Francesco De Bernardi

Vimercate, 1995

Francesco De Bernardi

Vimercate, 1995

Francesco De Bernardi lives and works in Milan.

Narrative systems lie at the core of Francesco De Bernardi’s practice, serving as a framework through which he intertwines everyday experiences and fictional stories. These systems take shape in the form of sculptures, texts, audio works, and drawings, allowing him to explore themes of self-doubt and duality, particularly as they appear in modern literature.

Selected solo and duo exhibitions

2025

Drawing week in dialogue with Mirella Bentivoglio, curated by Collezione Ramo, Triangolo, Milan, IT

Solo booth at Esther II, Triangolo, New York, NY
2024

Solo booth Miart, Triangolo, Emergent section (curated by Attilia Fattori
Franchini), Milan, IT

Superb visibility all around, duo show, La Placette, Lausanne, CH
2023

Getting attached to (…) is difficult (with a text by Iacopo Spini), Triangolo, Cremona, IT

Your ease doesn’t simplify things/your ease is not making it easier (curated by Camille Besson and Haydeé Marin-Lopez), Café des Glaces, Tonnerre, FR
2022

Il più bell’errore del mondo, duo show with Valentina Pini (curated by Gabriel Stoekli and Giacomo Galletti), Sonnestube, Lugano, CH
2020

Domenica, duoshow show with Giovanna Belossi (proposed by Paul Paillet), Lokal-int, Biel/Bienne, CH

Selected group exhibitions

2025

Studio Visit, curated by Jülia Künzi and Johanna Vieli, Binz 39, Zurich, CH

Ventaglio, Clima, Milan, IT

Contribution to the solo show of Jack Roberts, Star Drawings, Jir Sandel/In Den Bouw, Kalken, BE

Parloir, curated by Gauli Zitter, Milan, IT

Triangolo at 2 Hoxton street, London, UK
2024

Hidden structures, Triangolo, Cremona, IT

Incurabile (curated by Federica Mutti), Luogo_e, Bergamo, IT
2022

Prison Break (curated by Hruze Gegi), Winterthur, CH

The September Issues (curated by Mohamed Almusibli), Peres Project, Milan, IT

Break-In, Brescia (curated by Arnold Braho), The Adress gallery, Brescia, IT
2021

Adaptation I-Weary Friends, duoshow with Leonardo Pellicanò (curated by Stefania Carlotti and Margaux Dewarrat) 13, Renens (Lausanne), CH

Lemaniana, Reflets d’autres scenes (curated by Andrea Bellini, Mohamed Almusibli, Jill Gasparina and Stéphanie Moisdon), Centre d’Art Contemporaine Geneve, CH
2019

Usefulless (curated by Mélanie Matranga and Clément Délepine), Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris, FR

TRAUMNOVELLE 1

2025 | colored pencil on paper | 33 x 41.5 cm

All photo credits to Michela Pedranti.

Installation view

Studio visit at BINZ 39, Zurich, CH

All photo credits to Flavio Karrer.

Verde and Bianco on a wicker chair

2025 | wicker chair, wood, silicone wool, silk, glue, nails | 84 x 110 x 70 cm

All photo credits to Flavio Pescatori.

Verde

2025 | silicone, wood, LED bulbs, wool, felt | variable dimensions

All photo credits to Carlotta Tornaghi.

A resemblance

2025 | graphite and coloured pencils on paper | 40 x 61 (framed)

All photo credits to Carlotta Tornaghi.

Gianna

2025 | graphite and coloured pencils on paper | 43 x 56 cm (framed)

All photo credits to Carlotta Tornaghi.

Reminder

2024 | Watercolour, ink and pencil on paper | 30 x 110 cm

All photo credits to Gillies Adamson Semple.

Déjà-vu

2024 | Watercolour, ink and pencil on paper | 30 x 110 cm

All photo credits to Gillies Adamson Semple.

Dedico questa sfera a Fleur Jaeggy

2024 | Wood, nails, plastic-coated iron wire, wooden shoe lasts, pencil drawings on paper, ink drawing on paper, copying paper | ø 30 cm

All photo credits to Michela Pedranti.

Got to do it pretty soon

2024 | Wood, nails, felt, brass buttons, found wire | ø 30 cm

All photo credits to Michela Pedranti.

Installation view

Hidden Structures – group show

All photo credits to Michela Pedranti.

(Tuttora) sulla Bergère

2024 | Watercolour on paper | 76 x 56 cm

All photo credits to the Artist.

Installation view

Miart 2024

All photo credits to GRAYSC.

BEAUTY CASE (PLANET)

2024 | Wood, fabric, iron wire, nails, miniature objects, light bulb, twine | Ø 50 cm

All photo credits to GRAYSC.

Getting attached to (Agnès) is difficult.

2023 | Graphite and ink on paper | 76,4 x 51 cm

All photo credits to Mattia Angelini.

Installation view

Getting attached to (…) is difficult – solo show

All photo credits to Mattia Angelini.

Agnès

2023 | Wood, fabric, lamp, wig, ink drawing on paper | 125 x 63x 90 cm

All photo credits to Mattia Angelini.

Thinking about what made you feel good is comforting 1 – 2

2023 | Ink on paper | 49 x 40 x 4 cm each

Photo courtesy Café des Glaces.

Edi’s memory

2023 | Graphite on paper | 33,5 x 38 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy Café des Glaces.

All the insecurity OF EDI

2023 | Wood, camera lens, jute, fabric, lamps | 160 x 116 x 116 cm

Photo courtesy Café des Glaces.

The dog Edi had when he was a boy (Gordon)

2023 | Fir wood, different fabrics, foam | 125 x 180 x 37 cm

Photo courtesy Café des Glaces.

EDI

2023 | Foam, wig, fabric, wire, clothing, 3D printing, wooden base | 148 x 121 x 121 cm

Photo courtesy Café des Glaces.

SUN YUH WEN

2022 | Wood, fabric, wig, shirt, sunglasses, 3D print | 115 x 20 cm

All photo credits to Roberto Marossi.

Courtesy Peres Project.

UNTITLED (FIU FIU)

2022 | Solid wood afromosia, speakers, electronic components, MP3, whistle in loop | 35 x 50 x 6 cm

All photo credits to Mattia Angelini.

STROLL

2022 | Four pairs of shoes, wood, black paint | Variable dimensions

All photo credits to Mattia Angelini.