Franco Alessandrini
Franco Alessandrini
813 Howard Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504)524-3872
francoalessandriniart@gmail.com
francoalessandriniart.com
francoalessandrini.org
Education
1963 Graduated from Instituto D’Arte, Art Institute of Florence, Italy. Studied Painting, Sculpture and the Ancient Technique of Fresco
Public Works
2022 Hands of Humanity, 7.5 foot sculpture of clasped hands, Sculpted in Travertine Marble, Touro Hospital, Prytania Entrance, New Orleans
2021 Egg, Installation, 3.5 tall fiberglass egg hanging from the Arco della Pesa, Sansepolcro, Italy
2018 Monument to the Latino Worker, 12 foot Bronze placed on 6 foot White Carrara Marble base, Crescent Park along Mississippi Riverfront, New Orleans
St. Pope John Paul II, Life-Size statue in White Carrara Marble, Placed in front of St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans
2017 Wild Bunch, Portrait of five of histories’ most wanted train robbers including Butch Cassidy, Cast in Bronze, Flatiron Building, Fort Worth, Texas
2014 Monument to the Veterans, Life Size Statue Cast in Bronze, Opelousas, Louisiana
2013 Monument to the Flag Throwers, 21 foot tall image of Flag Thrower cut from Corten steel, painted and placed in a rotunda, Wind driven rotation, Sansepolcro, Italy
2011 Il Barocciaio, Image of horse drawn cart and driver cut from Corten steel, placed in a rotunda, Santa Fiora, Sansepolcro, Italy
2009 Displaced, Installation of 30 foot Sailboat Installation on my studio roof, an original public art work commissioned by the Arts Council of New Orleans on behalf of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, on loan to the City of New Orleans (2009 – 2011)
2008 La Merlettaia, Honors the Women who maintain the Tradition of Lace Making, Life-Size Statue Cast in Bronze, Italy
Monument to Fr. Verbis LaFleur, Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, 16 feet tall, Opelousas, Louisiana
Garibaldi, Bronze Bust, Sansepolcro, Italy
2002 Panther Fountain, Sculpted in Black and Grey Marble, Hyde Park, Fort Worth, Texas
1999 Mayor Marc Morial, Bust in Bronze, Old City Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana
1995 Monument to the Immigrants, Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, 20 feet tall, Woldenberg Park on the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994 Monument to Luca Pacioli, Honoring the Anniversary of the Publication of his “Suma” in 1494, Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, 14 feet tall, Sansepolcro, Italy
1992 Monument to Christopher Columbus, Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, 14 feet tall and is set in a fountain, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Commissions
2021 Angel, Life-Size, Sculpted in White Carrara, Metairie Cemetery, Metairie Louisiana
2019 Second Line, Basso-Relief in White Carrara Marble, 31 X 49 inches, Private Collection, San Francisco, California
2017 Resurrection, Painting on Canvas, 60 X 80 inches, Private Collection, Sansepolcro, Italy
2015 Jazz, Basso Relief in White Carrara Marble, Private Collection, New Orleans
2014 Palio, Designed and Painted the Flag for Società Balestrieri Sansepolcro, Italy
2012 Bust of Industry Owner, Cast in Bronze, Sansepolcro, Italy
2011 Savas Corporation Mural, Painted on canvas measuring 6 feet by 12 feet, Sansepolcro, Italy
2010 St. John Neumann, Life-Size Statue in Fiberglass, St. Alphonsus Church, Baltimore, Maryland
2008 Blessed Seelos, Life-Size Statue Cast in Bronze, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts
Blessed Seelos, Life-Size Statue Sculpted in Marble, St. Theresa Church, Abbeville, Louisiana
2007 Chess pieces carved in wood, Derived from drawings of Leonardo DaVinci and Luca Pacioli, Introduced at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Murals painted for Entrance to the Flatiron Building, Downtown, Fort Worth, Texas
2006 Music is the Voice of Hope, Poster for the New Orleans Opera Association, First season after Hurricane Katrina
2004 Blessed Seelos, Life-Size Statue Casted in Bronze, seated on bench, St. Mary’s Church, Annapolis, Maryland and
St. Mary’s Church New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Blessed Seelos, Life-Size Statue Cast in Bronze, Pittsburgh, PA
Madonna with Child, Life Size Statue Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, Santa Maria Church, Sansepolcro, Italy
2002 Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Painted the Vaulted Ceiling of St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
2001 Blessed Seelos, Life Size Statue Cast in Bronze, Blessed Seelos Center , New Orleans, Louisiana
Blessed Seelos, Life Size Statue Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, Louisiana
2000 Saint Francis of Assisi, Life Size Statue Sculpted in White Carrara Marble Monte Casale Monastery, Italy
Fountain, Sculpted in Bardiglio Marble and Bronze, Aboca Herb Company (Tuscany), Italy
1999 5 Statues of Religious Women, Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, Louisiana
Crucifixion of Christ, Acrylic on Canvas, 9 feet by 5 feet Santa Maria Church – Melello – Sansepolcro, Italy
1998 Mardi Gras, Large Scale Murals, Le Meridien Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana
1992 Dr. Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil, Portrait in Bronze, Neurosurgeon of the Century
One Man Shows
2021 Cartoline dal Borgo, Exhibit of Paintings created in New Orleans while in COVID Lockdown, Franco Alessandrini Cultural Gallery, Sansepolcro, Italy
New Orleans, My Inspiration, Exhibit of Painting and Sculpture in Private Home, New Orleans
2019 Sgorbi, Paintings and Sculptures, Franco Alessandrini Cultural Association, Sansepolcro, Italy
Scorbi, Paintings and Sculptures, 811 Howard Avenue Gallery, New Orleans
2016 La Battaglia di Anghiari, Homage to Leonardo Da Vinci, Painting, Sculpture and Drawings, Piazza Grande, Arezzo, Italy
2015 Flowers, Paintings on display, Italian American Cultural Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
2014 Jazz, Drawings, Franco Alessandrini Cultural Association, Sansepolcro, Italy
Secondline, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 811 Howard Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2013 Nudes, Franco Alessandrini Cultural Association, Sansepolcro, Italy
2012 Picture ID, Large Scale Portraits, 811 Howard Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2011 Battaglia D’Anghiari, Homage to Leonardo Da Vinci” Exhibited Painting, Sculpture and Etchings, Anghiari, Italy
2009 Exhibit, Paintings and sculpture, Inter Continental Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
2007 For the Love of Our City, Exhibit of Graphic Work, “The Signs of Fort Worth”, Fort Worth, Texas
Gli Sacchi di Luca Pacioli, Exhibited Chess Pieces Sculpted in Wood, Derived from the drawings of Luca Pacioli and Leonardo DaVinci, Uffizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy
2005 Nudes, 811 Howard Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004 An Artist and His City, Retrospective show of paintings and sculpture, Sansepolcro, Italy
1997 Exhibited Paintings, Palazzo Inghirami – Sansepolcro, Italy
Exhibited Paintings, 811 Howard Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Exhibited Paintings, Festival of Nations, Citta di Castello, Italy
Group Shows
2022 La Giostra Poetic, Corso Italia, Arezzo, Italy
2007 Il Ritratto, Show of Self Portraits, Gallery La Loggia, Sansepolcro, Italy
2005 Collective Show of 30 Artists, Sponsored by the Franco Alessandrini Cultural Association, Ferruccio Borchiellini Convention Center, Sansepolcro, Italy
2004 Fifth Biennale International Show of Sacred Art, Spain, France and Italy
Awards
2017 American Heritage Award, American Immigration Council
2016 Vessillo Piero della Francesca (Banner of Piero della Francesca), Awarded by the Sbandieratori (Flag Bearers) of Sansepolcro, Italy
2002 Man of the Year, Arts and Entertainment Award, Inducted to the Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame
1984 Artist in Residence of the Italian Village, Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana
Published
2019 Sansepolcro, Coffee Table volume of many of my paintings spied by by hometown of Sansepolcro, Italy as well as Public Sculptures
2018 New Orleans, Coffee Table volume of many of my paintings inspired by New Orleans as well as Public Sculptures
2012 Franco Alessandrini: Half a Century of Painting, Sculpting and Graphic Works, Catalogue of my life’s work