Zino Zino

Teramo, 1973


Zino, pseudonym of Luigi Franchi, was born in Teramo in 1973. In the nineties he studied art history at the University of Bologna and graduated with a thesis on Francis Bacon and began a path in the contemporary art world, collaborating with some artists from the from the ex-pastificio di Roma. Back in Abruzzo, at the end of the millennium he helped realize various installations for artistic events in the region (FuoriUso, Trasalimenti) before embarking on a parallel path in art restoration, graduating in 2003 at the Palazzo Spinelli in Florence. Since 2004 he teaches, restores art works, cuts, pastes, writes, plays music and collaborates with the cultural life of the city.