Linguine, 2021, concrete, 10 multiples, cm.25x20x10 each.
ABOUT
Francesco Bendini (Sansepolcro AR,1996) is a visual artist based in Turin, Italy.
The artist's research is based on a sculptural, process-driven and behavioural approach. His works create a conceptual tension where materials and objects raise questions (?), oscillating between solemnity and mocking irony. Themes such as introspection, youthness and the gray shades of contemporaneity emerge through a personal and generational hauntology, with subtle references to the Italian context.
For a studio visit in Turin please send a message to instagram page.
CV
Solo / Duo exhibitions
2024 Rimpiattino (duo with Edoardo Franco) - Studio FERRARI, Bologna (BO) - with a text by Paolo Bosca
2023 InPresenza (solo) - Ipercorpo festival, Forlì (FC) - curated by Davide Ferri in collaboration with Miral Rivalta
2023 Emergere (duo with Ketty Gobbo) - Zolforosso, Venice (VE) - curated by Leonardo Bentini
2022 CINGOMMA (solo) - AF Gallery, Bologna (BO) - curated by Carmen Lorenzetti
2022 Sì, mi ricordo (duo with Edoardo Sessa) - L’Ariete artecontemporanea, Bologna (BO) - curated by Eleonora Frattarolo
2021 WORK WORK WORK (solo) - Rotonda Medievale, Città di Castello (PG) - with a text by Miral Rivalta
Group exhibitions
2025 Direzione intrapresa e volontà di resa - AF Gallery, Bologna (BO) - curated by Francesca Disconzi
2025 Intracore - Cripta di San Michele Arcangelo, Torino (TO) - curated by Ghëddo
2025 Transhuman - Dots/Via pagano 19, Milano (MI) - curated by Outpump
2024 Del ludico dunque gioco - Yurta.r.c, Rapolano Terme (SI) - curated by Alessandro Bellucci
2023 Cowboy Crudo - Fuocherello, Volvera (TO) - curated by Miral Rivalta
2023 La sostanza agitata - Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto (PG) - curated by Saverio Verini
2023 Compresenza degli opposti - AF Gallery, Bologna (BO) - curated by Carmen Lorenzetti
2023 Hard City - Vending machine Aldrovandi square 19c, Bologna (BO) - curated by Jacopo Casamenti
2022 00:00:08.00 - Plexus of San Domenico, Cesena (FC) - during Scuola Conia - curated by MEC Project
2021 Turn ON - Windsor Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NCL) - curated by Oisin Stephenson and Iris Ollier
2021 Inside show - Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna (BO) - curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi
2021 Abecedario d’Artista - Palazzo del Governatore, Parma (PR) - curated by Tørø
2020 PhygitArt - Villa Magherini Graziani, San Giustino (PG) - curated by Koinervetti
2019 III Biennale d’Arte Don Franco Patruno - MAGI ‘900, Pieve di Cento (BO)
2019 To be going to - P420, Bologna (BO) - curated by Francesca Bertazzoni and Davide Ferri
2019 Corrente - Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna - curated by the artist
2018 S’io m’intuassi, come tu t’immii - Mostrami Factory, Milan (MI) - curated by Mostrami
2018 Sull’immagine come linguaggio comune - Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna (BO) - curated by Cecilia Guida
2018 Prima il trucco - Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna (BO) - curated by Donato Ovarini
Fairs
2026 miart - Allianz MiCo, Milan (MI) - with AF Gallery
2023 New Entries - Artissima, Turin (TO) - curated by CRIPTA747
2023 ABABO - Artefiera, Bologna (BO) - stand curated by Maura Pozzati
Performance
2024 Brainrot - CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro (AR) - curated by the artist
2024 Only stones can keep secrets - Parco della Montagnola, Bologna (BO) - curated by Exit (Olivia Teglia e Lucia Fontanelli)
2022 Bancarella - Viale Venezia, Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) - curated by Eva Comuzzi
Residencies / Workshops
2024 Lo spazio critico - artist residency at CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro (AR) - for the INCONTEMPORANEA24 call promoted and supported by the Tuscany region
2024 Tilia - artist residency at Ex Casa del Custode in Montagnola, Bologna (BO) - curated by EXIT in collaboration with A.S.A.P.
2022 TAI How to // You too - masterclass in Prato (PO) - curated by Chiara Bettazzoni
2022 MIR - artist residency in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) - curated by Menti Libere with Eva Comuzzi
2022 Acqua che Sale - contemporary printing workshop - Traffic Festival, San Lorenzo in Campo (PU) - curated by Giorgia Agnese Cereda
2022 Building memories with concrete - CO\DENSA OPEN LAB, 8-13 y/o workshop - Cooperativa DENSA, Perugia (PG) - curated by the artist
2021 Equidistanze - artist residency in Filetto (RA) - curated by Magazzeno Art Gallery
2020 LINK R03 - construction of a permanent work in situ - LINK, Bologna (BO) - curated by INPUT
Catlogues / Publishings / Prizes
2025 Premio Marca Corona - finalist
2023 FOOD - 200 IMAGES AND 2 VIDEOS EXPLORING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CONSUMPTION - DITO Publishing
2023 La sostanza agitata - catalogo della mostra - testi di Saverio Verini e Maria Villa - VIAINDUSTRIAE PUBLISHING
2023 Combat Prize - Civic Museum Giovanni Fattori, Livorno (LI) - finalist
2023 MUG Emil Banca prize (finalist) - curated by Licia Mazzoni
2022 Apocalypsebananow - Banane Fanzine - N.5
2022 Young Art Award - 3rd edition - finalist
2022 Emergere - A Priori Magazine - N.0 - collab with Ketty Gobbo and Leonardo Bentini
2021 Ducato Prize - finalist
2021 Art Up - Opentour - Honorable Mention for the video GORGOS
2020 Nocivelli Prize - Chiesa della Disciplina, Verolanuova (BS) - finalist
Projects
2025 Digital Visual - Talk with Francesco Ibba (artist) and Margherita Caselli (curator) in the studio at Via Oropa 100/a, Turin (TO) - a project by Quartz Studio - developed with the support of MAUTO – National Automobile Museum, the Santagata Foundation, and the University of Turin
2024 Hawk Tuah - pop-up exhibition at Sacrosanto Caffè San Francesco, Città di Castello (PG) - curated by Giulio Verna
2023 Hyper*Espresso – online exhibition – Pavillion of The Wrong Biennale
2023 The Arches Sound Project - sound piece - Newcastle University (NCL) (UK)
2020 Deliverarte - Milano (MI) - curated by Piano A
2019 The Internet Yami-Ichi - DAS - Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, Bologna (BO) - curated by Metochè
2019 APArt - Augmented Public Art - creating an AR installation - curated by Net Service Digital Hub
Formation
2023 Sculpture MA, Academy of Fine Arts Bologna (BO)
2021 - 2022 Erasmus+ to Newcastle University Fine Arts (NCL) (UK)
2020 Sculpture BA, Academy of Fine Arts Bologna (BO)
Studio Assistant
Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 Assistant to the artist Marzia Migliora in Turin (TO)
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024 Assistant to the artist Giulia Cenci in Cortona (AR)
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 Assistant to the artist Davide Rivalta in Bologna (BO)