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SHORT BIO
Francesco Pelleschi (1946) was born in Tuscany (Italy), where he resides. He starts to paint after school in 1966. In 1969, invited to the biennal La Gioconda exhibition together with Xavier Bueno, Renato Guttuso, Bruno Saetti, Ernesto Treccani, Corrado Cagli and others. In 1978, makes his first journey to the United States and establishes a link with the trend gallery Will Stone Collection of San Francisco. In 1982 and 1984 is present at “Artexpo” for Graphis Arte at the New York Coliseum, New York City, alternating stays in the United States with periods in Italy.
In the early 1990s, has the opportunity to establish his studio in Amedeo Modigliani's birth house, which will be his workspace for the entire decade. In 1991 takes part in an itinerant exhibition entitled Italian Artists, held at Osaka and Tokyo and organized by associated Italian Art Galleries at the Seibu Museum in Japan. Few years later, invited to the 3rd Luso-Greco-Italian Festival of the Theatre and Culture at the Municipal Art Gallery of Montemor-o-novo (Portugal). In 1996, personal exhibition organized at the Studio G Arte Moderna Gallery in Milan (Italy), with catalogue text by Raffaele De Grada.
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Present at the international “ARTE FIERA” Bologna, Italy (1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000) with the Guastalla Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery Livorno-Milano. In 1997, participates at the international “MIART” Review at Milan with the Guastalla Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery of Livorno and the Studio G Arte Moderna Gallery of Milan. This series of major shows establish the start of a new period for Francesco Pelleschi, where his work become solidified at international levels.
Since 1998, his works have been on permanent display at Galerie Elektra in Sausalito, San Francisco, California, and the collaboration continues to this day. In 1999, organizes a personal exhibition at Galerie Elektra: Terrestrial Harmonies. Jean Audigier (professor of Art History in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of San Francisco) interviews the artist in his Italian studio. In the following years, acquisitions by the Museo-Italo-Americano of San Francisco, Fort Mason Center and the John D. Calandra Italian American Museum, New York, NY (USA). His work “Sintesi di Paesaggio Toscano” is included in the permanent collection of the Palazzo Blu Museum (Pisa, Italy), within the section dedicated to 20th-century artists. “Veduta di Castel Sonnino” is part of the permanent collection of the Civic Museum Giovanni Fattori (Livorno, Italy).
Pelleschi's artworks are also currently displayed in a prestigious recording studio, prominent corporate offices throughout the United States, and in the residences of distinguished entrepreneurs, ambassadors and renowned international personalities.
