Franco DeFrancesca



1967                 Born in Toronto, ON, Canada
1990                  Graduated from the Ontario College of Art, AOCA
2004-2005Studio Art B.F.A. program at the University of Guelph, Canada


Solo Exhibitions

2014“Geoengineering Normality”, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf
“Sylphs and Strands”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
2013“Tune In, Turn On…”, Newzones Contemporary, Calgary
2012“New Works”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
2011“Furniture Music”, Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
2010“Retinal Traffic”, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada
2009“Musique d’Ameublement”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
“Ambient Field”, Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
2008“Plasma Gels”, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2007“Plasma Gels”, SNAP Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
“The Aesthetics of Non-Committal”, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006“Vagilanti - Prophylactic Nanobots”, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, Canada


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2013“Kommende Ausstellung”, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2010“Ears Wide Open”, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
“Liquid Supercool 2”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
“Pulled – A Print Show”, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009/2010“Chromatic”, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada
2009“Best of Lausberg Contemporary”, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
“Die Farbe Bunt”, Lausberg Contemporary, Düsseldorf, Germany
“Summer Fires”, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
“55° Summer 2009” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
“Little Luxuries” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
“The Blue Show”, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2008“Unite With Art”, Unicef AIDS benefit, Trunk Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“Aurora Fughetta” Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada
2007“Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition”
“SNAP 07” AIDS benefit, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006“Holiday Glow”, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Queen West Art Crawl”, Toronto, Canada
“O Canada 2”, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“The Centre Cannot Hold”, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“The Cult of Speed Meets The Slow Movement” Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Love Potion Project”, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005/2006“XXX Show”, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005/2006“Small Art Show”, Leonardo Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005“Art In The Air”Audio Art Festival - Radio Component, Faucet Media Arts / Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
“O Canada”, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“The Corporate World”, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, Canada


Art / Design Fairs

2012“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille,
Montreal, Canada
“Affordable Art Fair New York”, represented by Elisa Contemporary,
Bronx, New York, USA
“artMRKT San Francisco”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
“Artlantique in Utrecht”, represented by ARTITLED!, Herpen, NL
“Dallas Art Fair”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
Toronto IDS”, represented by Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
2011“Art Miami”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Art Fair 21” Cologne, Germany,
represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, and Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Affordable Art Fair New York”, represented by Elisa Contemporary,
Bronx, New York, USA
“Art Chicago”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
“Dallas Art Fair”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
“Toronto IDS”, represented by Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, Ontario
2010“Art Miami”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Art Fair 21” Cologne, Germany, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam”, represented by ARTITLED!, Herpen, NL
“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada and Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Art Amsterdam”, represented by ARTITLED!, Herpen, NL
“Art Chicago”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada and Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Prima Vera” Rotterdam, , NL, represented by ARTITLED!, Herpen, NL
“Dallas Art Fair”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
“Los Angeles Art Show”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
2009“Art Miami”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf
“Lineart” Gent, Belgium, represented by ARTITLED!, Herpen, NL
“Art Fair 21” Cologne, Germany,
represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, and Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Art Chicago”, represented by Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
“Art Karlsruhe”, Karlsruhe, Germany, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Los Angeles Art Show”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami, and Newzones Contemporary Gallery, Calgary, Canada
“Palm Beach 3”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
2008“Art Miami”, represented by Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami, and Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, and Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto/Düsseldorf/Miami
“Palm Beach 3”, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
2007“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Engine Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006“Toronto International Art Fair”, represented by Engine Gallery, Toronto, Canada