Stefania Oriente

Visual Artist, Designer, Educator and International Cultural Project Coordinator, specializing in institutional communication and visual strategy.

She graduated in Art & Design from the City & Islington College in London 1992-1996. In 2003 she became a member of TP – Associazione Italiana Pubblicitari (Italian Advertising Association). Since 2010 she has been an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI), recognized internationally for her expertise in digital imaging, graphic design and visual communication.

In 2013 she obtained a second degree in Communication Sciences from Link Campus University in Rome.

Her professional career began in London in 1995, working in advertising and visual communication. In 1998 she returned to Italy and joined Nex Center Europe (U.S. Command) in the Marketing Department. From 2000 to 2003 she worked at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Rome as Head of the Graphic Bureau, coordinating visual communication projects and institutional image development.

Throughout her career she has collaborated with national and international advertising agencies, developing communication campaigns and creative projects in partnership with some of Italy’s leading agencies, including Armando Testa, Casiraghi & Greco and Cayenne.

From 2003 to 2013 she served as Art Director at Cosmoadv Advertising Agency in Naples, where she was responsible for creative direction, project coordination and the development of major institutional and commercial communication campaigns.

Since 2007 she has been teaching Computer Graphics and Digital Applications for Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. In 2014 she was appointed Professor of Computer Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia. She currently holds a permanent professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, where she also serves as Coordinator for International Relations and Exchange Projects.

In recent years she has coordinated numerous international artistic research and cultural exchange projects across Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa, developing interdisciplinary practices that combine visual arts, publishing, performance, design and contemporary storytelling.