Marco Mazzoni was born in 1982 in Tortona, Italy, and is currently based in Milan. In 2007, he received a bachelor’s degree in painting from Brera Art Academy in Milan. Mazzoni holds a strong interest in medicinal properties of plants and the female herbalists of 16th—18th Century Sardinia who conserved their culture through oral traditions. His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout Europe and the United States.