Franco
DeFrancesca


Works

Neurotransitory


18’’ x 18’’

Somasensory


18’’ x 18’’

Interferon


44’’

Active Transport


12’’

Alpha Particle


12’’

Antimatter


12’’

Endosymbiotic


12’’

Inelastic Collision


12’’

Signal Receiver


12’’

Spectral Sequence


16’’

Beta Particle


22’’

Dissolve


12’’

Equilibria


22’’

Flutter


22’’

Groove Lab


22’’

Quiver


22’’

Spectral Radiance


22’’

Syncopated


22’’

Synthetic Polymer


22’’

Tuning Cycle


22’’

Variably Inconsistent


22’’

Viral


22’’

Punk


33’’

Relief Valve


33’’

Aerosol


18’’ x 18’’

Fluoresce


18’’ x 18’’

Glitter


18’’ x 18’’

Mythopoetic


18’’ x 18’’

Practicum


18’’ x 18’’

Vapor


18’’ x 18’’

Cyber Polygon


16’’

Groove Gulag


16’’

Liberal Order


16’’

Milgram’s Kindergarten


16’’

Karmeleon


18’’ x 18’’

Burst


18’’ x 18’’

Harmonic Overlay


18’’ x 18’’

Cognitive Infiltration


18’’ x 18’’

Syncopated Pulse


18’’ x 18’’

Episodic Sensory


18’’ x 18’’

Stimuli


18’’ x 18’’

Exteroceptive


18’’ x 18’’

Self Illuminating


18’’ x 18’’

Interoceptive


18’’ x 18’’

Presence


18’’ x 18’’

Syncopated Interval


18’’ x 18’’

Cognitive Dispersion


18’’ x 18’’

Introspect


18’’ x 18’’

GoTo


12’’

Network Flow


12’’

Control Flow


16’’

Subgradients


16’’

Hypnotic Siren


22’’

Remote Source


22’’

Spellbound


22’’

Data Mine


33’’

Hypergeometric


39’’

Polyphonic Sensitizer


44’’

Argon


51’’

Transmutation


12’’

Transduction


12’’

Emanation


33’’

Interfacial Tension


12’’

Taus


12’’

Muon


16’’

Reactive Flux


22’’

Fixed Paralysis


33’’

Resonance Energy


33’’

Arcturus


39 1/4’’

Synthase


59’’

Virion


12’’

Reaction Centre


12’’

Cosmotron


16’’

Veilance


33’’

Virtual Tunnel


33’’

Prism


39’’

Cyber Polygon


44’’

Distillate


44’’

Hydrolysis


12’’

Mitochron


12’’

Zymogen


12’’

Method Crystal


16’’

Pseudoconvexity


33’’

Osmos


22’’

Differential


33’’

Time Invariant


33’’

Galvanized


44’’

Intramolecular


16’’

Linear Accelerator


12’’

Synchro Drive


12’’

Kinetic


16’’

Continuum Scale


22’’

Fluid Phase


22’’

Phthalo Diffusion


33’’

Cyclotron


16’’

Neuronal Reflex


44’’

Ubiquitin


12’’

Velocity Field


39’’

Thrombocyte


12’’

Vesicle


12’’

Chromatin


16’’

Electromagnetic Interaction


12’’

Fragmented Nuclei


12’’

Sympathetic Sensitivity


12’’

Positron


12’’

Ring Accelerator


12’’

Synchrotron


12’’

Cyclotron Deux


16’’

Neuralpath Epicentre


33’’

Amalgam


44’’

Perpetual Enigma


39’’

Polygen


44’’

Fulcrum


44’’

Radio Diagnostic


16’’

Memetic Motion


16’’

Thermal Expansion


18’’ x 18’’

Nuclei


18’’ x 18’’

Crypto Code


30’’ x 30’’

Immobilize


18’’ x 18’’

Staring Spell


18’’ x 18’’

Lumo


18’’ x 18’’

Polymerized Confusion


18’’ x 18’’

Seize


18’’ x 18’’

Stimulacra


30’’ x 30’’

Tempered Distribution


48’’ x 48’’

Flommox


48’’ x 48’’

Atomistic Simulation


18’’ x 18’’

Mumbo Jumbo


18’’ x 18’’

Computational Domain


18’’ x 18’’

Bounded Interval


30’’ x 30’’

Geyser


48’’ x 48’’

Microfiche


18’’ x 18’’

Holomorphic


18’’ x 18’’

Locking Differentials


18’’ x 18’’

Random Access Float


18’’ x 18’’

Ubber


18’’ x 18’’

Twilight


18’’ x 18’’

Morphogenetic


18’’ x 18’’

Expansion Vessel


18’’ x 18’’

Revoluptuous


18’’ x 18’’

Bounded Variation


48’’ x 48’’

Neuro


18’’ x 18’’

Rotodynamic


18’’ x 18’’

Cumulative Frequency


30’’ x 30’’

Metronode


23’’ x 60’’

Mag Flux


36’’ x 48’’

Adaptome


42’’ x 42’’

Teknis


42’’ x 42’’

Pathnogenic Priming


20’’ x 72’’

Destabilized Perception


20’’ x 72’’

Memory Mole


20’’ x 72’’

Derivative Doppelganger


20’’ x 72’’

Sic Septus Tyranis


20’’ x 72’’


Biography

Born in 1967 in Toronto, and a graduate of OCAD and University of Guelph, multidisciplinary artist Franco DeFrancesca investigates the links between art and technology, using digital imaging to navigate between photography and painting. His vibrant-coloured minimalist work acknowledges the colour field and geometric work of the mid-to-late 20th century.

Franco DeFrancesca explores digital/mixed media as a mode of creating abstraction in the form of an art object. His artwork investigates the links between art, memory, history and technology, using digital imaging as a means to navigate the territory between photography and painting. As a result of mixing references to photography and painting, these multi-media artworks represent reflections on contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism, technology and futurism.

DeFrancesca’s artwork highlights the visual, temporal, and spatial qualities combined with the physical and tactile. Applying a keen sense towards craft and a reverence towards materials and processes, the abstract image is integrated with an exposed support of layered plywood, then encapsulated beneath crystalline resin, creating an ‘object of desire’. With its physical depth and highly polished glean, these works reference minimalist industrial design and refer obliquely to the urbane.

DeFrancesca has exhibited in Canada and the United States and his work can be found in corporate and public collections world-wide, including Cenovus Energy Inc., Repsol, Ovintiv (formerly Encana), Enbridge Inc. (Calgary, AB), and Rodin Law Firm Litigation Counsel (Calgary, AB), amongst others.

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