if I really have to

MARA CERRI was born in Pesaro in 1978. She graduated from the State Institute of Art / School of the Book of Urbino, in the animation cinema section, and subsequently attended the two-year specialization course in animation cinema. In 2003 she began working as an illustrator of children’s books, collaborating with various Italian (Orecchio Acerbo, Fabbri, El, Emme, Carthusia, Fatatrac) and foreign publishing houses (Grimm Press, Milan). She exhibits at the international illustration biennials in Bologna, Bratislava and Lisbon. She publishes his drawings in magazines and newspapers, including Il Manifesto, Internazionale, Carta. In 2008 she received the “Lo Straniero” Award, assigned by the homonymous magazine of art, culture and society directed by Goffredo Fofi, with whom she has an ongoing relationship. She collaborates with the American agency Riley Illustration, creating illustrations for magazines and advertisements. Also in 2008, she starts working on “Via Curiel 8”, the story for an illustrated book of which she is the sole author (illustration and texts) and which will be published by the Orecchio Acerbo publishing house in February 2009. In the meantime, she realizes a film project from the same subject, which wins the Jury Prize and the Arte France Prize at the prestigious Annecy Animation Festival (France). From September 2009 to September 2011 he collaborated in the making of the film with the author of animated cinema Magda Guidi, creating more than 4000 hand-painted drawings. In December 2011, the film “Via Curiel 8” won the Corti Italia section of the Torino Film Festival. He made the video for the dance theater show “You and me and everywhere”, a collaboration with the performer director Mara Cassiani. The show made its debut during the Santarcangelo dei Teatri Festival 2012, with the support of AMAT and L’Arboreto-Teatro Dimora.