Biographies
LAVINIA TRIBIANI
Graduated as Bachelor Industrial Designer in Florence in 2005, obtained her first master degree in Visual Arts in Venice in 2008. In 2009 she took part to the European Program “Leonardo da Vinci” entitled “Sky and Hearth: sustainable solutions in the Information Technology Era” and spent six months in Dublin working as the creative director for eBamma L.t.d., a company that provides a global English e-learning online platform for English language learners.
In 2011 her portfolio was selected for a scholarship for the Master in Ligthing Design run by the Libera Università delle Arti of Bologna and in colaboration with MIND (Milan Network Design).
In October 2011 she relocated in New York for six months to work for well established Architect, Artist and Historical Icon of Italian Design Gaetano Pesce.
She is now active in Rieti where she runs her personal atelier.
From the 17th of August to the 20th of September Galleria Machina in the Officine Fondazione Varrone venues will display her personal exhibition O-Fos.
http://www.laviniatribiani.com/
BAKONYI ZSUZSA
Zsuzsa Bakonyi is a freelancer photographer and visual artist.
She has studied Economics and Communications in Budapest but soon felt the need to mix social sciences with art projects. She has worked for Titus G. Pandi fashion photographer, for several online medias in Hungary and has been involved in the making of documentary movies.
She has had several group and solo exhibitions mostly in Budapest and lately her interest is mostly in social documentary projects – on the border liner between documentary and fine art. She used to work for Humana Magazin (a Hungarian journal for Human rights) and takes part in the freedoc project where photographers do independent documentary projects to facilitate democratic change.
In 2014, she realized with six other artist the project “Home Away – Hungarians in New York” which resulted in an exhibition series in Hungary and the USA and a limited edition photobook.
She has lived in several places and is involved in international projects.
She is currently in the leader committe of the Young Photographers’ Studio in Budapest.