BIOGRAPHY

Francesca DiMattio’s (b. 1981, New York, NY) practice combines a cacophony of influences, which she applies in a layered and non-hierarchical approach to her work. Her sculptures draw from the rich tradition of ceramics, merging contrasting references and styles within each fluid construction.

In both her sculpture and painting, she discovers ways to weave together the history and artistry of craft, transposing it from a practice of quiet control into one that seems unpredictable, explosive and shifting. While using a historically domestic medium, she surprises the viewer with towering, seemingly impossible forms. Her sculptures counter traditional expectations, each work being a gathering of opposite parts, male and female, animal and human, animate and inanimate. Her process, at once destructive and creative, imbues the resulting hybrid with a sense of instability.

DiMattio earned her MFA from Columbia University in 2005 and her BFA at Cooper Union in 2003.

DiMattio’s work has been included in group and solo exhibitions at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY; Blaffer Art Museum, TX; Kimball Art Center, UT; Mass MOCA, MA; and Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK, among others. Her work is held in the collections of the Everson Museum of Art, NY; Perez Art Museum, FL; and Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, among others.