Francesco Ciotola

Artist and Curator Francesco Ciotola was born in 1979 in Italy. After a frst degree

in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, in 2006 he attended a Master in European

Arts and Cultures between Naples and Seville. Later on he graduated in

Environment and Landscape Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in

Naples. He worked at the Communication Department at the Museo de Bellas

Artes de Seville. From 2008 Francesco has been involved with projects on

landscapes in Italy and in Europe, creating campaigns for land surveying and

documentaries. To his credit he holds various teaching experiences in the feld

of artistic and photographic education in different schools. Partner from 2009 to

2012 at the Studio Associate D77 Photographers based in Naples, he supports

and promotes the Social Function of Art and Photography in particular, with

different bottom-art projects, personal and collective exhibitions and

Artist Residencies in Italy and Europe. For his work, Francesco has always

preferred the use of primitive and obsolete B / W flm cameras and work in the

darkroom. He is admitted to practice as an Experts in the feld of Art, also he is a

consultant for several bodies within the Culture in the Third Sector and is

Founder of the Association Nuova Fotografa Organizzata and of the magazine

Ottica Contemporanea.

Several of his works are part of International collections.

Exhibitions

A MOMENTARY LAPSE, Museo Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Quito, 2021

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE VIDEOARTE 1MINUTO, Lamosa Lab., Cuenca,

2020

DIALOGOS_IMPOSIBLES, Soppa de Azul, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2020

DON'T BITE ME!, Blue Rhino Art Residency, Istambul, exhibition in Naples at

Made in Cloister, 2019

CRITICAL POINT, YOUR POINT, Centro Cultural San Martìn, Buenos Aires, 2019

TABULA RASA, Maschio Angioino, Napoli 2019

CULTURA E INTEGRAZIONE ALL'OMBRA DELLA REGGIA, Galleria AA29Project

Room, Caserta, 2018

RESILIENZA ATTIVA, Ave Gratia Plena, Guardia Sanframondi, 2018

JOIN THE DOTS / UNIRE LE DISTANZE - Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, 2018

DREAMING ITALIA, Castel dell'Ovo, Napoli, 2017

FOTO_ACC_17, PAN Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, 2017

DONI - AUTHORS FROM CAMPANIA - MUSEO MADRE, Napoli, 2017.

BIENNALE ARCIPELAGO MEDITERRANEO, ZISA - Palermo, 2017.

ARTPERFORMING FESTIVAL, Castel dell'Ovo, Napoli, 2016

PERMANENCIAS residencia de artistas, Lamosa, Cuenca, 2015

MAGGIOFF, Ex Asilo Filangieri, Napoli, 2015

IO VIVO COME TE, Chiesa di S. Biagio Maggiore, Napoli, 2015

L'INSIEME, IL DETTAGLIO, Galleria Pantesia, Napoli, 2015

DEJA VU, Chiesa di San Gennaro all’Olmo, Napoli, 2014

15/17 INTERNI CONTEMPORANEI, Galleria Essearte, Napoli, 2014

LUX, Galleria Pantesia, Napoli, 2014

VIETATO AI MINORI, Galleria Essearte, Napoli, 2013

IN CONTEMPORANEA, Carcere Borbonico, Avellino, 2013

RIVELAZIONI, Museo Casa della Corte, Agerola, 2013

SNAPSHOT, Villa Pignatelli/Casa della Fotografa, Napoli, 2013

IMAGO VOCIS, Camera di Commercio di Salerno, 2011

ATTRAVERSAMENTI, Galleria Principe Umberto, Napoli, 2011

BIENNALE DEI GIOVANI FOTOGRAFI, Bibbiena, 2010

ARTE IN COMUNE, Municipio di Giugliano, 2010

ZENIT SGUARDO MERIDIANO, residenza e mostra, Castello di Sant’Angelo dei

Lombardi, 2010

UN TERRITORIO DA SCOPRIRE, residenza e mostra Mostra d’Oltremare, Napoli,2009

LA CITTA’ DEL SOGNO, K-Lab, Napoli, 2009

DESARROLLO DE UNA UNIDAD ENVUELTA EN UN ESPACIO, El Perro Andaluz,

Sevilla, 2008;

ERA HOMBRE, ERA MITO, ERA PERRO, El Perro Andaluz, Sevilla, 2007