Franca Marini
Professor of Painting

Selected One-Person Exhibitions:

2019: Transnational Migration and Immigration – E-Words project, Università degli Studi di Siena, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Internazionali

2018: Transnational Migration and Immigration - non ho paura dell’uomo nero, Scuola Permanente dell’Abitare, Ocra Montalcino (Siena)

Transnational migration and immigration Human Rights Institute at Kean University, Union,  N.J. Neil Tetkowski, curator

2017: Visions from the metropolis – an artistic research between urban life and early renaissance imagery, Karl and Helen Burger Gallery, Kean University, Union, N.J., Neil Tetkowski, curator

2009: Universal Language, Queens College Art Center, New York, The Poetics of Transculture, Tara Mathison, curator, catalogue

Urban Lines, Palazzo San Galgano, Siena, Italy. SANGALGANOSQUARE, series of contemporary art exhibitions curated by Massimo Bignardi, chair of Contemporary Art History, Università degli Studi di Siena. Exhibition coordination and presentation text by Esther Biancotti.

2008: Urban Lines, StudioArteFuoriCentro, Rome, Italy. Curator, catalogue: Ivana D'Agostino.
2007: From painting to images, 234 Gallery, Upton Building, Buffalo State College, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
2005: Reconstrucciòn en rojo Nuevas Obras, Galerì­a Nacional, San José, Costa Rica. Curator, catalogue: Rolando Castellàn.
2001: Sogno di un nuovo mondo - opere recenti, Museo dell'Antica Grancia, Centro Civico per l'Arte Contemporanea La Grancia, Serre di Rapolano, Italy.
1999: Galleria Tornabuoni, Firenze, Italy.
1996: Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY, Italy.
1995: Kafka Gallery, New York, NY, Italy.
1989: Diciannove giovani artisti, Museo Civico, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Italy. Curator, catalogue: Enrico Crispolti.
1989: Lick, Wilmerding Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA.
1988: Galleria Bastione di Sapia, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Italy. Curator: Giovanni Pala.

Selected Two and Three-Person Exhibitions:
1998: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA.
1995: 479 Gallery (two-person show), New York, NY, USA.
1994: Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1992: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA.
1992: Seraphine Gallery, Englewood, NJ, USA.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2019: KOSÌ il bene comune 2 Korea-Siena Complesso San Marco, Siena, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

2018: Fortezza Aperta. New York – Siena. Artisti a confronto Fortezza Medicea- Bastione Madonna, Siena, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

Librartis a Siena Mostra Itinerante Internazionale del Libro d’Artista, Biblioteca e Fototeca Giuliano Briganti, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

2016-17: Libertà delle memorie Le Stanze della Memoria, Istituto Storico della Resistenza senese e dell'Età Contemporanea, Siena, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

2016: 100 Artist Books You Can Touch Czurles-Nelson Gallery at SUNY Buffalo State, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

Librartis Artist Books You Can Touch Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

2015: Librartis Artist Books You Can Touch Burger Gallery, kean University, Union, NJ, Fabio Mazzieri, curator

2014: Brujas pero tambien brujos Aglutinador - Brücke / El MAM y Linea 106, Havana, Sandra Ceballos, curator

Gestos Mary Chacon Contemporáneo, San Josè, Costa Rica, colección R. Castellón

2013: 3rd International ArtBook Fair Studio E-5 Cubberley Studios, Palo Alto, CA, Rolando Castellón, curator

Il fine dell’arte? Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Chiusi Antonio Locafaro, curator

2012: Giornate Europee Del Patrimonio Fondazioni Musei Senesi, Siena Art Institute

Museo dell’Antica Grancia, Serre di Rapolano (Siena)

Museo Civico Archeologico e d’Arte Sacra, Asciano (Siena)

2012-11: De Colección Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC)

San José, Costa Rica, María José Chavarría, curator

2011: TEXT-o-&-figure Fabula Urbis, Lisbon / Centro Alfredo Pinheiro, Cascais (Lisbon), Rolando Castellón, curator

2010: TEXT-o-&-figure, Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, Rolando Castellón, curator 
2009: Terracotta in public and private collections, Museo della Terracotta, Petroio (Siena)
2008: Segni/Disegni, StudioArteFuoriCentro, Rome, Italy.
2004: Ad occhi aperti, Studio Hyunnart, Rome, Italy.
2003: Charles Chamot Gallery, Jersey CIty, NJ, USA.
2003: Grabar - Grabando, Galerì­a Nacional, San José, Costa Rica. Curator: Rolando Castellàn.
2000: Galleria Didee Arte Comtemporanea, Siena, Italy.
1999: Galleria Didee Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy.
1998: Stephen Gang Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1995: All the world in a painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, USA.
1994: Blondies Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA.
1993: Painting Center, New York, NY, USA.
1993: Seraphine Gallery, Englewood, NJ, USA.
1992: The Columbus Boat Show, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY, USA. Curators: Paul Bridgewater and Laura Kruger.
1992: Rachael Freedman Contemporary Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA.
1991: Yerba Buena Gardens Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. Curator, brochure: Rolando Castellàn.
1990: The Soul, Minus Zero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1990: Freedom: a personal statement, Grounds For The Arts Gallery, San Geronimo, CA, USA.
1989: Dream Reality, Doma Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1985: Una nuovissima generazione dell'arte italiana, Fortezza Medicea, Siena, Italy. Curator, brochure: Enrico Crispolti.
1985: Piero della Francesca, il lavoro interpretato, Sala Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Sansepolcro, Italy; Teatro Comunale, Monterchi, Italy; Logge del Vasari, Arezzo, Italy. Curator, catalogue: Mariano Apa.
1984: L'arte del vedere, Palazzo Corsini, Albano Laziale, Italy. Curator, catalogue: Mariano Apa.
1984: La visitazione rivisitata, Biblioteca Comunale "Aldo Palazzeschi", Carmignano, Italy. Curator, catalogue: Mariano Apa.

 

SELECTED VIDEO SCREENINGS

Un Mar Rojo

- June 28 2019, XXI century video art series Macro Asilo, Museo Macro | Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma

- May 2-8 Romerías de Mayo Art Festival, Holguin, Cuba

a dream in Gaza

- September 26 2017, Eleventh Human Rights Film Festival, Valparaíso, Chile

- February 15 2017, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, presentation by the artist

- December 2016 - February 16 2017, Stanze della Memoria
Istituto Storico della Resistenza senese e dell'Età Contemporanea (ISRSEC), Siena

- April 26 2016, Arsenale Cinema, Pisa, debate with the artist

- March 12 2016, Al Ard Doc Film Festival, Cineteca Sarda, Cagliari

- February 6 2016, 7° Premio Stefano Chiarini La Tenda, Modena

- December 4 2015, Uomini come voi, Aula Magna del Rettorato, Siena

organized by Link Siena, Università degli Studi di Siena

- November 26 2015, London Kingston University, London
War and peace: understanding and addressing the conflict
London Kingston University, School of Psychology Criminology and Sociology

organized by the Department of Psychology

- November 5 2015, P21 gallery, London
debate with director Franca Marini, moderated by journalist Amelia Smith

- October 30 2015 Confini / Borders Visionaria International Film Festival

Teatro Alfieri, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena

- September 12 2015 Casa Internazionale delle Donne, Rome

A dream in Gaza one year after the massacre known as Operation Protective Edge

organized by Cultura è Libertà

debate with the artist and Meri Calvelli - Italian Center for Cultural Exchange of Gaza VIK

- August 22  2015 Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala di Siena
A dream in Gaza one year after Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent military offensive  in the Gaza Strip, debate with the artist, Francesco Andreini - Assopace Palestina and Meri Calvelli -

Italian Center for Cultural Exchange VIK of Gaza

- August 1 2105 Khalim Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine

- May 14, 2015 Al Aqsa University, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Cosa es lo humano?

- July 14 2012 Le notti dell’ArcheologiaArcheofest

Museo Civico per la Preistoria del Monte Cetona, Maria Teresa Cuda, curator

new version with music by Prada & Soragna, presentation by Antonio Locafaro and Franca Marini

- November 21 2010 SonoMACLab

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

curated by Andrés Lugo, live performance by Trili music ensemble

Urban Lines

- January 26 2017 the metropolis and the artist - The collective and social dimension of the city told by an artist -  Le Stanze della Memoria, Siena, debate with artist Franca Marini, prof. Bernardina Sani and arch. Marina Gennari, Centro Mara Meoni, Istituto Storico della Resistenza senese e dell'Età Contemporanea

- September 10/16 2009 Universal Language Queens College Art Center, New York

"The Poetics of Transculture", Tara Mathison, curator, presentation by Franca Marini

- February 20 2009 FuturismoistarteaSiena – Mattinatafuturista

Istituto Statale d’Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena, curated by Fabio Mazzieri

presentation by Esther Biancotti

- January 21 2009 franca marini urban lines, Palazzo San Galgano, Siena

SanGalganoSquare, series of contemporary art exhibitions curated by Massimo Bignardi

Università degli Studi di Siena, chair of Contemporary Art History, presentation by Esther Biancotti

- October 22 2008 ENS, Siena

Space and Communication conference, Siena School of Liberal Arts Annual Conference

video installation with sculptural works by artist Joe Smith

Sart life