Luca Granato (Cosenza, 1999) is a visual artist based in Southern Italy. He graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Catanzaro and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Monumental and Environmental Sculpture there. In 2022, he founded Osservatoriomaree, an independent artistic research project involving international artists in the Calabrian territory. In 2023, he won the international competition Searth – The European Video-Art Contest in the Adriatic Lagoon and received a special mention from the jury at the Combat Prize. Recently, he won the open calls of Booming Art Fair and Arcipelaghi with the project ‘Slow in the Dream’ and was selected as a finalist in the fourth edition of the Exibart Prize.
His research is rooted in writing and popular militancy, leading him to reflect on the concept of the third landscape. It unfolds as a long-term investigation into the depletion of the southern territory and the complex dynamics of human relationships with the land. By exploring ethnographic, historical, intimate, and ecological issues, his projects aim to trace connections between past, present, and future, observing how individual and collective memories intertwine and transform over time, influencing our interactions and our relationship with the surrounding world.
Contacts
info@lucagranato.it
lucagranatostudio@gmail.com
@lucagranato.studio
Solo shows
+ Tabula rasa, curated by Francesco Sena, Conserveria Pastis, Turin 2024
+ Something about us, curated by Hidden Garage, Colchester Arts Center, Colchester UK 2024
+ Lenti nel sogno, curated by Lucrezia Caliani, VAM Gallery, Treviso 2024
+ Fuoco di memorie, curated by Simona Caramia, MUPAC – Academy Heritage Museum, Catanzaro 2023
+ Calabria infame, duo exhibition, curated by Lorenzo Severina, Colpo, Paola 2022
+ Recycle for future, duo exhibition, Gaia Gallery, Cosenza 2020
Group shows
+ L’arreplegada, L’animal a l’esquena, Celrà (ES) 2024
+ Fresh Legs, curated by Heike Arndt, Galerie Heike Arndt, Berlin DE 2024
+ Visioni oltre, curated by Claudia Ponzi, Art Studio Finestreria, Milan 2024
+ Partage, curated by Alessandra Villa, Fondazione Bertoni, Saluzzo 2024
+ Art talks, curated by Christiane Lohr and Dobrila Denegri, MARCA – Museo delle Arti, Catanzaro 2024
+ The Glint, Full Circle, Bruxelles BE 2024
+ Biennale Tecnologia. Utopie Realiste, curated by Catherine Gipton, Politecnico, Turin 2024
+ That’s Contemporary!, curated by Bianca Basile, Lucca Art Fair, Lucca 2024
+ Performance as Flux, curated by Tere Garcia, Colour Senses Project, Miami USA 2024
+ Echi e Delay, curated by Marta Toma, Sottogiudecca Gallery, Reggio Calabria 2024
+ That’s contemporary!, curated by Bianca Basile, Cremona Art Fair, Cremona 2024
+ She Arts, curated by Beatrice Bortoluzzi, STRAF Hotel, Milan 2024
+ Generation(Z), curated by Nina Stricker, Booming Art Show, Bologna 2024
+ Ecdisi. Le infinite mute dell’animo, within Paratissima and Nice & Fair, Cavallerizza Reale, Turin 2023
+ Abacadabra, curated by Simona Caramia, MNAC – National Archeological Museum, Sibari 2023
+ Avanzi di ossa, curated by Osservatorio delle Maree, Ex-Comac, Soverato 2023
+ Glance, curated by Marilena Morabito, San Fili 2023
+ Mediterraneo, curated by Marilena Cerzoso, Museum of Brettii and Enotri, Cosenza 2023
+ Out of shape, curated by Altamira, Largo, Rome 2023
+ Dune – Arti Paesaggi Utopie, curated by Accademia Mutamenti, CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro 2023
+ Nexus, curated by Studio2A, Forte Gulli, Reggio Calabria 2023
+ Corpo, Spazio, Livorno 2023
+ Corpi Scomodi, curated by ISIA Design, Ex Leopoldine, Firenze 2022
+ Searth – Videoarte in laguna, curated by Incipit Film, Casa della Musica, Grado 2022
+ Agitazione, curated by Alessandro Giannetti, Cantiere Versiliese, Viareggio 2022
+ Dune – Arti Paesaggi Utopie, curated by Accademia Mutamenti, Le Clarisse Cultural Pole, Grosseto 2022
+ Insegui l’arte, curated by Lara Caccia, Palazzo Gallelli, Badolato 2022
+ Il Pendio, Former Convent of San Benedetto, Corato 2022
+ La luna e i calanchi, Parco dei Calanchi and Pinacoteca Carlo Levi, Aliano 2022
+ Stamm’ sotto’ ‘o cielo, Spazio Tra, Napoli 2022
+ Innesco. Reagire al presente, Ginger Zone, Scandicci 2022
+ Mani(festo), Industrie Fluviali, Rome 2022
+ Sound Bocs, curated by Simona Caramia, BoCS Artistic Residencies, Cosenza 2020
+ Synthomatic, Spazio Corto Circuiti, Paola 2018
+ The fifth void, Palazzo di Città, Paola 2018
Residencies
+ Face Festival, Gambarie d’Aspromonte 2024
+ Young & Forever Young, San Sebastiano Contemporary, Palazzolo Acreide 2024
+ Creatività sostenibile, Gias Srl 2023
+ Venature, curated by Stefania Mafrica, Ortì 2023
+ Rughe, curated by Osservatorio delle Maree, Camini 2023
+ Corpi 2.0, curated by Andrea Contin, Bienno 2023
+ Searth, curated by Incipit Film, Isola della Cona 2022
+ The land of the wind, curated by Amalia De Bernardis, Mongrassano 2022
+ Dune – Arti Paesaggi Utopie, curated by Accademia Mutamenti, Grosseto 2022
Awards
+ ArtCabbage 24, London (UK) 2024
+ SIFF, finalist, Kishinev (MDA) 2024
+ Midwest Video Poetry Fest, special mention, Madison (USA) 2024
+ Prisma Art Prize, finalist, Rome 2024
+ Exibart Prize N. 4, finalist 2024
+ Arcipelaghi, winner, Villa Albrizzi Marini, Treviso 2024
+ Uniforme antineutrale, winner, MUSMI – Military Historical Museum, Catanzaro 2023
+ Combat Prize, finalist with special mention, Giovanni Fattori Museum, Livorno 2023
+ SEARTH. Video art in the lagoon, winner, Isola della Cona, Grade 2022
+ Il Pendio, winner, Ex Convent of San Benedetto, Corato 2022
+ Silenzio, shortlist, Palazzo Bocchini, San Giorgio del Sannio 2022
+ (Mani)festo, shortlist, Industrie Fluviali, Roma 2022
+ Un’opera per Valarioti, winner, Rosarno 2021
+ Premio Tiepolo d’Oro, shortlist, Palazzo Torriani, Udine 2021
Talks and workshops
+ Fresh Legs 2024, talk, Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin (DE) 2024
+ Ante Litteram, talk with Lucrezia Caliani, Villa Albrizzi Marini, Treviso 2024
+ Ci vediamo da Margherita, talk, Accademia di Belle Arti, Catanzaro 2023
+ Videoart in the lagoon, masterclass, “Max Fabiani” High School, Gorizia 2023
+ Margini – Abitiamo spazi e tempi, talk, Paola 2023
+ Art and nature, lab, Mongrassano 2022
+ Freedom is participation, lab, Riace 2019
+ Short graffiti writing lesson, workshop, Paola 2019
Publications
+ Fresh Legs, ed. Galerie Heike Arndt, Berlin 2024
+ La mistica del ritorno, ed. Magica Mistica Musica, Reggio Calabria 2024
+ The Artbook N°15, March 2024
+ Nice& Fair– Contemporary Visions, ed. Primp, Turin 2023
+ Combat Prize 2023, ed. Sillabe, Livorno 2023
+ Golden Tiepolo Award, ed. Academy of Fine Arts of Udine 2021
+ SoundBocs Diary, ed. Music against the mafias, Cosenza 2021
+ Universi d’arte, Art and Artists Series, ed. Pagine, Rome 2017