BORN
in Lugano (Switzerland) in 1969.

LIVES AND WORKS
in New York and Lugano.

EDUCATION
1989 window dressing and graphic arts diploma at CSIA, Lugano (Switzerland)
1991 stage design diploma at Ecole du décor de theatre, Geneva (Switzerland)
1993 Summer academy with Nancy Spero, Salzburg (Austria)
1994 Summer academy with Dick Higgins, Salzburg
1996 visual art diploma at ESAV, Geneva

awards
2006
Premio internazionale di Videoarte, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

2005
Swiss Awards 05, Messe Halle, Basel. Switzerland. (cat.)

2003
Che c'è di nuovo? La scena artistica contemporanea in Ticino, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano. Switzerland. (cat.).
Swiss Awards 03, Messe Halle, Basel. Switzerland. (cat.).

2000
Swiss Awards show, Fri-Art Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg. Switzerland. (cat.).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
O.T Raum fuer Aktuelle Kunst, Luzern. Switzerland.
Piles Piles and traps, Laurin Gallery, Zuerich. Switzerland.

2005
Wrecks, Momenta Art, Brooklyn NY, U.S.A
 Workshop, École des Beaux-Arts, Sierre, Switzerland.

2004
The Stranded Boat, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland (cat.).
Mutter Courage, Oredaria articontemporanee, Rome, Italy.
The House in the Woods, Laurin, Zurich, Switzerland.
Happy #2 (performance), Planet22, Geneva, Switzerland.

2003
Casual Friday, MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (cat.).

2002
Crossing, Kunsthaus PasquArt, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
École des Beaux-Arts, Sierre, Switzerland.
Sport Stücke, Alessandro De March, Legnano-Milan, Italy.
Science et Cité (conference), Expo '02, Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland.

2001
CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
More, More, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.

2000
Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland (cat.).
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.

1998
Centre de Rencontres, Ferney-Voltaire, France.

1996
Fido, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.).

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
S.I Benefit  Auction, Swiss institute contemporary art, New York. U.S.A
Points d’impact, performance festival, Geneva. Switzerland. [DVD]
EEEEE, invitation a Radio, www.surinternet.org, Paris. France [cat.]

2005
Fuera de la orbita, Planet22. Valparaiso, Chile.
Benefit, Momenta Art, New York. U.S
Something is Somewhere, Monya Rowe gallery, New York. U.S
Swiss folks, galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva. Switzerland
A Swiss Video Selection, ARTeast Foundation, fortress Gallery, Tirgu Mures. Romania

2004
Tra cronaca e storia. Contemporanea Giovani, Ticosa Area A-shed, Como, Italy (cat.).
The Nurse, La Fabbrica, Losone, Switzerland (cat.).
Surveillance camera, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Biennale Adriatica, Museo della carta, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (cat.).
Popstarz, videopreis, Boswil. Switzerland.
Video, Video, Film, ausstellungsraum25, Zuerich, Switzerland.
After school special, Locarno film festival. Switzerland.
 Negotiation: for love or money?, Donze Vansaanen Gallery, Lausanne. Switzerland.
Laurin Gallery, Zuerich, Switzerland.

2003
Urban Diaries. Young Swiss Art, Alcalá 31, Contemporary Art Center, Madrid (cat.).
Riflessioni sugli effetti delle guerre, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy.
SwissFlux, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Che c'è di nuovo? La scena artistica contemporanea in Ticino, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland (cat.).
Liste 03 (CACTicino Special Guest), Basel, Switzerland (cat.).
Play, V.I.D. (Video in der Dampfzentrale), Dampfzentrale, Berne, Switzerland.
Annual Auction, SI Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, USA.

2002
VideROM 2.0, GianCarla Zanutti, Milan, Italy.
Fe_Male (performance with Una Szeemann), CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
VideROM 3.0, GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo.
VideROM 4.0, MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome.
Artissima Art Fair 02 (Alessandro De March gallery, Legnano-Milan), Turin, Italy.

2001
Record Collection, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland.
Italian Connection. Junge Videoszene Italien und Tessin, Kornhaus, Berne, Switzerland.
Helle Nächte, Basel, Switzerland (cat.).
Biennial of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
I Love Art Video, Turbulence 01, Maillon-Wacken, Strasbourg, France.
Dans le désordre si possible, Maillon, Strasbourg, France.

2000
Katia Bassanini, Ivana Falconi, Stefano Jermini, Cristina Poretti, Silvano Repetto, Vanessa & Sibilla, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona,          Switzerland.
Swiss Awards, Fri-Art Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland (cat.).
Cute, Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland.

1999
Sconfinamenti performativi, Cinema Teatro, Chiasso, Switzerland.
999, Palazzo Ex-Troesch, CACTicino, Bellinzona, Switzerland (cat.).
Perugi gallery, Padova, Italy.

1997
Europa è solo una parola?, Magazzini del Sale, Siena, Italy (cat.).

1995
Saldi di fine impero, Studio Foce, Lugano, Switzerland.
In vivo, Geneva, Switzerland.

1994
Festival d'Art Vidéo, Hérouville Saint-Clair, France (cat.).