ABOUT ME
Passionate about the intersection of Economics and Art, I have focused my professional journey on the economic aspects of the art market, including cultural economics, art investments, and the development of art ecosystems.
Currently, as a PhD student at the University of Catania, I aim to deepen my knowledge of quantitative and econometric methods while nurturing a future in academia within the cultural economics sector, especially in contemporary art markets.
My research interests include price formation in the visual art market, the dynamics of the international art trade, organizational structures and networks (art galleries, auction houses), and the broader economic development of the art sector, including issues such as Baumol’s cost disease.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PhD in Economics, Management and Decision Making
University of Catania (Italy) | 01/10/2024 – current
https://www.unict.it/
Master of Finance and Accounting
SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland) | 01/10/2021 – 10/09/2024
https://www.sgh.waw.pl/
Thesis: The contemporary giants. The analysis of returns of investments of contemporary polish artists vs contemporary polish companies.
Master of Arts in Arts & Culture – Cultural Economics & Entrepreneurship
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) | 01/09/2022 – 18/07/2023 | Cum Laude
https://www.eur.nl/en
Thesis: The flourishing art market in Poland. The impact of Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004 on the price index of the contemporary Polish artists between 1990 and 2022Bachelor Degree in Economics and Finance
Bachelor Finance and Accounting
SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland) | 01/10/2018 – 20/07/2021
https://www.sgh.waw.pl/
Thesis: Profitability analysis of Amica S.A. in the years 2017–2020 with consideration of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
ASSOCIATIONS:
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ACEI – Association for Cultural Economics International
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Società Italiana di Econometria (Italian Econometric Association)
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Catania — Research Fellow
Catania, Italy | 01/03/2024 – 30/09/2024
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Awarded a research grant entitled "Cultural participation in contemporary art"
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Data collection on Italian art galleries: activities, visibility, participation in networks, and characteristics of the artists represented
DESA Unicum — Marketing Researcher
Warsaw, Poland | 23/08/2023 – 30/09/2024
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Conducted research on investment-related content
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Authored a series of articles on investments in the visual arts sector and the economics of art
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
- 10th International Workshop Series “Researching Art Markets past & present: Tools for the future (RAM-T)”
University of Bologna, Rimini Campus, Italy | 01–02/07/2025 - 23rd International Conference on Cultural Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands | 24–27/06/2025
https://www.eur.nl/en/research/research-services/arts-culture-creativity/23rd-international-conference-cultural-economics - VIIth Gijon Conference on the Economics of Leisure, Culture and Sport
Gijon, Spain | 27–28/10/2023
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
- Vice President of External Relations Committee, SGH Students' Union, 2019–2020
- Economic Bridges, SGH Students' Union, 11/2019 – 03/2020
Research areas: culutural economics, price formation in the visual art market, international art trade, art investments, development of art ecosystems, organizational structures and networks (art galleries, auction houses), econometric methods applied to the art market, economic development of the art sector, Baumol’s cost disease.