About

Historical-artistic Curriculum

• Bachelor’s Degree in Preservation and History of Art (2009 – 2012)                                               
• Master’s Degree in Preservation and Organization of Archival Material (2012 – 2014)
• IELTS Certification for the English Language Level B2 (2016)
• Certificate of Attendance, Creative Bridge, The Creatives Industries Accelerator (Edinburgh 2020)
• Certificate of Attendance upon Administration on the Cultural Heritage of Puglia (24-25 September 2010)
• Certificate of Attendance on Teaching and Promoting Art and Cultural Heritage (12 November 2010)
• Certificate of Attendance upon an Archaeological Dig of Roman Villa in Siena, Italy (2011)
• Certificate of Attendance upon Wooden Restoration “Ancient Laboratory” (26 March 2011)
• Certificate of Attendance upon Seminary upon Informatics of Archivistics SIAS-SIUSA (2013)

Comic-book Artist and Illustrator Curriculum

• Diploma in COMIC BOOK AND ILLUSTRATION (Italian School “GRAFITE”, 2014 – 2017)
• Certificate of Attendance: Workshop of DIGITAL PAINTING – FANTASY powered by Genius Academy (Italy, 2016)
• Certificate of Attendance: Workshop of DIGITAL PAITING – BASICS powered by ArtemistLab (Italy, 2016)
• Certificate of Attendance: Workshop “DESIGN IN COMIC BOOK – Character, Mecha, Enviroment” with Emiliano Mammucari, Sergio Bonelli Editor (2016)
• Certificate of Attendance: LIFE DRAWING AND TECHNIQUES with Dante Spada, artist of Sergio Bonelli Editor
• Certificate of Attendance: Workshop of 2D ANIMATION powered by Istitute Luigi Sturzo

Technical Skills

• Well-versed in History, Literature, History of Art, Music and Fashion
• Excellent knowledge of Photoshop and Paint-over Programs
• Extremely skilled in Digital Drawing and Painting
• Extremely skilled in Hand-drawing with  many techniques
• Languages known: Italian (C2, mother tongue) – English (B2)

Work Attitude

• Excellent Customer Service
• Team Working
• Easygoing and Responsible attitude
• Creative Problem Solving
• Meets deadlines in a timely manner
• Prone to learn new skills and keep up-to-date
• Enthusiastic and resilient
• Extensive experience in teaching art to kids and teenagers
• Follows procedures precisely
• Empathy and patience with pupils

Publishings

• ACCENT UK (2018-ongoing) : FAIRY CATCHER
  Comic-Book Artist (Steampunk Setting)
  Character Design, historical and literary researches, storyboards, designing the pages and panels, inking, colouring, attending Conventions and Comicons to advertise and promote my works.
• TIME BOMB COMICS (2018-ongoing) : MOLLY
  Comic-Book Artist
  Character Design, historical and literary researches, storyboards, designing the pages and panels, inking, colouring, attending Conventions and Comicons to advertise and promote my works.(Historical)
• VITAL PUBLISHING (2017-ongoing) : TALES OF THE DAMNED #003  – FRANKENJENNY #001
  Comic-Book Artist (Dark and kid-friendly Horror)
  Character Design, historical and literary researches, storyboards, designing the pages and panels, inking, colouring, attending Conventions and Comicons to advertise and promote my works.
• HAUNTED HISTORY BUS (2017) – Watch the trailer
  Illustrator
  Character Design, historical and literary researches, digital paintings (interior and exterior design of the bus)
• ARDEA EDIZIONI (Naples, 2013) TREASURE ISLAND – ROBIN HOOD
  Illustrator
  Character Design, Concept of the Environment, pencils, inking, literary researches, layout illustration-written text
• EDICOLOR (Torino, 2012)
  Illustrator
  Character Design, Concept of the Environment, pencils, inking, literary researches, layout illustration-written text

Work Experience

• Leonard Cheshire, Galloway-Dumfries / South of England, 2020-ongoing,
  Teacher of Comics Drawing
  Workshops to encourage young people with autism (one-off workshops and session of 10 weeks of lessons).
• One More Picture S.R.L, Bari (Italy), 2020, 
  Storyboard Artist
  Reading and comprehension of a cinamatographic script and of the shooting list, creation of the storyboard of the external scenes working with the Director, the DOP (Director of Photography) and the Producer, Sketching the set, References for the task were: Frank Miller (Sin City) and Enki Bilal, The title of the film is “L’uomo dal fiore in bocca”, Director Gabriele Lavia, adaptation of the tale of the historical italian novelist Luigi Pirandello.
• Michele De Maria, Rome (Italy), 2020,
  Storyboard Artist
  Commission for the creation of the storyboard for the play “Fat men in skirt” in order to partecipate to a contest. Translating the whole play into drafted shoots, selecting an act then translation into storyboard.
• Georgian House, Edinburgh, 2018-ongoing
  Tour Guide
  Customer care, Attention to the details, Guiding, Learning and loving new kind of heritage, supervising the heritage and promotion.
• Tesco Express, 30 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, 2018-2020
  Customer Assistant
  Customer Care, Team Working, Managing stress, Multitasking, Promoting, Attention to details.
• Sands Lothians, Edinburgh 2018
  Volunteer
  Customer care, cashier, display showcase preparation, events and promos management.
• Cat Protection, Edinburgh, 2018
  Volunteer
  Customer care, cashier, display showcase preparation, events and promos management.
• Barnets Shoes (a Gold Brothers Enterprise), Edinburgh, 2018
  Customer Assistant
  Promoting and Advertsing, Keyholder, Responsible for finances.
• Hamelin Book Store, Italy, 2014-2017
  Customer Assistant / Duty Manager
  Customer care, cashier, display showcase preparation, keyholder, opening/closing routines, events and promos management, managing and scheduling mail, appointments, documents, meetings, calls, choosing and ordering stock, personally introducing books in events.
• DABIMUS LTD, Italy, 2015-2016
  Archivist
  Preservation, organization, cataloguing collections, scanning ancient documents to build a digital library, professor assistant for interviewing.
• Castle of “Torrione Angioino”, Italy, 2014-2015
  Civil Service
  Customer care, tour guide, researching historical facts, memorizing anecdotes, describing places, providing directions, answering inquiries from tourist, scheduling and managing workshops and conventions, promoting events on social network (e.g. Facebook)
• Library of the Regional Art Gallery, Italy, 2014 -2015
  Librarian (internship)
  Customer care, cataloguing and organizing archival material, bibliographic researches.
• British Heart Foundation, Edinburgh, 2014
  Volunteer
  Customer care, cashier, display showcase preparation, organize the donations and sort them through the rotation (from the older one to the recent one), steam cleaning.
• Cancer Research, Edinburgh, 2014
  Volunteer
  Customer care, cashier, display showcase preparation, organize the donations and sort them through the rotation (from the older one to the recent one), steam cleaning.
• Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy, 2013
  Info Point at University