
Franco Hüller, MFA
Programme Leader of Foundation Diploma in Art, Design & Media Practice
Franco is an Italian visual artist who experiments in the fields of painting, photography, installations, performances and video art. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna (Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna) where he specialised in painting.
Franco has been living and working in Prague since 2008. In 2017, he was appointed Programme Leader for the Foundation Art, Design & Media Practice programme.
Franco’s 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.
Education
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, IT — Master of Fine Arts
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, IT — Bachelor of Fine Arts
Professional Activities
Research & Creative Practice
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2021 L’albero della Libertà, Sassuolo, Modena
2019 La Carta Astratta, Sassuolo, Modena
2018 Badabam, Sassuolo, Modena
2016 La Risata Perfetta, Sassuolo, Modena
2015 Recito l'eterno non riposo, Sassuolo, Modena
Creare il Dubbio, Mira, Veneto
Boxsex, Sassuolo, Modena
2013 Polaroidy, Prague
2011 Bric-à-brac - Padua
2009 Grand Tour, Prague
Thoughts for Sale, 15 Unfinished Paintings, Prague
Fiato, l'Ardoise, Prague
2008 Fiato, Galleria Il Ponte, Pieve di Cento, Bologna
2007 Prospettive, Area Progetto, Galleria Civica, Modena
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2016 Mixed Messages, Prague
2014 Sketch, Nieuwe Helden, Brussels
2013 Braník sobě, Prague
2012 Bloom, Vicenza
2010 Arteinattesa, Modena
TINA B., Prague
Roaming Project, Prague
2009 A cura di... Katia Baraldi, Modena
2008 Manifestazoone, Giardini Fresia, Cuneo Musae
2006 Brutte Figure, Galleria Il Ponte, Pieve di Cento, Bologna
Publications:
Illustrations for Berta by Fernando Marchiori, ed. Titivillus - Italy, 2012.
Illustrations for Diario di Eva by Mark Twain, ed. Charta Bureau - Italy, 2011.
Illustrations for Con i poeti by Fernando Marchiori, ed. L’Obliquo - Italy, 2011.
Illustrations for La seconda voce by Fernando Marchiori, ed. Charta Bureau - Italy, 2010.