My work is defined by the fusion of mixed anatomies and forms. I blend human faces and bodies with various textures, skins, and elements, creating hybrid beings. Through an aesthetic that balances the classical with the surreal, I explore themes of transformation, belonging, self-perception, adaptability, stereotypes, and categorization. I seek to find the delicate boundary that separates personal identity from social conventions, sanity from madness, and examine the contrasts between perception and reality.

The figures in my work offer a glimpse into the internal world and the struggle to contain the uncontainable. Each character, isolated in an intimate and surreal dimension, reflects on the identity of misfits and the multifaceted nature of existence.

As an artist, my primary objective is to communicate and inspire a different way of feeling and thinking. I often use sculpture as my medium because it provides a sense of solidity that contrasts with the fleeting nature of thoughts and emotions. Sculpture has the power to solidify and crystallize these transient feelings into a permanent and lasting form, serving as a perfect medium to confront doubts about reality and self.

Biography

Francesca Dalla Benetta, an Italian artist based in Mexico, studied at the Academy of Arts in Milan. Since 2004, she has worked in special effects and sculpture for the film industry, where she honed her modeling techniques, which she later incorporated into her personal artistic practice.

Francesca moved to Mexico in 2006 while working on Mel Gibson's film Apocalypto and decided to stay for professional reasons. The surrealist atmosphere of life in Mexico, combined with her love for cinema and fantasy literature, has profoundly influenced her style and conceptual approach. Her work delves into fantastic anatomy, dreams, self-identity, transformation, spiritual evolution, the sense of belonging, loneliness, and the connections between humans, the cosmos, and the divine.

Throughout her career, Francesca has held 15 solo exhibitions at prestigious venues such as Galeria Oscar Román, Fundación Sebastián, Galeria de la Universidad Iberoamericana, Espacio y Lugar, Aguafuerte, and Galeria Málaga. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in Mexico and Italy, including at Galeria Corsica and Ex Teresa. Her work has been featured in specialized art publications like Horizontum, Scenario, La Razón, Milenio Diario, El Universal, and Distrito Global, as well as on various cultural radio and television programs, including Milenio TV, Channel 22, Channel Once, El Matutino TV, and El Financiero TV.

In addition to her artistic pursuits, Francesca has dedicated herself to teaching plastic arts and character design. For the past nine years, she has trained new talents in the artistic and cinematographic fields, nurturing the next generation of creators.