Biography

          Francesco Del Conte (1988, Milan) lives and works in Turin. In 2012 he achieved a bachelor's degree in printmaking at the Albertina Academy of fine Arts in Turin. Because of his new 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 activity, Del Conte has investigated, in particular, the design and the history behind a series of technologies employed in architecture, in the industrial, and in the artisanal fields. On the line between a very objective feel and an enigmatic atmosphere, these photographic works are displayed as gelatin silver prints and as installations in dialogue with the exhibition spaces. In 2016 he was invited by the Centre for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu in Japan to attend a seven-months fellowship program of which will be really significant to his research. In the following years, the artist started to work with subjects characterized by scientific and socio-cultural interests. Recently, Del Conte has shaped a new approach to the photographic medium, which considers the camera a light recorder and not a tool that allows the photographer to explore the concepts of narrative, space, and composition. This change of paradigm led the artist to produce a new body of works that studies a series of natural and artificial luminous phenomena observable through the camera lens. His works are part of private and public collections and have been exhibited internationally.

News

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

Fräsen, solo exhibition in Milano 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, Torino 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 part of the series Fräsen

Sguardi sul Futuro, exhibition at Galleria San Fedele, Milano 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, Milano
Opening reception: 20.09.2018 | 6 pm

Serie Inversa #4, Diogene, Torino, 2017

CCA Kitakyushu research program exhibition, Kitakyushu, 2017

Fräsen, exhibition at Fondazione 107, Torino, 2016

Contacts

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