Franco
DeFrancesca


Works

Episodic Sensory


18’’ x 18’’

Introspect


18’’ x 18’’

Motor Cortex


18’’ x 18’’

Presence


18’’ x 18’’

Retrograde Signal


18’’ x 18’’

Syncopated Pulse


18’’ x 18’’

Positron


12’’

Cyclotron


16’’

Subgradients


16’’

Elastic Container


22’’

Flicker


22’’

Remote Source


22’’

Automaticity


22’’

Burst


18’’ x 18’’

Harmonic Overlay


18’’ x 18’’

Suspension


18’’ x 18’’

Self Illuminating


18’’ x 18’’

Ultraviolet


18’’ x 18’’

Syncopated Interval


18’’ x 18’’

Einstellung


18’’ x 18’’

Cognitive Dispersion


18’’ x 18’’

Interoceptive


18’’ x 18’’

Stimuli


18’’ x 18’’

Blink


18’’ x 18’’

Karmeleon


18’’ x 18’’

Exteroceptive


18’’ x 18’’

Totem


18’’ x 18’’

Transmutation


12’’

GoTo


12’’

Network Flow


12’’

Retransmit


12’’

Thermodynamic Field


12’’

Control Flow


16’’

Metron


22’’

Thymos


22’’

Data Mine


33’’

Ionic Bond


33’’

Hypergeometric


39’’

Polyphonic Sensitizer


44’’

Argon


51’’

Transduction


12’’

Radionuclide


12’’

Antares


33’’

Juice


59’’

Facilitated Diffusion


12’’

Taus


12’’

Muon


16’’

Hyperparameter


22’’

Reactive Flux


22’’

Borealis


33’’

Resonance Energy


33’’

Arcturus


39 1/4’’

Synthase


59’’

Virion


12’’

Reaction Centre


12’’

Prion


16’’

Jiggle


22’’

Veilance


33’’

Virtual Tunnel


33’’

Prism


39’’

Cyber Polygon


44’’

Symbiotic Confusion


44’’

Chloroplast


12’’

Hydrolysis


12’’

Zymogen


12’’

Mitochron


12’’

Method Crystal


16’’

Pseudoconvexity


33’’

Osmosis


22’’

Differential


33’’

Time Invariant


33’’

Rubiconem Suum


44’’

Electromagnetic Field


12’’

Intramolecular


16’’

Multiphase Transport


22’’

Ferrocyanide


33’’

Wave Propagation


33’’

Ubiquitin


12’’

Flirt


22’’

Vesicle


12’’

Thrombocyte


12’’

Chronomancer


16’’

Chromatin


16’’

Changeless


22’’

Gravity


44’’

Velocity Field


39’’

Neuronal Reflex


44’’

Electromagnetic Interaction


12’’

Fragmented Nuclei


12’’

Ring Accelerator


12’’

Synchrotron


12’’

Collider


12’’

Roseuem


22’’

Pynknosis


33’’

Neuralpath Epicentre


33’’

Semipermeable


44’’

Plastomatic


33’’

Perpetual Enigma


39’’

Polygen


44’’

Fulcrum


44’’

Radio Diagnostic


16’’

Sequential Spectrum


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’’

Neuro


18’’ x 18’’

Bounded Variation


48’’ x 48’’

Rotodynamic


18’’ x 18’’

Inhalation


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’’

Silicon Voyeur


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, Encana and Enbridge Inc. (Calgary, AB), Rodin Law Firm Litigation Counsel (Calgary, AB), amongst others.

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