Francesco Ibba
Born in Pistoia (Italy) - 02/09/1996
Nationality: Italian / French
Driving licence: B
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Languages: French (C1), English (B1), Spanish (B1)
Currently based in Bologna (Italy)
Residencies
MIR – Migrarti in Residence | Associazione Menti Libere (Apr. 2025, Lignano Sabbiadoro – Udine, Italy)
Maisons Daura | MAGCP – Maison des Arts Georges et Claude Pompidou – Grant from the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, within the Nouveau Grand Tour program, curated by Thomas Delamarre (Sept. – Oct. 2024, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie – France)
Galleria Fuocherello – Residency for the exhibition Cowboy Crudo (Aug. 2023, Volvera – Turin, Italy)
Selected group exhibitions
Direzione intrapresa e volontà di resa – AF Gallery, curated by Francesca Disconzi (Bologna, 2025)
Junior Jay Jay – Spazio 35, curated by Eva Comuzzi (Udine, Italy, 2025)
Portes Ouvertes – Maisons Daura / MAGCP (Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, 2024)
f_lumen – Fabbrica delle Candele / Fondazione Diego Fabbri (Forlì, Italy, 2024)
Cowboy Crudo – Galleria Fuocherello, curated by Miral Rivalta (Volvera – Turin, Sept. 2023)
Leftovers – What Remains – Sala Veratti, curated by Gaia Ferrini, with catalogue (Varese, Italy, Mar. – Apr. 2023)
Open Tour 2022 – Art is Coming Out: Avvicinare le distanze – Galleria P420, curated by Davide Ferri and Cecilia Canziani (Bologna, Jun. – Jul. 2022)
ABABO Open Show – Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna (Bologna, Jun. 2022)
Forme nel Verde – (San Quirico d’Orcia, Italy, Jul. 2021)
gARTen – (Correggio, Jun. 2021)
Open Tour 2021 – Inside Show – curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi (Bologna, Jun. 2021)
Fairs
Arte Fiera 2022 – Presence at the booth of Fondazione Zucchelli, curated by Valerio Dehò (May 2022, Bologna, Italy)
Awards
Premio Art Up – Critics’ Award, acquisition by Banca di Bologna (Jun. 2021, Bologna, Italy)
Talks
Conversation with Margherita Caselli as part of the Digital Visual talk series (Oct. 2025, Turin, Italy)
Publications
Un altro tipo di deformità, in Giornale di Bordo, Serie III, n. 66–67 (2025)
Il Foro Occipitale, in Giornale di Bordo, Serie III, n. 65 (2025)
Leftovers – What Remains, exhibition catalogue (2023)
Premio Art Up – Fondazione Zucchelli, exhibition catalogue (2022)
Education
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna (Italy) – MA with honors in Sculpture (Feb. 2022, Bologna)
École Supérieure des Arts et Médias de Caen/Cherbourg (France) – Erasmus program: studio practice and theoretical courses (Oct. 2019 – Feb. 2020, Caen)
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (Italy) – BA in Painting (Feb. 2019, Florence)
Liceo Artistico Policarpo Petrocchi (Italy) – High School Diploma in Figurative Arts, 100/100 (Jun. 2015, Pistoia)
Training and professional experience
VIVARTE Program – Municipality of Forlì / Centro Diego Fabbri – Theoretical and practical course on cultural project management (Feb. – Apr. 2024, Forlì, Italy)
Officina Fotografica Shado – Course in analog photography (Nov. – Dec. 2023, Bologna, Italy)
Studio of Jean-Marie Appriou – Post-diploma internship supported by Erasmus grant (Nov. – Dec. 2022, La Courneuve – Paris, France)
Studio of Giulia Cenci – Technical assistant for the production of a work presented at the Venice Biennale (Dec. 2021 – Jan. 2022, Cortona, Italy)
Studio of Davide Rivalta / Fonderia De Carli – Internship in sculpture workshop and foundry (Nov. 2020 – Jan. 2021, Pianoro, Bologna / Volvera, Turin, Italy)
Mon Perin Tourist Village – Collective design and creation of a permanent sculptural work for the resort’s collection (Aug. 2019, Bale – Croatia)