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Cenușăreasa, Popoluška, Popelka

15/02/2026 cinderella-popelka Cenușăreasa, Popoluška, Popelka

New editions of Cinderella pop-up

I am excited to announce the arrival of new editions of the Cinderella pop-up book, bringing my illustrations to readers across Europe!! I worked on this book for the British publisher North Parade Publishing, on the text written by Leanne Felton and project by Laura Garnerburt.
The ....

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Shackleton's first voyage

12/12/2025 storytime-shackleton Shackleton's first voyage

Illustrations for the magazine Storytime

I’m happy to share my latest published work: a series of illustrations created for the Christmas issue of Storytime, a British magazine filled with children's classic and new stories.
I worked on a story about Si ....

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Paper sea creatures

20/11/2025 origami-sea Paper sea creatures

A new piece for the Easy Origami collection

Say hello to the newest piece of the Easy Origami series: Under the sea! It adds to the other pieces that I illustrated for this collection by Ludattica: Pets, Monsters, Butterflies, Boats, Aeroplanes, Windmills, Unicorns and Rockets.
The games are designed to develop concentrat ....

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Cinderella’s Magic Speaks

22/09/2025 cinderella-sound Cinderella’s Magic Speaks

The sound pop-up has just arrived from the UK

Today was a special day: I just received from the UK publisher, North Parade Publishing, the first copies of the Cinderella pop-up book I worked on, and this edition comes with an extra surprise… sound effects!
The book includes 6 sound buttons to press and play the noises and music that ....

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Build Your Own Pop-up is out

22/04/2025 popup-game Build Your Own Pop-up is out

A new series of games for Ludattica

Another exciting release is here: Build Your Own Pop-up. The new series of creative games by Ludattica is now available and I had the pleasure of illustrating the whole lin ....

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The pop-up Cinderella book is out now

21/01/2025 cenerentola-fabbri The pop-up Cinderella book is out now

My drawings come to life in a three-dimensional fairy tale

My pop-up Cinderella book is finally here, and the first edition is in Italian! It’s published by Fabbri Editori, and seeing my drawings transform into three-dimensional elements ....

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A new personalised artwork

20/06/2024 nascita-margherita A new personalised artwork

Welcome baby Margherita

I recently completed a very special illustration: a personalized painting created as a gift to celebrate the birth of a little girl. Her parents are passionate about the mountains, so I chose to make that the main setting of the artwork. The mountains are dear to me as well, and I filled the ima ....

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A new start on Cara

05/06/2024 cara-social A new start on Cara

My (our) new home for illustrations?

I have decided to try a new social media platform for my illustrations called Cara .
This platform is designed for artists, and I was immediately struck by their commitment to authenticity and r ....

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"10 dinosaurs" project is ready!

30/05/2024 unpublished-dinosaurs "10 dinosaurs" project is ready!

The illustrated book project is looking for a publisher

I am excited to announce that my new illustrated children's book project, "10 Dinosaurs," is now complete and seeking publishers. The project is in collaboration with Martina Navacchia (author) and ....

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"Two dragon eggs" is ready!

30/05/2024 unpublished-dragons "Two dragon eggs" is ready!

The illustrated book project is looking for a publisher

The illustrated children's book project "Two dragon eggs" is now complete and seeking publishers! Created in collaboration with writer Martina Navacchia and agent Mariapaola ....

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An illustrated book for North Parade Publishing

01/03/2024 cinderella-project An illustrated book for North Parade Publishing

Working on the Cinderella pop-up book

Recently I've started working on an exciting new project: a pop-up illustrated book of Cinderella, to be published by an English publisher: North Parade Publishing.
This thrilling challenge requires ....

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A new digital journey is about to begin

20/01/2024 digital-painting A new digital journey is about to begin

Getting ready for my upcoming pop-up book

I’m about to embark on an exciting new project: a fully digitally illustrated book. To prepare, I’ve been working on a series of small digital illustrations, refining my style to capture the unique texture and touch of my gouache paintings in digital form. While I’ve often used digital t ....

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New Illustrated Children's Book Project

06/09/2023 dragons-project New Illustrated Children's Book Project

Two dragons that can exchange their colour

I am thrilled to announce a new illustrated children's book project: "Two dragon eggs". It is created once again in collaboration with writer Martina Navacchia and agent ....

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Treebirynth, a new personal project

04/06/2023 albirinto-gioco Treebirynth, a new personal project

An exciting board game set on a tree

I'm excited to introduce my latest personal project: "Treebirynth," a captivating board game designed for young explorers and families. This game offers an exciting adventure set in the heart of a lush forest, where animals compete to conquer the tree and find hidden food among the branches. < ....

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New game release

04/12/2022 dragon-game New game release

"Dragon" for Ludattica

I'm excited to announce the release of my latest illustration project for Ludattica: an exhilarating game called "Dragon". This game promises to be a thrilling and dyna ....

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New Illustrated Children's Book Project

29/11/2022 dinosaurs-project New Illustrated Children's Book Project

Dinosaur Adventures at the Beach!

I am thrilled to announce that I am working on a new illustrated children's book project: "10 dinosaurs"! This time, I'm collaborating with the talented writer Martina Navacchia and the fantastic agent ....

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Exhibition at Sossi Award 2022

02/11/2022 mostra-lucca2022 Exhibition at Sossi Award 2022

An Unforgettable Experience at Lucca Comics and Games

I've just returned from Lucca Comics & Games, an event I've been attending for years because I love comics, board games, and spending the day with my usual group of friends. This year was even more special: in the Lucca Junior pavilion, one of my illustrations was on display. Seeing it exhibit ....

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An interrupted journey

10/09/2022 puzzle-space An interrupted journey

Story of my space puzzle

Recently, I worked on another wooden puzzle for Ludattica's Woody Puzzle series, this time with a space theme. The puzzle featured astronauts, aliens, robots, alien planets, rockets, spaceships, satellites, stars, and meteorites - essentially, everything related to space.
It wa ....

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A dinosaur wooden puzzle

03/05/2022 puzzle-dinosaurs A dinosaur wooden puzzle

Dinosaurs Woody Puzzle for Ludattica is out

Introducing my latest illustration project: a Ludattica's wooden puzzle from the Woody Puzzle series, featuring an intriguing dinosaur theme.

This Tyrannosaurus ....

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Selected illustration at Livio Sossi Award

25/02/2022 lucca-2022 Selected illustration at Livio Sossi Award

The exhibition at Lucca Comics and Games 2022 is showing my work

Happy news from Lucca Junior - "Livio Sossi" editorial illustration award: one of my illustrations was selected for the exhibition. I'm really proud!
The award is organised by Lucca Crea and Lucca Co ....

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Uniconrs, Dinosaurs and Jumping Origami

20/12/2021 jumping-origami Uniconrs, Dinosaurs and Jumping Origami

More illustrated paper games

My collection of origami games keeps growing. Three new titles are coming out: Easy Origami Unicorns, ....

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My illustrations now available on Icons8

07/07/2021 icons8-jungle My illustrations now available on Icons8

A new project featuring illustrations for web applications

I'm really happy to share this new project I've been working on during the last few months. I've been collaborating with Icons8.com to develop a bundle of illustrations for their platform, Ouch!. Ouch is an illustration library that include ....

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Illustrating paper rockets

20/05/2021 origami-rockets Illustrating paper rockets

A new piece for the Easy Origami collection

Say hello to the newest piece of the Easy Origami series: Rockets! It adds to the other pieces that I illustrated for this collection by Ludattica: Pets, Monsters, Butterflies, Boats, Aer ....

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New children's books out today

09/05/2021 spasso-nonni New children's books out today

A collection of game books illustrated for Ludattica

Two books annoucements in a week, isn't that crazy?! And here is not one, but FOUR books! The title of the series is "A spasso con..." (i.e. "Going for a walk with...") and the books tell the stories of grandchildren going on an adventure with their grandparents: Granpa Badger, Grandma Squirrel, ....

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My debut picture book is out today!

06/05/2021 gribaudo-ciuccio My debut picture book is out today!

Published by Edizioni Gribaudo, written by Anna Sarfatti, illustrated by me

Today is a big big day: my debut picturebook is out! "Che fine ha fatto il mio ciuccio?" (something like "What became of my dummy?) is published by Edizioni Gribaudo - Feltrinelli Group and it is being released today in Italy. It's surreal (and exciting) to think that in the next days I might act ....

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15/11/2020 gribaudo

Working on a children's book for Edizioni Gribaudo

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce my new picture book "Che fine ha fatto il mio ciuccio?" (i. e. "What became of my dummy?) written by Anna Sarfatti and to be published by Gribaudo Edizioni - Feltrinelli Group. The book tells the adventures of a girl, Mia, and her favourite dummy. Mia's teeth ....

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I'm illustrating my fist picturebooks

29/10/2020 primilibri I'm illustrating my fist picturebooks

A new collaboration with Educational Group for a children's books series

It's time to announce a thrilling piece of news: I'm illustrating a four-picturebook series launching in Spring 2021. It is being published by Educational group and I couldn't be happier! The books tell about the adventures of grandchildren with their resourceful grandparents. There will be also ....

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Origami Puppet Show

11/09/2020 ludattica-puppetshow Origami Puppet Show

Explore my origami thatre and puppets for Ludattica Welcome! It's showtime! Before we start the puppet show, let's go behind the scenes and explore the cardboard little theater and meet the fun origami characters. ....

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Looking for publishers!

02/07/2020 unpublished-penguins Looking for publishers!

Illustrated book's project "The great penguin war" completed

The illustrated children's book project "The Great Penguin War" is now complete and seeking publishers!
Created in collaboration with writer Matilde Tacchini and agent ....

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Annual 2020 presentation is cancelled

20/03/2020 ANNUAL2020_BOLOGNA Annual 2020 presentation is cancelled

Also Bologna Children's Book Fair is affected by the pandemic

It's tough times. Here in Italy we are in lockdown due to the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic since a while. The situation is bad. As for me, I am at home and I am fine.
In these days I was supposed to go to Bologna Children's Book Fair for my first time and to attend the p ....

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Creative Stickers, playful greetings cards

20/02/2020 LUDATTICA_STICKERS Creative Stickers, playful greetings cards

The last children's games illustrated for Ludattica

Recently I've been working on a new project for Ludattica, a children's game brand by Lisciani Group with whom I collaborate since a couple of years. The new series of games is called Creative Stickers and ....

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New games for the Easy Origamy series

31/01/2020 LUDATTICA_ORIGAMI2 New games for the Easy Origamy series

My collection of Ludattica children's games is enriched with two pieces

After pets, monsters, butterflies and boats, the Easy Origami collection by Ludattica enriches with two new origami folding games: aeroplanes and ....

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Selected for the publication in Annual 2020

ANNUAL2020 Selected for the publication in Annual 2020

Featured illustration in the collction by Associazione Autori di Immagine

Kaspar stikes again! After being awarded at Lucca Junior, my illustration "Fino in fondo" was selected for the publication in ....

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A Illustrated Children's Book Project

20/01/2020 penguins-project A Illustrated Children's Book Project

The great penguin war

An exciting illustrated children's book project, "The Great Penguin War," has just begun, in collaboration with writer Matilde Tacchini and agent Davide Calì o ....

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Exhibition at Lucca Comics and Games

31/10/2019 LUCCAJUNIOR_MOSTRA Exhibition at Lucca Comics and Games

Vernissage and award ceremony at "Livio Sossi" Award

Today it's been a big day. After spending the morning wandering between cosplayers, illustrated books, Pokemons and comics, I got to the Lucca Junior pavilion. The exhibition of ....

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Ludattica, a child-sized mosaic

25/10/2020 LUDATTICA_MOSAICO Ludattica, a child-sized mosaic

Mermaids and underwater landscapes for my last Lisciani's game

Illustrating children's games is inventive and challenging. My last work for Lisciani Group involved the design of mosaics, planning the position of each tile on the illustrated surface. ....

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Awarded illustration at Lucca Junior

01/10/2019 LUCCAJUNIOR Awarded illustration at Lucca Junior

Good news from the "Livio Sossi" editorial illustration award

I've always been a big fan of Lucca Comics & Games, so I'm super happy that one of my illustrations is being awarded there. It will receive a special prize for "best use of the tra ....

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Easy Origamy, new games for Ludattica

03/05/2019 LUDATTICA_ORIGAMI Easy Origamy, new games for Ludattica

My last work on illustrated children's games

More illustrated games are coming to life: my work in publishing is full of satisfaction. The collaboration with Lisciani Group goes on and I've illustrated a series of new creative games for their b ....

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Four illustrated games for Lisciani out soon!

12/02/2019 LUDATTICA_MEMO Four illustrated games for Lisciani out soon!

My work on Sweet and Play Memos by Ludattica

As anticipated some months ago, I've started working on the illustration of children's games with Lisciani Group. It's been a really challenging and satisfactory work. Finally, the resulting products will ....

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An illustrated book for Scarpetta d'Oro

24/11/2018 SCARPETTADORO2017_STORIA An illustrated book for Scarpetta d'Oro

The story inspired by the awarded illustration

I've been working on this picturebook during the last summer and I finally can show it! The title is "Un paio a ciscuno" (i. e. A pair of shoes to each one) and the text was written by the class IV of "Italia K2" primary school from Fiesso d'Artico (Venice - Italy).
....

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Drawing children games

21/09/2018 LISCIANI Drawing children games

A new collaboration with Lisciani

This one is going to be a very special Autumn: I'm working with Lisciani Group to illustrate my very first games for children!
I'm very happy about this collaboration. This field i ....

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Notte di fiaba 2018: inauguration

14/07/2018 NOTTEDIFIABA_MOSTRA Notte di fiaba 2018: inauguration

A new exhibition in Riva del Garda

The inauguration of the exhibition of Notte di Fiaba Illustration Competition is happening today at ....

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That's a Mole!: the award Ceremony

23/06/2018 THATSAMOLE_2018_MOSTRA That's a Mole!: the award Ceremony

Exhibition beneath the Mole Antonelliana in Turin

I'm so happy, today I've attended the inauguration of That's a Mole! Exhibition and it's been gorgeous!
The location is, of course, amazing: t ....

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Special award at That's a Mole!

06/06/2018 THATSAMOLE_2018 Special award at That's a Mole!

Winner illustration of the prize "Fermi tutti" by INFN

I'm absolutely happy to announce that my illustration is awarded at the 5th edition of That's a Mole! contest with the Special Prize "Fermi tutti"! The special award was assigned by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Fermi satellite. ....

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Exhibition inaugurated at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa

20/04/2018 FEDRIANI2018_MOSTRA Exhibition inaugurated at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa

"The dive" in on show for Fedriani Award till 6th may

Genoa lays a stone's throw from home so I couldn't miss the opportunity to attend the inauguration of the exhibition of Sergi ....

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Fedriani Award: illustrations on display!

28/03/2018 FEDRIANI2018 Fedriani Award: illustrations on display!

The selected illustrations are being on show at Doge's Palace, Genoa

Save the date: 20th April at 18.00, the "Fedriani Award" exhibition is being opened at Doge's Palace in Genoa and my illustrations will be there!
I'm particularly hap ....

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Notte di fiaba 2018: a new exhibition

12/02/2018 NOTTEDIFIABA Notte di fiaba 2018: a new exhibition

My little mermaid is selected at the illustration competition

I'm really happy to announce that my illustration is selected at the Fifth International Illustration Competition "Notte di Fiaba"!
I've just spent the morning p ....

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"A considerate guardian" exhibited at Genoa Gallery

16/09/2017 GENOAGALLERY "A considerate guardian" exhibited at Genoa Gallery

A new exhibition for the griffin winner of "Disegno Genova" contest

I'm glad to announce that my illustration "A considerate guardian" is back on show! You will find it till next January in a prestigious location: the Genoa Museum at Porto Antico, right in the heart of Geno ....

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Exhibition at Celle Ligure!

03/06/2017 CELLELIGURE_MOSTRA Exhibition at Celle Ligure!

My illustration at Disegni e Libri al Sole Festival

Finally the day to go and give a look to my illustration exhibited in Celle Ligure has arrived and today we spent the whole day at ....

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Disegni al Sole 2017

23/05/2017 DISEGNIALSOLE2017 Disegni al Sole 2017

My illustration is selected, be ready for the exhibition!

Save the date June 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Get ready to catch a train to Celle Ligure (SV) where my illustration will be exhibited @ ....

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Winner @ SMACK! Genoa Comics Exhibition

13/05/2017 SMACK Winner @ SMACK! Genoa Comics Exhibition

My griffin is the winner of the illustration contest "Disegno Genova 3"

Hooray! I don't know if I can make myself clear but I'm so happy: my illustration is the winner!!! The contest, Disegno Genova 3, was organised by UNO with EurHope, it involved an excep ....

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Illustrations in motion

09/01/2017 PIKLER Illustrations in motion

My illustration is leaving towards a contest

At the very last second (as usual), I managed to pack up and send my illustrations to the contest “Illustrazioni in Movimento” organized by Emmi's Care and EDUFROG APS. Thanks to this ....

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A cover for EX Cover Award

04/11/2016 EXCOVER2016 A cover for EX Cover Award

My idea for Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss

I love reading and science fiction is one of my favourite genre, so it's been funny finding a cover to re-create for the Concorso EX cover 2016 . The contest is organised by Spazio MIL-Sesto San Gi ....

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Illustrations for the calendar of Città del Sole

28/04/2016 CALENDARIO Illustrations for the calendar of Città del Sole

My proposal for Illustratore dell'Anno Award

I'm sure that there will be a lot of competition, but I throw myself into the contest Illustratore dell'Anno - Calendario Città del Sole. Partecipating implies designing a children calendar, proposing a finished illus ....

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The silhouette of the Mole Antonelliana

15/03/2016 THATSAMOLE The silhouette of the Mole Antonelliana

An escaping horse for the That's a Mole contest

Time to get on the track of a new illustration contest: this one! The That's a Mole contest suggests to re-elaborate the silhouette of the Mole Antonellina, the major landmark building in T ....

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An illustrated serenade

25/10/2015 NICUZZA An illustrated serenade

Two illustrations for the contest Nicuzza, La Magia dell'Amore

It's been running a rather hard year, however I finally managed to grab my brushes and draw an illustration for a contest, "Nicuzza, la magia dell'amore". My work didn't start t ....

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Scarpetta d’Oro 2013: the illustrated album

13/12/2014 SCARPETTADORO2014 Scarpetta d’Oro 2013: the illustrated album

My illustrations for the awarded tale

I' really moved I finally can leaf through my first picturebook! This lovely booklet publication comes from the 18° Internation Children Illustration Award Scarpetta d'Oro, that I wan. It called for a fol ....

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Ronzinante Exhibition 2014

06/11/2014 RONZINANTE2014_1 Ronzinante Exhibition 2014

A new exhibion in Sassuolo including two my illustrations!

Ready to gather the children votes! Two my illustrations were selected at the Ronzinante contest and a new exhibition is being organised in Sassuolo, at the Chidren Library Leontine from 7th to 15th November. You can find more info ....

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Scarpetta d’Oro 2013

17/10/2013 SCARPETTADORO2013 Scarpetta d’Oro 2013

Winner! See you in Vigonza

Hooray! My illustration wan the first prize! Its title is "E se le scambiassi? (i. e. What if I exchange mine for these ones?) and it is being exhibited at Castello dei da Peraga – Villa Bettarini a Peraga di Vigonza (PD, Italy) from 19th October to 10th November as the winner of the as the ....

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Exhibition at Albissola Comics

09/04/2014 ALBISSOLA2014 Exhibition at Albissola Comics

My illustration is selected at Un Mare di Matite Contest

I'm really happy I could illustrate a song by Fabrizio De André and, even better, I'm super happy that my illustration featuring "La guerra di Piero" (i. e. Piero's war) was selected and will be exhibited at Albissola comics on 10th and 11th April. Here you find the ....

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Exhibition at Pisa Book Festival

23/10/2011 TALENTNEXT2011 Exhibition at Pisa Book Festival

My illustration is selected at Talent Next Award

I got a train ticket bound to Pisa C.le and I'm leaving to go to the exhibition at Pisa Book Festival where my little Marianne is shown. Talent Next 2011 Award proposed the theme "Vive la France (i. e. Long live France) a ....

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Exhibiotn at Celle Ligure

01/07/2011 DISEGNIALSOLE2011 Exhibiotn at Celle Ligure

My illustration is selected at "Disegni al Sole" Award

My illustration is selected and will be exhibited: hooray! I hesitated a lot to try my first children illustration contest and this amazing result is really unexpected. The exhibition is even close to home, in Celle Ligure (SV, Italy), and so I'll be able to live watch it. My drawing is being ....

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