Laura Cadelo Bertrand began her career as a production designer, Butoh dancer and choreographer. Daughter of painter and cartoonist Silvio Cadelo, she was exposed to the arts from the beginning. She studied at the school of Mime Marcel Marceau in Paris, and after that worked in the world of dance in the United States and Italy. She became a sculptor and jewelry designer in 1997, creating her pieces mostly using metals, and in 2010 she opened a new workshop and retail space in Reggio Emilia, in northern Italy. In 2006, she co-founded the Space Art "Viaduegobbitre" in Reggio Emilia, which organizes regular art exhibitions with numerous guest artists.
