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Resident
01.03.2025 - 30.03.2025
Medici Residency with the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation
Design
Francesco Balzano was born and raised in France, but his visual culture is imbued with images of Italy. He studies graphic design, interior architecture and architecture. In 2018, he opened his own workshop and began designing limited editions of furniture for art and design galleries. In 2020, he created his own interior design studio: AFTER BACH. In 2023, after his first exhibition of photographs, he participated in the creation of the collective SOGNO. These pieces of furniture, are mostly manufactured by the Ateliers Saint-Jacques, in limited series, signed and numbered.
with the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation
In 2022, the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici and the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller have created a residency program for professionals working in the field of fine crafts.