b.1990 Rho, Italy
based in London, UK and Pregnana Milanese, IT
SOLO
2021
C0039: The three Jars, Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, GER
(ongoing) C0035: The Golden Cocktail, supported by Ministero della Cultura, BRODO, Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Arte Ricerca, Revine Lago, IT
C0034: The Gargantuan Shoe, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
2019
Too Early to Love You, Too Late To Kiss You, Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London, UK
STRIP, supported by Arts Council England, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
Knaves of Radiance (paintings), Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK
2018
Knaves of Radiance (Bolan edition), supported by Nine Elms on the South Bank and Art in Embassies, Nine Elms Pavilion, London, UK
Performing the unknown, Hortensia gallery, London, UK
2015
I-YOU, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
2014
The difference between standing, sitting and laying, Iridescent in Void, Club Rocket, Milan, IT
GROUP
2021
(upcoming) NON-OBJECTS with Rosie Gibbens, Tamu Nkiwane, Victor Seaward, Hortensia gallery, London, UK
EXiS – Experiment Film and Video Festival, MMCA: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
C0038 x Sections:Ongoing with Marco Miehling and Jessica Doucha, Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, UK, Nirox Foundation, South Africa
2020
Secret Cabinet, Dimora Artica, Milan, IT
Mettle, The Function Suite, London, UK
Collection n°11, Interior and the Collectors, Lyon, FR
Platforms Projects, with Sepersepuluh Jakarta, Athens, Greece
The Potion Room, curated by Georgia Stephenson, Subsidiary Projects, London, UK
Performance screening, with Rasasastra, Jakarta, Indonesia
2019
Kunstraum Bacchanal, supported by Arts Council England and Islington Council, Kunstraum, London, UK
Vocalis, supported by Arts Council England, Beaconsfield gallery, London, UK
Absinthe curated by Charlie Mills, James Capper, Billy Fresar, Collective Ending, London, UK
The Loser Standing Small Beside The Victory, spazioSERRA, Milan, IT
2018
The London Ultra, OXO tower, London, UK
The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice, Gallery 46, London, UK
DO IT, WI-MA, Lodz, Poland
2017
Lost Senses, supported by Arts Council England, curated by Linda Rocco and Isabel Blanco, Guest Projects, London, UK
Knaves of Radiance, Royal College of Art graduate show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Revolve Performance Art Festival, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
2016
Liberté d’action, L’Amour, Paris, FR
Performance Art Meeting, in collaboration with Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
Being alone together, Crown Building Studios, Liverpool, UK
RESIDENCIES
2021
Tanzresidenz: Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, GER
2020
Body to Body, BRODO promoted by Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Ricerca Arte, IT
Residenza La Fornace, Luna Piena, Unknown Location, IT
2017 – ongoing
Artist in Residence Morley College, London, UK
2019
Q-Rated workshop Performance, La Quadriennale di Roma, tutors: Richard Birkett, Marie De Brugerolle, Cally Spooner, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, IT
AWARDS / GRANTS
2020
Finalist – Premio Fabbri, section Arte Emergente, IT
Finalist – Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Trust, UK
Production Prize – Body to Body, BRODO promoted by Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Ricerca Arte, IT
Freelands Foundation – COVID19 Fund
Shortlisted – Ducato Prize, section Arte Contemporanea, IT
Winner – Solo Performance Open Call, San Mei Gallery, UK
2018
Shortlisted – Bloomberg New Contemporaries, UK
Shortlisted – Arte Laguna Prize, section Performance, IT
2014
Shortlisted – Combat Prize, section Video IT
2013
Highly Commended by Andrew Kötting – Annual Open CGP Gallery, UK
PRESS / INTERVIEWS
2021
From the margins, FAD Magazine, by Paul Carey-Kent
Transition: Shirley Temple takes on the US capitol, Lampooon Magazine
Art, Sculpture, Performance and Fashion: Luca Calu Bosani, Wait! Fashion
Luca Bosani: Interview with Federico Esposito, Visual Statement
Luca Bosani: C0037- A Gleam in the Fog, Art Verge
2020
Archive: Luca Bosani, Contemporary Attitude
Gli artisti Under 35 da tener d’occhio, Man In Town, by Lorenzo Sabatini
Autointerview, MetodoMilano
I (never) explain #91: Luca Bosani, ATP Diary
Luna Piena, Tzvetnik
Featured artist, Azzurro3
Luna Piena at Residenza La Fornace, Daily Lazy
Q&A: Luca Bosani, The Global F.C.
Luca Bosani: More Than Shoes, Los Gatos, by Aidha Badr
Performing Objects: Luca Bosani for Platforms Projects, interview with Sepersepuluh Jakarta
Off topic: Luca Bosani sulla mascolinità e le dinamiche di genere, Forme Uniche & ArtsLife, by Gianluca Gramolazzi
Fucked Up Objects, Mousse Magazine, by Marie De Brugerolle
2019
Issue 2, Rung Magazine
Luca Bosani: Q-Rated Performance, La Quadriennale di Roma
Absinthe, Coeval Magazine, by Lara Monro
Absinthe §1: Luca Bosani, interview with Hector Campbell
WORKSHOPS / TEACHING
2021
Worlds Within Worlds, workshop with disabled artists, DASH, UK
Visiting tutor, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2020
Bomber Training, AIR Gallery, Altrincham, UK
Guest Lecturer, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Visiting artist programme, Kensington Aldridge Academy, supported by A.C.A.V.A. , London, UK
VHL in Fine Art & Design, City of Westminster College, London, UK
2019
Rhythms: Repetition, Stillness, Inconsistency, workshop supported by Arts Council England, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
2018
Experimenting with Performance, 1 week workshop, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Performance Art: Learning through Doing, 5 weeks course, KCC College, London, UK
2017 – ongoing
VHL in Fine Art & Design, Morley College, London, UK
EDUCATION
2015-2017 MA Performance (Contemporary Art Practice), Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014-2015 History of Contemporary Art / Performance, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, IT
2013-2014 Higher National Certificate in Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
2013 Foundation in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2009-2012 BA Interior Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, IT