Simona Bocchi was born in Monza, Italy.
She is a Fine Arts graduate from Liceo Artistico Terragni, Como, Italy. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts and Sculpture from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and NABA, Milan, where she studied under the tutor ship of Hidetoshi Nagasawa, the renowned Japanese sculptor and architect. She obtained further Master’s degrees from The Wimbledon College of Art, London and The Accademia della Belle Arti, Carrara.

Between 1996 and 2006 she lived and worked in the Italian capitals of sculpture: Carrara, Pietrasanta and Verona, famous for their marble caves and for their bronze foundries. In this period she further enhanced and refined her knowledge of materials and techniques, from the famous Carrara Marble, to bronze and jute, which are all used in her works of art.