Chiara Riva + Elisa Talentino Performance | TGD vol. 02

Chiara Riva is an italian calligrapher. In 2012 she studied type design in Milan, and after that she began her studies in calligraphy at ACI (Italian Calligraphic Association). In 2015 one of her works was displayed at Arsenal Book Festival in Kiev. In 2016 she designed the calligraphic cover for ACI’s calendar, and she was one of the guests at Inchiostro Festival. In 2017 she worked for Editori Laterza, to realize the calligraphy on the cover of the book Metafisica. At present she is working as freelance calligrapher. She teaches and is a member of the Italian Calligraphy Association. Elisa Talentino (Turin 1981) is an artist working with graphic arts, screen printing, illustration and animation. Her illustrations appear in books and magazines, for clients as The New York Times, Goethe Institut, Mondadori, D-Repubblica, add Editore, e/o Edizioni, La Stampa. She produced some art books selected in the main illustration awards. She is specialized in printmaking. Her screenprintings, made with experimental pictorial techniques, are exhibited in several galleries in Italy and abroad.