Manuela Santini

Manuela Santini was born in Jesi in 1975 and, after the artistic maturity, she moved to Bologna where in 2000 he graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts, with a thesis on illustration for children. From there she began her career as an illustrator. Over the years he has collaborated with various Italian and foreign publishers: Einaudi Ragazzi, Mondadori Ragazzi, Mondadori Educational, Giunti, Edmund Monnier, Edizioni Esperia, Grimm Press, Editions Auzoue, Helbling Languages ​​and others. For several years he has been organizing and managing Giardini Illustrati an intensive laboratory of illustration and creation of illustrated books at the Wunderkammer in Ferrara. He also devotes himself to another form of art: the theater. From 2010 to 2018 she was a member and co-founder of the Officina Teatrale A_ctuar in Ferrara, with which she collaborated as an actress creating and staging numerous theater performances for children and workshops for children in schools and theaters. Since 2013 he has been actively collaborating as a member of the Aps Basso Profilo and as a member of the Wunderkammer board both in Ferrara for the management and realization of cultural events related to illustration, editorial graphics and theatrical and artistic training of young and old. She currently lives and works in Ferrara, where she continues her career as an illustrator, actress, organizer of illustration and theater workshops for young and old.