Antonio Franchi

Born on June 23, 1968 in Siena. I live and work in Milan and Florence.
I started to design and paint being adolescent in Siena, drawing inspiration from figurative themes. I was close to the Master Roberto Corsini, figurative painter, in the Lipari’s suggestive frame, in the 80/90’s. In Siena, in the 90’s, I met Antonio Tropeano, an expert in modern and contemporary art, informal painter and sculptor, with whom I started to study the colors.
In 1998 I was in London, where I begun to study the informal painting art and in 2001 I was in New York where became familiar with American artists. In 2006 I met the Florentine painter Alvaro Baragli and at that time raised the “aerial syntesis” (“sintesi aerea”), abstract expressionism based on color vibrations, induced by the use of Google Maps and Google Earth, contemporary tools of knowledge, imagination and memory of sites worldwide.

Classical studies and graduation in Law.
Course in advanced painting at NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) in Milan.

Solo Exhibitions
2007
Zoe, Florence
2008
Art Bar “20”, Milan
2015
Galleria del Palazzo-Coveri, Florence
2016
Centrarte Mediterranea, Caminetto d'arte

Group Exhibitions
2011
Padua, 22^ Modern and Contemporary Art Fair
2012
Reali Poste degli Uffizi, Florence (8^ edition of “Arte per la Ricerca Fiorgen”)
2014
Palazzo Rota-Ivancich, Venice (“Spoleto Arte incontra Venezia” by Vittorio Sgarbi)
Don Alfonso, Hotel Shangri-la, Dubai (“Dubai Contemporary Art Exhibition”)
2015
Palazzo Bastogi, Florence (as a finalist at XXXII edition of “Premio Firenze”)
Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi
Artexpo 2015, New York
Galleria Pisacane Arte, Milan (“Ode to Food”)
Scuderie di Villa Borromeo d’Adda di Arcore
Spectrum Art Show Miami
2016
Caffè Giubbe Rosse, Florence
Expo Bologna 2016, Galleria Wikiarte, Bologna
Coronari 111 Art Gallery, Rome
The Art’s Seasons, Galleria Wikiarte, Bologna
Art Parma Fair, Parma
Premio Città di Terni, Terni
Accorsi arte London, Le Dame Gallery, London