Art and Design

Art and Design Faculty

Chair of the Department

James Gardner 2018
Associate Professor of Studio Art
B.A., Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, U.K.
P.G.D.E., Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, U.K.
Email: [email protected]

Professors

Andrea Baccin 2022
Lecturer in Studio Art
Laurea triennale, IED, 2000
Email: [email protected]

Catherine Biocca 2021
Lecturer in Studio Art
B.A., LUISS University, 2006
B.A., Düsseldorf Art Academy, 2010
M.A., Düsseldorf Art Academy, 2013
Email: [email protected]

Roberto Caracciolo 2016
Lecturer in Studio Art
Istituto d’Arte di Urbino
New York Studio School
Email: [email protected]

Paolo Di Lucente 2023
Lecturer in Photography
B.A., IED, 2003-2006
B.A., Scuola Romana di Fotografia, 2006-2008
Email: [email protected]

Valerio Di Lucente 2019
Lecturer in Studio Art
M.A., Royal College of Art, London, 2008
Email: [email protected]

Peter Flaccus 1994
Professor Emeritus of Studio Art
B.A., Amherst College, 1969
M.F.A., Indiana University, 1971
Email: [email protected]

Devin Kovach 2024
Lecturer in Studio Art
B.F.A., The University of New Mexico, 2009
M.F.A., Tyler School of Art, 2012
Email: [email protected]

Lorenzo Modica 2022
Lecturer in Studio Art
Laurea triennale, Accademia di belle arti di Roma, 2013
Laurea magistrale, Accademia di belle arti di Roma, 2015
M.F.A., Slade School of Fine Art - University College of London, 2022
Email: [email protected]

Ilaria Ortensi 2023
Lecturer in Photography
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza", 2009
M.F.A., Columbia University, 2015
Email: [email protected]

Sabrina Schmidt 2010
Lecturer in Studio Art
Diplom-Designer (FH), Visuelle Kommunikation, Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany, 1994
Email: [email protected]

Paolo Soriani 2006
Lecturer in Photography
Laurea, University of Rome, “La Sapienza," 1987
Email: [email protected]

Michele Tocca 2022
Lecturer in Studio Art

Laurea triennale, Accademia di Brera, 2007
Postgraduate certificate, Byam Shaw, Central Saint Martins, 2008
M.A., Royal College of Art, London, 2011


Email: [email protected]

Federica Valabrega 2022
Lecturer in Photography
B.A., The University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006
M.A., American University, 2008
Email: [email protected]

James Gardner

James Gardner

2018
Associate Professor of Studio Art

B.A., Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, U.K.
P.G.D.E., Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, U.K.
Email: [email protected]


Professor James Gardner, Chair of the Art and Design Department at John Cabot University, teaches Drawing and 3D Design courses. He has lectured and taught at many of the world's most prestigious Art and Design colleges. 

Professor Gardner established Frutta Gallery, a leading art gallery based in Rome, which has an international reputation for discovering and supporting emerging artists. The gallery represents a group of interdisciplinary artists, from various countries, who work across a variety of media such as painting, sculpture, and performance.  He was named one of London’s Apollo magazine's "40 under 40 in the Art World" and his exhibitions have been reviewed in some of the Art industry’s most important publications, including: Artforum, Frieze and Art Review. His gallery regularly presents at international art fairs such as Frieze London and Liste in Basel.