About me

Highly motivated individual with experience in publishing and the contemporary art industry. Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills with the ability to work well under pressure.

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Work history

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Managing EditorJuxta Press
Feb 2019Milan, ItalyFull Time
Supervising the ideation and publication of books (fiction and nonfiction), artists books and editions. Content checking, editing and organising for uniformity and consistency. Overseeing production budgets and schedules, establishing deadlines, communicating with editors, proofreaders, designers and printers. Identifying trends in subject areas to channel into new projects. In-depth research on both individual works of art as well as specific artists for market purposes and publications. Cultivating and maintaining relationships with artists, authors, institutions, art galleries and art collectors. Managing events programme, attend art book fairs and exhibitions, communicating with social media manager and PR. Organising press events, including private views, artist talks and book presentations (both online and offline). Establishing and maintaining the company’s archives and databases. Managing and developing sales and distribution, with a focus on expansion in the UK and Europe. Overseeing financial operations, including invoicing and managing all incomings and outgoings. www.juxtapress.it
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Editorial and Research AssistantFreelance
Jan 2017ItalyFreelance
Editorial and research work including copy editing, proofreading, fact-checking and background research in academic and professional frames.

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Skills

• Adobe Indesign
• Editing
• Adobe Lightroom

Education

Masters in Visual Arts
Oct 2014 - Jul 2016Venice, Italy
Main fields of interest: - Theory and Criticism of Contemporary Art - Semiotics and Image Theory - Aesthetics and Theory of Perception - History of Photography Final dissertation in Semiotics and Image Theory, supervisor Angela Mengoni: Opacity. Strategies of opacity inside Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency The dissertation has been selected for the Best Dissertation Prize 2016 of the Iuav University. Workshops - Exhibition Display Workshop: Professor Cornelia Lauf, assistants Roberto Fassone and Serena Vestrucci - They Come to Us without a Word: with Joan Jonas, assistants Anna Daneri and Elena Mazzi. - The Paradox of Acting: with Christodoulos Panayiotou, assistant Michelangelo Miccolis - The School of Kapital: organized by the Tomorrow with John Akomfrah, Ali Kazma, Maurizio Lazzarato, Angela Melitopoulos, and Jacques Rancière. - An Aesthetics of Existence: workshop with Rene Gabri and Ayreen Anastas
Bachelor of Philosophy
Oct 2011 - Oct 2014Bologna, Italy
Main fields of interest: - Aesthetics - History of Philosophy - History of Ancient Philosophy - Theoretical Philosophy Final dissertation in Aesthetics, supervisor Lucio Vetri: In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni, Debord and Adorno on the future of art.