Anila Rubiku (Durres, 1970) is an Italian artist of Albanian origin trained at the Tirana Art Academy (1994) and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (2000). She currently works between Milan, Toronto and Durres. Her work, intimately connected with political and social issues, uses various media: installation, sculpture, embroidery, engraving, painting. In her works, she addresses issues of gender inequality and social injustice with a poetic and ironic slant (Vierzon Biennale, 2022, Havana Biennale, 2019, 5th Thessaloniki Biennale, 2015), touching on environmental (Kiev Biennale, 2012) and relational issues (56th October Salon, Belgrade, 2016), reflecting on the meaning of being an immigrant today (Venice Biennale, 2011, Hammer Museum residence, Los Angeles, 2013) and on the relationship between the city and democracy (Venice Architecture Biennale, 2008).

Monica Coretti is Neapolitan, graduated with honors in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Chinese and English) with a thesis in Modern and Contemporary Chinese History, and holds a Master in Business Administration from STOÀ/MIT. As a business expert, she has worked between China and Italy. As a cultural promoter, she has worked in Naples at universities and schools. Passionate about art and a collector, she curated Incontri con i protagonisti dell’arte (Meetings with Art Leaders) cultural review at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, Saint Louis section (managed by the Jesuits) in Naples, the result of which was the book Scintille, published by Il Pozzo di Giacobbe. She also curated Costruire comunità (Building Communities) cultural review at the Madre Museum, the contemporary art museum of Naples.

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