10 Facts About Emi Fontana

Emi Fontana came of age in the late seventies when Italy was experiencing a renaissance of creativity and was considered a laboratory of new ideas and talents.

In 2002 Emi Fontana organized a small exhibition for conceptual artist Ketty La Rocca at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles.

Three years later in 2005 Emi Fontana initiated a series of nomadic art projects under the name "West of Rome".

In 2006 Emi Fontana brought the work of Italian artist Monica Bonvicini to a vacant, store front in Pasadena for "Not For You".

Also in Westwood in 2007, Emi Fontana presented works of Liliana Moro featuring a group of cast-bronze sculptures of attacking dogs, and framed embroidered depictions of domestic cats at the Italian Cultural Institute.

In May 2013 Emi Fontana and Andrea Lissoni curated the exhibition, Mike Kelley, "Eternity is a Long Time".

Also in the summer of 2013 Emi Fontana curated the show of another Los Angeles based artist.

Emi Fontana occasionally publishes her writings on Flash Art International, Rolling Stone and Mousse.

Emi Fontana is an active Yoga teacher in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California.

Emi Fontana began her Yoga training in 2010 shortly after moving to Los Angeles.