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Elena Rolando Perino was born in Turin (Italy) in 1985.
Since she was young, she had developed a strong interest towards the arts, which lead to her enrollment in Felice Faccio Art School in Castellamonte (Turin).
At the beginning, she did not find the courage to express her artistic self, constantly feeling out of place, almost like she was living her own life like an outside observer, hindered by barriers preventing her to become the real protagonist of her story. However, it was during this troubled situation that she came in contact with photography, in 2007. She created a Flickr account and unfolded herself by connecting songs, poetry and quotes to her photographs.
Her first works were a tribute to Prèvert: little stick figures drawn with a ball-point pen relating life's simplicity with a single stroke, ink lines that her pen would have not been able to elaborate anymore.
Her pieces were displayed in numerous events, in collaboration with a local artistic organization.
One of her pictures was published on Freshcut.it.
Following a bereavement in her family and a setback in the artistic field, she abandoned her creative journey and got lost following unfamiliar paths. Until, after her second maternity, her will and courage to express herself exploded once again. Her resolve to show her children we are the makers of our future encouraged her to study materials and shapes, collect ideas, committing herself to the paper cut and collage techniques, and discovering how all these styles mixed together allow her to explain life and its imperfections and fears. Its dreams, its echoes and moments.
2018 – Collective Exhibition “Feeling different” Paratissima Torino
2019 – Selected artist for Malamegi Lab.11
Nowadays, Elena constantly works, experiments and dedicates herself to her pieces.