Michela Frungillo

My name is Michela. I am an Italian artist and art therapist, based between Naples and Ferrara, with a BA in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples and an MA in Art Therapy from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome. During these years, I spent several months at the BAUHAUS University participating in a project that culminated in an art exhibition.

My painting practice revolves around the iconography of underground systems and urban landscapes, which I use to explore contemporary life and the relationships individuals form with their environment. Central to my work are the concepts of waiting, time, and observation—those quiet, suspended moments often overlooked in the rush of modern life.
Through paintings marked by energetic, sometimes chaotic gestures and muted palettes punctuated by small vivid accents, I seek to capture the grey, compressed and complicated atmosphere of metropolitan reality.
My work is not merely a reflection of the urban flow, but an invitation to pause, reclaim personal time and space, and observe one’s surroundings—resisting the speed and chaos of the systems we inhabit. Dripping has become a key expressive element in my recent works, contributing to a vision of reality that is lived, mutable, fragi...

Highlighted Exhibitions

Group Exhibition “Chaotic Neutral”, Spazio 57 Gallery, Naples, 2025

Group Exhibition “Polarities in balance”, Spazio 57 Gallery, Naples, 2024

Group Exhibition “Art éco”, S. Maria di portosalvo Church, Naples, 2024

Group Exhibition “Spiced Up Country”, BAUHAUS Universität, Weimar, Germany, 2024

Group Exhibition “Supernova”, Spazio 57 Gallery, Naples, 2024

Group Exhibition “Materia ed Essenza”, Villa Fernandes, Naples, 2024

Group Exhibition “Event Horizon”, Spazio 57 Gallery, Naples, 2024

Group Exhibition “Doppler Effect”, Spazio 57 Gallery, Naples, 2023

5th Contemporary Art Biennale of Salerno, 2023

Group Exhibition at Villa Fernandes, Portici, Naples, 2023

Group Exhibition at Le Caveau, C.so Vittorio Emanuele, Naples, 2023

Solo Exhibition at Palazzo Allocca, Saviano, Naples, 2023

Group Exhibition at Le Caveau, C.so Vittorio Emanuele, Naples, 2023

Collective Exhibition at Faber Artis, Battipaglia, 2022

XIX Edition of the Corinne di Lorenzo Figurative Arts Award, 2019

Historical/Artistic Testimonies x1 Artist Postcard, Benevento, 2018

XVIII Edition of the Corinne di Lorenzo Figurative Arts Award, 2018