Stefania Puntaroli

An extremely sensitive and eclectic artist, dedicated to meditation and the out-doors, she lives between Florence and Castiglioncello, where her Studio-Casa in clay and straw is in operation. Puntaroli perpetually puts herself in play and experiments, moving From engraving to performance, the title of the mon-ographic thesis written about her in 2013 by Chiara Innocenti. Her encounter with engraving at the Academy was love at first sight: Stefania delved into this marvellous technique thanks to a scholarship from the International School Il Bisonte in Florence. Her acquaintance with the founder Maria Luigia Guaita, animated by a pure passion for the world of graphic art, was a great inspiration for her. With Edizioni Canopo in Prato, she printed artist's books for Christiane Löhr, Lucy Jochamowitz and Luisa Rabbia. Scholarships, symposia in painting, sculpture and interior decoration led her to stay in Germany, Croatia, England and Australia. Trips to Japan, Thailand, Laos, India and Cambodia led to numer-ous projects. She has worked at the Uffizi and San Marco Museums in Florence as a Museum Technical Assistant, which allowed her to deepen her knowledge of great masterpieces of art and meet the poet Rino Cavasino, with whom she...

2008: Masters I Level, Photography, Graphic design and advertising, Telematics Forcom University, Rome.
2007: Diploma of Arts degree in visual and performing arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.
2006: Masters I Level, Shape and History of Visual Arts, University Telematics G. Marconi, Rome.
1997: Postgraduate Diploma for engraving in black and white, at the International School of specialization for the Graphic Arts "The Bison" in Florence.
1995: Diploma in Painting, Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.
1991: Degree of Master of Arts, Art Institute "P. Petrocchi "of Pistoia.

2024
Precious miniatures, by Stefania Balestri, Archivio Storico Comunale, Palermo.
International Festival of Contemporary Engraving, 7th edition, foyEr, Trento.
Biennale del libro d'artista, by Xearte, Ex Palazzo delle Biade, Padua.
Biennial Leartipossibili, Woods and Vegetable Fibers, Stecca 3, Milan.
2023
Paratissima- Murato fuori non vi feci caso of Nice&Fair, Turin, Italy
"I am", Ex Church of San Rocco, Modigliana, Italy by Caffè Michelangiolo of Florence, Italy.
“Da Cajeta a Circe” by Laura VdB Facchini Pinacoteca Comunale of Gaeta Antonio Sapone, Italy.
2022
“Home/Lessico per la vita di coppia”, Gallery Sincresis, Empoli, Italy.
2021
‘’Artist on globe- Water source of life’’, Gallery of the Special Police from the Homeland War of the Republic of Croazia, Zagabria.
“2a Biennale Internazionale di Incisione e Scultura, Premio Celommi 2021” by Krizia Di Edoardo, Archivio di Stato, Teramo.
Open!Franchi+Associati, Pistoia, Italy
2017
Inside out, Here East, Hackney Wicked group show, London, United Kingdom.
Performance 'Geodi' and exhibition Factory Athena prize, Ippodromo del Visarno, Florence, Italy.
2015
Performance "Sindone frattale" with Gabriella Furlani, Vitamine a project by Laura Monaldi and Carlo Palli, Mart, Rover...