Francesca Dalla Benetta

About

STATEMENT: CELEBRATING UNCONVENTIONAL BEAUTY
“My work is about the sensations suggested by grotesque anatomies. I want people to be intrigued by the possibility of impossible bodies, I want people to imagine the feeling of touch skins and textures.
My attention goes to the topics of hybridization, transformation, self identity and the bizarre. I’m inspired by the unusual, by what is behind the first impression, in shapes and meanings.
I believe that Art is Beauty, but to me it means neither harmony nor balance. It rather implies the capacity of seeing beyond the appearance, the tenderness in an ugly body. It is finding something very special, maybe inexplicable, that makes feel attracted to the unconventional.
My art intends to give a different perception of Beauty, to force paradigms to look at things in a new way. It’s about feel pleasure in see unpleasant forms.
That is why my art celebrates Unconventional Beauty.”

BIOGRAPHY

The artistic path of Francesca Dalla Benetta begins with the studies in the Accademia of Brera's ﬁne arts, Milan (1999-2003). The interest of Francesca centers on the topic of the hybridacion and contamination. The means she uses in this stage are photography, video art and drawings, mainly in the form of sketches. At the end of her cycle of studies, she elaborates a thesis about the " cyborg as contemporary hybrid”.
The approach to new and alternative materials, in order to create special effects in their videos, leads Francesca to explore the dimension of sculpture and FX in Movies’ Industry. Directed towards this new investigation, she starts to dedicate herself full time to special makeup, in the continuous exploration of her concept key, the transformation of bodies and the deformation, with the aspiration to create a world where reality and dream merge.
During this experience, Francesca, invited to work in Mel Gibson´s movie, Apocalypto, comes to Mexico, where she decides to stay, and for 3 years more she has devoted herself to the special effects. During the last months of 2009, the need to give place and attention to the creation of her own universe leads Francesca to return to her origins, stepping outside the world of the cinema, to embrace sculpture and other means
The new undertaken choice is based on a strong concept, a great impulse to experiment, supported by a wide knowledge of new materials, where the self-taught inspiration meets cinematographic realism. The research is still directed toward the bizarre and the grotesque, with greater attention to the search of sensations through fine textures and details.

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Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Website: http://www.francescadallabenetta.com

Work

EXIBITIONS

2012
- Saints and witches (upcoming), LaVampStore, personal exhibition, Mexico D.F.(Octuber 2012)
- Luxury Aesthetic, collective exhibition, Neuroblasto Magazine, Mexico D.F. (August 2012)
- Surrealismo,collective exhibition, White Spider, Mexico D.F. (Abril 2012)
- Doble Andante, collective exhibition, El Palomar del Minotauro, Mexico D.F. (Marzo 2012)
- Sentimientos, Asociación Mexicana de Grabadores de Investigación Plástica, Mexico D.F. (Enero 2012)
- Vamos por Laura, Auction, Galeria Aguafuerte, Mexico D.F. (Enero 2012)

2011
- Solo show “Belleza no convencional”, Galeria Josè Maria Velasco, Mexico D.F. (Noviembre 2011)
- Sexy, collective exibition, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico D.F. (Diciembre 2011)
- Invasion Arte Urbano, Centro Indy Rock, Mexico D.F. (Diciembre 2011)
- Guerra, Violencia y Muerte, collective exibition, Gaeria Aguafuerte, Mexico D.F. (Octubre 2011)
. Tzompantli, collective exibition, Vertigo Galleria, Mexico D.F. (Octubre 2011)
- BIOsintetizARTE, collective exibition, Casa de la Ciencia, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (Octubre 2011)
- Solo show “Taller en vida”, serigrafias y esculturas, 75ºcolor, Mexico D.F. (Abril 2011)
- “Vitrina”, Galeria Josè Maria Velasco, INBA, Mexico D.F. (Marzo 2011)
- Elucubraciones, collective exibition, Neuroblasto Magazine y galeria La 77, Mexico D.F. (Marzo 2011)

2010
Fuegos Artificiales, collective exibition, Mexico, Distrito Federal.

MOVIES MAKE UP WORKS

2012
POTOSÌ, by Alfredo Castruita, screenplay Josè Hervert, Prod Bisonte Rojo, San Luis Potosì, Mexico

2011
CHALAN, by Jorge Michel Grau
Tanks Films, Mexico, DF

2010 - Award Mexacriticos AS BEST MAKE UP ARTIST IN Somos lo que hay.

2009
SOMOS LO QUE HAY, by Jorge Michel Grau
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes 2010 (We are what we are)
Nomination Festival Guadalajara
CCC-IMCINE-FOPROCINE, Mexico DF
Make up design

VAMPIRi e UOMINI LUPO, MITI E REALTA´
Permanent expo, Firenze, Italia.
Serie of 35 resin sculptures.

CEFALOPODO
by Ruben Imaz
Canana Films, Mexico DF.
Dummy of a squid

2008
NAVIDAD SA de CV, by Fernando Rovzar
Lemon Films Production, Mexico DF
Make Up Design by Alchimia FX.
Elf ear prosthetics. (Lab)
Make up Artist (Set)

2007
3.3 by Eva López Sánchez
Odeon Films Production, Mexico DF
Make Up Design by Alchimia FX.
Realistic dummy of a dog (Lab)

CINCO DIAS SIN NORA, by Mariana Chenillo
Cacerola films, Mexico DF
Full Realistic Dummy of Nora (Lab)
Special make up of the dummy (Set)

BAJO LA SAL, by Mario Munoz
Peliculas Imaginarias Production and Warner Bros, Mexico DF.
Make Up Design by Alchimia FX,
Cadaveres, mummies and neck preosthetic

13 MIEDOS, serial TV
Lemon Films Production and Televisa, mexico DF
Make Up Design by Alchimia FX,
Special effects, dummies, prosthetics, hurts, burns, etc. (Lab)
Make up Artist (Set)

2006
APOCALYPTO, by Mel Gibson.
Airborne Production. Veracruz, Mexico.
Make up Design by Vittorio Sodano & Aldo Signoretti
In charge of Dental Department (Lab)
Make up Artist and Body Painting (Set)

THE KING IN YELLOW, PART I by David C. Fragale & Emiliano Guarnieri.
Indipendent production. Cremona, Italy.
Special Make up Effects, Props.

2005
BLACK DALIA, by Brian De Palma.
Signature Pictures Production.
Rocchetti & Sodano Make up, Roma, Italy.
Molds and Dummy of Dalia.

LA BESTIA NEL CUORE, by Cristina Comencini.
Cattleya / Rai Cinema Production.
Rocchetti & Sodano Make up, Roma, Italy.
Molds and Dummy of two children

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