Francesco Del Conte 

Biography

Francesco Del Conte (1988, Milan) is a visual artist, photographer and researcher and lives and works between Brussels and Turin. In 2012 he achieved a bachelor’s degree in printmaking at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. Because of his interest in photography, he moved to Belgium in 2013 to study at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, where he graduated with a master’s degree in fine arts in the photography department. In the first ten years of his practice, Del Conte has investigated, in particular, the design and the history of a series of technologies employed in architecture and the industrial and artisan fields. On the line between a very objective feel and an enigmatic atmosphere, these photographic works are displayed as gelatin silver prints and as slide projections in dialogue with the exhibition spaces. In 2016 he was invited by the Centre for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu to attend a seven-month fellowship program which will be very significant to his practice.

After this period in Japan, Del Conte shaped a new approach to the photographic medium to create new insights about photography itself. This was partly stimulated by his interest in using large-format cameras. The use of this equipment led him to explore photography’s potential and investigate the structure of the medium, breaking it down into its fundamental elements: electromagnetic energy and time. Today, he is particularly engaged in examining some conflicting aspects of the medium: magic and science, apparatus and operator,  objectivity and subjectivity. In his current projects, he considers the camera as a light recorder rather than a tool that allows the author to explore the concepts of narrative, space, and composition. This change of paradigm led the artist to produce a new body of work intertwined with other fields such as mineralogy, astronomy, and color science. In 2023 he moved back to Belgium to conduct photographic research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp within the Thinking Tools research group. Del Conte’s works are part of private and public collections and have been exhibited internationally.

News

Moving the Photogram, Group Exhibition, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Opening: 18.10.24 →

Fräsen, Solo Exhibition at Archivio Negroni, Milan, Opening 03.03.24 →

Cosmologie, Collective Exhibition at Associazione 21, Lodi, Opening 02.03.24 →

Skyglow, Solo Exhibition at Foto Forum, Bolzano, Opening 16.01.24 →

Framing Colour: Symposium at FOMU Photo Museum, Antwerp, 22.11.23 →

The Chromatic Illusion within the Photographic Universe, Research Grant, Antwrp Academy of Fine Arts, 2023-24 →

Maybe Magazine #2, with Kalamari Klub and IsoQuant, Heidelberg, 11.2022 →

Parola d'Artista, interview with Gabriele Landi, 10.2022 →

Tutte Quelle Cose, interview with Angela Madesani, 09.2022 →

Il Cuore Avventuroso #2, Talk with Angela Madesani, Paolo Pessarelli Studio, Milan, 05.07.2022 | 7pm 

When space becomes a place for action and thought, 10 A.M. ART Gallery, Milan, Opening Reception: 30.06.2022 | 5 pm →

Orientarsi con le Stelle, Group Exhibition at Musei Civici, Rimini, 2021 →

Fräsen, Solo Exhibition in Milan at the Basilica di San Celso, Opening Reception: 03.10.2020 | 6 - 21 pm →

Fotografia e Tassonomia di Angela Madesani
Artribune Magazine #49 →

Hortus Conclusus, Exhibition at Fondazione 107, Turin, Opening Reception: 13.04.2019 | 5-9 pm →

DIP Talks #7: LUCA School of Arts, 27.02.2019 | 7-9 pm Campus Sint-Lukas, Paleizenstraat 70, Bruxelles →

Acquisition by the De Pietri-Artphilein Foundation of two works of the series Fräsen →

Sguardi sul Futuro, Exhibition at Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Visiting Period: 9.01 - 2.02.2019 →

Solo Exhibition at Wop Art Fair with Heillandi Gallery, 20 - 23 September 2018, Lugano →

La Città, Exhibition at Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Opening Reception: 20.09.2018 | 6 pm →

Serie Inversa #4, Diogene, Turin, 2017 → 

CCA Kitakyushu Research Program Exhibition, Kitakyushu, 2017 →

Fräsen, Exhibition at Fondazione 107, Turin, 2016 → 

Contacts

info@francescodelconte.it

+39 3287076130

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