Francesca Ricci was born in Florence, Italy and lives and works in London. She graduated in Stage Design at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence.
Exhibitions for 2015 include 'I Beg You to Hear Me!' (solo), Black Spring Bookshop, Florence Italy; 'Summer Exhibition', Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife, Canary Islands; 'Into the Sun', A-side B-side Gallery, London; 'Hide and SeeK', Fringe Arts Bath; 'Tarocchi Appropriati', Sala Esposizioni Giulio Cavazza, ArteFiera Bologna, Italy; other recent exhibitions include 'OFF THE WALL', The 9th Terrace Annual, London (2014); ‘Tabula Impressa‘ (solo, with Kiril Bozhinov), dalla Rosa Gallery, London (2013); ‘Celestial Bodies’, dalla Rosa Gallery at the London Art Fair (2013), ‘Cross Sections/01′, dalla Rosa Gallery, London (2012); ‘I Beg You to Hear Me!’ (solo, with Kiril Bozhinov), dalla Rosa Gallery, London (2011); ‘20×20 magazine: collected visions’, Madame Lillie’s, London (2010); ‘agency@theAgency’, The Agency Gallery, London (2010); and ‘Art/Value/Currency’, The Pigeon Wing, London and New York (2009).
Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Tarot (Museo dei Tarocchi) in Riola (Bologna), Italy and in several private collections in UK, Italy, Spain and Sweden. It has also been featured or mentioned in several magazines, including 'Dazed and Confused' (November 2013) and 'Abraxas Journal' (September 2013).
In 2015, together with musician Gaston Gorga, she launched PNEUMA, a collaborative project including song-writing, spoken word, live performance, sound manipulation, improvisation and visuals.
Amongst other independent projects she has launched, are 'Interlude magazine', which published four issues (2004-2007), and '20×20 magazine', which published nine issues (2008-2013).
