Francesco Zorzi is an Italian artist based in Amsterdam. His formal research is characterised by an abundance of materials and techniques, informed by his background in applied arts and further conceptualised within art.
In an era of increasing interest in digital technologies, FZ diverse application are united by the quest for the qualities of what makes us ‘human’. His contemporary work explore aspects of perception and interpretation of reality, the inner-worlds we inhabit as subjects or a collective, and how we interact with them.

FZ develops his visual and sculptural works as tools to interpret and reflect on how we navigate through reality as humans in the present times.
His works are influenced directly by his fascinations, jumbling together in a flux of shapes and colours like in a kaleidoscope in perpetual movement.
Color and tactility are elements always present in FZ research, as reality happens simultaneously as a duality of lightwaves and matter, fundamentally ambiguous, about interactions between things and how things interact with one another.
Oftentimes introducing elements of evolution and reconfiguration in the way his works are put together, he creates a multitude of simultaneous points of view to convey the viewers a sense of active interpretation of what is in front of them, to meditate on the way they create a model of the world, which is different for everyone and in constant transformation.
These interpretations can be read as reflections on human condition in the context of contemporary society, as well as his personal interest for scientific knowledge and quantum physics. Looking for new imaginary common grounds, or simply offering the viewer new playgrounds for exploration and wonder.


Grants & Support:


2018-19
Grant / Embassy & Consulate General of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands in Italy (NL)
‘Macula - The Theater is in The Mind’
‘Macula - Il Teatro è nella Mente’
Short Film  
2019
Support / Rosco (UK) - Material partner for installation specific installation:
‘Phantom Grid’ at ∆x Displacement Cinquemostre 2019
AAR - American Academy in Rome (IT)
2018
Support / Cernit (BE)  - Material partner for the installation, site specific:
‘Macula / The Theater is in The Mind’,
AAR - American Academy in Rome (IT)


 

Fellowships:
2018
AAR - American Academy in Rome,
Tiffany & Co. Fellowship, Rome (IT)


 
Residencies:

2016
W&T - Walk & Talk Azores
Public Art, Ponta Delgada, Azores (PT)


 

Exhibitions:

2024 
(forthcoming)
If You Asked Me About A Flower
What Would I Say
FZ Atelier, Amsterdam (NL)
2018
Macula - The Theater is in The Mind
AAR - American Academy in Rome, Rome (IT)
2017
Macula, New Grammar
Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)


 

Group Exhibitions:

2021
Reflections & Frames
Sound Light Color Atelier, Amsterdam (NL)
Mosaic - Lonesome Confetti
Contemporary Art Biennial, 
Le Latitudini dell’Arte, Netherlands & Italy
Pulchri Studio, The Hague (NL)
2019
Fluxes - Public Art (painting & live painting performance)
NDSM Open 2019, Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)
2019
Macula - The Theater is in The Mind / Open Studios 2019
AAR - American Academy in Rome (IT)
2019
∆x Displacement - Cinquemostre 2019
AAR - American Academy in Rome (IT)
2017
New Grammar - Painting & live painting performance
NDSM Open 2017, Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)
2016
Trilha (Trail) - Public Art (painting & installations)
Walk&Talk Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores (PT)


 

Work in Public Space:

2019
Fluxes - Painting, site specific 
Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)
*commissioned by: Art City NDSM
2019
Lagoon (L’Argo) - Painting , site specific
Perestrello, Municipio V, Rome (IT)
*commissioned by: Embassy and Consulate
General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
in Italy (NL)
2016
Trilha (Trail) - Painting & installation, site specific
Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)


 

Live Painting Performance:

2021
Painting Flashes - Milieu 
Milieu + De Ceuvel, Amsterdam (NL)
2019
Painting Fluxes - NDSM Open 2019
Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)
*commissioned by: Art City NDSM
2019
Painting Lagoon (L’Argo)
Perestrello, Municipio V, Rome (IT)
* coimmissioned  by: Embassy and Consulate
General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Italy (NL)
2017
Painting New Grammar - NDSM Open 2017
Art City NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)
*commissioned by: Art City NDSM


 

Film Screenings:

2019
Macula - The Theater is in The Mind
Macula - Il Teatro è nella Mente
LFF19 - Lago Film Fest, Treviso (IT)
nominated:  Best Original Soundtrack Award
nominated: Veneto Director Award


 

Artist Book - self published:

2019
Macula - The Theater is in The Mind
Edition of 50
presented at LFF19- Lago Film Fest, Treviso (IT)


 

Press & Work Presentations:

2019
Artribune - Cinquemostre 2019 Δx Displacement
Aarome.org - Cinquemostre 2019 Δx Displacement
Aarome.org - AAR Open Studios 2019
AAR magazine 2019 - American Academy in Rome 2019
LFF19 - Macula - The Theater is in The Mind
interview: Mattia Coletti
L’Argo - Public Art Installation / with Orizzontale Architects
NDSM press 2019 - NDSM Open 2019  
2018
Studio Viewing - Francesco Zorzi
interview: Greta Madline,
photography: Coco Olakunle


 

Lectures:

2019
LFF19 - Director’s Talks
Macula - The Theater is in The Mind,
Macula - Il Teatro è nella Mente
interview by Matteo Zadra
2018
AAR - American Academy in Rome,
Shoptalk Francesco Zorzi & Victoria Moses
Macula - The Theater is in The Mind
2017
Pecha Kucha Amsterdam (NL) - The Macula Project
2017
Fabrica (IT) - The Thermal Paper Project
2016
Walk&Talk Azores (PT) - Quarteirão & Public Art


 

Published Work on Books:
2021
So What - Artwork & Essay txt,
Vuoto 2 / Controverso
Published by Orizzontale + Atto
ISBN 9788894576917
 

Education:
2008 - 2011
MA - Product Design, Politecnico School of Design, Milan (IT)
2008
AHO Oslo School of Architecture & Design, Oslo (NO)
2004 - 2008
BA - Industrial Design, Politecnico School of Design, Milan (IT)
  Francesco Zorzi is an Italian artist based in Amsterdam. His formal research is characterised by an abundance of materials and techniques, informed by his background in applied arts and further conceptualised within art. In an era of increasing interest in digital technologies, FZ diverse application are united by the quest for the qualities of what makes us ‘human’. His contemporary work explore aspects of perception and interpretation of reality, the inner-worlds we inhabit as subjects or a collective, and how we interact with them. FZ develops his visual and sculptural works as tools to interpret and reflect on how we navigate through reality as humans in the present times. His works are influenced directly by his fascinations, jumbling together in a flux of shapes and colours like in a kaleidoscope in perpetual movement. Color and tactility are elements always present in FZ research, as reality happens simultaneously as a duality of lightwaves and matter, fundamentally ambiguous, about interactions between things and how things interact with one another. Oftentimes introducing elements of evolution and reconfiguration in the way his works are put together, he creates a multitude of simultaneous points of view to convey the viewers a sense of active interpretation of what is in front of them, to meditate on the way they create a model of the world, which is different for everyone and in constant transformation. These interpretations can be read as reflections on human condition in the context of contemporary society, as well as his personal interest for scientific knowledge and quantum physics. Looking for new imaginary common grounds, or simply offering the viewer new playgrounds for exploration and wonder.