Federica Francesconi's work investigates the concept of perception and the alteration of
reality. Her practice engages with the analysis of contemporary language, examining the boundaries
between reality and fiction. Through her research, Francesconi questions our trust in objective
reality, highlighting the dynamics of deception and visual-social manipulation. In painting, as in
drawing, the imperceptible becomes the protagonist. The viewer is called to question themselves
and what they see in the relationship between lights and shadows that blur with real ones, or in the
illusion of pencil marks, almost imperceptible, that seem to be residues of the eye.
By questioning the veracity of the images and representations that constantly surround us,
Francesconi invites the audience to interrogate their own perceptions and challenge apparent
reality.
Francesconi lives and works in Milan.
She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, where she collaborated with Adrian Piper and
Maria Eichhorn. Recent solo exhibitions include Null e Void, The Split Gallery, London, UK (2024);
Clickbait, Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, IT (2023); Fake It till you make it, Apparatus Projects,
Chicago, USA (2022); Life leads us to the end of time and space, Apalazzogallery, Brescia, IT (2021)
and Objections to the possibility of understanding our mental life, Indebt, Amsterdam, NL (2021).
Selected group exhibitions include Wait for reanimation, Galeria Curro, Guadalajara, MEX (2024);
Positions, Salon 75, Copenhagen, DEN (2023); Dopodomani, Terme di Diocleziano - Museo Nazionale
Romano, curated by Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, IT (2023); First Untitled Tennis Tournament,
curated by Mario Garcia Torres, FFprojects, Monterrey, MEX (2022); <1, Magma Maria, Offenbach,
GER (2021) and Rilevamenti Due, curated by Bruno Corà, CAMUSAC Museum, Cassino (Rome), IT
(2020).
Francesconi lives and works in Milan. She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, where she collaborated with Adrian Piper and Maria Eichhorn. Recent solo exhibitions include Null e Void, The Split Gallery, London, UK (2024); Clickbait, Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, IT (2023); Fake It till you make it, Apparatus Projects, Chicago, USA (2022); Life leads us to the end of time and space, Apalazzogallery, Brescia, IT (2021) and Objections to the possibility of understanding our mental life, Indebt, Amsterdam, NL (2021). Selected group exhibitions include Wait for reanimation, Galeria Curro, Guadalajara, MEX (2024); Positions, Salon 75, Copenhagen, DEN (2023); Dopodomani, Terme di Diocleziano - Museo Nazionale Romano, curated by Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, IT (2023); First Untitled Tennis Tournament, curated by Mario Garcia Torres, FFprojects, Monterrey, MEX (2022); <1, Magma Maria, Offenbach, GER (2021) and Rilevamenti Due, curated by Bruno Corà, CAMUSAC Museum, Cassino (Rome), IT (2020).
Dopodomani, Terme di Diocleziano (2023), Museo Nazionale
Romano. Image courtesy of the artist.
Life leads us to the end of time and space (2021), APalazzo Gallery, Brescia. Image courtesy of the artist.
Untitled, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist.
Fake it till you make it (2022), Apparatus Project, Chicago. Image courtesy of the artist.
Once in a blue moon (2021) Spazio Leonardo, curated by UNA gallery, Milan. Image courtesy of the artist.