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NOW ON VIEW


FRANCESCA BIFULCO: IGNITED STATES OF AMERICA

October 5 - November 2, 2024

Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles



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Ignited States of America Public Programs & Special Events

(FREE at Bermudez Projects)


Horny for History

Saturday, October 12, 7 pm

H4H is an ongoing digital series created by David Dickens and Ballview Entertainment focusing on the broader story of America through the lens of the individual biographies of each President while also answering the ultimate question: How Horny Were They?


Artist in Conversation with Collector Nick Salas

Saturday, October 19, 4 pm


Elif Savaş

Friday, October 25, 7 pm

Immersive Performance with theater actor, writer and director Elif Savas


Closing Party w/ DJ, producer, radio host Daniel Troberg

Saturday, November 2, 5-8p

Dublab radio show host and longtime vinyl DJ Daniel Troberg will curate a special selection of Detroit-themed techno, house, and Disco to tie in to the themes in the exhibition. In a similar fashion, music as art that was mainly misunderstood and rejected in most parts of America but made its way to Europe in the late 80s to flourish and in later years got picked up and accepted in America again.


Exhibition Dates: October 5 - November 2, 2024

Address: Bermudez Projects, 1225 Cypress Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12 - 6 pm

Inquiries: info@bermudezprojects.com | 213-219-9508

ARTIST STATEMENT

Merging paintings with sound, mixed media sculptures, video and site-specific installations, I alternate between the outward observation of social structures to an inward exploration of the human experience, often challenging notions of the commonplace by exploring unfamiliar angles.

As my work continues to evolve informed by my ongoing journey as a woman, an immigrant, and a grieving person, I become increasingly interested in the manifestations of endurance through concepts of light, darkness and transformation. Whether it’s in the power of plurality igniting social change, rituals of collective growth cultivated by targeted communities, survival mechanisms of self-preservation, embracing loss as living force to make sense of death; or by interconnections with nature and its ability to generate splendor from devastation. I strive to articulate a language that is visually stimulating and rich with personal emotions: both powerful and vulnerable; theatrical and intimate; visible and hidden, and to hold a space where these opposing forces find perfect harmony, as I think of contrasts and the coexistence of duality as tangible expressions of collective and individual truth.

For a decade now, my life in America has been gaining new shape and meaning, yet simultaneously, the influence of my Southern Italian heritage and personal upbringing are increasingly emerging, enabling me to fuse the two worlds together through unpredicted links and approaches. On one hand, the Greco-Roman past of my homeland featuring solemn temples and ruins trained my eye to a direct and symmetric archetype of beauty, becoming the native foundation of my work, on the other the multilayered essence of Los Angeles reminds me to look at what is hidden, strange, and unassuming, as a daily exercise to further deepen the versatility and open-mindedness I was exposed to since an early age, being raised in my family's campground in Pæstum; an immersive environment that facilitated the amalgamation of various creativities, identities and collectively shared expressions that greatly influenced the multifaceted nature of my practice. At the end of every summer everyone in the campground would join forces in putting together sets, props and costumes for our “Night of the Temples” show, an historical play held on the beach, involving live acting, dancing, sound and lights to honor the glorious origins of our civilization. Life at our campground motivated me to pursue an artistic career with backgrounds in set design for theater, special effects makeup, and costuming, and it naturally grounded me to a multidirectional type of artmaking.

In recent years I have joined the board of directors for the Immersive Arts Center (IAC), a female-owned nonprofit organization based in Downtown Los Angeles, providing arts programs and practical job opportunities for creatives, youth, and underserved communities. There, I often employ my interdisciplinary approach for collective leadership through collaborative projects and workshops.

Francesca Bifulco (Italy, b. 1986) is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist from the ancient city of Pæstum, Southern Italy. She earned a BA in Set Design for Visual and Performing Arts from l’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Italy. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has been featured in LA Weekly, The Village Voice, Il Venerdì, The Joan Quinn Profiles, The Wax Paper, Riot Material, LAist, New American Paintings, Juxtapoz. Bifulco is on the Board of Directors for the Immersive Arts Center (IAC), a female-led nonprofit organization based in Downtown Los Angeles, providing arts programs and practical job opportunities for creatives, youth and underserved communities, and is the other member of the interdisciplinary husband-wife artist duo, Card 0 Collective. Her studio is in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

BIO

  • 2011-06-01

    BA in Set Design for Visual and Performing Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, ,

  • 2024-10-05

    Ignited States of America, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles (opening Oct 5)

    2023-11-07

    Problematic Palms, Three-person curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, Marks Art Center at College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA

    2023-02-25

    Candles Burning in the Wind, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2018-09-05

    Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards, supported by IAMLA, ZJU Theater, Los Angeles, CA

    2014-11-08

    Inside Out of Touch, WAAS Gallery, Dallas, TX

    2012-08-25

    HIBI, Two-person curated by Kio Griffith, Gallery Lara Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    2012-05-12

    People: Multitude-Solitude, Three-person curated by A. Dusi, ADC Contemporary, Santa Monica,​ CA

  • 2024-07-19

    The Sadecade Drawing Show, Gallery SADE, Los Angeles, CA

    2024-03-09

    Of Flames and Shadows Gone Astray, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2023-09-01

    The Passage, curated by Liz Walsh, Discount Mirrors Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    2023-05-26

    Where Earth Becomes Aether, curated by Jason Jenn & Vojislav Radovanović, Wönzimer, Los Angeles, CA

    2022-09-03

    Spaceland VI: Requiem, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2022-07-30

    Fast Forward: The Future Is Equal, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2022-04-16

    Fast Forward: The Future Is Female, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2021-04-30

    Supermoon 8, curated by Liz Walsh x LAST Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2020-06-30

    The Creative Reimagining, (virtual), MOZAIK Philanthropy, Los Angeles, CA

    2020-05-02

    Supermoon 3, curated by Liz Walsh x LAST Projects, Los Angeles, CA

    2020-05-01

    Human, Stay Gallery (virtual), Downey, CA

    2017-02-25

    Abstraction and Color, Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    2016-08-18

    Play, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    2014-07-26

    Kaboo, WAAS Gallery, Dallas, TX

    2013-09-28

    Tracce di Contemporaneo, Villa Filippini, Besana in Brianza, Italy

    2013-09-07

    Bergamot Station 19th Anniversary Show, JNA Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    2013-07-08

    I Cantieri dell'Immaginario, Zona Rossa, L’Aquila, Italy

    2013-04-11

    Trusted with Altars curated by Rodney Burns, CHURCH, Los Angeles, CA

    2012-11-16

    Limbo, curated by Aja Milan Martin, WAAS Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • 2016-08-18

    Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, City of Los Angeles Juried Group Exhibition, second-place winner 

    2020-05-31

    MOZAIK Future Art Award, Reimagining the future through art, recipient

  • 2023-03-22

    Meet Wishful, Wicked Painter Francesca Bifulco, Interview by Shana Nys Dambrot, The Village Voice

    2023-03-20

    Meet Wishful, Wicked Painter Francesca Bifulco, Interview by Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly

    2023-03-04

    Francesca Bifulco: Candles Burning in the Wind, Interview by Roberto Croci, Hestetika

    2022-03-26

    Women of Labor, The Wax Paper, Issue Thirteen, Print media

    2021-07-01

    Meet Francesca Bifulco, Local Stories, Interview, Shoutout LA

    2020-06-26

    Le vite dei neri contano, lo dicono gli art-ivisti, Interview by Roberto Croci, Il Venerdì, Print media

    2019-01-28

    Meet Francesca Bifulco and Alex Schetter, Thought-Provokers series, Interview, VoyageLA

    2018-09-07

    Forcella Reigns: The Men Who Play Cards, Review by Hoyt Hilsman, Riot Material

    2018-04-24

    2018-04-23

    The Italian Experience, Go LA , by Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly, Print media

    2015-01-01

    Francesca Bifulco: Inside Out of Touch, Review by Todd Camplin, Modern Dallas

    2013-12-30

    Getting Lost In The Crowd: Francesca Bifulco at JNA Gallery, Interview by Ellen C. Caldwell, New American Paintings

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