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Valentina Fois | London, UK | www.lascatolagallery.com
Director & Founder of La Scatola Gallery, Independent Contemporary Art Curator

What do you think being creative means?
Being creative means everything. I truly believe that there is no limit to what you can do. Your creative side can literally be applied everywhere. Everyone is a creative person in his/her own way. 
 
How do you include creativity in your life?
Every day is full of creativity. Creativity is the ability to see and express unique perspectives. The way you dress, the way you make your sandwich, simple everyday gestures can be full of creativity.
 
What are your thoughts on how your life has influenced your creative imagination, and how your creative imagination has influenced your life?
I don’t’ know if your life influences your imagination or vice versa, what I do know is that for me my life and my creative imagination go hand in hand, along the same way. I suppose that you cannot really separate your imagination from your life, what kind of life could it be without imagination? Our imagination is one rare thing that really belongs to us. 
 
What, if any, exercises do you do to get into a creative mode?
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How important do you think creativity is in life?
It is fundamental, as I said everyone has his/her own creative side, (without even knowing it, it is part of us).

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About
Valentina Fois is an Art Curator specialized in Contemporary Art with a focus on emerging artists. Her particular fields of interest are new media and live art by emerging visual artists. She founded La Scatola in 2010 when she was 26 years old.

“I am particularly interested in the interaction between an exhibition and the space that hosts it, pushing the limits of the space and the work, experimenting with new solutions. The use of space is what fascinates me more.”

Valentina Fois worked with Jari Lager at Union gallery, London. She then did a one year theory dense Diploma in Contemporary Art History at Goldsmiths’ College, and studied at Christie’s Education, gaining an insight into Art Business. Valentina has since been working as Director at La Scatola as well as a freelance art advisor and independent curator on contemporary art.