After her artistic studies, Vanna Vinci started to work in the advertising field. She worked at the Studio Mow Mow from 1987. She made her comics debut in Fumo di China with two short stories about the mummy 'Naarik'. She then joined Granata Press, where she produced 'L'Altra Parte' (in Nova Express), and 'Doppio Sogno'.
She illustrated the mini-series 'Mondo Naif' in Star Comics, and drew 'Guarda che Luna' with text by Giovanni Mattioli at Kappa Edizioni. She continued her collaboration with Mattioli with 'Una Casa a Venezia' for the Japanese publisher Kodansha. Again at Kappa, she illustrated 'Ombre', 'Lillian Browne', 'L'Età Selvaggia', and 'Viaggio Sentimentale'. At Bonelli, she illustrated 'Legs Weaver', and for Linus, she produced the strip 'La Bambina Filosofica'.
Despite not being a Belgian character 'La Bambina Filosofica' received her own comic book mural in Brussels, as part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route. Inaugurated on 2 October 2015, it can be seen in the Rue du Marteau / Hamerstraat in Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode/ Sint-Joost-Ten-Noode, not far from Italy's permanent representation of the European Union. It also pays tribute to Belgian painter René Magritte.
