Born in Naples in 1986, Brunella holds a masters degree in architecture from “La Sapienza”, in Rome. Her first experience in the jewelry world was in Santiago de Chile, where she learned the Mapuche metalsmithing techniques. She then returned to...
Read MoreBorn in Naples in 1986, Brunella holds a masters degree in architecture from “La Sapienza”, in Rome. Her first experience in the jewelry world was in Santiago de Chile, where she learned the Mapuche metalsmithing techniques. She then returned to Italy where she studied under Lucia Massei, Doris Maninger, Peter Bahuius and Ruudt Peters, and obtained her BFA in fine-arts from Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence. In these years, she participated in many international workshops and was selected for exhibitions in Barcelona, Legnica, Valencia, Boston and Florence. In 2016 she moved to Boston (USA) where she attended the Masters program in Sculpture at MassArt under Jill Slosburg-Ackerman and Christopher Watts and was the teaching assistant to Professor Heather White in the "Intermediate Jewelry" course. At the same time, she completed an internship at "Embr Labs, supported by the Trust Center for MIT Enterpreneurship and the MIT Venture Mentoring Service", participating as a designer in the "Wristify" project. At the moment, she’s living and working in Milan.
Exhibitions and lectures
• Final Exhibition (MassArt) 3d Studio Graduated Program, MassArt, Boston, MA, USA — 2016• Brunella Alfinito wearable technology lecture, MassArt, Boston, MA, USA — 2016 • Alchimia: an Anthology, Snag, Boston, MA, USA — 2015 • Loops, Alchimia, Florence, Italy — 2015 • Overthinking Installation, Alchimia, Florence, Italy — 201 • Joya (Alchimia Stand), Barcelona, Spain — 2014
• Final Exhibition Alchimia, Florence, Italy — 2014 • Melting Point, Valencia, Spain— 2014
• Classic, 23rd Legnica International Jewellery Competition – 2014 • Joya (Alchimia Stand), Barcelona, Spain — 2013
• Final Exhibition Alchimia, Florence, Italy — 2013 Publications • Classic, 23rd Legnica International Jewellery Competition – 2014 • Joya (Alchimia Stand), Barcelona, Spain — 2013
Internships and Work Experiences • Wristify (Embr wave) Project at EMBR Labs,
Mentoring Service – 2016
• Teaching Assistant Intermediate Jewellery course, Metal and jewellery department, MassArt, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA – 2016
• Joya (Alchimia Stand), Barcelona, Spain — 2013/2014
Workshops •Ceramics basic class, Avellino, Italy; Instructor Angelica Tulimiero – 2018 •Hot glass cast, MassArt, Boston, MA, USA; Instructor Christopher Watts – 2016 • Rhinoceros 5.0 level I, Tads, Caserta, Italy; Instructor Matteo Petraroia – 2016 • Conceptual workshop, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Christoph Zellweger – 2015• Marriage metals, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Patrick Davison – 2015 • Chinese laquer tecnique, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Hu Jun – 2015 • Laces are not just for little girls, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Doris Maninger - 2014
• Color, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Ruudt Peters – 2014 • Textile techniques for jewellery, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Doris Maninger - 2014
• Wax and casting process, Munich; Instructor Peter Bauhuis - 2014
• Brooches mechanism, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Daniela Malev - 2014
• Anticlastic forming, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Benjamin Storch – 2013
• Japanese traditional copper alloys and coloring, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Kimiaki Kageyama - 2013 • Pigments on metal: explorations, experimentation in mixed media, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Lucia Massei - 2013
• Painting with enamels: Limoges paintings on jewellery, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Jamie Bennet - 2013
• Creating jewellery in resin. Free experimentation with cast epoxy resin, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Yoko Shimizu - 2013
• Marriage metals and mixing metal techniques, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Daniela Boieri - 2013
• Jewels in acrylic glass, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Marzia Rossi - 2013
• Red, Alchimia, FI, Italy; Instructor Ruudt Peters – 2012
• Taller de arte kuyen, Santiago de Chile, Chile; Instructor Carolina Silva Cubillos – 2012
• Taller de vidrio, Santiago de Chile, Chile; Instructor Carola Guerra – 2012
