Damaride

I was born in Conversano in 1984. After high school I continued studies in the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari, during which I discovered the beauty of photography. With this new passion in 2005 I won first prize in a photography contest. After graduation I decided to move to Milan to deepen my interest in illustration hitherto neglected enrolling in a master of illustration at the School of Comics. But not yet satisfied and to keep pace with the times I went to Rome to deepen my knowledge and digital attending a course of advertising graphics. In 2008 I went for the first time at the fair book of Bologna, where I had the good fortune to meet one of the greatest Italian illustrators and 2008 Andersen Award Winner: Roberto Innocenti. And then she decided to attend a postgraduate course taken by him at the cultural association La Fabbrica of Fables, which deals with publishing for children in Macerata. Currently, I devote myself to painting and photography but what is my main professional commitment is the illustration.

Current Residence: Italy
Favourite cartoon character: Lady Georgie, Sailor Moon