Francesco Fossati is visual artist and wild plants forager. Lives and works in Lissone (IT)

 

Education

2008 BFA in Painting at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan

2010 MFA in Painting at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan

 

Solo Shows

2024
Un Raccolto di Consolazione (with Carlo Stainer), Casa Testori, Novate Milanese (IT) curated by Elisa Del Prete

2023
Fuori Stagione, Museo MA*GA, Gallarate (IT), curated by Francesca Chiara e Lorena Giuranna
Eight Autumns, Iaga Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca (RO), curated by Camilla Remondina

2022
Hortus siccus, Hortus vivus, Surplace, Varese (IT), and Subplace, Milan, curated by Rossalla Moratto

2021
Liminal Wild Plants, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan, text by Lorenzo Madaro 
Leaves Bar, Spazio Hangar, Rome, Curated by Rosaria Madeo and Arianna Sera

2020
Organic Pictures, Window Project, Spazio 22, Milan

2019
Erbatinta (with Paola Cianardi), Magazzini, Palermo, IT, curated by Dario Orphee La Mendola

2017
Paradossi, Complesso Museale Santa Giulia, Brescia IT, curated by Team Cäef

2016
FalseFriend [Martin], Das KloHäuschen, München, curated by Anja Uhlig
Die Neue Künstliche Konzeption (with Stefano Spera), Dimora Artica, Milan 

2015
FalseFriends [Diego], cantina montone, Montoro (IT) 

2013
Displace (with Andrea Magaraggia), Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Lissone, curated by Alberto Zanchetta
Non-Specificity of Medium, Galleria Cart at Flash Art Event, Milan, Curated by Simone Frangi

2012
Francesco Fossati, Galleria Cart, Monza (IT)

2011
Volume 2, VANNI, Turin, curated by Olga Gambari

2010
quattro o cinque volte F, Galleria 42 Contemporaneo, Modena – Italy
Hippy Architecture (and more and fun and peace and love), Apeiron Gallery, Macherio (MB - Italy)

2009
Manifatture, Mon Ego Contemporary, Como, curated by Nicola Cecchelli

 

Selected Group Shows

2024
Alfabeto Contemporaneo, MA*GA Museum Gallarate (IT), in collaboration with SkyArte
The Community of Compost, Like a Little Disaster, Polignano a Mare (IT), curated by Giuseppe Pinto
Caro Alberto, Spazio Tempesta, Recanati (IT), curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Per Grazia Ricevuta, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, curated by Alberto Mattia Martini
Mellone Prize, Museo Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan

2023
E IL TOPO, Museo MADRE, Naples, curated by Giorgio Verzotti
Riportando tutto a casa, Museo delle navi romane, Nemi, curated by Lorenzo Madaro
Do/Don’t Paint, Plain Gallery, Milan, a cura di Lorenzo Madaro
Babylon, Spazio Serra, Milan, curated by Joykix and Rossella Moratto
Di Noi Tre, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan

2022
Be Natural/Be Wild, Fondazione CRB, Biella, curated by Alberto Fiz
Segni Elementari, various venues, Alberobello IT, curated by Francesco Carofiglio, Concettina Ghisu, Lorenzo Madaro and Brizia Minerva
Imboscata, Corniola woods, Empoli (IT), curated by Rachel Morellet, Shilha Cintelli, Eva Sauer and Enrico Vezzi 
Inside the Myth, Mill of Pappas, Larissa (GR), curated by Francesco Piazza and Vassilis Karampatsas

2021
Stati della Materia, Gagliardi e Domke, Turin, curated by Lorenzo Madaro
See You, Tomorrow, a.topos, Venice, curated by Fernanda Andrade and Lucia Trevisan
Arte per il bene comune, a project by Lucrezia De Domizio Durini at Galleria Civica Guzzini, Recanati

2020
Solstice: Create Art for Earth, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, curated by Judy Chicago
Refolded - Percorsi meta-artistici, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, curated by Collettivo curatoriale Luiss Master of Art X
From Discipline to Holobiont, Parco Nord Milano, Curated by Yiuxian Dong, Ko Yuhsin e Xiong Xiu 
Exhibition, Kunsthalle Chiavari, curated by Giancarlo Norese and Paola Pietronave
D.O.P.O., Riss(e) + Surplace, Varese IT, curated by Rossella Moratto

2019
Silenzioso, mi ritiro a dipingere un quadro, Renata Fabbri, Milan,curated by Lorenzo Madaro
Replica, Villa Vertua, Nova Milanese IT, curated by Simona Squadrito
Imagine Nature, Galleria VentoBlu, Polignano a mare IT
Residenze d’artista, Fondazione Isola Comacina, Milan, curated by Marco Pellizzola

2018
Sostituzioni, Casa-Museo Boschi Di Stefano, Milan, curated by Sabino Maria Frassà and Maria Fratelli
Talpe, Liceo Classico Umberto I, Palermo (IT), collateral event of Manifesta 12, curated by Marta Cereda and Laura Lamonea
SHOT | inneschi contemporanei in polveriera, Parco delle Groane, Solaro (IT), curated by Marta Cereda, Ivan Quaroni and Elisa Fusi
Avevo 20 Anni, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo (IT), Curated by Sabino Maria Frassà

2017
Lupi in città, MUSE - Museo delle scienze, Trento, curated by Samuela Caliani and Chiara Rindone
Arte Contro la Corruzione, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese (IT), curated by Giuseppe Frangi
Rosso Freddo, Studi Festival #3, Milan, curated by Mattia Barbieri and Monica Mazzone 
Combat Prize, Museo Fattori, Livorno

2016
il Crepaccio Corner, Convivio, Milan, curated by Caroline Corbetta
Contexto, various Location in Edolo (IT), curated by Marta Cereda and Giuseppe Frangi
No Place 3, Galleria del Premio Suzzara (IT), curated by Umberto Cavenago and Ermanno Cristini 

2015
Chunk, Sala Ss. Filippo e Giacomo, Brescia, curated by Team Caef, Alessandro Mancassola and Domenico Quaranta
Locus-Loci, Villa Terzoli, Brebbia VA, a curated by Eleonora Castagna
Progetto Italiano 03, The Workbench, Milan, curated by Pietro di Lecce
Senza oro ne rame, Pantelleria cinque, Studi Festival, Milan
Vetrina, Soap, Milan

2014
Un rêve d’éternité, Frac Bretagne, Rennes
FR (with the collective & IL TOPO)
"INDEP
ENDENCIA!", PAN | Palazzo Arti Napoli, Naples, curated by Corrado Morra
Giovani scultori alla Permanente, Museo della Permanente, Milan, curated by Giulio Gallera

Il Collasso Dell'entropia/Zwei, MAC Lissone, curated by Alberto Zanchetta
Vertical Depth (with Dario Sbrana and Cristiano Tassinari), MARS Milan Artist Run Space, Milan
Energia Vitale, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, curated by Francesca Baboni
Extradelicato 02, Studio Corfone, Milan
Progetto Italiano N. 1, Dimora Artica, Milan, curated by Pietro Di Lecce
Home Edition, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, curated by Mattia Barbieri
Confronti, BAF 2014, Bergamo (IT), curated by Giorgio Viganò

2013
Upokeimenon, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Casso (IT), curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis and Michela Lupieri
Mediterranea 16 Young Artists Biennial – Errors Allowed, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona (IT) Curated by Charlotte Bank, Alessandro Castiglioni, Nadira Laggoune, Delphine Leccas, Slobodne Beze/Loose Associations, Marco Trulli and Claudio Zecchi
Studi Aperti, Museo Tornielli, Ameno (IT), curated by Francesca Gattoni e Giorgio Caione
Acqua, Vivai, Montevarchi (IT), curated by Carles Marco
Rage among the Tartars, Szatyor Gallery, Budapest, curated by Dorka Kaposi
Facciamo il p
unto?, riss(e), Varese IT, curated by Alessandro Di Pietro and Cecilia Guida

2012
nabavsbrera, Il Crepaccio, Milan, Curated by Caroline Corbetta
Coordinate Ellittiche, Careof DOCVA, Milan, curated by Bruno Muzzolini and Chiara Agnello
Premio Lissone, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Lissone, Lissone IT
Un Certain Regard, Galleria Cart, Monza, curated by Giorgio Viganò
Un'Opera per il Castello, Museum Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, curated by Angela Tecce
déjà made_ready vu, Palazzo Appiani, Piombino (IT), curated by Nicola Cecchelli
Extradelicato, Corfone Studio, Milan, curated by Claudio Corfone

2011
26
th Biennial of art humour, Tolentino (MC, Italy), curated by Andrea Gualandri
Envie, Ex Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Milan, curated by Andrea Del Guercio
The Light Cone
, Art On Stage, Vigevano, curated by Gaia Rotango

2010
Talent Prize, Museo Centrale Montemartini, Roma, Curated by Nicoletta Zanella
Sull’ invisibile, Avvistamenti, appuntamenti e pedinamenti dell’arte contemporanea, Ciocca arte contemporanea, Milan, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti (FAM)

2009
L’ Indiano in Giardino, Neighborhood Isola (various locations), Milan, Organized by Alek
O. and Santo Tolone, in collaboration with Isola Art Center
“Art Day Night”, viamoronisedici/spazioarte Bergamo (Italy), curated by Francesca di Nardo and Rudina Hoxhaj
Aspetti che non ti aspetti, Agro of Castiadas (Cagliari - Italy), curated by Mauro Cossu
VideoArtYearBook 2009, Chiostro of Santa Cristina, Bologna, curated by Francesca Grandi, Renato Barilli, Alessandra Borgogelli, Paolo Granata, Fabiola Naldi and Paola Sega
Group Show, Chiostro dei Glicini, Società Umanitaria, Milan, Curated by Gabi Scardi, Roberto Pinto, Athos Collura and Ornella Piluso
Dialog Und Identität, Kaiserliche Hofburg, Innsbruck (Austria), Curated by Angela Madesani and Ester Caiani

2008
Mastermind, Neon>Campobase, Bologna (Italy), curated by Riccardo Giacconi, Michela Lupieri, Nataša Vasiljević, Daniele Zoico
1st Festival Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea, directed by Carlos Basualdo, Pier Luigi Sacco and Angela Vettese, diverse venues, Faenza, Italy. (Gradisca, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, curated by Daniela Zangrando and Alberto Garutti)
AMOENA, curated by Simone Frangi in the 3rd Sardinia Art Fair, Ex Carceri of Castiadas (Cagliari - Italy), curated By Mauro Cossu and Francesca Sassu

2007
Alberi d’Artista, GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy
No Boundaries, itinerant exibition: Contemporary Art Museum Genar Perez, Cordoba (Argentine); MAC Contemporary Art Museum, Salta (Argentine); Contemporary Art Museum, Mendoza (Argentine), curated by Antonia Iurlaro
Lo Schermo Ansioso, Teatro Peroni, Varese (Italy), curated by Matteo Chini and Bruno Muzzolini

2006
Wireless, Galleria Unorossodue, Milano, curated by Alessandro Mancassola and Bruno Muzzolini

2005
Salon 1°, Museo della Permanente, Milan

 

Public works

2023 Reticolo Selvatico, Oggiono (Lecco IT) curated by Veronica Pandiani and Manuela Sormani 

2022 Pietra che ritorna, Parco Monte Barro Arte_Natura (Lecco IT)

2020 Artoteca Ecosostenibile, Porto Museo di Tricase (Puglia, IT), curated by Enrico Gentina

2018 FalseFriend [Joseph], permanent installation in Trento (IT), curated by MUSE

2018 Canapaio Ellittico, eco-garden in Parco delle Groane, Solaro (IT)

2016 FalseFriend [Martin], temporary installation in Munich, curated by Anja Uhlig

2016 Fake History, permanent installation at Parco Nord, Milan, curated by Davide Dall’Ombra

2016 FalseFriend [Umberto], permanent installation in Edolo (IT) curated by Giuseppe Frangi

2015 Fake History, permanent installation in Carrara (IT), curated by Francesca Nicoli

 

Residences and Workshops 

2023
Prospettiva Veganocentrica, Museo MA*GA, Gallarate (VA), curated by Francesca Chiara, Francesco Fossati and Lorena Giuranna

2020
B.R.A.C.T., Porto Museo Tricase (LE), curated by Enrico Gentina 

2018   
AIR program Casa A, Isola Comacina, Como Lake (IT), curated by Marco Pellizzola

2017
Lupi in città, MUSE - Museo delle Scienze, Trento, scientific residence

2015
Effetto Venturi, Museo del 900, Milan, workshop with Ugo La Pietra, curated by Peep Hole
Forum Nazionale di Scultura Contemporanea, residence in Carrara IT and workshop at Laboratori Artistici Nicoli 

2012
Workshop Appunti Visivi, curated by Love Difference, inside Le Buone Pratiche by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Museum of Contemporary Art of Lissone (Italy)

2009
AIR
 program The Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art (Centre International d’accueil et d’echanges des Récollets, Paris)
Workshop ART HUB, Milan, visiting professor Steve Piccolo and Marc Vincent Kalinka, curated by Francesca di Nardo and UnDo.net

 

Curatorial Projects

2013
Claudio Corfone, “Lampo Legenda”, Studio Apeiron, Sovico (IT)

Punti di Fuga 02, roundtable with Yari Miele (MARS, Milan), Vera Dell'Oro (Brand New Gallery, Milan) and Monica Villa (Villa Contemporanea, Monza), Studio Apeiron, Sovico (IT)
Francesco Locatelli, “L'immane concretezza”, Studio Apeiron, Sovico (IT)
Punti di Fuga 01, roundtable with Alberto Zanchetta (MAC Lissone), Matteo Rossini (Fondazione Pietro Rossini, Briosco), Calogero Ninotta and Giorgio Viganò (Galleria Cart, Monza), Studio Apeiron, Sovico (IT)

2011
Giannetto Bravi, “1965-1975”, Studio Apeiron, Macherio (MB - Italy)

2010
Edition of 5, co-organized with Mattia Barbieri, Studio Apeiron, Macherio (MB - Italy)

2006
Salt, Spazioinevoluzione, Milan

 

Public Collections

MoMA Library, New York, NY
Museo MA*GA, Gallarate, IT
Collezione Boschi Di Stefano, Milan, IT
CNEAI=, Chatou, FR
Cabinet du livre d'artiste at Université Rennes, Rennes, FR
Fondazione Isola Comacina, Milan, IT
Bibliotèque Municipale de Lion, Lion, FR
MIUMOR, Tolentino, IT