As an Eco-artivist, ‘Rubbish artist’ and mosaicist, Francesca
pioneers sustainable art by creating her artworks entirely out of waste.
Torn between optimism and surrender, Francesca is haunted by the
idea of mankind’s imminent self-destruction. Yet she believes in a future of
resourceful innovation through re-thinking and preventing, and her artworks are
drenched in this hope: the more beautiful the artworks, the clearer the
message, as every tessera she creates is in itself a protest against our
disposable lifestyle, providing a different perspective on waste. Her
‘Trashure’ acquires new value and becomes the undisputed protagonist of her
artworks, as fun and beautiful a Cinderella as she can master it to be: from
waste to wonder.
Gesamtkunstwerk, her eco-artivism encompasses every aspect of her
life: a vegan raising vegans, using 100% renewable energy, wearing second-hand
clothes, growing a vegetable and wildlife garden, (…) and not flying for the
past 4 years, she strives to live as sustainably as possible.
Francesca graduated with distinction in Mosaic and Fine Arts at
the London School of Mosaic in 2019, where she also lectured the
Fabrication module in 2021/22. She exhibited in over 100 venues
internationally, was published in over 60 articles and textbooks
internationally, and won over 2 dozen awards internationally.
She is the founder of Payment in Kind(ness)© , whereby she
accepts eco-friendly actions as payment toward her artwork, and of ArtforTrash©, whereby she uses the clients’ own waste to create
artwork for residential, institutional and corporate settings internationally.
Francesca runs pro bono art projects on eco-awareness and
sustainability. To name a few, she collaborated with Living Streets, Salon
Sustainability, Fernando Montaño and a few schools. Her longest collaboration
(March 2018 - April 2019) was “A Breath of Fresh Air” with LIGCA, which
involved 5 schools in London and Delhi and culminated in an exhibition at the
Nehru Centre in Mayfair - along with a few workshops with primary and secondary
schools.
She is currently collaborating both with Camden Clean Air in
London on Earthfest 2024 and with the Institute of Marine Sciences in Venice on
Project Maelstrom, whereby she will create a permanent installation in loco
during the Venice Boat show 2024 by using both the waste recovered from the sea
through their initiatives and that from their labs.
In short, Francesca's quest is to turn the unwanted into
desirable, shame into wonder, the superfluous into essential, and provoke real
Change.
