Anna Gili was born in Orvieto, Italy in 1960.  By 1984 she had graduated from the ISIA (Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche) of Florence.  In the following years she exhibited widely throughout Europe and in 1997 had a one-man show of her work at the Artist’ Space Gallery.
In 1989 she opened a studio in Milan and has designed widely for companies such as Alessi, Salviati and Swatch.