After obtaining a diploma in Painting from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Paola Fonticoli began exhibiting in 1985, participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Since 1990 she has collaborated with the advertising agency Girolamo Melis e Associati on numerous projects, choosing and coordinating the participation of Italian and foreign artists. For Edizioni Pulcinoelefante she has produced several artist’s books on poems, aphorisms and words by Alberto Cavizagly and Roberto Dossi.