FRANCESCO SIMETI (b. Palermo, Italy, 1968) is known for his site-specific installations, which aesthetically present enchanting scenes that reveal a more complex subtext upon closer inspection. Public Art is a fundamental aspect of his practice, he has worked with Percent for Art and Public Art for Public Schools in NYC, the Multnomah county in Oregon and has created permanent additions to subway stations in Brooklyn and Chicago. In Italy he has worked with atitolo for the New Commissioners program and in 2021 he presented a wall covering installation at Casa Giglio in Turin. In 2024, Simeti completed a permanent wallcovering at Officine Saffi in Milan, Italy.

Simeti has had solo exhibitions at venues such as XNL, Piacenza (2022), Francesca Minini, Milano (2021), Assembly Room, New York, (2019); Open Source Gallery, New York (2017); Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palermo (2012); and Artists Space, New York (2009). His work has been included in group exhibitions at The Whitworth, Manchester (2023-2024), Pera Museum, Istanbul (2023 – 2024), MAO, Turin (2023), PAC, Milano (2022), MACTE, Termoli (2022), Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, NY, (2020), Museo Civico di Castelbuono, Palermo (2019), ICA Singapore (2017), Palazzo Reale, Milan (2016) and Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin (2014). He has also exhibited work at the Triennale di Milano (2014 and 2013). The artist lives and works in New York.