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Franco Monari's work has previously spanned photography, painting, writing and objects, focusing thematically on urban exploration, landscape, memory and belonging.
In recent years he dedicates himself mainly to painting
He works always from taken himself or found, digitally transmuted images
His artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has garnered his recognition through several awards.
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selected awards
2021 Finalist Premio Mestre di Pittura
2021 Recommended Premio Combat
2018 Finalist Premio Fabbri
2017 Nominee Award International Photogrvphy Award
2017 Winner Premio Nocivelli
2016 Shortlisted Premio Celeste
2014 Finalist Premio Yicca
2014 Shortlisted Premio Celeste
2010 Finalist Premio Terna 03
selected exhibitions
2024 group Equivoci, Gare 82 Gallery, Brescia
2021 group Premio Mestre di Pittura, Centro Culturale Candiani, Venezia (catalog)
2021 group Come se niente fosse, Artfarm Pilastro, Verona
2020 group Per quanto tempo è per sempre, Officina Giovani, Prato
2020 solo Detriti / E le città saranno ripopolate e le rovine riscostruite, SACI Studio Arts College Int., Firenze
2019 group Ars Gratia Artis, Galleria ArteSì, Modena
2019 group Collateral Beauty, Paratissima 15 Art Fair - N.I.C.E, Ex Accademia Artiglieria, Torino (catalog)
2018 solo Il cielo non importa, curated by Maurizio Bernardelli Curuz, Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia (catalog)
2018 solo Amor loci, curated by Cristina Muccioli, Galleria ArteSì, Modena
2018 group Premio Francesco Fabbri, curated by Carlo Sala, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (catalog)
2017 group Premio Nocivelli, Chiesa della Disciplina, Verolanuova (catalog)
2017 group Topoi, L’Appartamento, Firenze
2017 group Streamers, curated by Irene Alison, Officine Fotografiche, Roma (catalog)
2017 group Confini_14, Galleria VisionQuest, Genova
2014 group Yicca Prize, LIL Lugano Innovation Lab, Botti Buildings, Lugano (catalog)
2010 group 25th Chelsea Int. Fine Art Competition Exhibition, Agorà Gallery, New York