Francesco Panceri

Biografia

Francesco Panceri, nato a Crema nel 1976, si laurea in Scultura all’Accademia di Brera di Milano nel 1999.
Da allora sviluppa una ricerca plastica basata su forme essenziali di carattere architettonico e geometrico-astratto, che diventano simboli e archetipi del suo linguaggio artistico. I temi centrali della sua opera esplorano la condizione umana,
il delicato equilibrio tra passione e ragione, e il tempo ciclico che scandisce il mutamento degli eventi.                                                                                                          Ha preso parte a numerosi concorsi e residenze d’artista, durante i quali ha realizzato opere monumentali inserite in collezioni museali, pubbliche e private. Le sue sculture sono presenti in Australia, Corea del Sud, Cina, Nuova Zelanda, India, Taiwan, Turchia, Belgio, Iran, Georgia, Siria, Romania, Albania, Repubblica Ceca e Olanda.

Tra le esperienze più significative:

• 2025 – SPAZIOTEMPO  32 esima mostra di scultura monumentale al Castello di Pergine Valsugana (TN). a cura di Dora Bulart
• 2025 – Partecipa per il secondo anno consecutivo alla Biennale di Scultura di Villa Contarini a Piazzola sul Brenta (PD), dopo l’edizione del 2023.
• 2025 – Presente a PaviArt con la galleria L2 Art di Pavia.
• 2024 – È tra i cinque vincitori stranieri del premio internazionale Sculpting the Legacy of Jiangdong (Wuhu, Anhui – Cina), organizzato dallo Sculpture China Institute.
• 2024 – Partecipa all’XI Biennale di Soncino (CR), dopo avervi già esposto in precedenti edizioni.
• 2023 – installa l’opera pubblica“Connection” presso l’Hwasung Park Dream City a Daegu (Corea del Sud)
• 2023 – partecipa al 2° Simposio Internazionale del Centro di Ricerca d’Arte Contemporanea “Constantin Brancusi” di Târgu Jiu(Romania).
• 2019 – la sua scultura “Colazione Aurea” viene collocata al MACBUS – Museo Arte Contemporanea Bosco Urbano di Soncino.
• 2018 – realizza “Elements”, per il parco di sculture di Tonghe (Heilongjiang, Cina).
• 2017 e 2013 – è premiato all’International Sculpture Competition ISF presso il Museo Hangaram di Seul, Corea del Sud, dove realizza due operemonumentali in acciaio – “Tower of Wind” ed “Elements” (in una versione di dieci metri), oggi collocate nel museo all’aperto Crown Art Valley di Seul, della fondazione omonima.
• 2017 – viene selezionato dalla Soheon Gallery di Daegu per il primo progetto internazionale “Light Beyond the Bounds”, cui segue l’omonima mostra.
• 2017 – realizza due mostre personali, rispettivamente presso il Centro Culturale “Sant’Agostino” di Crema e la galleria Bipielle Arte dellaFondazione BPL a Lodi.
• 2016 – partecipa alla terza edizione del simposio AHISS di Adelaide(Australia) con l’opera “Co-esistenti” e successivamente realizza “Solido Grigio Silenzio” per I.O.O.F. Park della città di Griffith (Australia).
• 2016 – partecipa 19° Simposio Internazionale di Scultura di Icheon (Corea del Sud), dove realizza “Circle of Life”.
• 2016– prende parte al Simposio di Te Kupenga (Nuova Zelanda) e allo storico Simposio di Paratico, sul lago d’Iseo.
• 2015 – espone al Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Elgiz di Istanbul (Turchia), nella mostra “Horizon Line”.
• 2015 – Partecipa ai Simposi Internazionali di Scultura a Qingdao (Cina) e di Changhua (Taiwan).
• 2014 – per il premio internazionale di scultura del Fujian (Cina), realizza “Eye of Wind” nel parco di sculture dell’isola di Pingtan.
• 2012 – partecipa ai Simposi internazionali di Tehran (Iran) e Batumi(Georgia).
• 2011 – presenta la mostra personale “Solido Azzurro Silenzio” nella galleria “Arteatro” della Fondazione San Domenico di Crema.
• 2011 – realizza “Gate” per l’università ITM di Vadodara (India).
• 2009 – partecipa alla mostra “Scultura nella città. Progetti per Milano” presso il Palazzo della Permanente a Milano.

Dal 2000 ha preso parte a numerosi altri eventi di scultura e ha

Collabora in Italia con la Galleria Contempo di Pergine Valsugana (TN) e dalla Galleria L2 Arte di Pavia, e in Corea del Sud con  Soheon Gallery di Daegu. Vive e lavora a Crema.

“Credo che la scultura sia, prima di tutto, una necessità.

 Mi piace indagare a fondo la natura delle cose e trovare l’equilibrio tra la forza espressiva della materia e l’armonia della forma.
Ricerco nella figura geometrica essenziale le possibili variazioni formali e compositive: decostruisco per ricomporre, sottraggo e sovrappongo, rincorro la combinazione che porta il vuoto a pesare come il pieno.”

La mia ricerca artistica utilizza la geometria come matrice generativa, ma si distacca dal rigore formale per trovare equilibri complessi e inaspettati.
Non credo nell’ispirazione, ma nella curiosità e nella sperimentazione. Ricerco quella “condizione favorevole” in cui lo stimolo visivo ed esperienziale
genera riflessioni e possibili progetti. Il viaggio è diventato una componente fondamentale del mio processo creativo, in particolare le esperienze vissute in Oriente, dove ho scoperto una profonda connessione con la spiritualità delle forme essenziali e la loro straordinaria forza poetica e comunicativa.

Nei miei lavori, spesso di grandi dimensioni, cerco un dialogo costante tra arte, uomo e natura. L’interazione con lo spazio circostante e l’osservatore crea la sinergia necessaria per il completamento della scultura. Mi affido alla materia affinché diventi corpo tangibile della mia opera e, al tempo stesso, anima filosofica e concettuale. Ogni materiale porta con sé una propria natura e un potenziale narrativo unico: la forza primordiale della pietra, la metamorfosi ossidativa dei metalli, la fibra muscolare del legno e la sottile profondità della carta.

La relazione tra spazio e tempo è il fulcro della mia poetica. La resistenza meccanica e l’ossidazione si trasformano in metafore di mutamento e trasformazione, mentre la stratificazione e la combinazione di materiali differenti diventano il mezzo per rappresentare l’equilibrio tra passione e ragione, paradigma della condizione umana.

BIOGRAPHY

Graduated in 1999 in Sculpture at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, a student of Maestro Giancarlo Marchese, Panceri began his exhibition activity in 2000, participating in numerous exhibitions, symposiums and international residences in Italy and abroad. He has created monumental works included in private, public and museum collections. His sculptures are present in Australia, South Korea, China, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, Turkey, Belgium, Iran, Georgia, Syria, Romania, Albania, Czech Republic and Holland.

Among the most recent significant experiences: In 2025 he participates for the second consecutive year in the Sculpture Biennale at Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta (Padua), after the 2023 edition. In 2024 he is among the five foreign winners of the international prize “Sculpting the Legacy of Jiangdong. Wuhu in the New Era – Wuhu Sculpture Special Edition”, organized by the Sculpture China Institute for the city of Wuhu, Anhui, China. He participates in the 11th edition of the Soncino Biennale (CR), after having also taken part in several previous editions. In 2023 he installs the public work “Connection” at the Hwasung Park Dream City in Daegu in South Korea and participates in the 2nd International Symposium of the Contemporary Art Research Center “Constantin Brancusi” in Târgu Jiu in Romania. In 2019 his sculpture “Colazione Aurea” is presented at the MACBUS – Museo Arte Contemporanea Bosco Urbano in Soncino. In 2018 he created “Elements”, a six-meter sculpture for the Tonghe sculpture park in Heilongjiang, China. In 2017 and 2013 he was awarded at the ISF International Sculpture Competition at the Hangaram Museum in Seoul, South Korea, where he created two monumental steel works – “Tower of Wind” and “Elements” (in a ten-meter version), now located in the open-air museum Crown Art Valley in Seoul, giuded of the homonymous foundation. In the same year he was selected by the Soheon Gallery in Daegu for the first

international project “Light Beyond the Bounds”. Also, in 2017 he held two solo exhibitions: at the Sant’Agostino Cultural Center in Crema and at the Bipielle Arte gallery of the BPL Foundation in Lodi, Lombardy. In 2016 he participated in the3rd Edition of the AHISS symposium in Adelaide, Australia with the work “Co-esistenti” and subsequently created “Solido Grigio Silenzio” in the city of Griffith, located in the city park. In the same year he was invited to the 19th International Sculpture Symposium in Icheon, South Korea, where he created “Circle of Life”. Also in 2016 he took part in the Symposium in Te Kupenga, New Zealand and in the historic Symposium in Paratico, on Lake Iseo in Italy. In 2015 he exhibited at the Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art in Istanbul (Turkey), the “Horizon Line” project. He also participated in the International Sculpture Symposiums in Zhishang, Qingdao in China and Changhua in Taiwan. In 2014, for the International sculpture prize in Fujian, China he created “Eye of Wind”, today located in the sculpture park on Pingtan Island. In 2012 he participated in the International Symposiums of Tehran, Iran and Batumi, Georgia. In 2011 he presented the solo exhibition “Solido Azzurro Silenzio” in the gallery “Arteteatro” of the Fondazione San Domenico in Crema. The same year he created “Gate” for the ITM University of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. In 2009 he participated in the exhibition “Sculpture in the city. Projects for Milan” at the Palazzo della Permanente in Milan. Over the years he has taken part in numerous other national and international sculpture forums and several times he was the Artistic director and curator of international stone and wooden sculpture symposiums, including those in Trentino in 2013 and 2014. He is represented in Italy by the Galleria Contempo in Pergine Valsugana (Trento) and by the Galleria L2 Arte in Pavia, and in South Korea by the Soheon Gallery in Daegu. He lives and works in Crema.

“I believe that sculpture is, above all, a necessity.

I like to deeply explore the nature of things and seek a balance between the expressive power of the material and the harmony of form.
I look for possible formal and compositional variations within essential geometric figures: I deconstruct to recompose, subtract and overlap, chasing the combination in which emptiness weighs as much as fullness.”

My artistic research uses geometry as a generative matrix, but moves away from formal rigor to discover complex and unexpected balances.
I don’t believe in inspiration—I believe in curiosity and experimentation. I seek that “favorable condition” where visual and experiential stimuli spark reflections and potential projects.
Travel has become a fundamental part of my creative process, especially my experiences in the East, where I discovered a profound connection with the spirituality of essential forms and their extraordinary poetic and communicative power.

In my work, often on a large scale, I strive to create an ongoing dialogue between art, humanity, and nature.
The interaction with surrounding space and the viewer generates the necessary synergy to complete the sculpture.
I rely on the material to become the tangible body of my work, while also embodying its philosophical and conceptual soul.
Each material carries its own nature and a unique narrative potential: the primal strength of stone, the oxidative metamorphosis of metals, the muscular fiber of wood, and the subtle depth of paper.

The relationship between space and time is at the core of my poetics.
Mechanical resistance and oxidation become metaphors for change and transformation, while layering and combining different materials becomes a way to represent the balance between passion and reason—a paradigm of the human condition.”

Born in 1976, in Crema, Italy, where he attended the secondary school specializing in the art subjects and then graduated in Sculpture from the “Accademia di belle arti di Brera” in Milano.

Several of his works are in private and public collections in Italy, Australia, China, South Korean, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, Germany, India, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Holland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Belgium, Romania, Republic of Georgia, Poland, Albania.

Sculpture projects and Exhibions

2023 

. “Connection” Hwasung Park Dream City, Daegu (South Korea)

. Biennale di scultura, Piazzola sul Brenta, Padova (Italy)

. International sculpture Symposium C. Brancusi foundation, Targu Jiu (Romania)

2019

. MACBUS, Soncino (Italy)

2018

. 2°International sculpture Symposium in Tonghe, Harbin (China)

2017.

. 6°International sculpture competition ISF, Seoul (South Korea)

. 1° Daegu international sculpture project in the city of Daegu (South Korea)

. Light Beyond the Bounds, Soheon Gallery, Daegu, South Korea

2016.

.19°International Sculpture symposium Icheon (South Korea)

.1°International Sculpture symposium Griffith (Australia)

.International Sculpture symposium Adelaide Hills (Australia)

.International Sculpture symposium “Te Kupenga” (New Zealand)

1°International Sculpture symposium Paratico(Italy)

2015

. Collective exhibition,”Horizon line”, Teras Sergileri, Elgis Museum, Istanbul (Turkey)

. 1° Zhishang International Sculpture Symposium, Qingdao(China)

. 1° Changhua International Sculpture Symposium,(Taiwan)

. 2° International sculpture symposium Vlasenice, (Czech Republic)

2014

. Award in Pingtan International Sculpture  Exhibition (China)

. International Symposium on Trentino stone sculpture (Italy)

. 1° international sculpture symposium, Gaziantep (Turkey)

. 13° international sculpture symposium, Buyukcekmece (Turkey)

2013

. 2°International sculpture competition ISF, Seoul (South Korea)

. 2°International sculpture symposium in Karsyaka(Turkey)

. 1°International sculpture symposium in Albiano(Italy)

2012

. 1°International sculpture symposium in Rome (Italy)

. 2°International sculpture symposium in Tehran(Iran)

. 1°International sculpture symposium in Pescara (Italy)

. 10°International sculpture symposium in Paratico (Italy)

. 2°International sculpture symposium in Batumi(Georgia)

2011

. 7°International sculpture symposium in Vadodora (India)

. 1°International sculpture symposium Comezzano Cizzago (Italy)

. 2°international sculpture symposium in Damascus (Syria)

. 2° International sculpture symposium in Acquasanta Terme (Italy)

. 11° international Iron Casting, Gdansk (Poland)

2010

. 3° international sculpture symposium Korcia (Albania)

. 4° International symposium  Pescopennataro (Italy) 

. 1° international sculpute symposium Orzinuovi (Italy)

2009

· 1° stone symposium, Pizzighettone (Italy)

· 2° wood symposium, Bisenzio (Italy)

· 4° international symposium,Pescopennataro (Italy)

2008

· 1° Stone symposium,Pandino (Italy)

·11° International sculpture symposium Vergnacco(Italy)

· 3° International symposium,Pescopennataro(Italy)               

. 1° Wood symposium, Presegno(Italy)

· 8° International wood symposium Nimis (Italy)

2006

· 1° Sculpture symposium, Canosa Sannita(Italy)   

· 1° Stone sculpture symposium, Casalasco(Italy)

· 1° wood symposium, Villanuova sul Clisi(Italy)

2005

· International stone symposium,Castiglione Messer Marino(Italy)      

· Stone sculpture symposium, Lodi (Italy)

2004

· Morphè – 3°Sculpture symposium, Crema (Italy)

· 1° Sculpture symposium,Rignano Flaminio, Roma (Italy)

· MAYA 04, Stone sculpture symposium Palena (Italy)

2003

· Stone sculpture symposium, Rapino (Italy)

· 7°International symposium, S.Benedetto del Tronto (Italy)    

· 2°International sculpture symposium S.Ippolito (Italy)

· 2°international Rencontres Sculptural, Helmond (Holland)

· 1°sculpture symposium,Cremona(Italy)

· 17° International sculpture symposium,Teulada(Italy)

2002

· Morphè – 2°Sculpture symposium, Crema (Italy)

· 2°Stone sculpture symposium, Rapino (Italy)

· 1°Sculpture symposium, Ripa Teatina (Italy)

2001

· 1°Stone sculpture symposium, Rapino (Italy)

· 1°Stone sculpture symposim,Ponsacco (Italy)

· 1°Stone symposium, Montecatini Val di Cecina (Italy)

2000

· Morphè – 2°Sculpture symposium, Crema (Italy)

· Stone sculpture symposium,Castiglion Messer Marino (Italy)

PERSONAL EXHIBITION

2023 ” Open Studio, Montodine 

2017

. “L’odore della Pioggia” Bipielle Arte, Lodi 

. “Petricore” C.C.S.Agostino, Crema

2010 · Design hotel DELLEARTI, Cremona 

     . Gallery Q3, Castelleone 

2009 · Teatro S.Domenico, Crema.

2005 · Sala degli Archi, Montefiore Conca, Rimini.

     · Podere Ombrianello, Crema.