About
Francesco Filippelli is a painter and chemist born in Naples in 1993, of Calabrian origins. From an early age, he demonstrated an expressive attraction toward the visual arts, which found full expression when, at 14, he studied under the painter Francesca Strino. At 18, he became aware of the illusory evanescence of perceived reality, and driven by the desire to free himself from this nihilistic anguish, he began studying the material universe, enrolling in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Naples Federico II. Since 2010, he has participated in several group exhibitions throughout Italy. In 2018, he held his first solo exhibition at Palazzo Venezia in Naples.
In 2020, he exhibited at the PAN (Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli) with a solo exhibition titled “I 7 Mari” (The seven Seas). His works have appeared in several contemporary art magazines and in several art catalogs edited by Professor V. Sgarbi.
Also in 2020, while visiting the Sansevero Chapel, observing the portrait of Prince Raimondo di Sangro, he grasped the alchemical secret to the transformation of paintings. He would work on this for the next three years, perfecting the “Temporama Alchemico” technique and creating the first six transformation portraits.
Francesco currently combines his work as a painter with that of a professor of mathematics and science at the IC Darmon Institute in Marano (Naples). Besides his obsession with painting, he is also passionate about quantum physics, maritime art, and tobacco.