Biava comes from Italy where she graduated at the Academy of Brera in Milan in 1992. She came to Holland to study at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 1997-1999. As an interdisciplinary artist her work took her to several specialised residencies, most recently she has been in residence at European Ceramic Work Center - Sunday Morning, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2008. At the American Academy in Roma, Italy 2010-11. Museum Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy, 2013. At the ISCP New York City, U.S.A. 2014. Le Maupas A.I.R. France, 2017.

Biava has exhibited all over the world including: Chronos & Kairos, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany; Frame, Gertrude Contemporay Art Space, Melbourne, Australia; New York stories, ISCP, New York City, N.Y. US.A. ; Cooling out, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland; Data Clay, Museum of Design, San Francisco, USA; In forma di ceramic MCZ, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, Italy; Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Great Britain; Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Flash, Baltic Center, Gateshead, Great Britain; Doride/Ultramarine, FOAM, Photo Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dalla cellula all’universo - dall’atomo al bit, Triennale Expo Gate, Milano, Italy; On the Edge of Vision, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India;

Recent solo show and presentations includes: Zero & Five, Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Form Informed, book launch & exhibition of prints at Printed Matter, N.Y.C. U.S.A; Form Informed, sculptures & prints, in the de Quistvitrine at the Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands;

Biava has been giving lectures and workshops in international institutions to name a few: University La Sapienza, department of Philosophy, In Rome, Italy; ISBA Academy, Besancon, France; Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam ,The Netherlands and at the Academy of Brera, Milan, Italy.