA DI BRUNICO Italy. 1983
PALAZZO DUCALE Exhibition of Anti-war Movement Urbino, Italy. 1982
GRUPPO ARTISTICO LADINO annual exhibition of paintings. 1978-1982
GALLERIA DEL CIRCOLO DI ORTISEI Italy. 1978
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Charles Russell Speechlys
British Library, Modern British Collections
Biblioteca di Brunico, Bolzano, Italy
Italy Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Italy
Italy Landhouse (Architectural Department), Bolzano, Italy
Nippon Oil UK
Tavistock Clinic, London
Studio Maisto, London
Istitut Ladin, Italy
B M A
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo LLP
ILLUSTRATIONS
1982 Moltina (monoprints) Institut Ladin
1994 Stonequarry Islington Poetry Workshop
1995 Stonequarry II Islington Poetry Workshop
2000 Automatic Cross Stitch, Frances Presley The Other Press
2001 Papermaking Techniques Book, John Plowman Quarto
2002 Tras – Revista de Leterature y Art VIII/2001
2014 Halse for Hazel, Frances Presley, Shearsman Books
1983 Teacher of Art Education , Scuola Media, Brunico, Italy
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