ARTIST
FRANCESCO MAZZI
Founder & Artist | MAZZI FINE ART
Francesco Mazzi is an Italian artist and the founder of the luxury fine art brand MAZZI FINE ART. Through his proprietary artistic techniques, he has established a unique visual language that transcends the traditional boundaries between painting, sculpture, light, and metal craftsmanship.
Before dedicating himself entirely to art, Francesco Mazzi served for ten years as Executive Chef of Armani Japan, overseeing the brand’s culinary operations throughout the country. This experience profoundly shaped his approach to creativity, precision, balance, materials, and the development of his distinctive “Recipes of Color.”
Developed through years of research, his exclusive creative process combines original material formulations with sculptural expressions such as Bas-Relief and his signature 3D Push-Up Frame, resulting in artworks that possess the presence of luminous sculptures rather than conventional paintings. This highly sophisticated technique remains an exclusive trade secret known only to Francesco Mazzi and cannot be replicated.
Each artwork is created from a unique “Recipe of Color,” meticulously designed to unite oil pigments with metallic elements. The result is an extraordinary depth, radiance, and sense of life that cannot be achieved through conventional artistic methods. In recognition of this pioneering research and artistic innovation, Francesco Mazzi has been praised by the Undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Culture as “The Goldsmith of Painting” and “A Master of Miniature Art Distinguished by Exceptional Technique and Formal Beauty.”
In 2020, Francesco Mazzi founded MAZZI Co., Ltd. and established MAZZI FINE ART, a luxury fine art brand that reflects his artistic vision. Beyond his role as an artist, he serves as the creative director of the brand, personally overseeing every aspect of its identity—from artistic creation and brand philosophy to spatial presentation and the collector experience.
Today, MAZZI FINE ART is headquartered at its Tokyo Office / Salon in Azabudai, while operating internationally between Japan and Italy. Through private viewings by appointment only, the brand presents a highly limited collection of artworks to collectors around the world.
Research & Creative Process
Every artwork begins long before the first brushstroke.
A MAZZI FINE ART creation does not begin with painting.
It begins with observing nature, researching materials, exploring color, and countless hours of experimentation.
Every artwork is born through a long process of research, refinement, and creative discovery.
For Francesco Mazzi, creation is not simply the act of painting—it is the pursuit of giving form to time and memory.
MAZZI Color
Every color has its own recipe.
Francesco Mazzi never relies on ready-made colors.
Instead, he develops an original color recipe for each individual artwork, carefully blending oil paints with gold and silver materials to create a depth, luminosity, and richness that cannot be achieved through conventional methods.
This philosophy originates from Francesco Mazzi’s ten-year career as Executive Chef of Armani Japan, where he oversaw the brand’s culinary operations throughout the country. In this role, harmony, balance, precision, and the meticulous selection of ingredients defined every creation.
Just as a chef composes a unique recipe for every dish, each artwork is developed through its own unmistakable color recipe and given a distinctive chromatic identity.
MAZZI Color is more than color itself. It is Francesco Mazzi's own creative language—one that gives each artwork its sense of time, memory, and presence.
Bas-Relief
Sculpting Light into Painting.
The bas-relief of MAZZI FINE ART is not a reinterpretation of traditional sculpture.
Through years of research and technical innovation, Francesco Mazzi has developed an original technique that transforms the monumental beauty of marble relief into lightweight, highly durable works designed to exist as wall-mounted paintings.
Each sculpted surface is carved entirely by hand, allowing painting and sculpture to merge into a new artistic expression where light itself becomes part of the composition.
3D Push-Up Frame
Art Should Never Be Confined.
A MAZZI FINE ART artwork is not meant to be confined within a frame.
The signature 3D Push-Up Frame extends the artwork beyond the canvas, allowing it to become part of the surrounding space.
Light reaches every surface, changing throughout the day, while the artwork gradually develops a relationship with its environment and with the people who live alongside it, continuously accumulating new memories over time.
At MAZZI FINE ART, an artwork is never considered complete the moment it is installed.
It continues to evolve through light, time, human connection, and its dialogue with the space it inhabits.
The 3D Push-Up Frame was created to connect artwork, space, and people—allowing art to breathe as a living presence within its environment. It has become one of the defining expressions of MAZZI FINE ART.
Selected Exhibitions & Special Projects
Official Cultural Heritage Donation Ceremony
(Palazzo Civico, City of La Spezia, Italy / May 27, 2026)
FRANCESCO MAZZI Special Exhibition "LA LUCE DEL LEGAME – The Light of Bonds –"
(Osaka / November 15–24, 2025)
Friendship City Partnership Signing Ceremony
La Spezia, Italy × Izumisano, Japan
(Izumisano, Osaka / September 24, 2025)
Osaka International Art Fair (OIA) – International Culture & Arts Project
(Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka / May 30–June 1, 2025)
The Royale (Hotel New Otani Osaka / February 8-9, 2025)
ART SHINSAIBASHI (Shinsaibashi PARCO SPACE Osaka / January 23-27, 2025)
ART&FOOD,DINNER EVENT,MAZZI FINE ART × 25 Hours Hotel Florence (May 14-15, 2024)
International Contemporary Art Fair (Zurich / April 12-14, 2024)
Pavi Art Mostra Mercato d'Arte MODERNA CONTEMPORANEA (Pavia /April 6-7, 2024)
(un)EXPECTED ART FAIR (Milan /March 1-3, 2024)
ART SHINSAIBASHI (Shinsaibashi PARCO SPACE Osaka / January 17-22, 2024)
art KYOTO 2023 (Nijo Castle,Kyoto /World Heritage Site /October 8-12, 2023)
D-LUXE 2023 (Imperial Hotel Osaka /September 17, 2023)
D-art,ART 2023 (Matsuzakaya Nagoya /September 8-12, 2023)
art stage OSAKA 2023 (Grand Cube Osaka FAT Collection /September 1-3, 2023)
D-art,ART 2023 (Matsuzakaya Shizuoka / June 28-July 4, 2023)
FRANCESCO MAZZI Special Exhibition "SHINE ON JAPAN" (Assisi /May 19-28, 2023)
FRANCESCO MAZZI x INUNAKISAN SHIPPOURYUUJI Special Exhibition "ANTICHE CREDENZE " (Osaka /March 17-April 2, 2023)
ART FAIR TOKYO 2023 (Tokyo International Forum / March 9-12, 2023)
D-art,ART2023 (Daimaru Tokyo / February 16-21, 2023)
FRANCESCO MAZZI Special Exhibition "JAPANESE BEAUTY" Italian Touring Exhibition Trilogy: Part III / SOCIETÀ DELLE BELLE ARTI CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI “CASA DI DANTE” (Jan 14-26, 2023)
FRANCESCO MAZZI Special Exhibition "JAPANESE BEAUTY" Italian Touring Exhibition Trilogy: Part II / Cividale del Friuli / Convent of Santa Maria World Heritage (July 1-20, 2022)
FRANCESCO MAZZI Special Exhibition "JAPANESE BEAUTY" Italian Touring Exhibition Trilogy: Part I / Bologna (May 13-June 1, 2022)
Mitsukoshi Spring Gifts Party (New Otani Tokyo / Feb 2022)
Poltrona Frau x Mazzi Francesco Special Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi, Tokyo 5th floor,Poltrona Frau / Jan 26-Feb 11, 2022)
DESIGNART TOKYO 2021 (Tokyo, Poltrona Frau x Mazzi Francesco Special Exhibition / October 22-November 30, 2021)
FRANCESCO MAZZI First Solo Exhibition Spring/Summer Collection (Tokyo / Feb 27-Mar. 2, 2020)
FRANCESCO MAZZI
A singular vision shapes every creation.
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