Born in Milan in 1935.
After receiving her Doctorate in Medicine she approaches teaching herself to paint with works from informal prints.
Associates with Lucio Fontana, Enrico Castellani and Piero Manzoni sharing with them the artistic journey; in 1958 realises "Volumi", a monochromatic work in which the canvas was cut, leaving the space behind visible.
In 1960 realises " Volumi a moduli sfasati (Volumes in confused modules)" (hand-fused transparent plastics) which she exhibits at the Azimuth gallery and at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Is among the founders of the international movement "Nuove Tendenze (New Trends)" and participates with the group in numerous international exhibitions.

Studio Gariboldi deals with works carried out until 1963

1963-1979
After a short period of interest in Kinetic art she does some works of perceptive geometric spirit which lead her to composing a very personal 16-letter alphabet "Alphabet of the Mind".

1980-2000
Exhibits at the Venice Biennial (1980) and at the PAC in Milan in 1983.
Her research points her toward the unconscious: she realises "the constellations", innumerable geometric signs which join and disperse themselves in space. In 1990 she presents a new series of works realised in transparent plastic always based on symbolic origin, entitled "The movements of things" at the Venice Biennial.
Participates in numerous national and international exhibitions among which in the last decade:
1990 44th Venice Biennial (Personal Hall), Venice;
1993 House of Mantegna Mantova;
1995 "The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968" The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York;
1996 "The facts of life" Stiftung fur konstruktive und konkrete Kunst Zurich;
1997 "Milan 1950-1959. The renewal of painting in Italy" Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara;
1998 "Dadamaino. Works 1975-1981" Palazzo Municipale Morterone;
2000 "Dadamaino. Retrospective 1958-2000" Museum Bochum, Bochum.

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