Born in 1984 in Florence Italy. She lives in The Netherlands since 2004 She graduated in 2008 as a Dancer at The Rotterdam Dance Academy, Codarts. Valeria Cosi started photography while training as a professional dancer. Since then, she has been working on different kind of projects (performances, art photography, portraits) as well as exhibiting her pictures and experimenting with fashion photography. She has worked for Codarts-University for Arts and Opendans Festival as the official photographer of the performances. Due to her background as a dancer, her will is giving an intense view of dance, focusing on the intimacy of what is happening on stage. A side stage photography she lately experimeting with different fields of this art form.