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Francesca Messina as my daughter see me

Francesca Messina
I am an italian visual artist living and working in the south of France.
I work in a variety of mediums: graphite, oil pastel, pastel, acrylic, oil painting, tempera,colored pencils and textile materials.
My works came from the observation of the reality that surrounds me; I reproduce the impressions and the feelings that i received. 
The sense of touch is very important in my work and a part of my work is made to be touch and sense with the hands and the eyes.
In recent years I have let myself be enchanted by the textile world and I have started weaving and using yarn and wool in most of my works.

As Art Therapist I believe that the art and the creative process can help people to be in contact with the best part of themselves so I propose art therapy workshops where eveybody can experience the pleasure of artistic creation, following them creative intuition.

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Education

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2003-2006 Master Art Counseling Skills

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2001 Ecole de Beaux Art of Toulouse

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1996 - 2002 Accademia di Belle Arti

                     of Rome

 

Performance:

2006 juliet Artincorpo – le corps est un livre ouvert – parcours tactile – La Maddalena – Italie

 

2005 avril Snodi – giornata artistica tra innesti e incastri – Rome.

 

Expositions:

2023 juillet Exposition personnelle Mairie Roquette sur Siagne

2019 december Atelier du Cordonnier, Biot

2018 novembre Expo Atelier Klika, Grasse

2018 juillet Expo Atelier Olalarte, Grasse

2008 décembre Respiro, photographie peinture ceramique - Lian, Roma

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2006 octobre  Fuoriluogo, Galerie itinerante, Centro Pecci ,Prato - Museo Morandi, Bologna – Biblioteca Bertolina, Vicenza – MART Rovereto

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2006 juin Fuoriluogo, VII Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma

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2006 mars Fotoesordio, Vitrine national de jeunes photographes, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma

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2005 juin Passaparola, VI Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma

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2004 juin Alfabeti, V Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma

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2004 avril Permio Valcellina – 2003 ConcoursInternationale d’art textile, Maniago (PN)

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2003 decembre Tramare – Libri d’artista su trame di ogni genere, Palazzo Orsini , Bomarzo (VT)

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2003 septembre II Prix Internationale d’art “Pavia Giovane Arte Europea”, Castello Visconteo, Pavia

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2003 septembre Extempore, VI symposium des Academie des Beaux Arts , Suvereto (LI), attribution prix de la jury

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2003 juin Errare, IV Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

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2003 avril Errare Oltremare, Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artistea, La Maddalena, Sardegna

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2003 avril Acquisition du livre d'artiste “Casa” par la Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

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2002 juin III Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Casina delle Civette, Roma

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2002 janvier Exposition Art Textile, Premio Valcellina 2001, Ex Filanda, Maniago (PN)

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2001 novembre Exposition Art Textile , Fiber Art a Roma, gruppo Tapisserie jeune di Lydia Predominato, Casa di Nepi, Roma

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2001 juin  La gravure dans tous ces etas, École de Beaux Arts de Toulouse, France

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2001 juin II Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Torretta Valedier, Roma

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1999 juliet I Exposistion Internazionale du livre d'artiste, Galleria La Tana, Calcata (VT)

© 2017 Francesca Messina

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