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Costanza Alvarez de Castro was born in Rome in 1989 to an Italian father and a Salvadorian mother. After earning the French Baccalaureate, she went to study Economics for International Cooperation and Development at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. However, soon after graduation in 2010, Costanza decided to dedicate herself to her true passion: art.
Her career began in the field of scenic design. In 2011, she assisted the main scenographer, Jean Rabasse, in the set production for the film Me & You by the award-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci. The encounter with Mr. Rabasse was pivotal for Costanza’s career: he was the one who convinced her to apply for the Institut Superieur de Peinture Van Der Kelen et Logelain in Bruxelles, where she was later admitted and graduated top of her class. In 2013, she was back in Rome to work on the backdrop paintings of the Rome Opera House. The skills acquired throughout this experience persuaded her to abandon scenography for some time and become a full-time painter.
