_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________BIO

Gianfranco Basso was born in Lecce (Italy) in 1978.

He attended the ‘’Academy of Fine Arts “ in Rome, graduating in Painting in 2009. Over the years he also began to develop his passion for photography and sculpture. From there, his research continues to explore the relationship between space and individual; the “individuals”, in the work of the artist, seem to get lost in an infinite void, in a “place”, a space in which everyone need to live, think and exist. We perceive the importance of this empty “universe” that surrounds the subject as something pulsing, an entity from which radiates ideas, feelings and inventions.

In 2012 he received the critics award at “I Biennale Internazionale - Città di Lecce”, while in 2016, in Salento, he won the “Painting Prize” entitled to the great landscapist Giuseppe Casciaro, in 2018 he is the winner of the Apulia Land Art Festival. He was among the finalists at the “Cairo Editorial Prize”, “Celeste Prize 2015” and the “Donkey Prize III”. He has been also invited to participate at the “2017 Beijing Contemporary Art Festival-Meeting in 798”.

He lives and works in Rome.

group exhibitions – (selected)

2019 Dimorare, Museo Archeologico Genna Maria di Viallanovaforru, Cagliari, exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani

2019 Trullo 227_Relazioni, Trullo Nicolò, Martina Franca, IT, exhibition curated by Graziella Melania Geraci

2019 Parallelism, Flat1 Offspace, Vienna

2019 Between Two Seas #3, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica (California) exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani e Luigia Martelloni

2019 Ricami di Pietra, Ecomuseo della Pietra Leccese, Cursi (Italy), exhibition curated by Luigi Manca.

2018 Lab 10 Art Prize, 28 Piazza di Pietra Fine Art Gallery, Rome (Italy)

2018 Display 2.0, ‘O Vascio Room gallery, Somma Vesuviana (Italy), exhibition curated by Annalisa Ferraro

2018 Temporary Art Show, Magazzino MAAAC, Cisternino (Italy)

2018 Mad in Monti Project, Rome (Italy)

2018 Tiny Biennale (Night), Temple University, Rome (Italy) exhibition curated by Susan Moore.

2018 SetUp Art Fair 2018, Bologna (Italy) with Art and Ars Gallery

2017 “Ricognizioni. Dai Bocs Art i linguaggi del contemporaneo” The BoCs Art Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cosenza (Italy) exhibition curated by Alberto Dambruoso

2017 L’applicazione dell’arte, MAAAC Museum of Modern Art Archaeological Area Cisternino (Italy) exhibition curated by Alberto Vannetti

2017 Amor Verdi Pensiero, Aldo Fabrizi Cultural Centre, Rome (Italy) exhibition curated by Alessandro Piccinini.

2017 “Ricognizioni. Dai Bocs art i linguaggi del contemporaneo” BOCS Art Museum , Cosenza (Italy) exhibition curated by Alberto Dambruoso

2017 Art Market Budapest, Budapest (Hungary) with ART and ARS Gallery

2017 P.A.C.I, Premio Auditorium Città di Isernia – 5^ edizione, Isernia (Italy)

2017 Bei Jing Contemporary Art Festival, Song Yang Art Gallery,

798 Art District, Beijing (Cina)

2017 Tiny Biennale (Yellow), Temple University, Rome (Italy) exhibition curated by di Susan Moore

2017 Olio d’Artista, Palazzo delle Stelline – Santa Maria Delle Grazie e Cenacolo, Milan (Italy) exhibition curated by Francesco Sannicandro

2016 Ritorno a Portonaccio 2, Aldo Fabrizi Cultural Centre, Rome (Italy)

exhibition curated by Laura Turco Liveri

2016 L’arte per ricostruire. Artisti per Amatrice, Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome (Italy)

exhibition curated by Simona Marchini and Massimiliano Mucciaccia

2016 Rome Art Week, Bat Gallery/Studio Milani, Rome (Italy) exhibition curated by Fabio Milani

2016 NoPlaces 3 49° Premio Suzzara, Suzzara Prize Gallery, Suzzara (Italy)

2016 Giuseppe Casciaro Prize, Municipal library of Vignacastrisi,

Vignacastrisi (Italy)

2016 MAAAC Museum of Modern Art Archaeological Area Cisternino (Italy)

exhibition curated by Alberto Vannetti

2016 In to the wood, ExComac, Soverato (Italy), exhibition curated by Rosa Ciacci

2016 In – Perfectione, Municipal Art Gallery of Contemporary Art “Domenico Cantatore” Ruvo di Puglia (Italy), exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani

2016 Il mondo numero Zero, Artasylum Gallery, Fermo (Italy)

exhibition curated by Mariachiara Simonetti.

2016 Il Gesto creativo e la parola, Villa Amoretti, Turin (Italy), exhibition curated by Mariella Loro

2016 Concorso Internazionale delle Arti Contemporanee, Spazio Mazzini, Rome, (Italy), exhibition curated by Paola Valori and Fabio Campagna.

2015 Arte Mondadori Prize 2015, Museo della Permanente, Milan (Italy)

2015 Celeste Prize, Ex Bazzi, Milan (Italy)

2015 Emergenze Contemporanee, Complesso dei Dioscuri al Quirinale, Rome (Italy)

exhibition curated by Alessandra Tontini

2013 Art in Rome, Circolo degli artisti, Rome (Italy)

2013 Art Caffè Prize, Caffè Letterario Roma, Rome (Italy)

2012 Animal’ arte, Parco Valle della Treja, S.Oreste (Italy)

2011 Dalla capitale colori in concerto, Stomeo Gallery, Martano (Italy)

exhibition curated by Gianna Stomeo

2010 I Biennale Internazionale “Città di Lecce” Castello Carlo V, Lecce (Italy), exhibition curated by Gianna Stomeo

2009 I Biennale del Mediterraneo, Palazzo Marchesale ‘De Franchis’, Taviano (Italy)

exhibition curated by Lidia Reghini di Pontremoli

2008 Artisti per l’Accademia, Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, Rome (Italy)

2008 Rinassence Project, Mecs Village, Ostia (Italy) exhibition curated by Ilaria Aquili

2008 Contemporary Photo, Exra Art Gallery Cafè, Rome, (Italy) exhibition curated by Rita Ficarra

2007 MArteLive, Alatri (Italy)

2001/2002 Artissima, Surbo (Italy)

1998 Salent Art, Surbo (Italy)

solo show

2019 Agorà, Contempo Art Festival, Bastione Santa Maria, Monopoli, (Ba) exhibition curated by Valentina Iacovelli.

2019 Another day, Museo Nuova Era, Bari exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani

2018 Parco senza confini Project, Cursi (Italy), exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani

2018 I fili del tempo, Fansinaptico Fondazione per l’arte e le neuroscienze, Maglie (Italy), exhibition curated by carmelo Cipriani

2017 Needle Time, Palazzo Castromediano Vernazza, Lecce (Italy)

exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani

2016 Momentum, Spazio MatEr, Rome, exhibition curated by Carmelo Cipriani

prize

2018 APULIA LAND ART FESTIVAL 2018, Winner

2016 CASCIARO PRIZE - International art competition – Winner

2016 ART LAGUNE PRIZE - International art competition, Selection - Painting Section

2016 ELEA PRIZE - International art competition - Finalist

2015 ARTE PRIZE 2015 - Cairo Editore - International art competition - Finalist

2015 CELESTE PRIZE 2015 International art competition - Finalist

2015 DONKEYART PRIZE 3 International art competition - Finalist

2015 CELESTE PRIZE Visible White Photo Prize 4th edition

FAMILYDOM, International art competition - Special mention

2011 COLORI IN CONCERTO, International art competition – Winner

2010 I BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE “CITTÀ DI LECCE” International art competition -

Critics’ Prize

artist’s residence

2018 Ricami di pietra, Parco senza confini project, Cursi (Italy)

2018 Apulia Land Art Festival 2018, Alberobello (Italy)

2016 BoCsArt Cosenza, Cosenza (Italy)

press

2018 I Fili del Tempo - Edizioni Esperidi

2017 222 Artisti emergenti su cui investire 2018 - Edizioni Exibart Service

2017 Needle Time - Edizioni Esperidi

2015 Catalogo di arte moderna, GLI ARTISTI ITALIANI DAL PRIMO NOVECENTO

A OGGI n° 51 - Edizioni Mondadori

2015 PERCORSI D’ARTE IN ITALIA 2016 - Rubettino Editore

contact

info@gianfrancobasso.it

www.gianfrancobasso.it