Elise Francesca Fargnoli is a Real Estate Entrepreneur and Social Media Consultant with an art and design background. Fargnoli was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1988. She has worked over 13 years helping small businesses, schools, education programs and artists alike, grow their brands through social media and digital marketing strategies. She has worked for boutique media/PR firms, served on many committees, included large trade show and events held at Convention Centers. Fargnoli taught social media and branding courses at Rhode Island School of Design’s Division of Continuing Education in Providence, RI and the Westerly Education Center in Westerly, RI. Her entrepreneurial background includes co-founding Francesca Joy in 2010 in Palm Beach, Florida shortly thereafter launching a sorority collection with the Los Angeles- based Fashion Greek in 2013. Most recently, Elise has established a social media marketing and graphic design business assisting brands creatively in a variety of industries - from Real Estate to Plastic Surgery.

Fargnoli majored in English, attending both Mount Holyoke and Amherst Colleges in MA.

Fargnoli has shown her work all over the US, and had her first show in Chelsea, NY with Agora Gallery in 2011. Fargnoli. has shown work in Los Angeles, London, New York and Florida. She served as Marketing & Communications Chair and an active, Arts Professional member of the historic Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island from 2018-2022.

In her artist statement, Fargnoli notes, “I’ve always been attracted to bright colors, but only in my art pieces. I think, through painting, I was able to explore my first love - fashion - and interpret it in a new way. I am not fond of wearing color and I am certainly not fond of it in interiors - instead, I love color in paintings or prints because it is almost always mood-altering and ethereal. It’s a great way to add personality and set a space a part. Since the days of my textile and print/pattern work, when we developed the Francesca Joy accessories brand, the theme has always been bright color - warmth, better days ahead, sunshine, and the “feel good” escape energy that accompanies pinks, oranges, limes, and sky blues. This notably resonated with the resort crowd.”

Fargnoli fell in love with art at boarding school in Connecticut, (The Pomfret School), while coming across “The Art of Rock” by Paul Grushkin in the art studio, She became completely transfixed with what is described as, “Electric, outrageous, erotic, blatant, vital - 1,500 rock concert posters…”

Currently, Fargnoli resides in Connecticut where she has an art studio and office for marketing work in her home.