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Francesca Bifulco - Artist

On view now:

Where Earth Becomes Aether

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 Collectiveand 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

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