Francesca Cugno was born in Sicily in 1997 and she has lived in Pachino, one of the southernmost cities in Sicily, until she was nineteen. She then moved to Milan to pursue her studies, where she graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in New Technologies of Art. Now she lives and works in Turin,(Italy)and she attends MA photography at ISIA in Urbino. Her photographic path currently develops into two main topics: the memory and traditions linked to the territory and how they change and the image itself, the power and manipulation of new forms of reading. In 2021 she participated in the “Archivio Atena” exhibition and residence and in “Un’idea di paese” exhibition in Sarzana. She was included in the young talents section of “Il Fotografo” number 333.

Exhibition
2024 Phmuseum, Spazio Bianco, Bologna, IT
2024 Other Spaces, PEP, Berlin
2023 Student exibition, Noordrlichphotography, Groningen
2023 Premio Raccont’Arti, Castelfiorentino
2023 Più a Sud di così è impossibile, Catania, IT
2022 Prospettive dinamiche di Portopalo, Catania, IT
2021 Un'idea di Paese. Sarzana, IT
2021 Archivio Atena-Fatto di fotografie e altri sguardi,Atena Lucana, IT
2018 Circostanze, Accedemia di Brera, Milano, IT

Residence
2021 Archivio Atena, Atena Lucana, IT

Publications
2024 Other Spaces n15 PEP
2024 Fotograf n 46
2023 Food, Dito publishing
2023 Gup Magazine, Fresh Eyes Talent
2022 Perimetro Naturale
2022 Il Fotografo N 333
2021 Catalogo Archivio Atena- Fatto di Fotografie e altri sguardi


Awards
2024 Portfolio shortlisted call “Urbanautica institute awards 2023”
2023 Shortlist Premio Raccont’arti
2023 Gup, Fresh Eyes Talent
2022 Portfolio shortlisted call “Urbanautica institute awards 2022”, Urbanautica
2022 Porfolio shortlisted call “Harmony with Ragusa Photo festival 2022“ , Urbanautica
2021 Portfolio shortlisted call “Urbanautica institute awards 2021”, Urbanautica