Paola Bristot, Aviano (1961), graduated in DAMS (Bologna,1985) and specialized in the work of Andrea Pazienza. She is professor of History of Art at the Academy in Venezia.
As president of the Viva Comix association organises many exhibitions concerning comics, illustration, animation and visual arts. She is the artistic director of the Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (2007-2018) in Trieste, Udine, Pordenone and Venice.
She curated with Andrea Martignoni “Animazioni”, 5 DVD anthologies of contemporary Italian short films edited by Viva Comix, Ottomani, (2010-17).
As art director she produced the experimental film “Re-cycling” (Arte Video, Viva Comix 2014).