[3] Born in Rome, Fumai graduated in architecture from Polytechnic University of Milan, and had her breakout in 2013, winning Furla Prize with a performance based on a work by Valerie Solanas.

[2] She took part in documenta (13) and held performances at MAXXI, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa [it], among other places.

[2] Fumai in her performance practice centered her artistic focus on the role of women.

Her approach involved a combination of deconstruction methods, exploration of freak shows, engagement with metaphysics, transvestism, and DJ sets.

[6] Her work was the subject of a solo show at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève in 2020.