Francesco Elisei

Francesco Elisei is the Italian co-curator of the Grenada Pavilion.

Francesco Elisei (b. 1974) independent curator specialized in contemporary art history at the University La Sapienza of Rome, and has curated exhibitions in Italy, New York, Tokyo, Osaka, Toronto. He has written numerous essays and published several catalogs national and international. In 2007 he started in the Venice Biennale curatorial path, taking care of the Moldovan Pavilion 52th Venice Biennale. In 2009 he edited the pavilion "Nature and Dreams" IILA / Costa Rica to 53 Bi-ennale of Venice. In 2011 he edited the pavilion of the Republic of Costa Rica to the 54th Venice Biennale and in 2013 in the 55th Venice Biennale he oversaw the pavilion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and the Republic of Costa Rica. He organized the collateral event Back to Back of the Biennial dedicated to the world of writing and street art. In 2015, for the 56th Biennale di Venezia, he has been appointed to ensure the pavilion of Grenada.