BIO /
Francis Crisafio was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. and studied painting and printmaking at Carnegie Mellon University. A self-taught photographer, Mr. Crisafio tends to work on long-term, narrative projects focusing on identity and memory.
The work has been included in group and solo exhibitions across the United States and in Europe
His projects have been curated/juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Aline Smithson, Christopher Rauschenberg / Bluesky Gallery; Reto Thuring /Curator of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Museum of Art; Jose Diaz / Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum; Lisa Sutcliffe / Curator of Photography, Milwaukee Art Museum; Malcolm Daniel / Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Rebecca Senf / Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ; Kathy Ryan / New York Times Magazine amongst others.
Crisafio was a LensCulture Exposure Awards Finalist, 2015; a Semifinalist in The Print Center’s 87th, 90th and 93rd ANNUAL International Competition, 2013, 2015 and 2018; a Fellow at the Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, 2017; and a Finalist for Exposure at Photographic Resource Center, Boston, 2018. He has been reviewed in Artscope Magazine, The Boston Globe, Feature Shoot, Hyperallergic, Lenscratch, A Photo Editor, Pittsburgh City Paper and Slate Magazine.
His work is included in the permanent collection of Carnegie Mellon University, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ and in private collections.
He resides and works in Pittsburgh, PA.
