Francesco Fidani
He's an illustrator and graphic designer based in Rome. He graduated at ISIA Urbino and now teaching at ISIA Roma. He works with still, moving and three dimensional images for publishing, commercial and performance.
He's a founder of the project Tothem Tour, a travelling workshop format that aims to communicate the identity of the territory through cutting and printing technique as public performances.
PERFORMANCES
2020
• Microfestival, "The Big Game", scenographer - Udine, Italy
2019
• Diabetis Changing Cities , live painting for NovoNordisk - Rome, Italy
• Rome Marathon, live painting - Rome, Italy
• Birba chi legge, live printing - Assisi, Italy
• Microfestival, acting & live printing - Udine, Italy
2018
• Cascina Sound Festival, live printing - Zané (VI), Italy
• ReggioNarra, live printing - Reggio Emilia, Italy
• FestInVal, live printing - Tramonti Di sotto (PN), Italy
• Children’s Book Fair, live printing for ISIA Stand - Bologna, Italy
• Ottimomassimo Bookshop, live printing - Rome, Italy
• Il Paese dei Libri, live printing - Montescaglioso (MT), Italy
• Urbino Città del Libro , live printing - Urbino, Italy
TEACHING & WORKSHOP
2019
• Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño Gran Canaria, illustration workshop - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
• ISIA Roma, tutor at Design Week Experience - Rome, Italy
2020 — 2018
• ISIA Roma, assistant at photography studio - Rome, Italy
2018
• Lo Spazio , linocut workshop for Tatanka Journal - Verona, Italy
2017
• ISIA, linocut workshop - Faenza, Italy
CREDITS
2020
•Selected on ANNUAL, Autori di Immagini Catalogue, - Milan, Italy
2019
•Tapirulan Contest_SUPER, 1st prize - Cremona, Italy
2018
• Termini di Identità, 1st prize - Rome, Italy
2017
• That’s a Mole, selected illustration - Turin, Italy
• Racconti Notturni, Goethe-Institut Rom, selected illustrations - Bologna, Italy
FAIRS
2018
• Crack, Fumetti Dirompenti - Rome, Italy
• Wave Market Fair - Rome, Italy
EDUCATION
2014 — 2017
• ISIA Urbino, MA in Illustration - Urbino, Italy
2012 — 2013
(6 months)
• FH Mainz, Erasmus exchange - Mainz, Germany
2010 — 2013
• ISIA Roma, BA in Industrial Design - Rome, Italy
2005 — 2010
• Art School, A. Caravillani - Rome, Italy
COLLABORATIONS
• TomoTomo - Milan, Italy
• Intorno Studio - Rome, Italy
• Moo Comunicazione - Rome, Italy
• Roma ID - Rome, Italy
• Loescher D’anna Publisher - Turin, Italy
• Ottimomassimo Bookshop - Rome, Italy
• Contatto Gallery - Rome, Italy
• Museo di Trastevere - Rome, Italy
• BEKKO - Udine, Italy