“An abundance of creative possibilities can be discovered from re-visiting, re-working and re-imagining the works. They become collaborators, the found papers, the layers, the intersection between poetry and art, they speak to each other. ”
London based artist practitioner Francesca Centioni believes in encapsulating her philosophy through maintaining a sense of freedom. Francesca's practice is based on the use of printmaking, alternative photographic processes and collage. She often explores themes of ecology, abstraction and specifically the interrelationship between identity, reality and the imagined. Francesca’s work investigates the potential that can be experienced through extending dialogues and accidental discovery. Her poetic and often instinctual approach allows the work to act as fleeting encounters and found thoughts.
MA Arts & Learning graduate, Goldsmiths University, Francesca also completed BA (Hons) in Fine Art Photography at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL and a PGCE in Education. She collaborates with grassroots organisations and teaches in both formal and informal settings. With over 20 years of experience Francesca has programmed and delivered art workshops across London including Autograph Gallery, October Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Young Museum, Camden Arts Centre and Camberwell College of Arts, UAL.
Her studio culture is rooted in a holistic approach and often encompasses traditional processes with modern technologies, this provides a way in for building meaningful engagement and considering the role art plays in our everyday lives.
Recent selected exhibitions include;
Awarded the Judd Medical Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize exhibition, March 2024
Shortlisted for the 6th John Ruskin Prize, February 2024
Small But Mighty, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery 2023
Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmakers Annual Open Exhibition 2023
The Gallery at Green & Stone Summer Exhibition 2023
Surface and Depth, Printmakers Council, Mandell’s Gallery 2022
Apart Together, October Gallery 2021
Spaces Inbetween, Goldsmiths University 2019
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018
Tate Modern, Uniqlo Lates, SLWA, 2018
Dulwich Festival: Artists Open House at Dulwich Picture Gallery 2017
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2016
© 2016-2024 Francesca Centioni