Franko B è un artista che lavora sull’immagine, attivo anche nella performance. Nato a Milano, vive a Londra dal 1979. Ha realizzato molte mostre e performance, alla Tate Modern, all’ICA, alla South London Gallery e al PAC di Milano. Ha presentato il suo lavoro a Mosca, Ginevra, Zagabria, Città del Messico, Milano, Amsterdam, Anversa, Copenhagen, Madrid e Vienna. Sono state pubblicate quattro monografie sul suo lavoro e la più recente è I Still Love (FAM, Motta Editore, 2010). Tra le sue mostre recenti: Reading Franko B: Moments in Love, University of Bristol (2013); Someone to Love, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster (2011); I Still Love, PAC, Milano (2010) e The Nunnery Gallery, London (2011); Love in Times of Pain, Globe Gallery, Newcastle (2009); Posizione e Deposizione, Galleria Pack, Milano (2008); The Golden Age, LipanjePuntin Arte Contemporanea, Roma (2008). La sua ultima performance, Because of Love sarà in scena nel Regno Unito fino a tutto il 2014. Dal 2009 è professore incaricato di scultura all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata, ed è visiting lecturer presso il Royal College of Art di Londra e presso altre istituzioni internazionali. Vive e lavora a Londra.
 
Franko B is a visual artist who also works with performance. He was born in Milan and has lived in London since 1979. He has exhibited and performed widely, including at Tate Modern, ICA, South London Gallery and PAC, Milan, and has presented work internationally, in Moscow, Geneva, Zagreb, Mexico city, Milan, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Madrid and Vienna. He has been the subject of four monographs, most recently, I Still Love (Ed. FAM, Motta Editore, 2010). His recent exhibitions include Reading Franko B: Moments in Love, University of Bristol (2013); Someone to Love, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster (2011); I Still Love, PAC, Milan (2010) and The Nunnery Gallery, London (2011); Love in Times of Pain, Globe Gallery, Newcastle (2009); Posizione e Deposizione, Galleria Pack, Milan (2008); The Golden Age, LipanjePuntin Arte Contemporanea, Rome (2008), and his latest performance, Because of Love is touring the UK throughout 2013/14. In 2009, he was appointed professor of sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata, Italy, and he is a visiting lecturer at The Royal college of Art, London and other institutions internationally. He lives and works in London.