Francesca Bifulco is a native Southern Italian multi-media artist from Paestum, living and working in Los Angeles since 2013. She holds a degree in Visual Arts for Set Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. Her works have been collected and exhibited from California to Texas and from her homeland of Italy to Japan.
Through her practice that fluctuates between large-scale backdrop canvases and sculptural paintings, she explores the ways people fit into the environment, either as a collective entity coming together and crossing paths or as individuals fading into the mass. She finds herself inspired by the rituals that define a community, especially the ones that have sprouted up amidst social conflict; everyday routines transitioning into personal or local rituals. Recently, she has been incorporating her paintings into immersive and multi-sensory installations, combined with lighting, sonics, video and hybrid stage design as part of the LA based duo, Card 0 Collective.
Education
2011 Academy of Fine Arts, BFA, Visual and Performing Arts, Rome, Italy
2009-2011 Carboni Studio, Special Effects Makeup, Rome, Italy
2009 Academy of Costume and Fashion Design, Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2018 ZJU Theater "Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards", Los Angeles, USA
2018 ZJU Theater "Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards, Test Run", Los Angeles, USA
2015 WAAS Gallery “Inside Out Of Touch” Dallas, TX
Group Exhibitions
2020 LAST Projects, “Supermoon 3”, Los Angeles, USA (live broadcast)
2020 Stay Gallery, “human”, Downey, CA, USA (virtual 3D exhibition) https://staygallery.org/human
2017 Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, USA
2016 LAMAG Gallery, Barnsdall Art Center “Play” Los Angeles, USA
2014 WAAS Gallery “Pop Up” Dallas, TX
2014 JNA Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, USA
2013 Associazione Heart “Atmosfere” Vimercate, Italy
2013 JNA Gallery “Bergamot Station 19th Anniversary Show" Santa Monica, USA
2013 Villa Filippini “Tracce di Contemporaneo” Besana Brianza, Italy
2013 Zona Rossa “I Cantieri Dell'Immaginario” L’Aquila, Italy
2013 Church Gallery “Trusted with Altars” Los Angeles, USA
2012 WAAS Gallery “Limbo” Dallas, USA
2012 Roppongi 605 Project Space by Gallery Lara “HIBI”, Tokyo, Japan
2012 ADC Gallery “People: Multitude-Solitude” Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, USA
Awards
2020 MOZAIK Future Art Award and honorarium, juried by MOZAIK Flow Funders in the Arts
2016 LAMAG Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, "Play" Second Place, City of Los Angeles juried group exhibition
Selected Bibliography
Print Media
Shana Nys Dambrot, "The Italian Experience", Go LA , LA Weekly
Web Publications
VoyageLA, "Meet Francesca Bifulco and Alex Schetter", Thought-Provokers series, Downtown LA collection
http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-francesca-alex-bifulco-schetter/
Hoyt Hilsman, "Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards" Review, Art/Medium, Riot Material
https://www.riotmaterial.com/forcella-reigns-men-play-cards/
Christine N. Ziemba, Arts&Entertainment, Laist
No Proscenium, Everything Immersive
https://noproscenium.com/la-forcella-reigns-the-men-who-play-cards-remount-634b9e9d697e
NoHo Arts District, "Naples Comes to NoHo"
http://nohoartsdistrict.com/north-hollywood-news-noho/item/5927-naples-comes-to-noho
Shana Nys Dambrot, Storytelling, "Artist Francesca Bifulco Evokes Napoli in NoHo", LA Weekly
https://www.laweekly.com/arts/artist-francesca-bifulco-evokes-napoli-in-noho-9391031
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