Francesco D'Isa
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Francesco D'Isa is an Italian artist and art curator. He studied philosophy in Florence
, Italy
. He's self-taught as an artist: his fascination with visual imagery has driven him to master the required skills. He's a pioneer of digital art
in Italy, but his drawing abilities let him work with traditional media as well. He was the co-founder of the Italian Art & Literature magazine "Mostro", where he published his first artworks. After that, his digital and traditional artworks were featured in many magazines around the world, like "Expose III", Ballistic Publishing (USA); "Pixel Surgeons: Extreme manipulation of the figure in Photography", Mitchell Beazley Art & Design, Octopus ed. (UK); "Black magic, White Noise" ed "Illusive 3", Die Gestalten Verlag (GERMANY); "Design 360°", SanDu Culture ed. (CHINA), GQ magazine (Italy), INSIDE ART (Italy). His accolade in contemporary art practice has been recognised with several art prizes. He has exhibited internationally from Italy, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, England, USA, Australia, Russia, South America. His theory and practice has been extended as a Workshop Leader and Lecturer in Multimedia. In 2007 he became "Pornpope" founding the porn-artistic collective Pornsaints. He organized for Pornsaints international art exhibitions and parties in art galleries and erotic festivals, both in Europe and USA. Moreover, through his work as "Pornpope" many international porn stars like Kylie Ireland
, Stoya
, Madison Young
, Sasha Grey
and Ariel Rebel
acted for him as muses, models and working partners. In 2009 his art has been chosen for the image of the Italian fashion brand bigfatfanny and featured at the fashion fair Pitti Immagine 2010. In 2010, his comic "I., a comic drawn by everyone" become a regular blog of the Italian online newspaper Il Post; in November 2011 "I." is published as an illustrated book by Nottempo (Italy).
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy
Italy
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. He's self-taught as an artist: his fascination with visual imagery has driven him to master the required skills. He's a pioneer of digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
in Italy, but his drawing abilities let him work with traditional media as well. He was the co-founder of the Italian Art & Literature magazine "Mostro", where he published his first artworks. After that, his digital and traditional artworks were featured in many magazines around the world, like "Expose III", Ballistic Publishing (USA); "Pixel Surgeons: Extreme manipulation of the figure in Photography", Mitchell Beazley Art & Design, Octopus ed. (UK); "Black magic, White Noise" ed "Illusive 3", Die Gestalten Verlag (GERMANY); "Design 360°", SanDu Culture ed. (CHINA), GQ magazine (Italy), INSIDE ART (Italy). His accolade in contemporary art practice has been recognised with several art prizes. He has exhibited internationally from Italy, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, England, USA, Australia, Russia, South America. His theory and practice has been extended as a Workshop Leader and Lecturer in Multimedia. In 2007 he became "Pornpope" founding the porn-artistic collective Pornsaints. He organized for Pornsaints international art exhibitions and parties in art galleries and erotic festivals, both in Europe and USA. Moreover, through his work as "Pornpope" many international porn stars like Kylie Ireland
Kylie Ireland
Kylie Ireland is an American pornographic actress, film director, producer, publicist, and Satellite radio show host.- Early life :...
, Stoya
Stoya
Stoya is an American pornographic actress and model. The stage name "Stoya" was her nickname before appearing in adult films, and is the shortened version of her family's last name....
, Madison Young
Madison Young
Madison Young, born Tina Butcher, is an American pornographic actress, director, published writer, sexual educator and founder of Femina Potens Art Gallery, a nonprofit art gallery and performance space that serves the LGBTQ and Kink communities....
, Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey is an American former pornographic actress, who has since turned to mainstream acting, modeling and music....
and Ariel Rebel
Ariel Rebel
Ariel Rebel is an online pornographic actress and model. Her name is meant to sound like 'A real rebel'.She studied to be a fashion designer in Montreal, before she decided to pursue an adult modeling career...
acted for him as muses, models and working partners. In 2009 his art has been chosen for the image of the Italian fashion brand bigfatfanny and featured at the fashion fair Pitti Immagine 2010. In 2010, his comic "I., a comic drawn by everyone" become a regular blog of the Italian online newspaper Il Post; in November 2011 "I." is published as an illustrated book by Nottempo (Italy).
External links
- Official website Gizart
- Francesco D'Isa at Beinart
- Francesco D'Isa review of "In The Land of Retinal Delights" for Juxtapoz
- Francesco D'Isa at Indie Eye
- Intervista at PIG magazine (Italian)