Fabio Mochi

Fabio Mochi, aka MOKI (born 4 January 1957 in Florence) is an Italian designer, illustrator and publisher.

Il Navigatore (The Navigator), mixed technique, Florence Biennale 1999

Further to obtaining his school leaving certificate in artistic studies in 1975, in 1985 he was nominated one of the most promising Tuscan artists by the University of Florence. In 1989, together with Paolo Biondi he founded the Noé Studio that offers graphic, computer graphics and decoration services. In 1993 he took part in the 1st National Computer-Art Exhibition in Michelangelo Caprese and also in the same year collaborated with Ettore Maiotti at the Creative Graphics Courses organised by Fabbri Editori. In 1999 he was invited to exhibit his works combining traditional and digital techniques at the Florence Art Biennale. In 2005 he became an advisor for the Giorgio Morandi Study Centre. From 2007 to 2009 he created the illustrations for the Findomestic advertisements as well as the illustrations for the "La Fattoria della Cultura"(Culture Farm) He has been a member of the Società Geografica Italiana (Italian Geographic Society) since 2013.

Museum and exhibition projects

Uomo che cresce(Man who grows), one of the illustrations for Findomestic created by Fabio Mochi in 2007

With Jean-Michel Folon during preparation of the exhibition at Forte Belvedere, Florence 2005

The coat of arms of the Musei Vaticani

Together with Paolo Biondi he created the logo for Museo Morandi (Morandi Museum) in Bologna in 1993, after which he was appointed to design the communications, signage and publications of numerous Italian museums (Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Bargello Museum), Galleria Palatina, Parchi della Val di Cornia (Val di Cornia Parks), Museo del tessuto (Textile Museum) in Prato, Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino in Brescia, Museo della ceramica(Ceramics Museum) of Montelupo Fiorentino, Museo archeologico di Montelupo (Archaeological Museum), Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Modern Art Centre) of Prato, Museo della Vite e del Vino di Montespertoli (Wine and wine-growing Museum), Museo di arte sacra (Sacred Art Museum) (Montespertoli), Palazzo Ducale (Sassuolo), Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto (Last Supper). Since 2009, together with Paolo Biondi, and under the direction of Antonio Paolucci, he has been educational advisor for the Musei Vaticani (Vatican Museums)for which he redesigned the coat of arms. In 2005, under the direction of Marilena Pasquali, he organised the exhibition of Jean-Michel Folon in Florence which six years later gave rise to the creation of the permanent Folon exhibition in the Giardino delle Rose (Rose Garden) in Florence. Together with Marilena Pasquali he also organised several editions of the Biennale of the Muro Dipinto di Dozza. In 2012 he designed the exhibition "Verso Oriente e ritorno" (To the East and back) in Montelupo Fiorentino as part of the project, "Il mare tra le genti" (The sea among the races). In 2013 he helped organise the exhibition "La Luce del Mondo" (The Light of the World) in San Miniato together with Fausto Berti and Franco Cardini.

Museum tour of the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence

In 2014 he finished setting up the MMAB of Montelupo Fiorentino (including the Ceramics Museum and Library) with tactile and experimental elements targeting both young people and the visually impaired. He designed the museum tour of the Florentine Santa Maria Nuova Hospital using new exhibition logics. Also in 2014 he helped prepare the exhibition "Effetto Frana" (Landslide effect) in Montespertoli where one of his works was on display.

Publications

In 1993 together with Paolo Biondi, he founded the Noèdizioni for publishing numerous art volumes including

• "Così celesti, così terreni" by Maria Pia Mannini, 2002
• "Il Gran Principe Ferdinando dé Medici e Anton Domenico Gabbiani" by Riccardo Spinelli, 2003
• "Prato Storia e Arte" - since 2005 14 volumes organised by the Fondazione Cariprato
• "La Maestra e la Vita, Maria Maltoni e la scuola di san Gersolè", 2006
• "Zoran Music, l'opera su carta" by Marilena Pasquali, 2007 - "Giorgio Morandi, saggi e ricerche 1990-2007" by Marilena Pasquali, 2007
• "Museo Bardini, Cuoi d'Oro" by Guia Rossignoli, 2009 - "La Fattoria della Cultura", 2009 - "Verso Oriente e Ritorno" by Marilena Pasquali, 2012.

He is currently working with Antonio Paolucci on a book soon to be published on museum education.

Travel

Poster for the exhibition "Un viaggio in Africa occidentale" (A journey through West Africa), 1994

After various trips to Africa and Asia, in 1992 he travelled to Sudan where he followed the itinerary of Carlo Piaggia, following which he organised a photographic exhibition "Il Nilo diviso" (The divided Nile). After trips to Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast in the footsteps of Mungo Park, in 1994 he organised the exhibition "Un viaggio in Africa Occidentale" (A journey through West Africa) together with Massimo Serandrei, to display wooden works of African art. Numerous pieces from his private collection have been included in various Italian exhibitions, the most recent being "Terre lontane" (Distant lands) in 2009 at the Museo del Tessuto of Prato.