From the time I was a kid I have been passionate about traditional fiber art techniques. When I moved to the United States in the early ’90s, I learned quilting and hand spinning.
Since 2010 I became particularly interested on how artistic intervention can be an opportunity for community engagement and I started designing and coordinating Graffiti Knitting and Community Weaving projects. Around the same time I choose wet felting as my main medium. In my felt I aim for texture and interesting surfaces while keeping the work decoratively uncluttered. Patterns and shapes are achieved through the felting process more than from following a predetermined design.
From 2012 to 2015 I worked and showed at Studio15 of the Arts Walk in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington DC. In the spring of 2016 I joined Potomac Fiber Arts Guild and Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. From 2017 to 2020 I have been part of the Glen Echo Park Partnership for the Arts’ teaching body, with classes in knitting, felting, and fiber arts related camps for kids. I am now maintaining a fiber art studio in my home in Borgo dei Fieschi, Italy.
Shows and events
2018
– Art Hop. Takoma Park, MD
2017
– Artful Attire. Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park Partnership for the Arts
– Art Hop. Takoma Park, MD
– Creative Craft Council, 31st biennial Exhibition. Strathmore Visual Arts Center
– 47th Labor Day Art Show. GEPPA
– Organic Growth, Megan Bush & Annalisa Leonessa. Stone Tower Gallery
2016
– 202 Art Festival at Canal Park, Yarn Bombing The Canal, Washington D.C.
– The Art of the Scarf. Live an Artful Life Gallery, The Plains VA
– Art Hop. Takoma Park MD
– Fiber National. Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
2015
– Yarn Bombing project for the facade of Scrap DC
2014
– Yarn Bombing The Bridge, project for Monroe St. Bridge in Washington D.C.
– Why Takoma, collaborative public art project. Old Town Takoma Park Recycling Art Project
2013
– Fairy Ring, collaborative public art project. Old Town Takoma Park Recycling Art Project
2012
– Immigrants Forest, collaborative public art projects. Old Town Takoma Park Recycling Art Project
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