Francesco Simeti (b. 1968, Palermo) is known for site-specific installations whose enchanting scenes reveal a more complex subtext on closer inspection.

Public art is fundamental to his practice. He has worked with Percent for Art and Public Art for Public Schools in New York, with Multnomah County in Oregon, and has made permanent additions to subway stations in Brooklyn and Chicago. In Italy he has worked with atitolo for the New Commissioners programme, installed a wall covering at Casa Giglio in Turin in 2021, and realised a permanent wallcovering at Officine Saffi, Milan, in 2024. He is currently working on a public art installation for the Los Angeles Metro.

Solo exhibitions include 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). Group exhibitions include The Whitworth, Manchester (2023–24); Pera Museum, Istanbul (2023–24); MAO, Turin (2023); PAC, Milano (2022); MACTE, Termoli (2022); Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring (2020); Museo Civico di Castelbuono (2019); ICA Singapore (2017); Palazzo Reale, Milan (2016); and Castello di Rivoli (2014).

His work is held by Fondazione Luigi Rovati, Milan; Museo del Novecento, Milan; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Simeti lives and works in New York. He works with the gallery Francesca Minini in Italy, and is in ongoing design collaboration with Maharam, New York.