Franco Nonnis 60 years old, lives and works in Cagliari, self-taught painter, his passion began as a child when he attended the workshop of his sculptor grandfather. Life experiences and travels in different parts of the world have generated evident contaminations in his works.

The creative work of Franco Nonnis is aimed at the different phases of human life, often autobiographical, offering the viewer authenticity and colors where everything can be represented, from joy to suffering but always with harmony without giving in to sensationalism.

Franco's works are permanently exhibited in London at Le Dame ArtGallery, King & Rose Gallery, GBA & Design. In Sardinia, at Alghero Airport, he has permanently installed a painted piano, which is functional and available for anyone who wants to play it.

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PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2019 MADN Museum - Travelers - Senorbi '(Cagliari Italy)

2019 Open Monuments 2019 - Roots to the Future - Sviller Castle - Villasor (Cagliari Italy)

2018 Christmas at Casa Saddi - Historic Residence - Pirri Cagliari (Italy)

2018 TRAVEL - Castle of San Michele - Cagliari (Italy)

2018 General Aviation Installation - Cagliari Airport

2018 SUMMER Edition - Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Forte Village Resort

2018 WATER FRONT - Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Porto Cervo

2017 The Paradise Lost - THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL, London (GB)

2017 TRAVELERS - G7 Transport - Hotel Regina Margherita Cagliari (IT)

2017 TRAVELERS - Alghero Airport (Italy)

2016 EXODUS - Le Dame Art Gallery, London (GB)

2016 FUGA - Italian Cultural Institute - Buenos Aires - Argentina

2015 EXTREMOS - Castagnino Museum - Mar del Plata - Argentina

2015 Paradiso Theater - Anacapri - Capri (Italy)

2014 Ethnographic Museum, Paulilatino, (Italy)

2014 Santa Cristina Archaeological Park, Sardinya (Italy)

2014 Cathedral Museum, Cagliari (Italy)

2009 Ancient City Palace, Cagliari (Italy)

2008 Zen World - Milan

2006 Hotel Cala di Volpe, Porto Cervo (Italy)

2005 SpazioArte of the Sarca Center, Milan (Italy)

2005 Personal exhibition at Scandinavia UNA Hotel, Milan (Italy)

2005 Grand Visconti Palace, Milan (Italy)

2004–2005 Cagliari Airport (Italy)

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2019 MAD Gallery - Modena (Italy)

2017 LdF - London Design Festival - London (GB)

2017 GB & Design, London (GB)

2017 Rose & King Gallery, London (GB)

2017 “ArtRooms 2017”, London (GB) - guest artist

2016 “ArtRooms 2016”, London (GB) - guest artist

2015 "ArtRooms 2015", London (GB)

2015-2016 "Summer Collection" - Le Dame Art Gallery - Melià Hotel Villa Capri - Capri (IT)

2014-2015 "LeDame Art Gallery" London (GB)

2013 "AMACI Project" - Palazzo Thun, Bolzano (Italy)

2013 OrlerLab, Venice (Italy)

2013 "Creative Disorder", Trento (Italy)

2012 54th Venice Biennale, Italian Pavillon Sala Nervi Turin (Italy)

2004 "Paintings from Sardinia", Ushuaia (Argentina)

2003 Galleria Mentana - Florence (Italy)

2003 "SUMMER 2003", Galeriazero, Barcelona (Spain)

2003 "Batik Art Sala Barna", Barcelona (Spain)

2002 Collective exhibition "Individuazioni 7" Mentana Gallery, Florence (Italy)

1999 International Contemporary Art Fair Telecentrosul, Brasilia (Brasil)

AWARDS

2004 Italian Artists' Annual 2004 (Italy)

2003 Silver Award Artmajeur (Italy)

PUBLICATIONS

2018 The State of Art at the time of the 57th Venice Biennale - Giorgio Grasso Editore

2017 PERSPECTIVE Magazine, London (GB) - cover march 2017

2017 ArtRooms 2017 Catalog, London (GB)

2016 ArtRooms 2016 Catalog, London (GB)

2015 ArtRooms 2015 Catalog, London (GB)

2012 Venice Biennale, Italian Pavillon Sala Nervi Turin Catalog edited by Vittorio Sgarbi

2006 Illustrations, book "The cradle" by Francesco Maria Tipaldi, Ed. LietoColle Milan (Italy)

2005 Illustrations, book “Là pour me souvenir - Here to remember” by Markus Hediger, Ed. LietoColle Milan (Italy)

2004 Italian Artists Annual (Catalog) South East and Australia

EXTRA

2012 Set design for «Bellas Mariposas» by Salvatore Mereu. The film has been awarded at the 69 Edition of the Venice Film Festival

2015 Auction ArtRooms 2015 - London - "Passion"

2015-2017 "PianoArt" installation - Alghero Airport (Italy)