Anneli Di Francis (Rissa) * 1965
STUDIES
The College of Arts and Crafts, Tervola
Kari Bugge-Gjerstad, Ekehovd, Norge
Studio Amfora, Seinäjoki
EXHIBITIONS (Some)
2022 Poetry of your art, international art project, Monte do Malhao, Algarve, Portugal, (12.3.-12.4.2022)
2021 Art Expo New York, Pier 36 Lower East Side, NY, USA (28-31.10.2021)
2021 Beyond the Borders, Fantapia M. art museum, Gang Neung, Gang Won-Do,Republic of Korea (1.10.2021-30.11.2021)
2021 Canvases and brushes, Galleria La Pigna, Rome, Italy, (3 - 10.9.2021)
2021 Another day in paradise, SPAZIO SV Centro Espositivo San Vidal, Venice, Italy, (14. - 25.8.2021) 2021 Montecosaro City prize, Montecosaro, Italy, (11-31.7.2021)
2021 ArtBox Project Barcelona I, ArtBox Projects, Valid World Hall gallery, Carrer de Buenaventura Muñoz, 6, Barcelona, Spain. (2.5-7.5. 2021)
2020 ArtBox Zurich II, Swiss ArtExpo, Zurich, Swizerland (20-24.8.2020)
2020 Across the River, Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, South Korea, (1.5.-7.5.2020
2020 ArtQuake Istanbul, Tan Evi Kültür Avlusu, Istanbul, Turkey, (18.4. – 2.5.2020)
2019 Museums Exhange New York – Torino, Museo MIIT, Corso Cairoli 4, Torino, Italy (27.9.- 12.10.2019)
2019 Erotica, ArteBo gallery, Bologna, Italy (21.9.-13.10.2019)
2019 Hallo Budapest!, Hungarian Agricultural Museum library, Hungary (14.9.-28.9.2019)
2019 ArtBox Screen, ArBox gallery, Giessereistrasse 1, Zürich, Swizerland, (1.9.- 31.10.2019)
2019 The art and the time, AccorsiArte galleria, Calle dei Forni 2265 Castello Venezia, Italy (31.8.-14.9.2019)
2019 ArtBox.Project Zürich I, Swiss Art Expo, Zürich,Zwizerland (15.-19.8.2019)
2019 Artquake, Niğde Artgallery, Niğde, Turkey, (13.-28.7.2019)
2019 Montecosaro city prize 8, Teatro delle Logge, Montecosaro, Italy (30.6.-20.7.2019)
2019 International symposium, MuMi, Museo Michetti Francavilla al Mare, Italy (27.4.-12.5.2019)
2019 Muutos/Förändring, Pietarsaari City museum’s Tupakkamakasiini, Pietarsaari, Finland (17.1.-2.3.2019)
2019 International artists’s work in Big Apple, Wision art Media in Artosino gallery, b/t 7th Ave & 8th Ave Midtown West, New York, USA, (18.1.-18.2.2019)
2019 Aikajana, solo exhibition, Varikkogalleria, Seinäjoki, Finland (1.12.-23.12.2018)
2019 Muutos/Förändring, Pietarsaari City museum’s Tupakkamakasiini, Pietarsaari, Finland (17.1.-2.3.2019)
2018 2nd Triennale di Venezia, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venezia, Italy (29.9.-29.12.2018)
2018 Love and Inspiration, Haegaumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea, (1.9. – 30.10.2018)
2018 Gabrio and Friends, Fondazione Franceschetti & Di Cola, via Cavallotti 13, (19.5-3.6.2018)
2018 Visible poetry connecting the world, Hanam Culture and Art Center, Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (28.3. – 8.4.2018)
2018 Self portraits, KunstSalon Kasteel Daelenbroeck, Herkenbosch, Netherlands, (1.3.-1.6.2018)
2018 Draw Enviroment with Art, Sichuan culture foundation, Sacheon City, South Korea (5.1-28.1.2018)
2017 3rd International Environment Exhibition, Hawin gallery, Yeosu, South Korea (26.10. -8.11.2017)
2017 The earth I love, Haegaumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea, (1.9.-30.10.2017)
2017 International exhibition art, Museo Constantino Barbella, Chieti, Italy (15.9. – 30.9)
2017 Grenzenlose Wege der Kunst, Schloss Eulenbroich GmbH, Rösrath, Germany (11.8.-30.9.2017)
2017 International exhibition, Human Genius, Ex aurum, Pescara, Italy (24-31.7.2017)
2017 PERSPECTIVES, Fortress of Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, (8.7.-3.9.2017)
2017 International exhibition, ex Art Institution Juana Romani, Velletri, Rooma, Italy, (17 - 24.6.2017)
2017 Biennale Peschiera del Garda, Peschiera del Garda, Italia (by official invitation, (31.3. – 3.4.2017), sponsored by Seinäjoki city department of culture
2017 My Fukushima, House of culture Ivan Mazov-Klime in Kavadarci, Makedonia (20-30.1.2017)
2017 V e r b o n d e n h e i d en H o o p / Solidarity and Hope, Cultureel Centrum Achterolmen, Maaseik, Belgium (13.1. – 20.2.2017)
2017 Bononia docet et S.Maria in Punta lumina, Fondazione Franceschetti & Di Cola, Adria, Italy (4.1.-15.1.2017) guest artist
2016 Portrait exhibition, Kunstforum Arabellapark, Münich, Germany (18.11-13.1.2017)
2016 Erotica, Artebo, Bologna, Italy (24.9 – 7.10.2016) guest artist
2016 My Fukushima, Gallery KO-RA, House of Culture Koco Racin, Skopje, Makedonia (15 -30.9 2016)
2016 Salon d’Art contemporain International, l’Abbaye, Baume les Dames, France (19.8-29.8.2016) guest artist
2016 Our Fukushima, National Institution Museum – Kumanovo, Kumanovo, Makedonia (1.-30.8.2016)
2016 Italy in June, ArteBo galleria, Via S. Pertonio Vecchio, 8/A, Bologna, Italy (4.6.-18.6.2016)
2016 People and East Art, Cultural and Cinematic Complex of Dezful, Iran (6.5. – 15.5.2016)
2016 People and East Art, museum of contemporary art of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran, (14.4.-28.4.2016)
2016 East Meet West - Art is Closing a Gap, Yegip Art Museum, Gunsan Yegip, South Korea, (14.1.-29.1.2016)
2016 The 1st International Environment Traveling Exhibition, SIMA, Suwon, South Korea (5.1.-10.1.2016)
2015 Dream Art, Dali Museum Berlin, Leipziger Platz 7, Germany (18.9. – 20.9.2015)
2015 Beyond Borders-Yli Rajojen, Seinäjoen taidehalli, Seinäjoki, Finland (12.9. - 11.10.2015) (curator and organizer)
2015 Rendevous between East and West – Closer to Each Other by Arts, Haegaumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea, (17.8. -30.9.2015)
2015 Sinestesia, Spazio46 Palazzo Dugale, Genova, Italy
2015 Ketekende selfies expo, De School Hillegom, Nederland
2015 We are in art, Cripty Gallery, St Pancras Church, London, UK ( 1.3-8.3)
2015 Incontro con i sentimenti, Coronari111 Art Gallery, Via Dei coronari 111, Roma, Italy ( 28.2.-14.3.)
2015 Affinitá e Contrasti, Art Studio, Venice, Italy
2014 Minha Fukushima, Mercado Municipal de Faro, Faro, Portugal
2014 Kunst&Kultur in Staatz, Staatz, Austria (guest artist)
2014 Erotica, ArteBo galleria, Bologna, Italy
2014 Athens Art International Arts Exhibition, Gallery "Lichtraum Eins" Paul & Sonia Siblik, Vienna, Austria
2014 Pop UP, Gallery Artika, Helsinki, FInland
2014 Surreale, ArteBo galleria, Bologna, Italy (24.5-7.6)
2014 Contemporanea, Art Studio, Venice, Italy (17.5-27.5)
2014 Mein Fukushima, Die Färberei, Munich, Germany (30.4-11.5)
2014 Art Monaco, Grimaldi forum, Monaco (24-27.4.2014)
2014 Elements of Nature, DomakgAteliers Halle 50, Munich, Germany
2013 Erotica, ArteBo galleria, Bologna, Italy
2013 Olemme Tässä, Varikkogalleria, Seinäjoki, Finland
2013 Art Time 3, Studio Arte Carapostol, Venezia, Italy
2013 Dreams, Ca' Zanardi, Venezia, Italy
2013 Uba Art Festival, Uba, Minas Gerais, Brasil
2013 The Story of the Creative, See.Me Exhibition Space, 26 - 19 Jackson Avenue, Long Island NY, USA
2013 Gli Artisti di ArteBo 4^ editzione, ArteBo galleria, Bologna, Italy
2013 La Setta Degli Artisti, Coronari111 Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
2013 London Art Biennale, United Kingdom
2012 Universal Sapience, Goethe Institut, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2012 Vallilan kirjasto, Hesinki, Finland
2011 LuminArte gallery, International Biennale Artists, Dallas Tx, USA
2011 Prints for peace-Grabados por la paz, Monterrey, México
2011 Izmir Biennale, Izmir, Turkey (guest artist)
2011 Vienna Travel gallery, AthensArt philanthropic exhibition
2011 Taidekeskus Harri, Alavus, Finland
2010 Gallery Killin Kalleria, Killinkoski, Finland
2010 Gallery Artsi, Siilinjärvi, Finland
2010 Eternal Eve, Old Jaffa Museum of Antiquities, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2009 Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki Graphic Art Association, Finland
2009 Biennale of Chianciano, Chianciano Art Museum, Italy
2009 Varikko Gallery, EIGHT,Finland
2008 Lapua Art Museum, Lapua, Finland
2008 Seinäjoki Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland
2007 Varikko Gallery, miniature exhibition, Finland
2007 Gallery Spectra, Kristiinankaupunki, Finland
2006 Seinäjoki Art Hall, View of Ostrobothnian Art, Finland
2005 Gallery Myötätuuli, Raahe, Finland
2005 Portait Gallery, Pori, Finland
2005 House of Art, Kauhava, Finland
2005 Varikko Gallery, Seinäjoki, Finland
2005 Tupakkamakasiini, Museum of Pietarsaari, Finland
2004 Ahjo Gallery, Joensuu, Finland
2004 House of Art, Järvenpää, Finland
TEACHING
Louhimo, Art clubs for school children, Seinäjoki 2017 - 2019
Seinäjoki community education centre, courses in ceramics
2003 - 2024, in drawing 2007, art for seniors 2014-2015
Oiva, art school for children, ceramics workshop 2007, 2009 - 2022, 2023-2024 basic art education for small children 2014 - 2019
Seinäjoki community culture department, ceramics workshop
for day care children 2006 – 2007
MEMBERSHIPS
Art Nations till 2018
Peace and Art Society
Ostrobothnian artists assosiation /SKJL
IN COLLECTIONS
Fantapia M, Chan Kil-Hwan Art Museum, Gang Neung, Gan Won Do, South Korea
Incheon Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
Seinäjoki community art collection
Raahe community art collection
Janita co art collection
Kuortane library art collection
Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea
private collections in Finland and abroads
GRANTS
Seinäjoki cultural department , 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017,for Biennale Peschiera del Garda, 2017 artist grant, 2020,2022
2018 for 2nd Triennale di Venezia
Finnish Cultural Foundation South Ostrobothnia regional fund, 2009
AWARDS
2021 “Cuore di Donna” International Award, Roma 2021
2021 Attestato di Merito Artistico, X simposio internazionale, città di Francavilla al Mare
2021 Premio citta’ di Montecosaro 10^editzione, diploma di merito, Premio Speciale della Giuria
2020 Hororable Mention Award for “Days to come”, CFA Artist of the Year 2019
2019 Premio citta' di Montecosaro, diploma di merito, Premio Speciale della Critica
2017 Premio Internazionale Arte Milano, Special prize, New International Artistic Realities
2015 Certificate of excellence 12th contest on artavita.com for "The Red Hat"
2014 ArtNations official calendar 2015, October for "Going Home"
2014 www.artavita.com Art Contest Honourable Mention
London Art Biennale 2013, Honourable Mention for Artistic Merit
IN PUBLICATIONS
Colosseum Csoport, Hungary 2021
Reviews - refllectuions, illuminations and Reminiscentions, Violeta Kalikj, Galleria Kora, Skopje, 2021
International contemporay masters vol. 11, WWAB, 2016
Arte Collezionismo 2016
2015 Effetto Arte, Anno 5 numero 5, Artista per l' Unisef
Art Tour International: ATIM'S Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art 2015
World Important Artists, WWAB 2013