Casolari Francesco

Francesco Casolari was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1982. He started to engrave when he was 6 and his first creation lasted until the age of 12. Right from the outset of his activity, he has focused on urban settings, engraving medieval and Parisian scenes or opera houses. He resumed his activity at 19 and, during his university studies in architecture and fashion design, began to develop his own style: futuristic metropolitan scenes in which he imagines buildings with European architectural features of the past centuries, fast spaceships flying over them and clowns, dames and fictitious characters as inhabitants. He tries to create utopian cities according to steam punk science-fiction theories. He aims at hyper-figurative representations, where fantasy and precision go hand in hand. His latest handmade etchings are 1x1.5 m and it took him 1300 hours of work, covered in several months, to make them. His works have been exhibited among many renowned collections both in Italy and America, and even at institutional level. He has collaborated with fashion companies and architects and, as textile designer, he has labelled accessories, t-shirts and objects. He took part in several exhibitions (museums and art galleries) and international fairs and is mentioned in various art catalogues. His works are shown in a great number of cities all around the world:Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, London, Brighton, Zurich, Balearic Islands, Thessaloniki, New York, Los Angeles, S.Francisco, Miami, Caribbean, Toronto, Bogotà, Santiago of Chile, Kathmandu, Tehran, Oslo, Shenzhen , Tokyo and Osaka. He also collaborates with three art galleries: VV8 artecontemporanea (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Bi-BOx Art Space (Biella, Italy) and Galleria 74/b (Milan, Italy).

 

ArtAffordableFair (1PstP edition), 3PrdP-6PthP February 2011, Milan

 

ArtBrescia (1PstP edition), 23PrdP September 2011, Brescia

 

ArtAffordableFair (2PndP edition), 5PthP- P 10PthP February 2012, Milan

 

Arte Padova  (23PrdP edition), 9PthP-12PthP November 2012, Padua

 

Solo exhibition at Bi-Box Gallery, 18PthP January-3PrdP March 2013, Biella

 

Step 09 (4PthP edition) Fabbrica del Vapore, 22PndP -25PthP February 2013, Milan

 

GAT award (2PndP edition), Villa La Vendetta Hotel, 7PthP March 2013, Florence

 

Opera Ggil Ravenna competition (4PthP edition), Oriani Library, 17PthP May-1PstP June 2013, Ravenna

 

Pitti Uomo (84PthP edition), 18PthP-21PstP June 2013, Florence

 

White Trade Show, 22PndP-24PthP June 2013, Milan

 

Premium Berlin Fashion Week (10PthP edition), 2PndP-4PthP July 2013, Berlin

 

CPH Trade show Copenhagen Fashion Week, 9PthP-12PthP July 2013, Copenhagen

 

Modefabriek Amsterdam Fashion Week (35PthP edition), 14PthP-15PthP July 2013, Amsterdam

 

La Marguttiana (51PstP edition), 14PthP June- 8PthP September 2013, Forte dei Marmi

 

2PndP Festival Internacional de Grabadocontemporaneo FIG, 28PthP November-2PndP December 2013Bilbao

 

Arte Laguna Prize final exhibition (8PthP edition), at Arsenale Museum, 22PndP March-6PthP April, Venice

 

“Segni Moderni” tour, (1PstP stop) at Orie Gallery, 2PndP-12PthP July 2014, Tokyo

 

“Segni Moderni” tour at Casa Dugnani Gallery, 20PthP September- 5PthP October 2014, Milan

 

The Others Fair (4PthP edition), 6PthP-9PthP November 2014, Turin

 

SetUp Art Fair (3PrdP edition) at Autostazione (bus station), 22PndP-25PthP January 2015, Bologna

 

ArtAffordableFair (5PthP edition), 19PthP-22PndP March 2015, Milan

 

Solo exhibition “Imagines Mundi” at Spazio 9 Aposa 25th March-26th April 2015, Milan

 

“Milano Città Mondo” Collective exhibition at Fabbrica del Vapore, 25PthP March-6PthP April, Milan

 

“Segni Moderni” tour (2PndP stop), at Kaguraoka Gallery, 27PthP March-12PthP April 2015, Kyoto

 

Participation in Salone del Mobile, 14PthP-19PthP April with TOG company, 14PthP-19PthP April 2015, Milan

 

Italian Art Collective exhibition at Oaks club house 19PthP April - 19PthP May 2015 Boca Raton 

 

“Segni Moderni” tour (3PrdP stop) at Irohani Gallery 24PthP April – 29PthP April 2015  Osaka 

 

Solo exhibition at the Italian Embassy in Oslo 20PthP May 2015 Oslo, Norway

 

Collective exhibition “Siam come le Lucciole” at Rocca delle Macie 21PstP May – 31PstP October 2015 Siena

 

“Segni Moderni” tour (P 4th stop) at Celeste Gallery  30PthNovember- 6Pth December 2016 Niigata

 

Event “IN LUCE” at Palazzo Gromo Losa Foundation 4PthP December-10th  January 2016 Biella

 

Solo exhibition at “FrengoBoy Solo Show” at Miro Gallery 18Pth March-10Pth  May 2016 Bologna

 

Buenos Aires Contest (8 Pth  edition) Antico Panificio militare Museum  1Pst December 2016 Milan

 

Solo  exhibition at Ex Ospedale dei Bastardini  26th-28th January 2017 Bologna

 

Collective exhibition “Nowruzaneh” at Chav studio 17th-27th February 2017 Tehran

 

Collective exhibition “Nowruzaneh” at Diba Gallery 3rd-13th March 2017 Kerman

 

Solo exhibition“Metropolis Collection” at VV8artecontemporanea 11th March-12th April 2017 Reggio Emilia

 

Collective exhibition “Nowruzaneh” at Farzad Gallery 9th-16th March 2017 Mashhad

 

Collective exhibition “Nowruzaneh” at Chicago Printmakers 1st April-3rd June 2017 Chicago

 

Collective exhibition “Nowruzaneh” at 74/b Gallery 20th April-4th May 2017 Milan

 

Collective exhibition “Nowruzaneh” at Afarinesh Gallery 21st-26th April 2017 Kermanshah

 

XIIIth International Biennial for the Engraving 10th June-3rd July 2017 Acqui Terme

 

“The Artbox project” at Basel Artweek 14th-18th June 2017 Basel