Francesco Martini

Francesco Martini (b. 1997, Montevarchi, Italy) is a contemporary artist whose practice develops at the intersection of abstract and bodily painting, performance art, and immersive installations. My work revolves around the use of the body as both an expressive tool and a symbol of vulnerability and power. Through spontaneous gesture and interaction between body and raw materials, I explore deep, uncontrolled emotions and invite the audience to become an active part of the creative process. Shaped by color blindness, my chromatic research utilizes a personal, unpredictable palette and raw, thick fabrics, acting as symbolic representations of skin, to confront human complexity, intimate space, and the ongoing dialogue between the visible and the invisible.

Academy of Fine Arts of Venice (Master's in Painting, ongoing), Academy of Fine Arts of Florence (BA in Painting, 2025), 59Rivoli Art Residency (Paris, 2023), Chiasso Perduto Residency (Florence, 2022).

Solo Exhibitions: 2025 - From the Body (Oblique Nuage, Paris); 2024 - Point-Vierge (Studio51, Paris); 2022 - Chiasso Perduto (Florence); 2022 - Tobian Art Gallery (Florence). Group Exhibitions: 2026 - Identité(s) (CIUP, Paris); 2026 - Worse Than Ivy (Forte Marghera, Venice); 2025 - No Damage: home, body, care (Venice); 2024 - Mode-Art Plastique-Photo (The Base House, Paris); 2023 - In-weave (Florence); 2023 - Salerno Biennial (Salerno); 2022 - RENAISSANCE MMXXII (Florence); 2022 - 2nd Velazquez Competition (Spain).