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Francesco Perini was born in San Giovanni Valdarno, just outside of Florence, in 1966, in a territory deeply rooted in the noble Tuscan tradition of craftsmanship. Inspired by his family legacy, highly skilled practitioners in the art of marquetry, and fuelled by admiration for the rich trove of Florentine craftsmanship, from a very early age Perini sought to engage with and simultaneously advance the grand tradition of Italian art to assert his own role within the discourse while creating an unmistakably contemporary aesthetic.

In recent years Perini has devoted himself to the creation of exceptional pieces, entirely unparalleled in style and significance and unique in their unrivalled synthesis of the most valuable materials. Perini sees his creations as “creatures”, animated beings that breath, evolve and are transformed, where the finest wood encounters stone, obsidian, marble, iron and glass. The “creatures” of Francesco Perini are figures of the imagination, pursuing desires, dreams and fantasies, like scenes from a theatre of the emotions.

Secluded in his atelier, nestled in the swirling curves of the Chianti and Valdarno valley, a landscape of unspoiled beauty and silent contemplation, where shady forests of prized chestnut and beech-tree encounter natural rock formations, the artist works en plein air, as if trying to encapsulate the intimacy of his creations through the prism of those 20th century masters who inspire him the most.

In 2022, Perini recieved the Contemporary Design Award form the judging panel at PAD London, for the work Casamona.