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
Drawing week in dialogue with Mirella Bentivoglio, curated by Collezione Ramo, Triangolo, Milan, IT
Solo booth at Esther II, Triangolo, New York, USA
Solo booth Miart, Triangolo, Emergent section (curated by Attilia FattoriFranchini), Milan, IT
Superb visibility all around, duo show, La Placette, Lausanne CH
Getting attached to (…) is difficult (with a text by Iacopo Spini), Triangolo, Cremona
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
Il più bell’errore del mondo, duo show with Valentina Pini (curated by Gabriel Stoekli and Giacomo Galletti), Sonnestube, Lugano CH
Domenica, duoshow show with Giovanna Belossi (proposed by Paul Paillet), Lokal-int, Biel/Bienne, CH
Selected group exhibitions
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
Hidden structures, Triangolo, Cremona
Incurabile (curated by Federica Mutti), Luogo_e, Bergamo
Prison Break (curated by Hruze Gegi), Winterthur, CH
The September Issues (curated by Mohamed Almusibli), Peres Project, Milan
Break-In, Brescia (curated by Arnold Braho), The Adress gallery, Brescia
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
Usefulless (curated by Mélanie Matranga and Clément Délepine), Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris, FR