|  Biography
Born in Siena, Italy, 1962
EDUCATION |
| 1989-90 |
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
independent study in painting |
| 1988 |
Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco
painting class |
| 1987 |
Center of Art Il Verrocchio,
Casole d’Elsa (Siena)
drawing and sculpture class |
The CityLit, London
painting class |
| 1982-86 |
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze,
Florence
Master of Arts in painting, graduated summa cum laude |
| 1977-82 |
Istituto Statale d’Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena
degree in painting, graduated with highest honours |
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Urban Lines, StudioArteFuoriCentro, Rome
Ivana D’Agostino, curator, catalogue |
| 2007 |
From painting to images, 234 Gallery, Upton Building
Buffalo State College, State University of New York, Buffalo |
| 2005 |
Reconstrucción en rojo Nuevas Obras, Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Rolando Castellón, curator, catalogue |
| 2001 |
Sogno di un nuovo mondo – opere recenti, Museo dell’Antica Grancia, Centro Civico per l’Arte Contemporanea La Grancia, Serre di Rapolano (Siena), catalogue |
| 1999 |
Galleria Tornabuoni, Florence |
| 1996 |
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, catalogue |
| 1995 |
Kafka Gallery, New York |
| 1989 |
Diciannove giovani artisti, Museo Civico, Colle di Val d’Elsa (Siena)
Enrico Crispolti, curator, catalogue |
| Lick - Wilmerding Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1988 |
Galleria Bastione di Sapia, Colle di Val d’Elsa (Siena)
Giovanni Pala, curator |
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
| 1998 |
San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco
|
| 1995 |
479
Gallery (two person show), New York |
| 1994 |
Elizabeth
Harris Gallery, New York |
| 1992 |
San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco |
| Seraphine Gallery, Englewood, NJ |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Segni/Disegni, StudioArteFuoriCentro, Rome |
| 2004 |
Ad occhi aperti, Studio Hyunnart, Rome |
| 2003 |
Charles Chamot Gallery, New Jersey, NJ |
Grabar – Grabando, Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Rolando Castellón, curator |
| 2000 |
Galleria Didee Arte Contemporanea, Siena |
| 1999 |
Galleria Didee Arte Contemporanea, Siena |
| 1998 |
Stephen
Gang Gallery, New York |
| 1995 |
All
the world in a painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City,
NJ |
| 1994 |
Blondies Contemporary Art, New York |
| 1993 |
Painting
Center, New York |
| Seraphine Gallery, Englewood, NJ |
| 1992 |
The
Columbus Boat Show, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York
Paul Bridgewater and Laura Kruger, curators |
| Rachael Freedman Contemporary Fine
Arts, New York |
| 1991 |
Yerba
Buena Gardens Cultural Center, San Francisco
Rolando Castellon, curator, brochure |
| 1990 |
The Soul, Minus
Zero Gallery, Los Angeles |
| Freedom: a personal statement,
Grounds For The Arts Gallery, San Geronimo, CA |
| 1989 |
Dream Reality,
Doma Gallery, New York |
| 1985 |
Una nuovissima generazione dell’arte italiana, Fortezza Medicea, Siena
Enrico Crispolti, curator, brochure |
| Piero della Francesca, il lavoro interpretato, Sala Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Sansepolcro (Arezzo), Teatro Comunale, Monterchi (Arezzo), Logge del Vasari (Arezzo), Mariano Apa, curator, catalogue |
| 1984 |
L’arte del vedere, Palazzo Corsini, Albano Laziale (Rome)
Mariano Apa, curator, catalogue |
| La visitazione rivisitata, Biblioteca Comunale “Aldo Palazzeschi”, Carmignano (Florence), Mariano Apa, curator, catalogue |
CRITICISM |
| 2008 |
Maestrini, Giulia. Franca Marini, da Siena a New York sulle tracce delle “Urban Lines” in “La Nazione”, Florence, June 22 |
| D. Perrone. New York, Siena e Roma a confronto nell’opera di Franca Marini in La Voce, June 18 |
| D’Agostino, Ivana. Urban Lines in “Urban Lines”, catalogue exhibition, Rome, StudioArteFuoriCentro |
| 2007 |
Maestrini, Giulia. Il sogno americano di Franca. Da Siena alla University of New
York
in “La Nazione”, Florence, November 11 |
| 2005 |
Maestrini, Giulia. Torna a splendere il teatro della Grancia. Con un’opera d’arte in “La Nazione”, Florence, October 28 |
Coccoli, Donatella. Personale di Franca Marini in Costa Rica in “Corriere di Siena”, Siena,
September 22 |
| Herrera, Sofia. Qué tienen en común un coreano y una italiana? in “La Repubblica”, San José, Costa Rica, September 18 |
| Molina, Dunia. Nuevas Obras de Franca Marini in ”Reconstrucción en rojo Nuevas Obras”, catalogue exhibition, San José, Costa Rica, Galería Nacional, p. 8-9 |
| Bandini, Silvia / Biancotti, Esther. Palabras Aladas in ”Reconstrucción en rojo Nuevas Obras”, catalogue exhibition, San José, Costa Rica, Galería Nacional, p 30-39 |
| 2001 |
Iannello, Riccardo. Racconto pittorico di un mondo da sogno in “La Nazione”, Florence, August 21 |
| Tonelli, Massimiliano. Franca Marini – Sogno di un nuovo mondo in Exibart, July 26 |
| Savelli, Anna. Quel mondo nuovo sognato sulle tele, in “Corriere di Siena”, Siena,
July 21 |
| Coccoli, Donatella. Sogno di un nuovo mondo - opere di Franca Marini in “De - sign”, Modena, July – September, p. 40-41 ill. |
Fargnoli, Domenico. Sogno di un nuovo mondo in “Sogno di un nuovo mondo - opere recenti”, catalogue exhibition, Serre di Rapolano (Siena), Museo dell’Antica Grancia,
p. 5-9 |
| Panzera, Annamaria. The sense of things. Some notes on Franca Marini’s paintings in “Sogno di un nuovo mondo – opere recenti”, catalogue exhibition, Serre di Rapolano (Siena), Museo dell’Antica Grancia, p. 33-37 |
| Piersimoni, Cristina. The voice of silence in “Sogno di un nuovo mondo - opere recenti”, catalogue exhibition, Serre di Rapolano (Siena), Museo dell’Antica Grancia, p. 43-46 |
| 1996 |
Morgan, Robert. The Interior Landscapes, catalogue exhibition, New York, Elizabeth Harris Gallery |
| 1991 |
Castellón, Rolando. New Paintings by Franca Marini, brochure exhibition, San Francisco, Yerba Buena Gardens Cultural Center |
| 1989 |
Piersimoni, Cristina. Le materie vive di Pala e Marini, in “N.C. Nuovo Corriere”, Siena, August 23 |
| Coletti, Antonella. L’Arte di due giovani pittori: un rapporto diverso con la natura, in “Il Campo di Siena”, Siena, April 8 |
| Magni, Grazia. “Diciannove giovani artisti”, catalogue exhibition, Colle di Val d’Elsa (Siena), Museo Civico, p. 36 ill. |
| 1985 |
Apa, Mariano. “Piero della Francesca. L’opera interpretata”, catalogue exhibition, Sansepolcro (Arezzo), Sala Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Monterchi (Arezzo), Teatro Comunale, Arezzo, Logge del Vasari, p. 34 ill. |
| 1984 |
Apa, Mariano. “La Visitazione rivisitata ”, catalogue exhibition, Carmignano (Florence), Biblioteca Comunale “Aldo Palazzeschi”, p. 8 |
| Apa, Mariano. “L’arte del vedere”, catalogue exhibition, Albano Laziale (Rome), Palazzo Corsini, p. 11 |
LECTURES |
| 2007 |
Buffalo State College, State University of New York
visiting artist lecturer on her work |
| 2005 |
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
guest lecturer on her work |
| 2003 |
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan
guest lecturer on her work
|
| 2000 |
American University, Corciano (Perugia)
guest lecturer on her work
|
| 1993 |
The City College (CUNY), New York
guest lecturer on “The influences of 14th and 15th century Sienese painting on the art of a contemporary Italian painter”
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VISITING ARTIST PROJECTS
|
2007 |
Buffalo State College, State University of New York |
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROJECTS |
1998 |
Metropolitan Montessori
School, New York
Artist of the Month - for the
month of May |
GRANTS AND AWARDS |
| 1998 |
New York Foundation
for the Arts (NYFA)
fellowship recipient for painting |
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
|
| 2004-05 |
panel for the foyer of the Grancia di Montisi Theatre (Siena) |
| 2006 |
sculpture for the G. Amendola Square in Siena |
MUSEUM AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
| Istituto Statale d’Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena |
| Buffalo State College, State University of New York |
| Scuola di Specializzazione in Storia dell'Arte, Università degli Studi di Siena |
Museo di Arte Contemporanea Italiana in America, San Josè, Costa Rica |
| Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo (MADC), San José, Costa Rica |
| Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica |
| Centro Civico per l’Arte Contemporanea La Grancia, Serre di Rapolano (Siena) |
| The Museum of Art and Origins, New York |
| The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida |
| Provveditorato agli Studi di Siena (Istituto Statale d’Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna di Siena collection) |
TEACHING |
| 1999-PRESENT |
Buffalo State College, State University of New York, Siena Program
painting instructor |
| 2006-07 |
Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence
painting instructor |
| 2003-05 |
Istituto Statale d’Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena |
| 1991-92 |
The League School, Brooklyn, NY
volunteer painting instructor for emotionally challenged elementary
and high school students |
| 1990 |
Youth Guidance Center,
San Francisco
art project coordinator with juvenile delinquents |
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