Biography

Born in Siena, Italy, 1962


Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini

Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini

Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini

Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini
Franca Marini




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
2009

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

franca marini urban lines, Palazzo San Galgano, Siena
SanGalganoSquare, contemporary art exhibition series curated by Massimo Bignardi
Università degli Studi di Siena, Chair of Contemporary Art History
sponsored by Siena Local Council Department of Culture
exhibition coordination and presentation text by Esther Biancotti
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 The Interior Landscapes, 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
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
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


 
VIDEO SCREENINGS/INSTALLATIONS
September 10/16
2009

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

Urban Lines video screening

February 20 2009

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

Urban Lines video screening
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
Urban Lines video screening
presentation by Esther Biancotti
October 22 2008 ENS, Siena
Space and Communication conference
Siena School of Liberal Arts Annual Conference
Urban Lines video installation with sculptural works by artist Joe Smith



CRITICISM
2009 Mathison, Tara. The Trifecta of Franca Marini in “Franca Marini Universal Language”, catalogue exhibition, New York, Queens College Art Center, Carlo Cambi Editore, Siena, 2009, p.6
Morgan, C. Robert. The Transformation of Desire: A New Installation by Franca Marini in “Franca Marini Universal Language”, catalogue exhibition, New York, Queens College Art Center, Carlo Cambi Editore, Siena, 2009, p. 36-39
Biancotti, Esther. franca marini urban lines, exhibition presentation text, Siena, Palazzo San Galgano
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, C. 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”




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

2009-2010

panel for the Pediatrics Department of Siena University Hospital Le Scotte, Siena

2006-2009 sculpture for the G. Amendola Square in Siena
2004-2005 panel for the foyer of the Grancia di Montisi Theatre (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
2009-2010

Siena School for Liberal Arts
painting instructor

1999-2010

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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