Francesca Palma TerΓ‘n ( Ecuador, 1997)
She is currently working and living between Italy and Ecuador.
Visual artist born in Ecuador (1997). She grew up and lived in Genoa/ Italy (1998-2012). She began her studies in the visual arts in 2011 academically at the Liceo ArtΓstico Paul Klee Barabino β Arti figurative (GE/Italy), in 2012 she moved to Ecuador. In 2015 she graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Juan JosΓ© Plaza (Guayaquil/ Ecuador), with a mention in painting. In 2023 she graduates from the University of the Arts of Ecuador with a specialization in Pictorial Poetics.
She has been part of various group exhibitions Boca 9 (GYE,2020), Para Ayer (GYE,2020) among others. In 2020 she was selected for the Machala Biennial (2016 and 2019), V Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Biennial (2016 and 2018 ), in 2019 she obtained 1st place in the Women’s Hall of the Casa de la Cultura del Guayas and finally in 2021 she inaugurated her first individual exhibition ALREDEDOR DEL NORTE from the series Visual perception is circumscribed (?) in TM (gallery ). In 2021 she was invited to a group exhibition MOMENTUM; nothing is permanent, everything is movement, in the Minga (gallery) in Quito and later in 2022 in the same city she was invited to the Multiverso exhibition at the GalleriaQ (Gallery). In the month of July 2022 she obtained third place in the 61st edition of the July Salon and in October 2022 she was part of the Via Farini Residence residency program in Milan/Italy.
In September 2023 she exhibits her thesis project, her second individual exhibition, in the La Cuarta pared (Gallery) in Guayaquil. On October 2023, the artist has just inaugurated her third solo show at the Puerto Santana Loft in GYE exhibited in the N.A.S.A.L gallery, which will remain open until December 2023.
At the end of 2023 she exhibits an unprecedented production of works in Switzerland and in April 2024 she exhibits a solo show titled Ce qui nβ est pas ici et maintenant (What is not here and now) in France at the Embassy of Ecuador.
Artistic formation: (Education)
2011/ 2012 Paul Klee Barabino Art High – School / Figurative Arts, Genova, IT.
2012/2015 Fine Arts: mention in painting and ceramics, J. J. Plaza, Guayaquil, EC.
2016/2023 University of the Arts: Creation and pictorial research, Guayaquil, EC.
Exhibitions, Fairs and Mentions:
2016 V Biennial at the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo, Guayaquil, EC.
2016 Salon Machala, 7th edition, Musa paradisiaca: visual arts, Machala, EC.
2018 VI International Biennial of Painting “Γlvaro Noboa PontΓ³n”, Guayaquil, EC.
2019 SalΓ³n Machala, Tenth edition,HuaylΓ : International Visual Arts Award, Machala, EC.
2020 Open Studio / LAB. 609 (Pinturx), Violenta (Gallery), Guayaquil, EC.
2020 Los Dealers, Violenta ( Gallery), Plaza de la Fuente Cultural (Plaza Lagos), Guayaquil, EC.
2020 La Primera/4th edition, NΓ³mada, Plaza de la Fuente Cultural (Plaza Lagos), Guayaquil, EC.
2021 La Primera/5th edition, NΓ³mada, Plaza de la Fuente Cultural (Plaza Lagos), Guayaquil, EC.
2022 Open Studio, VIR Viafarini-in-residence, via Carlo Farini 35/Milan, Italy.
Dictated courses
2016 Drawing and painting workshop trainer, Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum (MAAC), Guayaquil, EC.
Courses received and residency
2020 Laboratory 609 (Pinturx), Violenta (Gallery), Guayaquil, EC.
2022 Program VIR Viafarini-in-residence, via Carlo Farini 35/Milan, Italy.
Awards
2019 First place Women’s Competition, Vindication & Feminism , House of Culture of Guayas, EC.
2022 Third place, SalΓ³n de Julio 61 edition Municipal Museum of Guayaquil, EC Guayaquil, EC.
Solo show
2021 ALREDEDOR DEL NORTE/ from the series Visual perception is circumscribed (ΒΏ),Taller Maldonado (Gallery). Guayaquil, EC.
2023 While we wacth, something see us, Arts library,La Cuarta pared (Gallery) Guayaquil, EC.
2023 No todas las rocas son montanas, proyecto N.A.S,A,L (GalerΓa), Santana Loft , Guayaquil, EC.
2024 Ce qui n’ est pas ici et maintenant, Embassy of Ecuador, 50 Rue Copernic 75116 Paris, France.
Collectives exhibitions
2020 Boca 9, University of the Arts, Mendiburo and Rocafuerte, Guayaquil, EC.
2020 Para Ayer, En Visto (Digital plataform of Contemporary Art), temporary location in central urdesa, Guayaquil, EC.
2021 MOMENTUM, nothing is permanent, everything is movement,La Minga (Gallery) , Quito, EC.
2022 Multiverso, with the curation of Teo Monsalve , GalleriaQ (Gallery), Quito, EC
2022- 2023 Escuela de Pintura de Guayaquil, organized by the University of the Arts, Municipal Museum of Guayaquil, EC
2023 For the snakes and the people they bite, Mabe Gallery, Grand-Rue 25, 1204 Genève, Switzerland.