Fiorenza Gorini

Fiorenza Gorini was born and raised in Milan, Italy, and started her professional artistic career in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2008, perfecting a variety of techniques and subjects in college and then with local and national mentors.

Her interest has been drawn mostly to the human figure. Her literature research background has strongly influenced her story-telling themes, often referencing elements of western culture and myths, where women are central characters.

Figure painting has allowed her to experiment over time different stylistic approaches, “moving freely from a more representational style to a more abstract direction and vice-versa, simply following the inspiration of the moment”.

Along with the narrative thread, she draws her attention on geometric abstraction and synthesis, as she focuses her creative process on design and color mixing, but also enjoys the unpredictable results of unplanned and spontaneous production of organic shapes: “behind the creative process I always feel a sense of mystery and excitement”.

Her most recent work has been displayed at the De Young Museum of San Francisco CA, at the Triton Museum of Art of Santa Clara CA, and exhibited in two solo shows: “Perspectives | the human figure” at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto CA, and "Find Her Between the Lines" at Hadadi Fine Art, San Francisco CA.

Fiorenza Gorini was born and raised in Milan, Italy, where she graduated in language arts with a research thesis on the woman-animal metamorphosis in French literature. She worked as a French Literature teacher before moving to San Francisco Bay Area in 2006. In 2008 she began her professional artistic career.

2012-2021
Online Figurative Painting with Sabra Awlad Issa
Mentoring program with Martin Campos
Various classes and workshops with local mentors in San Francisco Bay Area
Portrait Painting, Plein Air Painting with Raymond Mendieta
Sculpture with Eric Saint Georges

2009-2012
Figurative Painting/Drawing with Jim Smyth
Plein Air Painting with Brigitte Court

2007-2009
De Anza College – Visual Arts and Design Courses in Art History, Drawing and Painting

2024
Hadadi Fine Art, San Francisco solo exhibition "Find Her Between the Lines"
Triton Museum of Art “Statewide 2D Art Competition & Exhibition”

2023
De Young Museum San Francisco "The De Young Open 2023"
Triton Museum of Art “Statewide 2D Art Competition & Exhibition”
Pacific Art League solo exhibition: “Perspectives | the human figure”

2022
Blue Line Arts Gallery “Crocker Kingsley National Art Competition”
San Francisco Women Artists “Capture the moment”
Pacific Art League “100th Anniversary Exhibition”
“Ode to California”
Palo Alto Art Center “Restart”
Triton Museum of Art “Statewide 2D Art Competition & Exhibition”
International Salsa Magazine Cover - editions # 124-133

2021
San Diego Museum of Art “Artists Guild Summer Exhibition”
Triton Museum of Art “Statewide 2D Art Competition & Exhibition”
Exhibizone “Spring”
Healdsburg Center for the Arts “Unprecedented”

Fiorenza was mentored for many years by impressionist California painters Brigitte Court, Jim Smyth and Raymond Mendieta. She then became more interested in semi-abstract figurative art and, after some experience with artists Martin Campos, Melinda Cootsona and Sabra Awlad Issa, she started developing her own style.

abstract figurative, impressionist, semi-abstract, conceptual, women, figure