Biography

Serena Rossi was born on March 6, 1972 in Milan, where she lives and works. In 1999 she graduated in pharmacy. She trained in visual arts with various courses including engraving at the Pomodoro Foundation in Milan in 2010. In 2013 Serena worked on the Site Specific project alongside Silvia Petronici in Bologna. In 2014 she completed the Manual for Artists workshop created by Ivan Quaroni at Circoloquadro in Milan. In 2016 she then completed the Mono-type course with Leo Ragno at the Foundation Federica Galli in Milan and illustration with Javier Pabala in Lonato at the Duina art space.

Since 2002 she has participated in a solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Some of her works are part of a private and public collection located in the open-air museum of Camo and in Gravina di Puglia.i

During 2012 she received several awards for her poems and published in several anthologies and in the contemporary poetry series by Elio Pecora. In 2013 she published her first book of poetry titled “In becoming calm of the infinite” and. Caosfera. In 2016 she published the second collection as an e-book titled “I asked the sea to cry” and “Five poems” ed. In 2017 Serena published a limited edition ilrobotadorabile, in 2017 “There are not only heroes” ed. NullaDie and “Lamine” ed. limited ilrobotadorabile, in 2018 publishes “We are not” ed. NullaDie, in 2019 “Five poems” ed. limited ilrobotadorabile, in 2020 the collection “Red poppies design” ed. NullaDie and the plaquettes “Lockdown” ed. ilrobotadorabile and “Twelve lockdown” ed. abrigliasciolta. In 2021 she published as curator and one of the seven authors “Voices from confinement” ed. NullaDie and “None serve la paura” ed. NullaDie, and she is featured in Dr. Kousik Sastri’s English-language Ebook “And Magazine”.

With her books, Serena has obtained various merit awards and rankings in national and international literary competitions.

Curriculum Exhibitions: see list

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Awards and Poetry Reports:

2013 Strada Facendo award Abruzzo Region
2017 Merini-Bertuzzi award Lombardy Region
2017 book There are not only heroes finalist award Belli Lazio Region
2018 book There are not only heroes fifth place at the Terra d’Agavi Award 2018 Rotary club Gela
2018 book There are only third-place heroes at the III Crown International Literary Competition
2018 book There are not only heroes ranked second in the national cultural award The museum of the 900-modern art in Milan
2018 book We are not a merit prize at the Michelangelo Buonarroti Competition
2019 book We are not Merit Prize at the International Competition Cumani Quasimodo
2019 book We are not honorable mention at the IV Crown International Literary Competition
2019 book We are not honorable mention at the International Literary Competition city of Castrovillari
2019 book We are not finalist International Academic Apollo Dionysian Award Rome
2021 book Drawing red poppies merit award at the International Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2021 Merit Award for unpublished poetry at the International Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2021 special mention for visual poetry at the International Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2021 Merit Award for Aphorisms at the International Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2021 book There are not only heroes special jury award at the Memorial Literary Competition John Leo II ed.
2021 special prize with title of excellence for unpublished poetry at the International Literary Competition Golden Pages III ed.
2021 special prize for unpublished poetry at the IX International Literary Competition I colori dell’anima
2021 special mention for unpublished poetry at the National Literary Prize of poetry Father Gaetano Errico
2021 book Drawing red poppies second place at the VI international literary competition Corona
2021 book There are not only heroes Reported to the International prize Mario Luzi 2020-2021
2021 book We are not Reported to the International Prize Mario Luzi 2020-2021
2021 book Drawing red poppies Reported to the International prize Mario Luzi 2020-2021
2022 book No need to fear Fourth place at the Giglio Blu International Prize in Florence 2022
2022 special mention for unpublished poetry on the theme of the sea at the International Literary Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2022 mention of merit for unpublished poetry on a free theme at the International Literary Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2022 book No need to fear mention merit at the International Literary Competition Listening to the silences of the sea
2022 mention of merit for visual poetry at the International Literary Competition Listening to the silence of the sea
2022 book No need for fear reporting to the XXII National Competition The Golden Gorgon of Gela
2022 book No need to fear honorable mention VI Castrovillari International City Culture Competition.
2022 book Red poppies drawing third place at the Unica Milano 2020-biennial International Competition
2022 second place with free theme poetry at the Unica Milano 2020-biennial International Competition
2022 book Non serve la paura mention of merit at international competition I fiori sull’acqua IX edition