Francesca Busca
ArtforTrash. Art for Change. Your bin is my Trashure chest
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The Drinkables • 6 artworks
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Using my sommelier knowledge to recreate wines visually
Perennial Plastic • 3 artworks
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Marvellous Metal • 6 artworks
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The Vegan series • 4 artworks
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Latest Artworks • 5 artworks
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Recognition
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The artist's career is promising
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Biography
As an Eco-artivist, ‘Rubbish artist’ and mosaicist, Francesca pioneers sustainable art by creating her artworks entirely out of waste (her 'trashure').
Torn between optimism and surrender, Francesca is haunted by the idea of mankind’s imminent self-destruction. Yet she believes in a future for humanity of resourceful innovation through re-thinking and reducing. Her artworks are drenched in hope: every tessera she creates is in itself a protest against our disposable lifestyle, providing a different perspective on rubbish. In her world rubbish acquires new value and meanings, and becomes the undisputed protagonist of her artworks, as fun and beautiful a Cinderella as she can master it to be: from waste to wonder, the more beautiful the artworks, the clearer the message.
Gesamtkunstwerk, her eco-artivism encompasses every aspect of her life: a vegan raising vegans, using 100% renewable energy, wearing second-hand clothes, being plastic free wherever possible, seeking local food and saving water, growing a vegetable and wildlife garden, not flying for the past 4 years (…), she strives to live as sustainably as possible.
Francesca graduated with distinction in Mosaic and Fine Arts at the London School of Mosaic in 2019, where she also lectured the Fabrication module in 2021/22. She exhibited in over 100 venues internationally, was published in over 60 articles and textbooks internationally, and won over 2 dozen awards internationally.
She is the founder of the Payment in Kind(ness)© initiative, whereby she accepts eco-friendly actions as payment toward her artwork, and of ArtforTrash©, whereby she uses the clients’ own waste to create artwork for residential, institutional and corporate settings internationally.
Francesca runs pro bono art projects with schools, individuals and organisations on eco-awareness and sustainability. To name a few, she collaborated with Living Streets, Salon Sustainability, Fernando Montaño and a few primary and secondary schools in London. Her longest collaboration (March 2018 - April 2019) was “A Breath of Fresh Air” with the London International Gallery of Children’s Art (LIGCA), which involved 5 schools in London and Delhi and culminated in an exhibition at the Nehru Centre.
She is currently collaborating with the Institute of Marine Sciences in Venice on Project Maelstrom, whereby she will create a permanent installation in loco during the Venice Boat show 2024, by using both the waste recovered from the sea through their initiatives and that from their labs.
In short, Francesca's quest is to turn the unwanted into desirable, shame into wonder, the superfluous into essential, and provoke real Change.
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Nationality:
ITALY
- Date of birth : 1975
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary Italian Artists
Influences
Education
2018 - 2020
Diploma in Fine Art and Mosaic Studies
London,
United Kingdom
2019 - 2019
Eco-Schools Assessor training
Nottingham,
United Kingdom
2017 - 2017
Canary Wharf New District 2017 Residency
London,
United Kingdom
2015 - 2016
NOCN Award Level 2 - Mosaic
London,
United Kingdom
2016 - 2016
Family Mosaic Course, Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
Spilimbergo,
Italy
2016 - 2016
Short Course on Byzantine Mosaic Technique, Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
Spilimbergo,
Italy
2016 - 2016
Short Course on Modern Mosaic Technique, Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
Spilimbergo,
Italy
2016 - 2016
Weekly Course on Modern Mosaic Technique, Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
Spilimbergo,
Italy
2015 - 2015
NOCN Level 2 Certificate in Mosaic
London,
United Kingdom
2015 - 2015
Short Course on Roman Mosaic Technique, Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli
Spilimbergo,
Italy
2003 - 2004
Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School
London,
United Kingdom
1998 - 2002
LLB Law with European Legal Studies
London,
United Kingdom
2000 - 2001
Diplôme d'Études Juridiques Françaises
Paris,
France
1989 - 1994
Maturita' Classica
Pordenone,
Italy
1992 - 1993
High School Diploma
Denver,
United States
Artist value certified
Certification established in collaboration with Akoun, the world leader in art market information since 1985.
Artist Value Sculpture 2024 | €1,500.00 ($1,592.70)
Certification has been established by Jacques-Armand Akoun on Mar 5, 2024.
Achievements
Collective Expositions
2024
Empowerher
London,
United Kingdom
2024
Artgemini Prize
London,
United Kingdom
2024
Sustainability In Practice
Liverpool,
United Kingdom
2022
Old Red Tv Project
Leeds,
United Kingdom
2022
The Environment
Sheffield,
United Kingdom
2022
Flux
London,
United Kingdom
2022
Our Earth
London,
United Kingdom
2019
La Settima Arte Riflessa
Seville,
Spain
2019
We Grow Into The Forest
London,
United Kingdom
2019
A Breath Of Fresh Air
London,
United Kingdom
2019
Positive Emotions
Crayke,
United Kingdom
2019
All That Matter
Penzance,
United Kingdom
2018
Vibrant
London,
United Kingdom
2018
Find Me!
Venice,
Italy
2018
United International Art Show
Krakow,
Poland
2018
Fe/Male
Altrincham,
United Kingdom
2018
Ourearth
York,
United Kingdom
2018
I Am A Woman And This Is My Legacy
London,
United Kingdom
2017
Codes Of Faith
London,
United Kingdom
2017
Nasty Women Uk
London,
United Kingdom
2017
Flux
London,
United Kingdom
2017
We Need To Talk About Clothes
Cheltenham,
United Kingdom
2017
I'm In Heaven
Scottsdale,
United States
2017
Threads
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
2017
Contemporary Venice
Venice,
Italy
2017
Biennale Peschiera Del Garda
Peschiera del Garda,
Italy
2017
Meart - Biennale Internazionale Del Mediterraneo
Palermo,
Italy
2017
Artexpo
New York,
United States
2017
Ode To Nature
London,
United Kingdom
2016
Spectrum
Miami,
United States
2016
Frida Kahlo – Lust For Life
London,
United Kingdom
2016
Future Landscapes
Venice,
Italy
2016
Oxygen - Fragmented Cities+Identities
Bogota',
Colombia
2016
Leavew/Remain
Sheffield,
United Kingdom
2016
Art San Diego
San Diego,
United States
Permanent Collections
2020
Halcyon Interiors, 120 Wigmore St, W1U 3Ru
London,
United Kingdom
2016
The Glass Cathedral
Murano, Venice,
Italy
Publications & Press
2020
Creative Quarterly 59
United Kingdom
2020
"When Waste Became Of Taste: Upcycling With Francesca Busca", Staiy Edit, By Alice Cavicchia
United Kingdom
2021
Person And Planet, Purevant Living, Spring 2022Talk With The Art Students Of The University Of Puerto Rico And The Puerto Rico Fine Arts Association
Puerto Rico
2022
Person And Planet, Purevant Living, Spring 2022
United States
2022
A Different Life, Piece By Piece, Prerana Phadnis, The Book Guild Ltd, 2022 (P. 13)
United Kingdom
2023
Make Your Own Mosaics: Ancient Techniques To Contemporary Art (Crafts) By Helen Miles, Pen &Amp; Sword, 2023 (Pp. 31-32)
United Kingdom
2024
In Conversation: Francesca Busca, Insights Of And Eco Artist By Joana Alarcão
London,
United Kingdom
2024
"From Law To Mosaic Art With Francesca Busca", Managing The Smart Mindpodcast Interview With Else Kremer, Ep. 83
Netherlands
2024
Speaker At The "Pushing The Boundaries" Forum, British Association For Modern Mosaic
Youlgrave,
United Kingdom
Residencies
2024
Project Maelstrom, Instistute Of Marine Sciences
Venice,
Italy
2017
Canary Wharf New District Residency
London,
United Kingdom
Solo Expositions
2024
Earthfest 2024
London,
United Kingdom
2018
Little Things (Re-Think, Re-Use, Re-Purpose)
London,
United Kingdom
2017
Light, Space And Time Online Art Gallery
United States
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Added Feb 2, 2024
Residency with the Institute of Marine Sciences, Venice, Italy
ARSENALE DI VENEZIA, Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy
Monday
20
May
2024
Monday
3
June
2024
I am currently currently collaborating with the Institute of Marine Sciences in Venice on Project Maelstrom, whereby I will create a permanent installation in loco during the Venice Boat show 2024 by using both the waste recovered from the sea through the Institute’s initiatives and that from their labs.
Added Mar 3, 2024
EmpowerHER
CasildArt Contemporary, 32 Connaught Street, Connaught Village, London W2 2AY
Friday
15
March
2024
Sunday
24
March
2024
We love showcasing Black women's art and this International Women's Day Month in March, we want to celebrate our sisters and female artists everywhere by recognising their talent and achievements. We are hosting an IWD Fair of women's art in our beautiful new gallery located in Marble Arch, which spans over 90 sq ft across two floors. As our gallery doesn't officially open until the Spring, this will also be a chance to get a sneak preview of the space.
Added Feb 2, 2024
ArtGemini Prize
London Lighthouse Gallery & Studio, Lyell Street, London, UK
Saturday
2
March
2024
Sunday
10
March
2024
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