On view now:
May 26 through June 30, 2023
Group exhibition curated by Jason Jenn & Vojislav Radovanović
*June 10th, 8pm: Artist talk with Francesca Bifulco and Rosalyn Myles + special guest
Wönzimer Gallery, 341-B South Avenue 17, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Latest:
FRANCESCA BIFULCO | Candles Burning in the Wind
February 25 through April 15, 2023
Bermudez Projects, 1225 Cypress Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90065
"Meet Wishful, Wicked Painter Francesca Bifulco" by Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly
I process personal and collective aspects of the human experience channeling the coexistence of its duality through painting, mixed media, and multimedia. My interdisciplinary work of immersive environments interlaces sound, video, and performances enhanced by fabrication and lighting design. My subjects have spanned from crowds and the force of plurality to individuals affected by social media culture, to men playing cards in a conflicted and underrepresented neighborhood of my native land of Naples, Italy. In the current works I focus on three different themes: the sociopolitical awakening in the U.S. with emphasis on the constructs against women, exploring the effects of loss through preservation of memory, and reinterpreting the iconic LA palm tree as a symbol of the communal endurance of transplants and immigrants. My approach to the different narratives is permeated with an anthropological perspective essential to my overall creative process of exploring, relating, and giving back.
I am the other member of the multidisciplinary artist duo, Card 0 Collective, and the artist ambassador for the LA based-female lead IAC (Immersive Arts Center), a nonprofit organization providing arts programs to at risk-youth and underserved communities.
My studio is located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
2011 Academy of Fine Arts, BA, Set design for Visual and Performing Arts, Rome
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2022-current Immersive Arts Center (IAC), Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bermudez Projects, "Candles Burning in the Wind", Los Angeles
2018 ZJU Theater, supported by IAMLA , ”Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards", Los Angeles
2015 WAAS Gallery “Inside Out Of Touch”, Dallas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Wönzimer Gallery, "Where Earth Becomes Aether", curated by J.Jenn/V. Radovanović, Los Angeles
2022 Bermudez Projects, "Spaceland VI: Requiem", Los Angeles
2022 Bermudez Projects, "Fast Forward: The Future Is Equal", Los Angeles
2022 Bermudez Projects, "Fast Forward: The Future Is Female", Los Angeles
2021 LAST Projects, “Supermoon 8” curated by Liz Walsh, Los Angeles
2020 MOZAIK Philantropy (virtual exhibition), “The creative reimagining”, Los Angeles
2020 Stay Gallery (virtual exhibition), “Human”, Downey
2020 LAST Projects, “Supermoon 3” curated by Liz Walsh, Los Angeles
2017 Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
2016 LAMAG Gallery, “Play” Los Angeles
2014 WAAS Gallery “Pop Up” Dallas
2014 JNA Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
2013 Associazione Heart “Atmosfere” Vimercate, Italy
2013 JNA Gallery “Bergamot Station 19th Anniversary Show" Santa Monica
2013 Villa Filippini “Tracce di Contemporaneo” Besana Brianza, Italy
2013 Zona Rossa “I Cantieri Dell'Immaginario” L’Aquila, Italy
2013 CHURCH “Trusted with Altars” curated by Rodney Burns, Los Angeles
2012 WAAS Gallery “Limbo” curated by Aja Milan Martin, Dallas
2012 Roppongi 605 Project Space by Gallery Lara, “HIBI”, Tokyo
2012 ADC Gallery “People: Multitude-Solitude” curated by Anna Dusi, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
RECOGNITIONS
2021 MOZAIK Flow Funders in the Arts, juror
2020 MOZAIK Future Art Award, recipient
2016 LAMAG Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, "Play" Second Place, City of Los Angeles juried group exhibition
PRESS
2023 LA Weekly, ”Meet Wishful, Wicked Painter Francesca Bifulco”, Shana Nys Dambrot, Interview
2021 Shoutout LA, "Meet Francesca Bifulco”, Interview
2020 Il Venerdì, ”Le vite dei neri contano, lo dicono gli art-ivisti”, Roberto Croci, Print Media, Interview
2019 VoyageLA, "Meet Francesca Bifulco and Alex Schetter", Thought-Provokers series
2018 Riot Material, "Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards", Hoyt Hilsman, Review
2018 LA Weekly, "The Italian Experience", Go LA , Shana Nys Dambrot, Print media
