f o s c a
Born to a Venetian mother and a Dutch father, Fosca works across painting, drawing and installation. The foundation of every practice is identical: the hand in direct contact with matter, slowness as method, precision as a form of respect.
She uses a needle pen on cotton paper, fine brushes on abraded linen canvas, thousands of nails driven into wood. The bestiary that emerges, gorillas in leather jackets, jaguars painted hair by hair, celestial maps with invented Latin names, is not decorative. It is, as writer and director Fabio Carpi wrote, the expression of someone who holds the key to a world entirely, unmistakably her own.
She has exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2015, special event), at the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Geneva alongside Roberto Cuoghi (2016), and at Maja Arte Contemporanea in Rome (2024). She lives and works between Paris, Milan and Rio de Janeiro.
fabio carpi
Italian director, screenwriter and author
Fosca studied visual arts in Paris at the Met de Penninghen Academy for five years, while she simultaneously attended courses at the Fine Arts Academy. She then moved to Venice where she trained at Bottega del Tintoretto, learning traditional engraving techniques. She currently lives between Paris, Milan and Rio de Janeiro.
2014 - The Fantastic World of Fosca, Marciana National Library, Venice [Solo show]
2015 – Venice Biennale, Museo Correr, Venice - All the World's Futures
2016 – Roberto Cuoghi. Perla Pollina, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève
2017 – Fauna, Fabrica Behiring, Rio de Janeiro
2018 – Animal Sapiens, Casa Voa, Rio de Janeiro [Solo show]
2019 – ArtRio, Instituto Vida Livre, Rio de Janeiro
2020 – Chama de Baleia, Garimporio, Rio de Janeiro [Solo show]
2021 – Casa Cor 30 anos, Palacete Brando Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro
2023 – ArtRio, Instituto Vida Livre, Rio de Janeiro
2023 – Revoada, ArtRio, Casa Voa, Rio de Janeiro
2024 – Cara Luna …, Maja Arte Contemporanea, Rome [Solo show]