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Francesco D’Isa

Beauty Queens of a Post-atomic world, the protagonists of Francesco D’Isa’s illustrations create a modern bridge between an art-nouveaux and a cyber-punk aesthetic, like if Gustav Klimt would had the opportunity to work with Matthew Barney using the most modern techniques of digital painting.
Trapped in the coldness and desolation of space age scenarios, where mechanics is nature, violence norm, sex robotics, inhumanity standard and handicap the only sign of humanity, they remember us how important is to keep being wild at heart. Signs barely readable in little details: the complicity of a glimpse, the mystery of a hidden smile, the sensuality of a caress, the malice of a childish game, like secret language that the big-brother, permanent controller, cannot decode.
Classy amazon warriors standing on defense of the last bulwark that separates human beings from machines.

“I try to think as much as I can and I try to survive to my thoughts. It happen that I need to draw something while I do it.”

BIO:
Francesco D’Isa is an Italian artist and art curator. He studied philosophy in Florence, Italy. He’s self-taught as an artist: his fascination with visual imagery has driven him to master the required skills. He’s a pioneer of digital art in Italy, but his skills as a drawer let him work with traditional media as well. He was the co-founder of the Italian Art & Literature magazine “Mostro”, where he published his first artworks. After that, his digital and traditional artworks were featured in many magazines around the world, like “Expose III”, Ballistic Publishing (USA); “Pixel Surgeons: Extreme manipulation of the figure in Photography”, Mitchell Beazley Art & Design, Octopus ed. (UK); “Black magic, White Noise” ed “Illusive 3″, Die Gestalten Verlag (GERMANY); “Design 360°”, SanDu Culture ed. (CHINA), GQ magazine (Italy). His accolade in contemporary art practice has been recognised with several art prizes. He has exhibited internationally from Italy, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, England, USA, Australia, Russia, South America. His theory and practice has been extended as a Workshop Leader and Lecturer in Multimedia. In 2007 he became “Pornpope” founding the porn-artistic collective Pornsaints. He organized for Pornsaints international art exhibitions and parties in art galleries and erotic festivals, both in Europe and USA. Moreover, through his work as “Pornpope” many international porn stars like Kylie Ireland , Stoya, Madison Young and Sasha Grey acted for him as muses, models and working partners. In 2009 his art has been chosen for the image of the Italian fashion brand bigfatfanny and featured at the fashion fair Pitti Immagine 2010.

Awards
* (2011) Finalist at Donkey Art Prize
* (2010) Special Mention to REFF RomaEuropa FakeFactory (Roma, Italy)
* (2010) Finalist at the Erotic Award 2010 (London, UK)
* (2009) Finalist at ANCI CREATIVE AWARD (Milan, Italy)
* (2009) Finalist at ONDEQUADRE 3.0 (Verona, Italy)
* (2009) Erotic Signature (book winner) 2009
* (2008) Finalist for the prize Italian factory (Italy)
* (2006) Selected between finalist at TORAY DCA (Digital Creation Award) 2005 (JAPAN)
* (2006) Selected between best works at “premio Ofelia 2006″ (ITALY)
* (2006) Finalist for the prize M.I.A.D Venado Tuerto 2006 (ARGENTINA)
* (2005) Expose III Excellence Award (surreal – 2d) 2005 Ballistic Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
* (2005) Finalist at the Erotic Award 2005 (London, UK)
* (2004) Selected between finalists at the International Digital Award (IDAA) 2004 (Melbourne, Australia)
* (2004) Honorable mention at al MOCA (Museum of computer art) digital art contest 2004
* (2003) Second prize at Firenze a Fumetti, Scuola Internazionale di Comics.
* (2001) First prize at EurArt 2001, associazione culturale Graphiti (Gorizia) and Narodni Muzej of Lubiana.

Selected publications (book and magazines)
* Inside Art (Italy)
* Piacere Magazine (Italy)
* GQ Magazine (Italy)
* Rita Baum (POLAND)
* Hair’em Scare’em (Die Gestalten) (GERMANY)
* Illusive 3 (Die Gestalten) (GERMANY)
* Mostro, issues from 1 to 18 (ITALY)
* Desktop Magazine, issue.192, Niche Media Pty Ltd (AUSTRALIA)
* Courier Mail (Australia), Monday June 7, Page 16. (AUSTRALIA)
* Computer Graphics & Publishing 06/04, IHT gruppo editoriale, Cover and interview. (ITALY)
* Sphera Medical Journal, Edizioni Imagement, Jan. 2005 (ITALY)
* Practical Web Projects – Photoshop. n.27, Highbury Entertainment’s (UK)
* Expose III, Ballistic Publishing (AUSTRALIA)
* Pixel Surgeons: Extreme manipulation of the figure in Photography, Mitchell Beazley Art & Design Octopus ed(UK)
* Empty magazine, issue 4 (USA)
* Design 360° Sandu culture ed. (CHINA)
* Black magic, White Noise (Die Gestalten) (GERMANY)
* Arktip (Hollywood, USA)
}Juxtapoz online (USA)
*Pig Magazine (Italy)
*Erotic Signature 2009 (USA)

EXHIBITIONS LIST (SELECTION):
Solo shows:
*(2011)”This whole world’s wild at heart and weird on top”, Cell63 artgallery (Berlin, Germany)
* (2010) With the brand Bigfatfanny, Milano fashion week in “Mi Milano pret -a- porter” (Milano, Italia)
* (2010) “Eros e civiltà”, Galleria Miomao (Perugia, Italy)
* (2010) With the brand Bigfatfanny, Pitti Immagine 2010 (Firenze, Italia)
* (2009) Solo show, Museum of Porn in Art (Zurich, Switzerland)
* (2009) Solo show, Inside Home Interiors (Firenze, ITALY)
* (2009) The compromise of beauty – F. D’Isa, Angel (Firenze, ITALY)
* (2008) Francesco D’Isa solo show, Rialto Santambrogio (Roma, ITALY)
* (2008) Francesco D’ Isa – Pornsaints, Galerie Zero, (Berlin, GERMANY)
* (2007) Francesco D’ Isa, Cafè S. Ambrogio (Firenze, ITALY)
* (2007) Francesco D’ Isa, ZURMOEBELFABRIK Galerie, (Berlin, GERMANY)
Group Shows
* (2011) Tarot, Mondo Bizzarro (Roma, Italy)
* (2011) “Künstler Helfen Kindern” Stilwerk Berlin Forum, Cel63 Artgallery (Berlin, DE)
* (2011) “I am abnormal 2″,  Abnormals Gallery, Poznan (Poland)
* (2011) Peripeteia, White Rabbit art gallery (New York, NY, USA)
* (2010) Group show, Art Gallery Palazzo Bontadosi, (Montefalco (PG), Italy)
* (2010) ArtVerona with CELL63 Gallery,  (Verona, Italy)
* (2010) Berliner Kunstsalon with CELL63 Gallery, (Berlin, Germany)
* (2010) Blooom Art Fair with CELL63 Gallery, (Cologne, Germany)
* (2010) LES TAROTS, La Boite, Via S. Castulo 4, (Roma, Italy)
* (2010) Pornsaints Show, Museum of Porn in Art, (Zurich, Switzerland)
* (2010) Group show, Galleria Artekyp, Festival della Filosofia, (Modena, Italy)
* (2010) Group show, Cell63 Gallery, (Berlin, Germany)
* (2010) Group show, Parlor Gallery, (New Jersey, USA)
* (2010) Draw – Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, (Mexico City, Mexico)
* (2010) Pornsaints show, Birdhouse Gallery, (Austin, TX, USA).
* (2010) Dirty Show, Bert’s Warehouse Theater (Detroit, USA)
* (2009) 21st century sexy art, group show, Erotic Museum, (Amsterdam, Holland)
* (2009) Warten auf Sol Invictus group show, Cell63 Gallery (Berlin, Germany)
* (2009) I’m abnormal group show, Abnormals Gallery, (Berlin, Germany)
* (2009) CHRISTMAS TREE D’ARTISTA, Sponge Artecontemporanea (Pergola, ITALY)
* (2009) ANCI Creative Award, MICAM ShoEvent (Milano, Italy)
* (2009) The whorehouse within me, LIMITED NO ART GALLERY, (Milano, Italy)
* (2009) ARTundressed 2009, BOXeight Studios (Los Angeles, USA)
* (2009) The Surveillance Room, Downtown LA (Los Angeles, USA)
* (2009) Signal through the Flames, GALERIE FRIEDRICHSHÖHE, (Berlin, Germany)
* (2009) ONDEQUADRE 3.0, Forte s. Mattia, (Verona, Italy)
* (2009) POPUP! 2009, Mole vanvitelliana ed area portuale, (Ancona, Italy)
* (2009) Create:Fixate show, Downtown LA (Los Angeles, USA)
* (2009) Group show, Limited art gallery, (Milano, Italy)
* (2009) Whaleless, Temporary Love, (Roma, Italy)
* (2009) Artundressed tour 2009, The Wynwood Social Club (Miami, USA)
* (2009) MAYDAY, Art Whino Gallery, (National Harbor, Maryland USA)
* (2009) Draw, Shooting Gallery, (San Francisco, USA)
* (2009) Dirty Show X, Museum of Porn in Art, (Zurich, SWITZERLAND)
* (2009) Dirty Show X, Bert’s Warehouse Theater (Detroit, USA)
* (2008) Italian factory 2008 – Fabbrica del Vapore, (Milano, ITALY)
* (2008) Francesco D’ Isa – Pornsaints, A&D Gallery (London, UK)
* (2008) “Greeting from” art show, Sunshine Studio, (Tokyo, JAPAN)
* (2008) Pornsaints #2, Hotmovies Grand Gala, Transit, (Philadelphia, USA)
* (2008) Passing Time Monuments Project at Borey gallery, (St.Petersburg, RUSSIA)
* (2008) Fools for Feet at Antebellum Gallery (Hollywood, USA)
* (2008) Biennale delle Arti dell’ Unità d’Italia (San Leudio, ITALY)
* (2008) La Femme, at Art Whino Gallery (Alexandria, VA, USA)
* (2007) Segni 20×20, Cenacolo Felice Casorati (Torino, ITALY)
* (2007) Dirty Show 8, Bert’s Warehouse Theater (Detroit, USA)
* (2007) Create:Fixate Art Show, Create:Fixate (S. Monica, USA)
* (2007) Private Flat 3.1, Extraneo Design Studio, (Firenze, ITALY)
* (2006) The Body Digital: Fantasy and Function, at ICA (London, UK)
* (2006) Sushi for Beginners, Abitart Hotel, (Roma, ITALY)
* (2006) International Exhibit “M.I.A.D.” (Venado Tuerto, ARGENTINA)
* (2006) Surreal September, The Paper Heart (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
* (2006) Snap to Grid, LACDA, (Los Angeles, USA)
* (2006) Terror?, Intersection for the Arts (San Francisco, CA, USA)
* (2006) International Group Show, Caelum Gallery (New York, USA)
* (2005) The Photograph of Dorian Gray, Perform Contemporary Art (La Spezia,ITALY)
* (2005) Digiarte 2005, at the Galleria della Facoltà di Chimica (Firenze, ITALY)
* (2005) VII settimana della Cultura, Casa Morassi(Gorizia, ITALY)
* (2005) Mostra di arte digitale, (Agliana, ITALY)
* (2005) with the magazine “Mostro” at Crack! Fumetti dirompenti (Roma, ITALY)
* (2005) BODY METAMORPHOSIS at SCZERODUE ARTECONTEMPORANEA (Roma, ITALY)
* (2005) Erotic Award Art Show, Coffee Cake and Kink, Covent Garden (London, UK)
* (2005) Japanese Group Art show, at Taisho Cura Cube, (Osaka, JAPAN).
* (2005) Proiezioni digitali at “Ministry” (Firenze, ITALY)
* (2005) Hype Gallery, at Hype Gallery, (Milano, ITALY)
* (2005) KRAGOS – Le strade naturali della violenza, at GOGANGA, (Milano, ITALY)
* (2004) 01! Graphola Digital Art Expo, (Recanati, ITALY)
* (2004) BananaRAM Art Festival 2004, Mole Vanvitelliana (Ancona, ITALY)
* (2004) International Digital Award Show, QUT ART MUSEUM, (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
* (2003) Venerantj, PALAZZO PIACENTINI (San Benedetto del Tronto, ITALY)
* (2003) Arredi Digitali, Graphola, (S.Benedetto del Tronto, ITALY)
* (2002) E/H/B/ (Bodly Erotic Hybridization), Galleria Sekanina (Ferrara, ITALY)
As curator and artist
* (2010) Pornsaints Show, Museum of Porn in Art, Zurich (Switzerland)
* (2010) Pornsaints Show, Birdhouse Gallery, Austin, TX (USA).
* (2008) Francesco D’ Isa – Pornsaints, A&D Gallery (London, UK)
* (2008) Francesco D’ Isa – Pornsaints, Galerie Zero, (Berlin, GERMANY)
* (2008) Francesco D’ Isa – Pornsaints, Hotmovies.com Grand Gala, Transit, (Philadelphia, USA)