Born in Luino (Varese-Italy) in 1960, Pierpaola Bernasconi took a degree in Medicine and Surgery at Pavia University (Italy) and married a Medical colleague in 1993. She began painting at the age of eight, exhibiting her works successfully in several Italian galleries. During her University studies, Pierpaola was responsible for the graphics and the realization of various scientific publications. Upon successfully completing her studies, Pierpaola directed her artistic inspiration towards jewelry design, attending various courses in design, goldsmith's art and gemology at famous Italian schools in Florence and Vicenza.

Even today, Pierpaola is still a student at the Gemological Institute of America in order to keep up to date with the current trends. Pierpaola’s creations are manufactured by skilled craftsmen at the Fusari workrooms, who had already collaborated with artists such as Sassu, Fiume, Pomodoro, Consagra.

Toghether with them, Pierpaola has exhibited some of her creations at the Classic of Kortrijk (Belgium), at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and at the Diamonds Museum, Antwerp. Pierpaola was awarded second prize at the contest "Tahitian Pearl Trophy Italia" 2001, in the set category, with REBUS ©. Pierpaola was finalist at the "29th Pearl Design Contest", Tokyo 2003, with the necklace MAREA ©.

In september 2004 Pierpaola exposed at the pavilion "Shapes of Jewelry", Orogemma-Vicenza, where she gave a speech on "Haute Couture Jewels", at the Designers’ Forum.

In spring 2002 Pierpaola Bernasconi opens her first shop "Bernasconi Gioielli" in quai Jean-Charles Rey, in the romantic residential quarter called Fontvieille, Principality of Monaco. Here not only the artist proposes her creations, but also offers the service "Haute Couture Jewellery" : it is possible to plan and project with her, jewels "made to measure", which she will have manufactured by expert Italian goldsmiths. Most articles are unique pieces or are produced in limited numbers. In this way, an idea, a sketch, become unique objects, to enhance the beauty and the personality of the client.

Pierpaola closes her business at the end of 2023 and will remain forever grateful to the Principality of Monaco for having supported her artistic streak and appreciated her work over the years.

Her painting is linear, rich in poetic allusion, moved by an inner strength which runs through her, pervaded with a sweet sorrow. She makes us aware of her loyalty and freedom of expression and motif, which establish the fulcrum of her lyrical inspiration and expressive strength". This is what they wrote in the 1970's, of her work as a young girl.

After a long pause during which she had enriched herself, morally and intellectually, she resumed, with renewed dedication and maturity, the broken dialogue. Her pencil gifts us clear and simple lines, but at the same time original, unique; with her favourite technique, water-colour, she gives form and colour, strength and expression to precious articles, but with an almost everyday simplicity.