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Franco Hüller
School of Art & Design

Franco Hüller

Programme Leader of Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media Practice

Franco is an Italian visual artist who has experimented in the fields of painting, photography, installations, performances and video art.

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna (Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna) specializing in painting, and has been living and working in Prague since 2008. His most recent solo exhibitions were ‘Grand Tour’ - murals for the Main Station in Prague (2019); and ‘Badabam’ at the Galleria PaggeriArte di Sassuolo in Modena (2018).

He has also participated in multiple collective exhibitions, including ‘Mixed Messages’ (French Institute in Prague, 2016) and ‘Sketch’, an outdoor installation for Nadace Nieuwe Helden in Brussels.

Since 2017 he has held the position of Programme Leader for the Foundation Art, Design & Media Practice programme at PCU.

Education

MFA – Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna
BA – Fine Art, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021 L’albero della Libertà, Sassuolo (MO)
2019 La Carta Astratta, Sassuolo (MO)
2018 Badabam, Sassuolo (MO)
2016 La Risata Perfetta, Sassuolo (MO)
2015 Recito l'eterno non riposo, Sassuolo (MO)
Creare il Dubbio, Mira (VE)
Boxsex, Sassuolo (MO)
2013 Polaroidy, Prague (CZ)
2011 Bric-à-brac - PD
2009 Grand Tour, Prague (CZ)
Thoughts for Sale, 15 Unfinished Paintings, Prague (CZ)
Fiato, l'Ardoise, Prague (CZ)
2008 Fiato, Galleria Il Ponte, Pieve di Cento (Bo)
2007 Prospettive, Area Progetto, Galleria Civica (Mo)
2006 Piumepesanti, Parco dei Popoli, Castellarano (Re)
Io Quadro, A.C. Betta Frigieri, Sassuolo
2004 Al tempo squadernato, Galleria Condotto9, Sassuolo
2002 F. Hüller equo e solidale, Bottega d’Oltremare, Sassuolo 
2001 per quanto strano vi possa sembrare, Sassuolo 
sono l’uomo che sputava le stelle, Sassuolo 
l’angelo e la pazienza, A.C. Betta Frigieri, Sassuolo 
2000 l’angelo e la pazienza, Galleria insitu. Sassuolo
1998 Apocalisse, Torre dell’orologio, Castellarano (Re)
1997 Enoteca “La Cantina”, Sassuolo
1996 Galleria Teatro Carani, Sassuolo
1995 Salotto d’arte “Graziosi”, Maranello
Riunione Cattolica “E. Torricelli”, Faenza
Circolo culturale S.Francesco, Modena
1994 Disegni, Galleria d’arte moderna, Sassuolo


GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 

2016 Mixed Messages, Prague CZ
2014 Sketch, Nieuwe Helden, Brussel (BE)
2013 Braník sobě, Prague (CZ) 
2012 Bloom (Vi)
2010 Arteinattesa (Mo)
TINA B., Prague (CZ)
Roaming Project, Prague CZ
2009 A cura di... Katia Baraldi (Mo)
2008 Manifestazoone, Giardini Fresia, Cuneo
Musae
2006 Brutte Figure, Galleria Il Ponte, Pieve di Cento (Bo)
XXL Giovani Artisti in Grandi Dimensioni (Mo)
Labirinto: mito, edificio, danza, S.Agostino (Fe) 
2005 Incarta26/104 (Mo)
Nel giardino della mente, Galleria Il Ponte, Pieve di Cento 
Urbana, Biella
1998 Torino-Bologna andata e ritorno, Cento (Fe)
L’incisione all’Accademia di Belle Arti, Bagnacavallo
Giovani artisti al Baraccano (Bo)
1997 Rassegna arti visive, Cervia, Piacenza, Ferrara, Parma.
1996 Input/Output, Palazzo Guerzoni, Sassuolo.

 

Awards:

2008 – winner at MUSAE 2008, Jesolo (VE)

2008 – nomination at 7th International Art Film Festival, Bergamo

2006 – winner – with Flâneur project – of two years free lone of an atelier in Carteria street, Modena, promoted by the Young Artists Office of Modena City

2004 – mentioned work at Pagine Bianche d’Autore award in Emilia Romagna 

 

Projects:

2006-2008 – Flâneur​, Series of art projects reflecting the interaction with the public

2010-2011 – The Pinkameleon​, Art project (with a link to social psychology)

2009 – Grand Tour​, A three phases mural art project conceived for Grandi Stazioni Česká republika, inside Prague Central Train Station

 

Publications:

2012 – Berta by Fernando Marchiori, ed. Titivillus - IT (illustrations)

2011 – Diario di Eva by Mark Twain, ed. Charta Bureau – IT (illustrations)

2011 – Con i poeti by Fernando Marchiori, ed. L’Obliquo – IT (illustrations)

2010 – La seconda voce by Fernando Marchiori, ed. Charta Bureau – IT (illustrations)