I came back to my Ikigai, what I am good at, what I love, what the world needs and what I can get paid for. It feels like I’ve truly been working in the right direction.
Curious about what I’ve been up to?
I was determined to bring a digital art museum — which had closed in 2020 due to the pandemic — to Ticino. Although the work wasn’t centred on what I do best — art direction, UX design, and art — I still poured those skills into every step. I led the fundraising, project management, and curatorship, even when no one else, not even the founders, believed in it… but I did. And I make it happen.
I also work as a UX architect consultant for a digital agency in Lugano on a major institutional project.
At the same time, I’m developing two artistic projects: one is an installation on violence against women, due to be exhibited in November; the other is an artistic research project on cyanobacteria, in collaboration with a biologist.
I’m actively involved in two women’s associations: in one, I led a STEAM event and ran one of the six workshops myself, called Generating Ideas; in the other, I’m currently organising an event on leadership.
And while doing all of this, I have two kids, a husband, a house, and a cat — plus a garden with my beloved peonies and camellias. My orchids are blooming inside the house.
I’m not a photographer, but I use photography in my art.
I’m not an illustrator, but but I always sketch my installations — sometimes adding a touch of watercolour.
I’m not a sculptor but but I’ve used sculpture in several experimental and land art projects.
I’m not a writer, but writing is central to my creative process.
I’m not a dancer or a performer, but movement and dance are part of my art.
Labels never define us.