Francesca Pasquali ha studiato all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. La sua ricerca si sviluppa a partire dall’osservazione delle forme naturali, delle quali l’artista coglie le trame strutturali e le traduce in complesse ed elaborate opere e installazioni, utilizzando spesso materiali di riuso, plastici e industriali.
Nel 2013 con altri artisti e la curatrice Ilaria Bignotti, ha fondato il movimento di arte e cultura “Resilienza italiana”, con lo scopo di sviluppare il dibattito internazionale sulla scultura di generazioni di artisti contemporanei ed emergenti.
Nel dicembre 2015 nasce il Francesca Pasquali Archive, coordinato da Ilaria Bignotti quale direttore scientifico, con lo scopo di archiviare, conservare, tutelare e promuovere la sua produzione artistica attraverso progetti in corso e in futuro da sviluppare con Enti pubblici e privati, e per diffonderne il linguaggio con innovativi sistemi di comunicazione.
Born in 1980, Francesca Pasquali studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in her native Bologna, where she graduated in 2006. Francesca Pasquali’s research spans in the direction of an engaging relationship between organic and inorganic, nature and culture, recycle of materials and their aesthetic redefinition.
Her research focuses on an observation of natural shapes whose structural texture the artist emulates, transforming plastic, industrial materials into complex and elaborate objects and installations. The relationship between nature and artifice lie at the heart of Pasquali’s work which, together with her unwillingness to categorize objects, produces works that challenge the viewer’s perceptions – from hard to soft, from alien to familiar. The materials invite the viewer to touch and interact with the works, thinking again about the beauty to be found in the every-day elements. Another crucial aspect concerns the relations of her works with the environments and architectural spaces that often define and change the making of the works.
In 2013 alongside several Italian artists and curator Ilaria Bignotti, Francesca Pasquali founded the artistic and cultural movement “Resilienza italiana”, aiming to further the international debate around sculpture among the contemporary and emerging generations of artists.
In December 2015, the Francesca Pasquali Archive was founded under the Scientific Direction of Ilaria Bignotti, in order to archive, preserve and promote the artist’s works through different projects with public and private institutions, as well as to present her research through innovative systems of communication.
Solo exhibitions
2023-2024
“Sempreverde”, environmental site-specific installation in collaboration with Maison de production d’Art Quai36, Capitol8 Business Center, Paris, May 15th 2023 – December 2024
2023
“Diving in the green”, site-specific installation, curated by Giorgia Salerno, Torre del Barone, Sciacca, Sicily, June 1st – September 15th
“Appeal”, site specific installation for Art City, Bologna, curated by Francesca Pasquali Archive, January 4th – June 30th
2022
“Camminando contaminando”, curated by Chiara Canali and Camilla Mineo, PARMA 360 Festival, Torrione Visconteo, Parma, 10 September-30 October
“Through”, environmental site-specific installation for Lara Chamandi SS23 Collection, Milan Fashion Week, DAAD Dantone, Milan, 19-26 September
“DetoxCirculArt”, curated by Davide Sarchioni, in collaboration with Consorzio Italiano Detox, Accademia Costume & Moda, Milan, 8 June-22 July
2021-2022
“Labirinto”, environmental site-specific installation, CUBO in Torre Unipol, Museo d’Impresa del Gruppo Unipol, Bologna, 1 June 2021-22 May 2022
2021
“Tréssa, un’installazione di Francesca Pasquali”, in collaboration with ArteJeans Association and Candiani Denim, Scalone Monumentale, Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa, 10 June-9 August
“Natura Plastica”, curated by Francesca Passerini and Claudio Calari, critical text by Ilaria Bignotti, exhibition included in the ART CITY Bologna 2021 circuit, Raccolta Lercaro, Bologna, 5 May-25 July
2020
“Material Anatomy”, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, 20 January-23 May
“NOT ORDINARY PLACE”, critical text by Alice Traforti, exhibition included in the ART CITY circuit for Arte Fiera, Bologna, Ersel Sim S.p.A., Bologna, 23 January-28 February
2019
“La materia del tempo”, solo show and workshop for Mutazioni Festival, Ruvo di Puglia, Bari, 9-31 July
“Contaminazioni”, curated by Alessia Belotti for ACME Art Lab, under the coordination of Ilaria Bignotti, BunkerVik, Brescia, 16 March-14 April, with catalog
2018
“Plastic Islands”, curated by Antidote Festival, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, live performance on 2 September; exhibition from 17 September to 10 October in the Lounge of the main box office foyer, Sydney Opera House
“Francesca Pasquali”, curated by Kilowatt and Federica Patti, for Resilienze Festival, Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita, Bologna, 8-13 September
2017-2018
“Blow up”, curated by Chiara Massimello, in collaboration with Paideia Foundation and Adisco Foundation, Spazio Ersel, Turin, 3 December 2017-16 February 2018
2017
“Francesca Pasquali”, Tornabuoni Art Gallery, Paris, 6 July-24 September
2016
“Plastic Resonance”, curated by Ilaria Conti, in collaboration with Francesca Pasquali Archive and Tornabuoni Art Gallery, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, 8 September-22 October, with catalog
“Spiderwall”, curated by Michael Petry, in collaboration with Francesca Pasquali Archive and Tornabuoni Art Gallery, MOCA London, London, 3-31 July
“Francesca Pasquali”, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, 1-25 July
“Metamorphoses”, in collaboration with Francesca Pasquali Archive, exhibition catalogue with texts by Fatoş Üstek, Michael Petry, Matt Williams and Ilaria Bignotti, Tornabuoni Art Gallery, London, 28 June-17 September, with catalog
2015
“Plastic shapes”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Gino Pisapia, Tornabuoni Arte Contemporary Art, Florence, 18 September-28 November, with catalog
“Spiderball cloud”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Biennale Giovani Monza 2015, Arengario and Museo Casa degli Umiliati, Monza, 12 April-28 June, with catalog
2014
“Sixties spiderballs”, curated by M&C Saatchi, The House of Peroni, London, 2-31 May
“39000 light straws”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Federica Patti, Fondazione Cardinale Giacomo Lercaro per Arte Fiera Off, Bologna, 22-26 January
2013-2014
“Critica in Arte. Francesca Pasquali”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, MAR Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, 14 December 2013-14 January 2014, with catalog
2012
“A me gli occhi”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Colossi Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Brescia, 3 March-25 May, with catalog
2011
“Elastic”, curated by Eleonora Mayerle, Thetis Foundation, Venice, permanent installation
“SCOPAmi”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Denitza Nedkova, OltreDimore Gallery, Bologna, 18 March-30 April, with catalog
“Camminando/Contaminando”, curated by Mazen, Spazio Capo di Lucca for Arte Fiera Off, Bologna, 28-31 January
2010
“Metamorfosi”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Museo Diocesano, Brescia, 2-12 October
“Intrecci”, curated by Paolo Insolera, Palazzo Gnudi, Bologna, 1-30 June
“Mi sento S-gonfia”, La Pillola Gallery per Arte Fiera Off, Bologna, 29-31 January
Group exhibitions
2024
ARTE E DESIGN IN AMBASCIATA, Ambasciata d’Italia in Lituania, Embassy of Italy in Vilnius, curated by Nuova Artemarea and Guicciardo Sassoli de’ Bianchi Strozzi, opening Oct. 3, exhibition through 2028
La nostra casa è in fiamme, curated by Raffaele Quattrone, Galleria Artra, Milan, 10 April-11 May
2023-2024
“UTOPICHE SEDUZIONI. Dai nuovi materiali alla Recycled Art. Da Piero Manzoni alle ultime generazioni”, curated by Nadia Stefanel and Matteo Galbiati, Fondazione Dino Zoli, Forlì, October 28 2023-March 24 2024
“CROSSING. Da Klimt a Basilé, da Sironi a Bauermeister , curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Spazio Arte di Porta Europa and Torre Unipol, October 12 2023-Jenuary 2024
2023
“ArteJeans 2023. Il filo blu dell’arte contemporanea”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and ArteJeans Association, Metelino, Genova, October 5-November 5
“Premio Maestri d’Eccellenza” by LVMH Métiers d’Excellence, Palazzo Reale, Milan, September 19. The artist designs and creates the 4 sculpture prizes for the winners
“Punto plastico”, curated by LVMH Métiers d’Excellence, ARTIGIANATO E PALAZZO, Florence, September 15-17
“Tombolo reloaded. Between Art and Craft”, in collaboration with LVMH Métiers Excellence and Tornabuoni Art, Panorama OFF, ITALICS Art, l’Aquila, September 7-10
“Ephemeral space, Iitalian 20th century masterpieces”, Tornabuoni Art, Le Village Royal, Paris, from September 5
“Labirinti possibili. XXXIV° BIENNALE D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DI ALATRI”, curated by Valeria De Siero and Davide Silvioli, Chiostro di S. Francesco, Alatri (Frosinone), September 4-October 15
“L’Arte è wow! 15 anni di Dynamo Art Factory”, curated by Diva Moriani e Marco Bazzini, Triennale Milano, Milan, February 8- March 26
2022-2023
“Béance. Materia e immagine del desiderio”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Camilla Remondina, Fondazione l’Arsenale di Iseo, Iseo, 22 October 2022-8 January 2023
“LATO Sensu – Declinazioni del mosaico contemporaneo”, curated by Sabina Ghinassi, Eleonora Savorelli and Paolo Trioschi, Biennal of Contemporary Mosaic, Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste, Ravenna, 8 October 2022-8 January 2023
2022
“Les Militantes, l’engagement au féminin”, curated by Caroline Messensee, project for LVMH Louis Vuitton Métiers d’Excellence and Tornabuoni Art for Paris+ par Art Basel, Espace Maison Guerlain, Paris, 19 October-14 November, with catalog
“UpCycle. Quando l’arte reinventa il mondo”, curated by Silvio Mignano and Antonello Tolve, Embassy of Italy, Bern, 5 May-31 July
“Mutamenti. Le metamorfosi sintetiche di fuse* e Francesca Pasquali”, curated by Federica Patti, CUBO Unipol and CUBO in Torre Unipol, Bologna, 18 January-22 May
2021-2022
“Arte moderna e contemporanea. Antologia scelta 2022”, Tornabuoni Arte Gallery, Florence, 3 December 2021-26 November 2022, with catalog
“Hidden Displays 1975-2020. Progetti non realizzati a Bologna”, a project by MoRE. a Museum of Refused and Unrealised Art Projects, curated by Elisabetta Modena and Valentina Rossi, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Project Room, Bologna, 7 October 2021-9 January 2022, with catalog
2021
“Existenz Minimum. Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Esther Stocker, Francesca Pasquali”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, in collaboration with Archivio Antonio Scaccabarozzi and Francesca Pasquali Archive, Kunsthalle West, Lana, Bozen, 15-31 October, with catalog
“Italy at Frieze 2021. A view from London: Perspectives on Italian Art”, curated by Flavia Frigeri, Embassy of Italy, London, 14-17 October
“Eye of the collector”, Two Temple Place, London, 8-11 September
“ArteJeans. Storia di un mito nelle trame dell’arte contemporanea”, curated by Ursula Casamonti and Francesca Centurione Scotto, Metelino, Genoa, 2-30 September, with catalog
“Recyclage / Surcyclage”, Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporaine, Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris, 30 April-19 December, with catalog
2020-2021
“Arte moderna e contemporanea. Antologia scelta 2021”, Tornabuoni Arte Gallery, Florence, 7 December 2020-28 November 2021, with catalog
“Dynamic Visions. From Vasarely to Pistoletto”, Tornabuoni Art, London, 9 October 2020-23 January 2021
“ArteJeans. Storia di un mito nelle trame dell’arte contemporanea”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Luciano Caprile, Ursula Casamonti and Laura Garbarino, Museo Diocesano, Genoa, 3 October 2020-17 January 2021, with catalog
“LA CITTÀ IDEALE. Mirandola: galleria a cielo aperto”, curated by Beatrice Audrito and Davide Sarchioni, Mirandola, Modena, 26 September 2020-7 January 2021, with catalog
2020
“Heaven”, curated by Fonds de Dotation Merci, in collaboration with Thanks for Nothing, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 6-8 November. Exhibition presenting the works then sold for charity by Sotheby’s
“RECYCLAGE/SURCYCLAGE”, Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporain, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse, 20 June-1 November, with catalog
2019
“ALL YEAR ROUND”, curated by Davide Sarchioni, Palazzo Collacchioni, Capalbio, 12 October-12 November
“TAKE CARE. Arte moderna e contemporanea dal Patrimonio del Gruppo Unipol”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Head Office Unipol Group, Milan, 11 June-27 September, with catalog
“Planet or Plastic”, curated by National Geographic Italia, Genius Bononiae, Complesso Monumentale Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, 13 April-22 September
2018
“The Milky Way Foto – Second Part”, curated by Damiana Leoni for Pianoterra Onlus, Studio Legale Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Milan, 13 December
“recto/verso 2, 100 artistes s’engagent avec le Secours populaire français pour l’accès de tous à l’art et à la culture”, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, in collaboration with the Secours Populaire Français, 15-24 June. Exhibition presenting the works then sold for charity by Millon
“The Milky Way Foto”, curated by Damiana Leoni for Pianoterra onlus, Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, 24-26 May, with catalog
“Waves”, site-specific installation for the 60° Anniversary of San Lorenzo Yacht, San Lorenzo Yacht, La Spezia, May
2017-2018
“Montezuma, Fontana, Mirko. La scultura in mosaico dalle origini ad oggi”, curated by Alfonso Panzetta and Daniele Torcellini, MAR Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna, Ravenna, 6 October 2017-7 January 2018, with catalog
2017
“RAID. La Ricreazione”, curated by Fat Studio, site-specific interventions of 10 artists, on streaming and live, Istituto Comprensivo Pertini, Turin, 3 November
“Donne di colore”, curated by Giorgio De Finis, Torre dei Lambardi, Magione, Perugia, 22 July-24 September
“Nero su Nero. Da Fontana e Kounellis a Galliani”, curated by Vera Agosti, promoted by Bardini Peyron Foundation and Tornabuoni Art Gallery, Villa Bardini, Florence, 14 April-9 July
“RAID. Sfornare mondi”, curated by Fat Studio, site-specific interventions of 12 artists, on streaming and live, abandoned pastry factory “Cova”, Milan, 31 March
“BILDUNG. Arte contemporanea tra esperienza e conoscenza” [BILDUNG. Contemporary Art, between Experience and Knowledge], curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Andrea Dall’Asta SJ, in collaboration with Cortesi Gallery, Raccolta Lercaro, Bologna, 26 January-13 March
“RAID. Museo per piccioni”, curated by Fat Studio, site-specific interventions of 14 artists, for 6 hours, on streaming and live, abandoned factory, Bologna (Italy), 28 January
2016
“Creative Energy. Arte per il rinnovabile”, curated by Elena Di Raddo, Palazzo Della Regione, Milan, 1-30 December, with catalog
“Kinesis. Francesca Pasquali e Laura Renna”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Tullio Leggeri, ALT Museum, Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo, 16 September-30 October
“Per vie diverse”, curated by Claudio Spadoni, Magazzini del Sale, Cervia, 15 July-28 August, with catalog
“Flux-us. Mary Bauermeister, Francesca Pasquali, *fuse”, curated by Angela Memola and Pascual Jordan, C.U.BO Centro Unipol, Bologna, 27 January-16 April
2015
“Black. An idea of light”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Paola Formenti Tavazzani, Cortesi Gallery, Lugano, 7 October-31 December, with catalog
“Macrocosmi – Ordnungen anderer Art, Pattern of another order”, curated by Martina Cavallarin, Petra Dregger and Pascual Jordan, Altes Postfuhramt West, Berlin, 16-20 September, with catalog
“Trame contemporanee”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, La Verde La Malfa Foundation, Catania, 14 June-30 October
“SIHX arte e industria alla Corte Deloitte”, curated by Paolo Carli, Enrico Ciai and Philippe Daverio, Corte Deloitte, Milan, 31 May-31 October, with catalog
“Arte Mashup. Il gusto di fare arte”, curated by Davide Sarchioni, Associazione Culturale Il Frantoio, Capalbio, Grosseto, 30 May-30 June
“White not”, curated by Chiara Massimello, Spazio Ersel, Turin, 4-24 May
“Art on loan”, curated by Enzo Fiammetta, Creative Lab Museo Arte Contemporanea, Alcamo, Trapani, 28 February-30 April
“Macrocosmi – Ordnungen anderer Art, Organismi fuori centro”, curated by Martina Cavallarin and Pascual Jordan, Teatri di Vita, Bologna, 21-25 January, with catalog
“Reti di resilienza”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Enzo Fiammetta, Orestiadi Foundation, Gibellina, Trapani, 15 January-24 February
2014
“Reti di resilienza”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Enzo Fiammetta, Museo RISO, Palermo, 27 November-8 December
“Street Scape ComOn”, curated by Chiara Canali and Ivan Quaroni, Museo Archeologico Paolo Giovio, Como, 9 October-9 November
“Eccentrico Musivo. Young Artists and Mosaic”, curated by Linda Kniffitz and Daniele Torcellini, MAR Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, 21 September-9 November, with catalog
“Premio Fondazione Henraux”, curated by Enrico Mattei, La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta, Lucca, 1-31 August
“Espressioni contemporanee”, Tornabuoni Arte Contemporary Art, Florence, 20 June-30 September
“Resilienza italiana. Il mare visto da monte”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Turin, 13 April-7 May
“Resilienza italiana. Punti di partenza”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Spazio GIVA, Milan, 21 March-11 June
2013-2014
“D.A.B. Design per Artshop and Bookshop”, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 10 December 2013-6 January 2014, with catalog
2013
“O(Ax) = dO(Am) Equazione Impossibile”, curated by Marte Associazione Culturale and Daniele Torcellini, Ninapì Gallery, Ravenna, 26 October-10 November
“Bianco Italia”, curated by Philippe Daverio, Tornabuoni Arte Contemporary Art, Florence, 4 October-9 November
“Bianco Italia”, curated by Dominique Stella, Tornabuoni Art, Paris, 25 April-13 July, with catalog
2012
“NaturalMente”, curated by Associazione Aikal, Biennale Italia-Cina, Villa Reale, Monza, 19 October-12 December
“roBOt Festival”, curated by Federica Patti, Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, 10-13 October
“DesignER. Giovani Designer in Emilia Romagna”, Modena Fiere, Modena, 2-4 March, with catalog
“Personal Effect on Sale”, curated by Francesco Calzolari, David Casini, Viola Emaldi, Irene Guzman, Valentina Rossi, Marco Scotti and Sissi, Esprit Nouveau Pavillon for Arte Fiera Off, Bologna, 26-29 January, with catalog
2011
“D.A.B. Design per Artshop e Bookshop”, curated by Ornella Corradini, Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, September-October, with catalog
“ARTE nell’ARTE”, curated by Fondazione Brescia Musei, Museo della Città Santa Giulia, Brescia, 24 September-9 October
“D.A.B. Design per Artshop e Bookshop”, curated by Ornella Corradini, Galleria Civica and Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, 30 April-19 June, with catalog
2010
“FabulART, il sentiero delle fiabe”, curated by Simona Gavioli, Palazzo D’Accursio, Bologna, 3-18 December
“Attraverso lo specchio”, curated by Elisabetta Modena, Castello dei Pico, Mirandola, Modena, 16 October-27 November, with catalog
“Il segreto dello sguardo”, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta SJ and Angela Madesani, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, 14 October-14 November, with catalog
“Riciclarti. Cantiere Arte Ambientale”, curated by Natasha Bordiglia and Marisa Merlin, Ex Macello, Padua, 25 May-26 June
“Premio Arte Laguna”, curated by Igor Zanti, Italienische Kulturinstitut Wien, Vienna, 20 May-3 June
“Premio Arte Laguna”, curated by Igor Zanti, Italian Cultur Institute Prague, Prague, 12-26 April
“Premio Arte Laguna”, curated by Igor Zanti, Tese dell’Arsenale, Venice, 6-27 March
“Organic/Inorganic”, curated by Andrea Lerda, Galleria Neon>Campobase, Bologna, 8-28 January
Prizes and Mentions
2020
Call Lefranc-Bourgeois, Rome. Special mention
VAF Foundation Prize. Selected
2018
VAF Foundation Prize. Selected
2017
BIENALSUR, International Contemporary Art Biennal of South America. Project by Ilaria Bignotti, “Resilience Fields”. Pre-selected
2016
Collezione Paolo VI Prize. Finalist
2015
Cairo Prize. Finalist
2014
Henraux Foundation Prize. Second Prize
D.A.B. Design per Artshop e Bookshop. Winner
2013
Curators on Sculpture Today Prize, Sculpture Network, project by Ilaria Bignotti, Strategy of resilience. Fundamentals, negatives and survival in the Italian sculpture of younger generation. Winner
2012
Premio Nocivelli. Third Prize
DesignER. Giovani Designers in Emilia Romagna, Fashion Design section. Winner
2011
CO.CO.CO, Como Contemporary Contest. Finalist
Arte Rugabella Prize. Finalist
Bice Bugatti – Giovanni Segantini Prize. Finalist
2010
Riciclarti. Cantiere Arte Ambientale, Visual Arts section. Winner
A cura di…, project by Simona Gavioli, FabulART, sentieri nelle fiabe. Winner
San Fedele Visual Arts Prize. Finalist
Arte Laguna Prize. Finalist
A cura di…, project by Andrea Lerda, Organic/Inorganic. Winner
2009
Talent Prize, Visual Arts section. Mentioned
Works in public collections and foundations
MAR, Museo della Città di Ravenna, Ravenna
Patrimonio Gruppo Unipol, Bologna
Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels
Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporain, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse
Ghisla Art Collection Foundation, Locarno
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, London
Henraux Foundation, Querceta, Lucca
Patrimonio Gruppo Unipol, Bologna
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Thetis Foundation, Venice
Residencies
2021
Ceilings, MAMBOS – Museo d’Arte del Bosco della Sila, in collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti in Catanzaro, 4-10 July
2019
MACRO Asilo, Rome, 4-10 February
Festival Mutazioni, Castello di Ruvo di Puglia, Bari, 1-7 July
2018
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 29 August-2 September
2017
Henraux Foundation, Serravezza, Lucca
Collaborations
2022
LVME Louis Vuitton Métiers Éxcellence
Polimoda, Florence
Consorzio Italiano Detox
Istituto Marangoni, Florence
Accademia Costume & Moda
Lara Chamandi
2020-2021
Candiani Denim
Lanificio Leo
2019
Faliero Sarti
Saraghina Eyewear
2018
Sydney Opera House
Safilo
2017
Nike
Raffles
Melissa
Sergio Rossi
2016
Salvatore Ferragamo
2015
Sorry for this Records
2014
Itlas
2013
Salvatore Ferragamo
2012
Guru
Bibliography
1. Catalogues
2023
“Antologia scelta 2024”, Tornabuoni Arte, arte moderna e contemporanea, Ed. Lito Terrazzi
“CROSSING. Da Klimt a Basilé, da Sironi a Bauermeister ”,curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Spazio Arte Torre Unipol, October 12 2023-Jenuary 18 2024, Skira, Milano
“ArteJeans 2023. Il filo blu dell’arte contemporanea”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Associazione ArteJeans, exhibition catalogue, Metelino, Genova, October 5-November 5, Sagep, Genova
“Labirinti possibili. XXXIV° BIENNALE D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DI ALATRI”, curated by Valeria De Siero and Davide Silvioli, exhibition catalogue, Chiostro di S. Francesco, Alatri, September 4-October 15, Gli Ori, Prato
2022
“Les Militantes, l’engagement au féminin”, curated by Caroline Messensee, exhibition catalog, Espace Maison Guerlain, Paris, 19 October-14 November, p. 20
2021
“Recyclage / Surcyclage”, exhibition catalog, Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporaine, Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris, 30 April-19 December, p. 64
“Arte moderna e contemporanea. Antologia scelta 2022”, Tornabuoni Arte Gallery, Florence, exhibition catalog, 3 December 2021-26 November 2022, Forma Edizioni
“Existenz Minimum. Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Esther Stocker, Francesca Pasquali”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle West, Lana, Bozen, 15-31 October
“Hidden Displays 1975-2020. Progetti non realizzati a Bologna”, curated by Elisabetta Modena and Valentina Rossi, exhibition catalog, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Project Room, Bologna, 7 October 2021-9 January 2022, Edizioni MAMbo
“ArteJeans. Storia di un mito nelle trame dell’arte contemporanea”, curated by Ursula Casamonti and Francesca Centurione Scotto, exhibition catalog, Metelino, Genoa, 2-30 September, Vanilla Edizioni
“LA CITTÀ IDEALE. Mirandola galleria a cielo aperto”, curated by Beatrice Audrito and Davide Sarchioni, exhibition catalog, Mirandola, 26 September 2020-7 January 2021, Edizioni Bandecchi & Vivaldi
2020
“Arte moderna e contemporanea. Antologia scelta 2021”, Tornabuoni Arte Gallery, Florence, exhibition catalog, 7 December 2020-28 November 2021, Forma Edizioni
“ArteJeans. Storia di un mito nelle trame dell’arte contemporanea”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Luciano Caprile, Ursula Casamonti and Laura Garbarino, exhibition catalog, Museo Diocesano, Genoa, 3 October 2020-17 January 2021, SAGEP Editore
“RECYCLAGE/SURCYCLAGE. #10 Exposition 2020”, Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporain, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse, exhibition catalog, 20 June-1 November
2019
“Meccaniche della Meraviglia”, 13° edition, curated by Albano Morandi, exhibition catalog, La Compagnia della Stampa – Massetti Rodella Editori, pp. 50-59
“TAKE CARE. Arte moderna e contemoranea dal Patrimonio del Gruppo Unipol”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, exhibition catalog, Milan, Business Museum CUBO, 11 June-27 September, C.U.BO Edizioni
2018
“Tracce di identità dell’arte italiana, Patrimonio Gruppo Unipol”, curated by Christian Calaindro, Silvana Editoriale
2017
“Montezuma, Fontana, Mirko. La scultura in mosaico dalle origini ad oggi”, curated by Alfonso Panzetta and Daniele Torcellini, exhibition catalog, MAR Museo d’Arte della città, Ravenna, 6 October 2017-7 January 2018, Silvana Editoriale
“Nero su Nero. Da Fontana e Kounellis a Galliani”, curated by Vera Agosti, promoted by Fondazione Bardini Peyron and Tornabuoni Art, exhibition catalog, Villa Bardini, Florence, 14 April-9 July, Prearo Editore
“Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antologia scelta”, collection catalog of Tornabuoni Art Gallery, Forma Edizioni, Florence
2016
“Creative Energy. Arte per il rinnovabile”, curated by Elena Di Raddo, with texts by Elena Di Raddo, and Ginevra Addis, exhibition catalog, Palazzo Della Regione, Milan, 1-30 December, Manfredi Edizioni, Milan, pp. 34-35
“Francesca Pasquali”, curated by Ilaria Conti, exhibition catalog, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, 8 September-22 October, in collaboration with Francesca Pasquali Archive and Tornabuoni Art, Leila Heller Gallery publication
“Per vie diverse”, curated by Claudio Spadoni, Magazzini del Sale, Cervia, Grafiche Morandi, Fusignano, Ravenna
“Metamorphoses”, curated by Tornabuoni Art in collaboration with Francesca Pasquali Archive, texts by Fatoş Üstek, Michael Petry, Matt Williams and Ilaria Bignotti, Tornabuoni Art, London, Forma Edizioni, Florence
“Flux-us. Mary Bauermeister, Francesca Pasquali, *fuse”, curated by Angela Memola and Pascual Jordan, C.U.BO Centro Unipol, Bologna, C.U.BO Edizioni, Bologna
“Ghisla Art Collection”, texts by Luciano Caprile, Pierre Casè and Annamaria Maggi, Ghisla Art Collection catalog, Vol. I, Fotoearte
“Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antologia scelta”, Tornabuoni Art Gallery collection catalog, Forma Edizioni, Florence
2015-2016
“6 opere in marmo dalla Fondazione Henraux”, texts by Paolo Carli, Enrico Ciai and Philippe Daverio, Pubblicazione Deloitte, Milan
2015
“Plastic shapes”, curated by Tornabuoni Art, texts by Ilaria Bignotti and Gino Pisapia, Forma Edizioni, Florence
“Biennale Giovani Monza 2015”, texts by Daniele Astrologo Abadal, Anna Bernardini, Ilaria Bignotti, Francesco Cavallucci, Claudio Cerritelli and Elio Grazioli, Musei Civici Publication, Monza
“White not”, text by Chiara Massimiello, Spazio Ersel, Turin, Ersel Publication
“Macrocosmi – Ordnungen anderer Art, Pattern of another order”, texts by Martina Cavallarin and Pascual Jordan, Teatri di Vita, Bologna and Altes Postfuhramt West, Berlin, Edizioni Casma Tipolito, CUBO Centro Unipol BOlogna
“Black. An idea of light”, curated by Ilaria Bignotti and Paola Formenti Tavazzani, Cortesi Gallery, Lugano, Mousse Publishing, Milan
“Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antologia scelta”, Tornabuoni Art Gallery collection catalog, Forma Edizioni, Florence
2014
“Premio Fondazione Henraux. In memoria di Ermino Cidonio”, text by Enrico Mattei, Henraux Foundation, Baldecchi e Vivaldi Edizioni, Pontedera, Pisa
“Eccentrico Musivo. Young Artists and Mosaic”, texts by Linda Kniffitz and Daniele Torcellini, MAR Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, La Greca Arti Grafiche, Ravenna
“Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Antologia scelta”, texts by Roberto Casamonti and Fabio Migliorati, Tornabuoni Art Gallery collection catalog, Forma Edizioni, Florence
“Resilienza italiana. Dialoghi e riflessioni”, edited by Ilaria Bignotti, Francesco Arecco, Giacomo Ghidelli and Matteo Reale, Mimesis Edizioni, Milan
“The House of Peroni. Volume 3”, text by John-Paul Pryor, The House of Peroni Publication, London
2013
“Critica in Arte. Francesca Pasquali”, edited by Ilaria Bignotti, MAR Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, La Greca Arti Grafiche, Ravenna
“Bianco Italia”, edited by Dominique Stella, Tornabuoni Art, Paris, Forma Edizioni, Florence
“O(Ax) = dO(Am) Equazione Impossibile”, edited by Marte Associazione Culturale, texts by Daniele Torcellini and others, Ninapì Gallery, MAR Museo d’Arte della Città and Planetary, Ravenna, Marte Edizioni and Stampa Grafiche Morandi, Ravenna
2012
“Francesca Pasquali. A me gli occhi”, edited by Ilaria Bignotti, Colossi Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Brescia, ColorArt, Rodengo Saiano, Brescia
“DesignER. Giovani Designer in Emilia Romagna”, edited by Ornella Corradini, exhibition catalog, 2-4 March, Modena Fiere, Modena, Edizioni Tipolitotecnica S.r.l., pp. 40-41
“Personal Effect on Sale”, edited by Francesco Calzolari and others, Esprit Nouveau Pavillon for Arte Fiera Off, Bologna, Danilo Montanari Edizioni, Ravenna
2011
“D.A.B. Design per Artshop e Bookshop”, curated by Ornella Corradini, exhibition catalog, Galleria Civica and Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, 30 April-19 June and Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, September-October, Edizioni ArteStampa, pp. 64-65
“SCOPAmi”, texts by Ilaria Bignotti and Denitza Nedkova, OltreDimore Gallery, Bologna
“Francesca Pasquali. Mirame”, text by Ilaria Bignotti, ColorArt, Rodengo Saiano, Brescia
“A cura di…”, edited by Ornella Corradini, Associazione GA/ER Giovani Artisti dell’Emilia Romagna, Bologna
“CO.CO.CO. Como Contemporary Contest”, text by Laura Cherubini, Assessorato alla Cultura, Como, Banfi Edizioni, Como
“52° Premio Internazionale Bice Bugatti-Giovanni Segantini”, texts by Ilaria Bignotti, Matteo Galbiati, and Elisabetta Modena, Accademia Libera di Pittura Vittorio Viviani, Nova Milanese, Silvia Editrice, Nova Milanese, Monza Brianza
2010
“Il segreto dello sguardo”, texts by Ilaria Bignotti, Andrea Dall’Asta SJ, Angela Madesani and others, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, San Fedele Foundation publication, Milan
“5. Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna”, text by Igor Zanti, Grafiche Antiga, Crocetta del Montello, Treviso
“Attraverso lo specchio”, edited by Elisabetta Modena, Castello dei Pico, Mirandola, Modena
2.Press review
2022
Jean-Cristophe Camuset, Tisser le futur, in “Elle Decoration”, n. 303, dicembre 2022, pp. 68-71
Carolina Sardelli, A tale of hidden, unseen materials. Art meets art: Francesca Pasquali and Lara Chamandi at Milan Fashion Week, in «Genius People Magazine», n. 21, pp. 252-265
Elisa Zatta, Resourcefulness mediterranea. Riflessioni sulla continuitò di riuso e reimpiego in architettura tra economia materiale e valore culturale, in «OFFICINA*», n. 37, April-June 2022, pp. 10-17, anteferma Edizioni S.r.l.
2021-2022
Paola Maraone, Objet Trouvé, in «Elle Decor Italia», n. 12-1, December 2021-January 2022, p. 137, HEARST Magazine Italia S.p.A.
2021
Cho Bae-yeon, Francesca Pasquali Archive, in «Neighborhood Facility», Archi-lab, vol. 5, pp. 160-181, Korea
Benedetta Cucci, Arte per nutrirsi con Francesca Pasquali. ‘Sapore plastico’, tra etica e golosità, in «Il Resto del Carlino», 14 July, p. 22
Arianna Baldoni, La natura plastica di Pasquali. Le installazioni verdi e rigogliose della scultrice bolognese, in «Arte», n° 575, July, p. 24, Cairo Editore
Matteo Galbiati, Francesca Pasquali. La continua metamorfosi della forma, in «Espoarte», n° 113, trimester n° 2, pp. 84-85
Sophia Negri, Francesca Pasquali, in «Barche Magazine», pp. 54-56, February
2020
Muhammad Yusuf, The material anatomy of habitat is the theme of a dual art show, in «Gulf Today», pp. 23-24, 4 February
2019
Francesca Pasquali Archive, in «id+c», n° 298, pp. 116-119, China
Anita Sciacca, Rivoluzione in collina, in «Amica», n° 8, pp. 100-105, August, Pubblicazioni RCS
«National Geographic Italia», n° 123, May, Events section
2018
Luca Molinari, PLATFORM art&culture, in «The floating gallery», I 1, pp. 20-23
Francesca Pasquali Archive, in «C3 Magazine», n° 393, pp. 194-205, C3 Publishing Co., Korea
Ciclostile Architettura, FPA / Archivio Francesca Pasquali, in «Exkema», Vol. 9, Year 10, n° 53, pp. 62-65, Academia Colombiana de Arquitectura y Diseño, Colombia
2017
Flavio Scheggi, Il colore del nero, in «La Freccia», n° 6, June, pp. 76-77
Paolo Sacchini, La mosaïque en “site-specific”. Les installations “tessellisées” de Francesca Pasquali, in «Mosaïque Magazine», a. VII, n. 13, January (bilingual magazine; title in English version: Site-specific Mosaics Francesca Pasquali’s “tesselized” installations)
2016
Masterpiece Feature. The RBC Fifth Plinth, in «Masterpiece 2016», London, June, p. 106, dedicated to Women in art
New Establishment: Francesca Pasquali, in «Elephant Magazine», n° 27, June
Pia Capelli, Francesca Pasquali, in «Elle Italia», June
Francesca Pasquali metamorphoses, in «Aesthetica magazine», June-July
News. Francesca Pasquali, in «Barche», p. 10, April
Salvatore Ferragamo. Nelle vetrine d’artista c’è l’essenza del vero lusso, in «Fashion Icons», n° 6, pp. 3-4, March, supplement to the magazine Fashion. Il magazine di news, business, trend
Stefania Freddi, Francesca Pasquali ha realizzato un intervento per la boutique di Salvatore Ferragamo, in «Sabato Sera», n° 9, pp. II-III, March
«Inspiramais Verão 2017», January
2015
Stefano Luppi, Una personale della Pasquali alla galleria Tornabuoni Arte, in «Gazzetta di Modena», p. 37, 14 October
2014
Eleonora Caracciolo di Torchiarolo, Speciale Versilia. Premio Henraux, in «Arte In», n° 152, p. 97, August-September
Pia Capelli and Gabi Scardi, Agenda Arte&Foto. Premio Fondazione Henraux-La Versiliana, in «Elle Italia», p. 76, August
Francesca Pini, Che cosa sta preparando Francesca Pasquali, in «Sette-Corriere della Sera», n° 2, p. 95, 10 January
Massimiliano Giornetti, Sofia Straws for Salvatore Ferragamo, in «Harper’s Bazaar Art China», n° 3, p. 164, January
2013
Mariateresa Cerretelli, Opere che si fanno guardare e toccare, in «Class», n° 323, p. 106, March
Ilaria Bignotti, Azzardi creativi e rischi critici, in «Titolo», n° 66, p. 5
2012
Igor Zanti, Guardami se puoi, toccami se vuoi, in «Espoarte», n° 76, p. 104
Federica Bonetti, Un ufficio tre design e opere d’arte, in «Dentro Casa», n° 156, pp. 110-111, November
2011
Ilaria Bignotti, Massimiliano Adami, Soft Crack e Francesca Pasquali, Metamorfosi. Percorsi creativi tra arte e design, in «Arte Contemporanea», n° 25, p. 7, January-February
2010-2011
Ilaria Bignotti, Massimiliano Adami e Francesca Pasquali. Scatti creativi e scarti d’autore, in «Juliet», n° 150, p. 69, December 2010-January 2011
2010
Olivia Cremascoli, Scampoli di estate indiana, in «Interni», n° 606, p. 92, November
Ilaria Bignotti, Insonnie creative, in «Juliet», n° 149, p. 69, October-November
Laura Biazzi, L’anima della materia, in «Barche», p. 84, July
Rosaria Zucconi, Loft story by Marco Costanzi, in «Elle Decor», pp. 302, 304, 307, April
Monia Marchionni, Sintetiche Evocazioni, in «Inside Art», n° 62, p. 56, February