Isabella Staino was born in Florence in 1977. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, having studied in the painting program under Professor Gustavo Giulietti. She lives in Livorno. She has exhibited her work in more than 70 solo exhibitions, the most significant of which include:

2002 Capoluogo onirico (Dreamlike Capital) – Chiesa S. Marta, P. Collegio Romano – Rome

2003 La coda dell’occhio (Out of the Corner of One’s Eye) – Galleria Fyr Arte Contemporanea – Florence

2006 A perdita d’occhio (As Far as the Eye Can See) – Sala Titta Ruffo, Teatro Verdi – Pisa

2010 Isabella Staino – Spazio d'Arte Hello Submarine – Lausanne (CH)

2012 Isabella Staino – Sala SS. Filippo e Giacomo – Brescia

2014 Pensare per colori (Thinking in Colors) – Petite Galerie Tour de Babel – Paris

2014 Isabella e l’ombra (Isabella and the Shadow) – Galleria d’Arte Moderna – Rome

2014 Pensare per colori (Thinking in Colors) – Museo Amedeo Lia – La Spezia

2015 Isabella Staino 1997/2015 – San Michele degli Scalzi – Pisa

2015 Dévoilé (Unveiled) – Chapelle Saint-Jean – La Garde-Freinet (FR)

2015/2016 Il mistero dei gesti semplici (The Mystery of Simple Gestures) – Villa Fabbricotti – Livorno

2017 All’ascolto di Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Listening to "Christ Stopped at Eboli") – Galerie Tour de Babel – Paris

2017 Lighea – Ex-chiesa di San Pietro in Atrio – Como

2017 All’ascolto di Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Listening to "Christ Stopped at Eboli") – Fondazione Carlo Levi – Rome

2017 Infiniti terrestri dèi (Infinite Earthly Gods) – Galleria Athena – Livorno

2017 Infiniti terrestri dèi (Infinite Earthly Gods) – Fondazione Giorgio Amendola – Turin

2017 Infiniti terrestri dèi (Infinite Earthly Gods) – Istituto De Pino Matrone Iannini – Maratea

2017 Infiniti terrestri dèi (Infinite Earthly Gods) – Palazzo Caporale – Aliano (MT)

2017/18 Un mondo completo (A Complete World) – Villa Argentina – Viareggio

2018 Tramare (Weaving/Plotting) – Officina-Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella – Florence

2018 Un mondo completo (A Complete World) PAN Palazzo delle Arti – Naples

2018 Giuseppe Gavazzi & Isabella Staino                                       Villa Trossi – Livorno

2018 Isabella Staino                                              Chiesa della Ss. Addolorata – Salerno

2019 The Words of Colors (*Le parole dei colori*)                                 Fondazione Filiberto Menna – Salerno

2019 The Lands of Carlo Levi, the Sea of ​​Tomasi di Lampedusa Tour de Babel – Paris

2020 Fioretto                                                                             Serre Torrigiani – Florence

2021 Animanti                                                                       Museo della Città – Livorno

2022 Animanti                                                                     Palazzo del Pegaso – Florence

2024 Snow White (*Biancaneve*)                                                                   Museo della Città – Livorno

2025 Tarot Venice (*Tarocchi Venezia*)                                                                      Vino Vero – Venice

2025 Queen of the Sea Urchins (*Regina dei ricci*)                            Torre degli Appiani – Rio Marina – Elba Island

2025 Isabella Staino                          Ex-Automercato Exhibition Space – Peccioli (Pisa)

2026 Kore                                                                                        Eclektica Gallery – Pisa

The work “Mater Mundi” (2026), acquired by the Municipality of Peccioli, is on permanent display.

In 2013/2014, Isabella Staino participated in the “HAI PAURA DEL BUIO?” (“Are You Afraid of the Dark?”) festival—organized by Manuel Agnelli and featuring music, theater, and video events—by exhibiting her work in Turin, Rome, Milan, and L’Aquila.

In 2003, the writer Antonio Tabucchi dedicated and gifted to Isabella Staino a short story inspired by her and her work, titled “Isabella and the Shadow” (“Isabella e l’ombra”). In 2013, the artist created 12 illustrations for the text, which was published by Vittoria Iguazu Editora. Together with Sergio Staino, she illustrated books by Adriano Sofri: *Racconto di Natale* (Einaudi, 2002), *Gli angeli del cortile* (Einaudi, 2003), and *L’impero delle cicale* (Coconino Press, 2004).

In 2017, her series of paintings titled “Infiniti terrestri dei” (“Infinite Earthly Gods”)—inspired by Carlo Levi’s *Christ Stopped at Eboli*—was exhibited at various venues, including the locations depicted in the book (Aliano).

Between 2023 and 2026, Isabella Staino illustrated editions of *Snow White*, *Cinderella*, and *Little Red Riding Hood* for the Caserta-based publishing house Terreblu, using the texts from the original version by the Brothers Grimm.