Francesco João (b. 1987) lives and works between São Paulo, Brazil, and Milan, Italy.
He attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy.
His painting practice focuses on exploring the conceptual foundations of painting. By deconstructing the gestures and materials of painting, João’s works investigate the ambivalence between calculated simplicity and excessive complexity, questioning the very nature of the painterly medium. They are rooted in a tradition that regards painting as a continuous form of exercise aimed at defining its essential properties and expressive limits.
Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2025
Project Room, APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy
Now, Tomorrow, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil
Politic, with Robert Longo, Triangolo at Hot Wheels, London, United Kingdom
2024
SSD, Glasshouse, Gathering, London, United Kingdom
Francesco João, Lola Stong-Brett, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2023
Seven Segment Display, Fondazione Zimei, Rome, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Group Shows Kill the Group. 76° Premio Michetti, Fondazione Michetti, Chieti, Italy
2024
Hidden Structures, Triangolo Gallery, Cremona, Italy
Landscape for an Overview. Works from the Agovino Collection, Zurich Bank, Naples, Italy
O Caminho do Meio, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil
2023
Sem título, por enquanto, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil
Cremona Contemporanea, curated by Rossella Farinotti, Palazzo Guazzoni Zaccaria, Cremona, Italy
Pick Pocket, conceived by Massimiliano Scuderi and Renata Lucas, Fondazione Zimei, Pescara, Italy
Room N°3, Galerie Hussenot at CFA, Milan, Italy
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Francesco João (b. 1987) lives and works between São Paulo, Brazil, and Milan, Italy.
He attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy.
His painting practice focuses on exploring the conceptual foundations of painting. By deconstructing the gestures and materials of painting, João’s works investigate the ambivalence between calculated simplicity and excessive complexity, questioning the very nature of the painterly medium. They are rooted in a tradition that regards painting as a continuous form of exercise aimed at defining its essential properties and expressive limits.
Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2025
Project Room, APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy
Now, Tomorrow, Marli Matsumoto, São Paulo, Brazil
Politic, with Robert Longo, Triangolo at Hot Wheels, London, United...
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