Elena Tagliapietra was born in Venice and there she grew up between sport and beautiful landscapes . She competed in many sports till was part of the Italian national team of competitive aerobics from 1999 to 2001 for the Italian federation of gymnastic (F.G.I.), finalist in the World Cup Series 2001. Now she has a degree in Phisical education and she is the president of an association of dance and hip hop in Venice.
In 2004 she attended her first make up course and she discovered to have not only a passion but also a talent. Lots of fashion shotting and show, tv programmes and Cinema productions, improved her ability. She is the official make up artist of the historical parade of “Marie” that is one of the opening event of the Venice Carnival.
In 2007 she won the Italian Body Painting Festival. The title of “golden painter 2007” was given from the famous italian art critic Vittorio Sgarbi. In the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Festival del Garda she was invited as special guest and to jury the competition. In 2010 edition she is in the Artistic Direction of the event with her collegues Fiorella Scatena adn Flavio Bosco.
She is internationally requested from very important persons; in Venice she is called for important international weddings and parties organized in the most beautiful palaces of the city.
Since 2007 she’s been living in Milan. Here she is working with important photographers and she is always in project period, to do something more and more artistic and innovative. She writes for the italian beauty magazines ‘La pelle Beauty’ and she did many make up’s cover for them.
She is continuosly looking for beauty throughout the world creating her works with passion to convey emotions, ideas and dreams.
Elena Tagliapietra è make up artist e body painter Veneziana, richiesta a livello nazionale ed internazionale - ha come basi Venezia e Milano. Lavora principalmente nel campo della moda, della pubblicità, del cinema e degli eventi.
Nel 2007 ha conquistato il primo posto all’Italian body painting festival, del quale è stata poi giurata nel 2008 e 2009, per infine prenderne in mano la Direzione artistica nel 2010. Le ultime collaborazioni nel Cinema sono state nei film ‘Iago’ di Volfango De Biasi e ‘Dieci Inverni’ di Valerio Mieli. In Tv è stata richiesta in ‘Barbareschi Sciock’ su La7 e ‘Scherzi a parte’. Dal 2007 e’ key-mua della ‘Festa delle Marie’, evento di apertura del Carnevale di Venezia. Scrive per la rivista di estetica ‘La pelle beauty’.
Al suo attivo lavori con clienti importanti come Lancetti, Jaked, X-ide, Dainese, Campagnolo, North Wave, Mikasa, Bernardi, Atlanta Games, Schindler, Iso.Italia, Angelique Devil, ecc. Alcuni clienti vip: Kristy Bertarelli, Massimo Ceccherini, Raffaella Fico, Michela Coppa, Micol Ronchi, Massimiliano Rosolino, Tania Cagnotto, Sara Simeoni, Francesca Piccinini, ecc.
Collabora con fotografi di stampo nazionale ed internazionale come Dennison Bertram, Kevin Kramer, David Surowiecky, Mallory Morrison, Armando Rebatto, Claudio Mainardi, Alberto Buzzanca, ecc.
