Nicoletta De Francesco

Always passionated about figurative art, Nicoletta De Francesco began her career as a ceramic artist in the mid-1990s. Her artworks are mosaics made of terracotta shaped tiles glazed in bright colors, depicting images freely inspired by medieval iconography.
Nicoletta De Francesco’s technique consists in sketching an initial paper scheme, then used to decompose a sheet of clay into different shaped tiles, which are subsequently fired in the ceramic kiln and then glazed and fired a second time. The mosaic is then reassembled on a wooden support. The artist's production also includes tiles and pendants also in ceramics. The artworks of Nicoletta De Francesco are permanently exposed in her Atelier: Studio d’arte Barbuti – De Francesco, Via dei Mille 22 Pisa, Italy. The site of the studio is: .

Born in Florence and living in Pisa, Nicoletta De Francesco was full professor of Computer Science at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa until 2020. She has been also Vice Rector of this University for nine years.

Nicoletta De Francesco participated in numerous art exhibitions, including a solo show in the church of Santa Maria della Spina in Pisa in 2006.