Francesco Conti
I was born in Rome, Italy, and now live in London. I trained as a scientist, and worked in research laboratories in Europe and America.
I paint in oil and acrylic, and urban alienation is a recurrent theme in my work. I am fascinated with the raw and unkept beauty of buildings, particularly those found in the outskirts of cities. Despite the decay and desolation these buildings communicate echoes of the life that was there before. Connected to this my work deals with the ideas of death, immortality, and sin, and sometimes involves the depiction of public figures intertwined with imagery from religious or popular iconography.
My work has been selected for several shows, including the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition in London, the C24 Gallery New York, and the 508 Gallery in Chelsea and I have been selected for publication in print in the ‘Best of Acrylics - Special Issue: Winners of the AcrylicWorks 8 art competition.’ In 2021; recently, my work was a winner of the Daler Rowney Award at The Artist and Leisure Painter international competition.
Prizes & Awards
2023
Winner, Daler Rowney Award, TALP Open (The Artist and Leisure Painter Magazines) for ‘Limassol Marina’ artwork.
2021
Winner, ‘Best of Acrylics publication - Special Issue: Winners of the AcrylicWorks 8 art competition’ in September 2019 (online & print edition)
Solo shows
2024
CassArt ArtSpace, Islington, London
2020
The Art Space, Cass Art, Hampstead, London
‘All or Nothing’. Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans
2019
The Art Space, Cass Art, Hampstead, London
Group shows
2024
Guildford House Open Exhibition, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford
2023
Wales Contemporary, Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven
Patchings Art Centre, Patchings
ArtCan Chroma 2 show, America Square Centre, London
ArtCan Ensemble show, Kroll, Paris
2022
Technically Brilliant Gallery, Warrington
Townhouse Spitafields Gallery, London
Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans
2021
What is Art? Boomer Gallery, London
Bounce back exhibition, Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans
The Great Lockdown Exhibition. 508 Gallery (Chelsea, London)(https://www.508kingsroad.com/francescoconti/)
Arts North International, Hopkins (USA) (https://www.hopkinsartscenter.com/271/Arts-North-International)
2020
Group exhibition. The Seventh View’, In partnership with The ING Discerning Eye. C24 Gallery, New York City (https://www.c24gallery.com/you-belong-here-the-seventh-view)
2019
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London (https://www.discerningeye.org/archive/2019/2019_1.php)
Skull Art Exhibition, Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans (https://nudetincan.com)