Francesco Fossati

Francesco Fossati  is a visual artist and wild plants forager, who lives and works in Lissone (Italy).

He recently created an eco-sustainable artotheque at the Porto Museum of Tricase (Italy), he participated in the exhibition Solstice curated by American artist Judy Chicago at the Turner Carroll Gallery in Santa Fe (New Messico) part of the larger project called Create Art for Earth launched by Hans Ulrich Obrist together with Judy Chicago and Jane Fonda. He supported the transition of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles to become the first fully solar-powered museum.

Recent solo exhibitions and projects has been held at: IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Eight Autumns, 2023; MA*GA Museo, Gallarate (Italy) Fuori Stagione, 2023; Surplace, Varese (Italy) and Subplace, Milan Hortus siccus, Hortus Vivus, 2022; Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan, Liminal Wild Plants, 2021; Spazio Hangar, Rome Leaves Bar, 2021; Magazzini, Palermo (Italy), Erbatinta, 2019; Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia (Italy), Paradossi, 2017; Casa Testori, Novate Milanese (Italy), Fake History, 2016; Dimora Artica, Milan (Italy), La nuova concezione artistica, 2016; CantinaMontone, Montoro (Italy), FalseFriend, 2015, MAC Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Lissone (Italy), Displace, 2013.

His work has also been shown in group exhibitions in museums and institutions such as: Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe (New Mexico); Museo Madre, Naples (Italy); Casa-Museo Boschi Di Stefano, Milan (Italy); Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome (Italy); PAN | Palazzo Arti Napoli, Naples (Italy); MACsa Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Salta (Argentine); Mill of Pappas, Larissa (Greece); MUSE, Trento (Italy); Galleria Renata Fabbri, Milan (Italy); Szatyor Gallery, Budapest (Hungary); Fondazione Isola Comacina, Milan (Italy); Museo della Permanente, Milan (Italy); Mediterranea 16 Young Artists Biennial, Ancona (Italy); Kaiserliche Hofburg, Innsbruck (Austria); Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza (Italy); GAMeC, Bergamo (Italy); il Crepaccio, Milan (Italy).