Marika Beccaloni

Art historian and bookbinder specializing in the contemporary artist's book. In 2013, together with Patrizia Di Pasquale, she founded the Rome-based art bookbinding studio "Atelier Petites Vertus." She studies Japanese bookbinding (Watoji) and collaborates with photographers and artists, designing and producing limited-edition small publications for them.

Since 2017, she has taken part as an exhibitor and bookbinding instructor in various photography festivals (Photo Book Lounge during the World Fest in Foligno, Funzilla Festival in Rome, Convergenze Expo in Rome). Since 2016, she has developed and taught bookbinding courses in support of therapeutic programs led by psychologists and experts in phototherapy and art therapy ("Il mio riscatto" for the Susan G Komen Italia association, Atelier Flos in Grottaferrata, alongside Antonello Turchetti at the Centro per le pari opportunità della Regione Umbria). In 2022, she developed and taught a bookbinding course at the Officine Fotografiche school.