Contemporary painter Gianfranco Cioffi, born and raised in Italy and currently working between Los Angeles and Lisbon, has participated in shows all over the United States and Europe.
Through Calligraphy pens and brushes, Bamboo stick and pastels, Sumi ink and Watercolor, Gianfranco forever captures a precious moment in time with the stroke of his hand.
There's a combination of minimal balance, movement, and seductive emotional gestures in his chosen colors and fully focused lines. The scheme of his painting invites the observer to move into an unknown space that activates our deep, hidden, and sometimes forgotten memories.
Gianfranco speaks to the turbulence inside of us.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Postmarked, Peggy Phelps & East Galleries, Claremont, CA
2023
Wine+Art, Inner City Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2021
8th Annual Wine+Art, Regency West & Aziz Gallerie, Los Angeles, CA
Crio Home, American Series, Lisbon, PT - Solo Exhibitions
Art in Res, Virtual Show, New York, NY
stART Up Art Fair, The Kinney Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2019
New Bodies - New Spaces, Silverlake Conservation, Los Angeles, CA
Art vs Cancer, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
Select works form the solo show "21", HClub, Los Angeles, CA
LAAA Annual Benefic Auction, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Featured, Belhaus Art Studio + Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
The Other Art Fair, Magic Box - The reef, Los Angeles, CA
Ann Metzger National Biennial Exhibition, St. Louis Artists' Guild, Clayton, MO
2018
Art vs Cancer, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
Declaration, The Vast Lab, Los Angeles, CA
Issue 2 (Sovo Magazine), Small Greed Door, Los Angeles, CA
Circular, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
21, Substrate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Solo Exhibitions
2017
Un Seul Grain De Riz, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris, France
ADC, hale ARTSPACE, Los Angeles, CA
The Gift of Art Exhibiton, FM Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Abstracted Badass, ShockBoxx, Hermosa Beach, CA
Parameter III, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
Biotic, H Galley + Studios, Ventura, CA
Intentions, Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2016
44 Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
Essence, Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Montage, Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2014
5 by Limitrofi, Spazio Spaggiari & Targati, Fornovo, Italy
2013
Estremo Presente, Museo Ettore Guatelli, Ozzano Taro, Italy
VS Ermenegildo, Spazio d’Arte Contemporanea la Goccia, Napoli, Italy - Solo Exhibitions
2012
Ex-Ferramenta, Limitrofi, Fornovo, Italy
The Threads That Bind Us, Plusdesign, Milano, Italy
The Cathedral, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy
Dirty Hands Festival , Spazio CPN ,Parma Italy
Limitrofi at "Der Bunker Kesselring", Bunker Kesselring, St. Andrea, Italy
2011
La casa di Nino, Limitrofi, Fornovo, Italy
Dutch Design Week “In Between”, Atelierdorp, Eindhoven, Netherland
2010
Ex-Officina Meccanica, Limitrofi, Fornovo, Italy
2009
Ex-Officina Meccanica, Limitrofi, Fornovo, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Claremont, U.S.A.,
Part of the Clermont University Permanent Archive.
2020
Los Angeles, U.S.A., Art and Cake.
art quench magazine.
2019
Canvas by Saatchi Art.
Los Angeles, U.S.A., latfusa.
Los Angeles, Splash Magazine
2018
Artit, Art & Design Magazine.
In Liquid.
2017
Los Angeles, U.S.A., Sovo Magazine.
Los Angeles, U.S.A., Varnish.
2016
Los Angeles, U.S.A., DTLA LIFE MAG #27.
Los Angeles, U.S.A., Brand 44 Catalog: Exhibition of Works on Paper
2015
Milan, Italy, Osso Magazine.
2014
Rotterdam, Neterlands, Get Ispired! Magazine.
Rome, Italy, Creazina.
Milan, Italy, Scrivo me.
San Paulo, Brazil, Revista Piaui'.
Italy, Dance Like Shaquille O'Neal.
Plymouth, U.S.A., Tribe "international creative arts magazine".
2013
Australia, Trunk Junk Mag.
Plymouth, U.S.A., Tribe "international creative arts magazine".
Rome, Italy, Aracne Editrice, "La narrazione come pratica di attivazione nelle strutture residenziali".
London, United Kingdom, Little Chimp Society.
2012
Rome, Italy, Ziguline.
Rome, Italy, Pastiche, rivista d'arte e poesia n10, n11.
Bruxelles, Belgium, Lazer Artzine.
Milano, Italy, Mariclaire.
2011
Eindhoven, Netherlands, Design.nl. “In Between”.