Francesca Pasquali

Francesca Pasquali’s work revolves around an intriguing relationship between the organic and the inorganic, nature and culture, the recycling of materials, and their aesthetic redefinition.

 

Her work focuses on the observation of natural forms, whose structures she emulates, transforming plastic and industrial materials into complex and elaborate objects and installations. The relationship between nature and artifice lies at the heart of Pasquali’s work; this, combined with her reluctance to categorize objects, results in works that challenge the viewer’s perceptions. The materials invite the viewer to touch and interact with the works, prompting a reconsideration of the beauty hidden in everyday elements.

 

Her practice explores materiality through an approach sensitive to both place and theme, identifying precise formal evocations that allow her to respond to the project in a thematic and site-specific manner. The relationship of the works to their surroundings and architectural spaces often defines and shapes the realization of the works themselves.

Her focus on the relationship between solid and hollow forms, emptiness and fullness, depth and surface, closely links her contemporary inquiry to Lucio Fontana’s spatialist approach and Alberto Burri’s informal approach, within a metaphysical tension that stems from the organism and nature, from industrial and plastic materials.

 

In 2015, under the curatorial direction of Ilaria Bignotti, the Francesca Pasquali Archive was founded with the aim of archiving, preserving, and promoting the artist’s works.

 

Francesca Pasquali has collaborated with fashion and lifestyle companies including LVME Louis Vuitton Métiers d’Excellence, Candiani Denim, Saraghina Eyewear, Safilo, Nike, Raffles, Sergio Rossi, and Salvatore Ferragamo, as well as leading architecture firms such as Archea Associati, Corvino + Multari, and Marco Costanzi Architects.

 

She has served as a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Bergamo, Bologna, and Catanzaro; the Academy of Costume and Fashion in Rome and Milan; Konstfack—University of Arts, Crafts, and Design in Stockholm; the Istituto Marangoni in Florence; and the Raffles – International Design Institute in Milan.

She has donated works to various international charitable organizations such as BFAMI, LVMH for Secours Populaire Français, and Thanks for Nothing.

 

Her works are included in numerous internationally renowned public and private collections, including: the Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels; Fondation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporain, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Vaucluse); Unipol Group Heritage, Bologna; Henraux Foundation, Querceta (Lucca); Sydney Opera House, Sydney; Thetis Foundation, Venice; Ghisla Art Collection Foundation, Locarno; MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, London.