Biography
Maria Anna Frisone, artist and coin designer, was born in Messina in 1976, where she graduated from the Liceo Artistico. Her itinerant frequentations in the artistic field led her to develop interests and skills in multiple fields, such as painting, sculpture, restoration and architecture, making her a complete and multifaceted artist. In 2014, she won the entrance competition to the prestigious School of the Art of the Medal, of the Italian State Mint and Mint in Rome, where she attended the three-year course, aimed at learning medallic techniques and related disciplines. At the end of which she completes her training with a two-year scholarship awarded by the same institution while 2019 entrusted her with the creation of the State Police Medal.
In the same period comes her first international recognition, with third place in the International Coin Design Competition, of the Japan Mint, with the project ‘Once upon a time…’, dedicated to the importance of the role of imagination in the development of a complete personality, especially in children.
In 2021, she won first prize in the same competition of the Japan Mint, with the project ‘Humanity in Nature’, proposing a utopian image of integration between living beings of different species.
Thus began her multi-year career as a coin designer for various international mints. During the Pandemic, Maria was commissioned by the Central Bank of Malta to design a 2 euro coin, dedicated to the difficult period the world is experiencing. For which she later produced a series of collector coins, including the successful gold and silver issue celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by Magellan and Elcano, the coin celebrating the birth of Louis Pasteur and the double gold and silver issue dedicated to the botanist Jhon Borg and a series of 2 euro coins for the preservation of the species.
Vatican City entrusts it with the production of a gold coin dedicated to Pope Gregory XV and the silver coin set dedicated to the allegory of backbiting, a theme very dear to the Pontiff.
In 2024, she began a collaboration with the Central Bank of Luxembourg, for which she produced a 2-euro coin for the 25th anniversary of Grand Duke Henri Guillaume’s accession to the throne.
Her creations combine classic lines with contemporary content and particular attention to detail, towards the search for images capable of arousing intense emotions and profound reflections on highly topical social issues.
Work Samples
Articles / Publications
Winning project of the 2022 ICDC competition of the Japan Mint
PONTEFICI nella storia: Gregorio XV e Pio VII su due MONETE D’ORO
Monete vaticane 2024: SERIE DIVISIONALI tra classico e innovazione
L’APE e la CITTADELLA: due simboli di MALTA per le 2 euro 2024
Monete per il GIUBILEO DEL GRANDUCA e la DICHIARAZIONE DI SCHUMAN
https://new.coinsweekly.com/news-en/2-euro-ticker-new-2-euro-coins-in-august-2024/
Awards / Events
2016 Participation in the introductory exhibition for ‘Jewellery in art La Roma di Bernini’ University and Nobil Collegio degli Orefici of Rome
2017 Prize “Fine Work” – Japan Mint’s International Coin Design Competition
2018 Participation in the International Exhibition FidemXXXVMedalExhibitions
2018 Women and Women in the Natural Sciences (OTTAWA,CANADA)
2018 Model design M.A.M. medal 2018
2021 Commemorative euro design “Heroes of the Pandemic” for the Central Bank of Malta minted by Monnaie de Paris
2021 Award “Most Excellent Work” – Japan Mint’s International Coin Design Competition
Contact Info
https://www.instagram.com/mariannafrisonedesign/?hl=it
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-anna-frisone-20332b49/
marianna.frisone@yahoo.it
