the artist
Francesca Grilli
Francesca Grilli was born in Bologna in 1978; she lives and works in Brussels. Through performances, sound works, videos, sculptures, photographs, and installations, the artist creates poetic and political imaginaries that highlight the intimate traces of memory, the body, and human experiences that traverse life.
Main Exhibitions / Selection: Family, The National Museum, Oslo (2022-2024), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2017-2015) ; Sparks 2021, MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, L’Aquila (2021), GAMeC-Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo (2021), SAAL Biannal, Tallin (2019); The forgetting of air, Kaunas Biennal, Kaunas (2019) , Palais De Tokyo, Parigi (2017), Serralves Foundation, Porto (2017) ,Kunsthalle Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck (2017) , MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma (2016) ; viceversa, Padiglione Italia, 55. Biennale Arte di Venezia (2013); 47, MADRE, Napoli (2011); Variazioni per voce, MACRO,Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Roma (2013) ; The third conversation, MAMBO, Bologna (2010), The air and Manifesta7, Bolzano (2008).
