Daniela Astone
DANIELA ASTONE grew up in the sea-town of Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, and began studying art at the age of 14 in the High School of Arts in Grosseto. After graduating she moved to Florence to study Illustration at the International School of Comics and began independent work as an illustrator for several studios including Inklink Florenze.
She then changed direction to study drawing and painting at The Florence Academy of Art under the direction of Daniel Graves. Daniela began teaching younger students at the Academy in her second year, graduated with class honours and continued to work as a principal teacher for the Academy. In 2013 she became the Director of the intermediate program, a role she left in 2022 to dedicate more time to her studio practice. Daniela had her first solo show at the Ann Long Fine Art Gallery in Charleston and has continued to exhibit and curate internationally. Her work is part of the permanent collection at MACS (Contemporary Art Museum) in Sicily.
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