Francesco Gioia is an Italian artist born in 1991, currently living and working in London. Through photography and collage, he creates a visual language suspended between dream and memory. His approach is one of silent dialogue with images—a true deconstruction that reveals surreal realities and new perceptual possibilities.

Influenced by the avant-garde, surrealism, and Bauhaus studies, Gioia explores the boundary between object and subject, tradition and modernity, constructing compositions that challenge conventional perception. His works, recognized internationally and published in outlets such as The Guardian and The Washington Post, have been exhibited across Europe, the United States, and Africa.

His latest series, Stelle Filanti, is an exploration of the narrative potential of fragmentation. Comprising ten selected pieces from a broader body of 150 collages, the series transforms the process of deconstruction and reconstruction into an exercise in visual and conceptual exploration. The title evokes the lightness and unpredictability of stelle filanti—thin, colorful streamers that float through the air before settling in unexpected forms. Similarly, Gioia’s collages defy linear narrative structures, playing with color, form, and overlapping elements to create images that seem to emerge directly from the subconscious.

A sense of constant transformation runs through his compositions: fragments of existing images are disassembled and reassembled in unexpected ways, giving life to new visual stories. The viewer is invited to question their own perception, engaging in a play of illusions and elusive meanings that reflect the fragmented nature of memory and contemporary experience.

With Stelle Filanti, Francesco Gioia continues his path of experimentation, demonstrating how collage can be not only an act of rupture but also a means to build new realities, made of unexpected connections and unprecedented visions.