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
