Francesco João (b. 1987) lives and works between São Paulo, Brazil, and Milan, Italy. He attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy. His exhibitions include: Seven Segment Display, Fondazione Zimei, Rome (2023); Sem título, por enquanto, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo (2023); x_minimal, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Cassina Projects, Milan (2021); 1550 San Remo Drive, Hot Wheels, Athens (2020); Francesco João, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2019); BRAZIL. Knife in the flesh, PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan (2018); Donkey Man, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2017); A Terceira Mão, curated by Erika Verzutti, Fortes D’Aloia Gabriel, São Paulo (2017); Everything tends to ascend. Or not., Pivô, São Paulo (2016); Summertime ’78, Kunsthalle São Paulo, São Paulo (2015); Nimm’s Mal Easy, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel (2015); Dizionario di Pittura, Galleria Francesca Minini, Milan (2014).
Born 1987
Lives and works between Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Milan, Italy
Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2024
SSD, Glasshouse, Gathering, London, United Kingdom
Francesco João, Lola Stong-Brett, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2023
Seven Segment Display, Fondazione Zimei, Rome, Italy
2021
Francesco João, curated by Andrew Dubow and Francisco Barreiros Cardoso, Milan, Italy
2020
Art Brussels, Mendes Wood DM, Online Platform
2019
Francesco João, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Donkey Man, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
Everything Tends to Ascend. Or Not., Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
Summertime ’78, Kunsthalle Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
Extra DRY, Peep Hole, Milan, Italy
2013
Studiolo#8, Cabinet, Milan, Italy
2012
The Opposite of the Opposite Opposite of the Opposite, Gasconade, Milan, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
TBT, Gathering at ECHO, Cologne, Germany (forthcoming)
Landscape for an Overview. Works from the Agovino Collection, Zurich Bank, Naples, Italy
O Caminho do Meio, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil
2023
Sem título, por enquanto, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil
Cremona Contemporanea, curated by Rossella Farinotti, Palazzo Guazzoni Zaccaria, Cremona, Italy
Pick Pocket, conceived by Renata Lucas, Fondazione Zimei, Pescara, Italy
Room N°3, Galerie Hussenot at CFA, Milan, Italy
2021
x_minimal, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy
45°28’01’N9°11’24’E, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
2020
What’s Up / Twenty Twenty, curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, LVH Art, London, United Kingdom
1550 San Remo Drive, Hot Wheels, Athens, Greece
2019
Summer Show, Castiglioni, Milan, Italy
Le Monde Ou Rien, Sgomento, Naples, Italy
2018
BRAZIL. Knife in the Flesh, PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (catalogue)
2017
A Terceira Mão, curated by Erika Verzutti, Galeria Fortes D’Aloia Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
Neither., curated by Fernanda Brenner, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Outdoor I, Warm, São Paulo, Brazil
Nimm’s Mal Easy, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
2014
Dizionario di Pittura, Galleria Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy
Art-O-Rama, Marseille, France
Summer Painting Show, Il Crepaccio, Milan, Italy
2013
One Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty, Peep Hole, Milan, Italy
Gasconade 2013 Portfolios, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, Italy
Don’t Be a Ham!! (Christmas Party), by Ari Marcopoulos, Family Business, New York, USA
2012
Fuoriclasse, GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
2010
Roaming Off-Cells, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
Awards
2023
Shortlisted – DucatoPrize
2012
Shortlisted – Dior Prize / Lady Dior As Seen By…
Selected Artist Texts and Catalogues
2024
The Pure Geometry of a Harley: Olivier Mosset, Spike Art Magazine | Interview
2023
Sem título, por enquanto, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil | Artist Text
2022
YOUR WORK AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, Emalin, London, United Kingdom | Artist Text
2018
Crivelli Visconti, J., Sileo, D. (curated by). Brazil. Knife in the Flesh. Silvana Editoriale, Milano | Catalogue
Selected Press
Bottini, M., 2024. Pop-Up Show | Living Corriere
Ciglia, S., 2024. Review: Pickpocket Teatro Marchetti / Pescara | Flash Art
Silvi, M., 2023. Review: Francesco João “Seven Segment Display” Fondazione Zimei | Flash Art
Airoldi, S., 2023. L’agenda delle mostre e dei festival di questa settimana | Elle Decor
Editorial, 2023. Francesco João: Seven Segment Display | Mousse Magazine