LIMITED EDITION 12
SIGNED, SERIAL NUMBER AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
COMMEDIA COLLECTION
YEAR 2023
BLACK OAK
| IN | H | 29.1 | W | 118.1 | D | 47.2 | ||
| CM | H | 74 | W | 300 | D | 120 |
MADE IN FRANCE
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Francesco Balzano
Born Paris, France, 1979
An artist based in Paris, Balzano creates minimal, absolute, and timeless furniture, objects, and interiors. He seeks to uncover emotional resonance in the dialogue between shape and material, and to reveal the poetry in the relationship between scale, light, and space. Balzano’s aesthetic vocabulary draws inspiration from the timeless beauty of Venice, Rome, and Florence, where he spent much of his childhood
Guided by the principle that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Balzano’s work combines noble materials, purity of line, and hyper-detailed architectural references with everyday functionality. With a sense of exquisite tension—between classical forms and contemporary ingenuity, serene nature and innovative urbanity, timeliness and timelessness—his work holds an enigmatic complexity within a deceptively simple aesthetic, inviting the viewer to discover personal and multifaceted meanings
Dedicated to the highest level of craftsmanship that stands the test of time, Balzano works closely with master artisans at Atelier Saint-Jacques and La Societe STRS to create each exquisite work. In strictly limited edition, signed, and numbered, Balzano’s finest collections are available exclusively at STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN
After studying architecture and design at Penninghen, Balzano joined the famed studio of Joseph Dirand, working on prestigious projects around the world. In 2018 he opened his eponymous atelier and started designing custom and limited editions of furniture, while continuing his work as an interior designer for private clients at After Bach, which he founded in 2020. In 2023, he created the photographic collective Sogno Studio, an experimental project on contemporary photographic dialogues. In 2024, he launched Sattio Studio, a new collaborative project in unique and resolutely contemporary furniture, where he serves as artistic director
Balzano’s debut New York solo exhibition, Inizio, opened at STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN New York in 2024. An investigation of the origin of things, Inizio comprises two series of works that epitomize the artist’s values and vision: rooted in simplicity, craftsmanship, and the use of exceptional materials, they are meditative and playful explorations of intimacy and monumentality. In 2025, Balzano was awarded a prestigious residency at the Villa Médici with the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
Commedia COLLECTION
The commedia collection by balzano is a subtle and ingenious exploration of the artist’s signature interest in the interplay between the classical and the contemporary. Paying homage to greco-roman antiquity, the collection is stark, sleek, and boldly geometric. Named for and Recalling the masks of the italian theatrical practice of commedia dell’arte, each work invites us to imbue it with our own interpretation
Like the famous masks, these works are vessels that allow reflection on the drama and comedy of everyday life. Dark and elegiac, the commedia collection is also playful, toying with the viewer’s sense of perspective and dimensionality, raising questions about reality, pretense, and the construction of meaning. Each work is a stage for the viewer to fill with expressivity and vivacity
Meticulously crafted in sumptuous black oak by fine artisans in france, each work in the collection is in a strictly limited edition of twelve and is signed by the artist. With its singular vision and flawless execution, the commedia collection is a bravura display of balzano’s ability to interpret history with both intellect and emotion to bespeak something ineffable about contemporary life
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