Place and Date of Birth: Turin (Italy), on May the15th in1974.

Education
Art School Attended:
Diploma in Graphic Design, taken at the Professional Institute “Albe Steiner” in Turin, in 1993.

Illustration Courses Attended:
- Mixed Techniques for Advanced – by Linda Wolfsgruber, in years 2002 e 2004
- Illustrate the non-sense for Advanced – by Linda Wolfsgruber, in 2003
- Water-colour painting for Advanced – by Jindra Capek, in 2003
Illustration Courses organized by the International Exhibition Foundation of Children’s Book Illustration of Sàrmede (Italy)

Teaching Illustration:
- Illustration Course for Beginners, in 2007 and
- Illustration Course for Advanced, in 2007 (organized by Cactustudio of Formia, Italy).
- Illustration Workshop, in 2008 (Organized by Artelier of Padova, Italy).
- Master in Editorial Illustration, in 2009 (organized by the Cultural Association Fabbrica delle Favole and by the Accademy of Fine Arts of Macerata, Italy)
- Illustration Course for Advanced, in 2009 (organized by Ars in Fabula, Macerata)

Other Activities:
Workshops with children and students in schools, libraries and bookshops, in Italy, France and in Spain.

Awards:
- Mejor Editados 2008, 2. Prize for Cuaderno de animalista (by OQO Editora), by the Ministry of Culture, Spain, in 2009.
- Best Picture Book of 2007 for Una bambina coraggiosa (by Bohem Press Italia) Leggere per (declared from the Association Galassia Gutenberg, Naples)
- Kinderbuch des Monats April 2006 for Anna fasst Mut! (byBohem Press), declared by Deutsche Akademie der Kinder- und Jugendbuchliteratur of Nottuln (Germany).
- Best Picture Book of 2006 for Babau cerca casa (by Orecchio Acerbo) , Leggere per (from the Association Galassia Gutenberg, Naples).
- First Prize in Section Illustration for Toni Mannaro jazz band in note di città (by Orecchio Acerbo), obtained in the Competition of Children’s Book Literature Il Gigante delle Langhe at Eco-museum of Cortemilia (Italy).
- Best Picture Book (ex-aequo) of the year 2006 for Toni Mannaro jazz band in note di città (by Orecchio Acerbo)
- Prix des Mediateurs Figures Futures, at Salon de Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse in Montreuil (France), 2004.
- First prize Premio Nazionale Fiaba Illustrata, Bordano (Italy), 2004.
- First prize Scarpetta d'Oro (Competition of Children’s Book Illustration organized by
the Association A.C.R.I.B. of Stra (Italy), 2004.
- First prize Bollicine d'Artista, Valdobbiadene (Italy), 2004.

Selections:
- XXII Prix des Incorruptibles, for Les arbres pleurent aussi (by Rouergue), and Au bout des rails (by Sarbacane), Paris (France) in 2010.
- Sélection Ricochet, for Histoires Naturelles (by Éditions Milan), Charleville-Mézières (France) in 2009.
- Livres au trésor, for Les arbres pleurent aussi (by Rouergue), Centre de Ressources sur le Livre de Jeunesse, Bobigny (France) in 2009.
- Une Année de Lecture – Sélection 2008-2009, for Les arbres pleurent aussi (by Rouergue), CRILJ – Centre Recherche et d’Information sur la Littérature de Jeunesse, Orleans (France) in 2009.
- 2nd CJ Picture Book Awards, for Cuaderno de animalista (by OQO Editora), CJ Picture Book Festival, Seoul (Korea) in 2009.
- XX Prix des Incorruptibles for Le voyage de la Femme Éléphant (Sàrbacane), Paris (France) in 2008.
- Prix Bernard Versele 2009 for Le voyage de la Femme Éléphant (by Sàrbacane) (France); Bruxelles (Belgium) 2008.
- Livres au trésor for Toni Mannaro Jazz Band dans “Ballade Nocturne” (by Rouergue); Bobigny (France), in 2007.
- The White Ravens 2008 for 1940-1045, Gioele fuga per tornare (by Fatatrac) by the Internationale Jugend-Bibliothek, Munich (Germany).
- The White Ravens 2007 for Una bambina coraggiosa (by Bohem Press Italia), by the Internationale Jugend-Bibliothek, Munich (Germany).
- Livres au trésor for La bruja rechinadientes (by OQO Editora); Bobigny (France), in 2007.
- Premios Visual de diseño de libros for Titiritesa (by OQO Editora); by Visual (Spain), in 2007.
- Premio Dìaz Pardo ao libro ilustrado Titiritesa (by OQO Editora), by Asociaciòn Galega de Editores, La Coruña (Spagna), 2007.
- Premio Città di Torino – crescere con i libri” for Una bambina coraggiosa (by Bohem Press Italia), by Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Torino, 2007.

Solo Exhibitions:
2010 - “L’albero di Anne” at Casa della Memoria e della Storia and at Biblioteca Europea, Rome (Italy).
2009 - "Ceci n'est pas un bestiaire” at Mediathèque Elsa Triolet, Pantin (France).
2009 - at CGAC – Museum of Contemporary Art, in Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
2008 – at Salon Littératures Européennes, in Cognac (France).

Group Exhibitions:
2009 - Best of Bologna: Edgiest Artists, at Northwestern University, Chicago (U.S.A.)
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 - Illustrators Exhibition, at the Bologna Book Fair
2008 - Exposition d’Illustrations de Livres Français, at the Neverland Picture Book Museum, in Seoul (South Korea).
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 - Le Immagini della Fantasia, by the International Exhibition Foundation of Children's Book Illustration, in Sàrmede (Italy).
2008 - O mar, at IX Salòn do libro infantile e xuvenil of Pontevedra (Spain)
2008 - L’illustration jeunesse italienne contemporaine, at Salon du Livre, Saint-Priest (France)
2008 - Illustrissimi, Riccione (Italy)
2008 - Illustrabilia ’08, Padova (Italy)
2007 – Illustrarte at the Biennale of Illustration of Barreiro (Portugal)
2007 - BIB (Biennale of Illustration) of Bratislava (Slovac Republic)
2007- Pagine a colori, Tarquinia (Italy)
2007 - Oderzoinquieta, Oderzo (Italy),
2007 - I colori del Sacro, at Museo Diocesano of Padova (Italy)
2006 - Stralunaria, Scandiano (Italy)
2006 - Antichi Incanti – gli illustratori italiani celebrano I fratelli Grimm, at the Docet of Bologna Book Fair