Favaretto studied at Kingston University (London), the Fondazione Antonio Ratti (Como, Italy), and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Milan). Favaretto has participated in many group exhibitions including shows at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh (2013), dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), the CCA Wattis in San Francisco (2012); the Istanbul Biennial (2011); the MAXXI in Rome (2011), the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen (2010), the Fundación/Colección Jumex in México D.F (2010), the Hayward Gallery in London (2010); the Sharjah Biennial (2009), the Venice Biennale (2009, 2005) and the Sydney Biennale (2008), and she will be shown in Castello di Rivoli in Turin (2015). Her many solo shows include exhibitions at Sharjah Art Museum in the United Arab Emirates (2013), MoMA PS1 in New York (2012) and Tramway in Glasgow (2009).