In recent years, have been learning and researching community living, spirituality, energy work, and relational work on an intimate level. These teachings inform my view on how to inspire a positive impact on society with the principle of oneness (as above, so below), and how change permeates through vibration and ripple effect. Since 2020, I have immersed myself in various intentional communities and learning environments: Ängsbacka in Sweden (holistic festivals and Tantra), ASHA in Italy (breathwork), The Transmission School in Italy (cosmic teachings), and Tamera in Portugal, a post-capitalist peace research center. At Tamera, I attended the Global Love School in 2024, exploring questions of love and intimacy on personal, collective, and geopolitical levels. I have also practiced Vipassana silent meditation in Italy, attended ISTA trainings in 2024 and 2026 focused on spiritual and sexual shamanic practices, and began studying Qi Gong and Tai Chi. These experiences introduced me to mystical traditions and the subtle power of energy work, wisdom teachings I intend to deepen throughout my life. They also taught me the importance of openness, communication, trust, and transparency within group dynamics, values I consciously bring into the facilitation of residencies. In recent years, I have also deepened my research into Theosophy, a spiritual movement founded in 1875 by Helena Blavatsky that sought to bridge Western mysticism, Eastern philosophy, science, religion, and the exploration of consciousness and the mysteries of existence. Theosophy had a significant influence on modern art and contemporary spiritual thought, inspiring artists such as Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky, and Piet Mondrian. In summer 2026, SOPRA SOTTO will host a residency at the International Theosophical Centre (ITC) in Naarden, focused on researching the role of art in communicating with the subconscious through sound, colour, and symbol. Over the past 10 years, my path has taken me from Amsterdam to Los Angeles, Berlin, Tuscany, and now Sardinia. After completing an Art Business MA at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in Los Angeles, I began my career in the art market, working at established galleries before moving to Berlin and co-founding Art Tours Berlin with Ariela Braunschweig. I ran the project for four years while managing a team of art guides organizing gallery tours, dinners, panel talks, and exhibitions. During that period, I also launched AXS ART (2021–2024), an online curatorial platform and gallery connecting emerging artists with young collectors. Alongside this, I have curated exhibitions, organized art events, guided art tours and travel experiences, and organized many creative and yoga retreats in Tuscany. These retreat experiences have informed various elements of the residencies, particularly around slowing down, care, joy, creativity, food, and spending meaningful time in nature. Over time, I consciously shifted away from the commercial art market toward a more process-based and experimental approach, working directly with artists and centering communal living, creative exchange, and collective learning rather than focusing on production and artistic output. Today, my primary focus is organizing SOPRA SOTTO residencies. I am particularly interested in the intersection between creative expression and alternative ways of living: slower, more reciprocal ways of being rooted in connection with nature, self, and community. Through these residencies, I explore how we might individually and collectively unlearn extractive patterns and move toward more regenerative ways of being. Art becomes both the lens and the tool through which to ask: How can we live differently?