Luca Luce Bosani (b.1990, Rho, Italy; they/he)
based in London (UK) and Pregnana Milanese (IT)
EDUCATION
2015-2017 MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013-2014 Higher National Certificate in Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
2009-2012 BA Interior Design, Politecnico di Milano, IT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Queer Wandsworth, Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK
2025
STEPS, Surgery Gallery, curated by il Gurn, London, UK
2023
C0042: Los Portales del Tiempo, Paijáàäâãåąæāªn, curated by Gerardo Amador Chávez, Trujillo, Peru
C0041: Time’s UP, VSSL Studio, London, UK
2022
run run run, Galerie Tatiss, Biennale De Lyon Résonance, Lyon, FR
C0036: The Upside-down Rainbow, Osservatorio Futura, Turin Art Week, Turin, IT
PERFORMANCES
2024
Unidentified Performing Objects: Live, V&A Museum, Raphael Court, London, UK
Queering the Mind, Releasing the Body 02, V&A Museum, The Globe, London, UK
Queering the Mind, Releasing the Body 01, Hypha Studios Battersea, London, UK
2023
C0043: Clay, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
C0034-B: The UPO’s Chant, Collective Ending HQ, London, UK
Art Must Be Beautiful, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, GER
2021
C0039: The Three Jars, Quartier am Hafen, curated by Wilko Austermann, Cologne, GER
C0034: The Gargantuan Shoe, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
2019
Too Early to Love You, Too Late to Kiss You, Tate Britain, London, UK
Kunstraum Bacchanal, Kunstraum & Islington Council, London, UK
2018
Knaves of Radiance (Bolan Edition), Outer Limits, Nine Elms Pavilion, curated by Rosie Hermon, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Permanent Collection Display, Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru (ongoing)
2025
Artists at Work: Museum Residencies, V&A Museum, London, UK
100% UNOFFICIAL, British Textile Biennial with OOF Gallery, Turton Tower, UK
2023
Queer Pandèmia, BASE Milano, Milan, IT
Round Trip, MASSIMO x SPAZIENNE, Pavillon Am Milchhof & Fabbrica del Vapore, GER-ITA
Panorama #6, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca, ESP
2022
Tender & Masculine, Rosa Kwir, Balzan, Malta
Contribution #2, Cosar HMT & Frontviews with LRRH_, Düsseldorf & Berlin, GER
2021
EXiS, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2020
Secret Cabinet, Dimora Artica, Milan, IT
Collection n°11, Interior and the Collectors, Lyon, FR
2019
STRIP, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
The Loser Standing Small Beside the Victory, spazioSERRA, Milan, IT
Vocalis, Beaconsfield Gallery, London, UK
AWARDS
2025
Winner – Ealing Film Festival, Documentary Section, with V&A Artist Film, London, UK
W2W Micro Commission, Wandsworth Council LBC, London, UK
Premio Incoraggiamento, Fondo PSMSAD, INPS, Italy
2023
Grow & Flourish, Wandsworth Council Public Art Commission, UK
Premio Incoraggiamento, Fondo PSMSAD, INPS, Italy
2022
National Lottery Project Grant, Arts Council England, UK
Shortlisted – Stanley Picker Fellowship, Stanley Picker Gallery & Kingston University, UK
a-n Bursary: Time, Space, Money, a-n The Artists Information Company, UK
2020
Production Prize: Body to Body, Piattaforma Lago, Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso Arte Ricerca, Italy
2018
Shortlisted – Bloomberg New Contemporaries, UK
RESIDENCIES
2025-2026
Hypha Studios: Free Studio Award, Caledonian Road, London, UK
2024-2025
V&A Museum Artist in Residence, supported by Adobe Foundation, UK
2023
Paijáàäâãåąæāªn Residency, Trujillo, Peru
2022-2023
Hypha Studios: Free Studio Award, Battersea, London, UK
2021
Tanzresidenz, Quartier am Hafen, Cologne, Germany
2020
Residenza La Fornace, Luna Piena, Italy
2020-2022
Artist in Residence, Morley College North Kensington, London, UK
2019
Q-Rated: Performance, by La Quadriennale di Roma at Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2017-2020
Artist in Residence, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
PUBLICATIONS
2024
The Power of Three: Artists in Residence, V&A Museum Magazine, ENG
Quaderni d’Arte Italiana: Comunità/Community, Treccani Ed, La Quadriennale di Roma, ITA–ENG
2023
Queer Pandèmia, Edizioni TLON, TMW Factory, Milan, ITA–ENG
2022
Rovesciare gli arcobaleni si può, La Repubblica, by Olga Gambari, ITA
2021
Lampoon 23: The Transition Issue, Lampoon Magazine, ENG
2020
Mousse Magazine #70, Fucked up Objects by Marie De Brugerolle, ENG
COLLECTIONS
Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru
Northampton Shoe Museum, Northampton, UK
International Performance Art Archive, Cologne, GER
LECTURES / COMMUNITY PROJECTS / WORKSHOPS
2026
Visiting Lecturer, BA/MA Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts, UK
2025
1-to-1 Mentor, MA Fashion Management, London College of Fashion, London, UK
2024
Untold History of Heels, performative lecture, V&A Museum, London, UK
Myths & Muses: Queering the V&A, performance course for LGBTQ+/neurodivergent young people (18-26), V&A Museum, London, UK
Unleash Your Magical Self, wearable art & photography course for LGBTQ+/neurodivergent young people (18–26), V&A Museum, London, UK
Inwrds, guest artist, performance workshop for young Black and Global Majority participants (18-26), V&A Museum, London, UK
Travel Sculptures, design workshop for young people (13-26), V&A Museum, London, UK
Conundrum: The Seven Pieces, interactive performance game, One Heart Festival with V&A Museum, London, UK
Wearable Art, touring workshop for young people (13-26) and wider audiences, V&A Museum, Dalgarno Trust Youth Service, Chelsea Library, HvH Arts and One Love Festival, London, UK
2023
Queer & Neurodivergent: Wearable Art & Performance, workshop for LGBTQ+/neurodivergent communities, Arts for Health, Milton Keynes, UK
Community Building and Queer Identities, performance workshop, Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru
Ungendered Identities: Persona-Personality, performance workshop, VSSL Studio, London, UK
2022
Wearable Art from Litter, workshop with W11 residents, Lancaster West Neighbourhood, London, UK
2021
Worlds Within Worlds, workshop with disabled artists, DASH Disability Arts, UK
Visiting Lecturer, BA/MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2020
Bomber Training, online workshop, AIR Gallery, Altrincham, UK
Visiting Artist Programme, Year 10, Kensington Aldridge Academy with ACAVA, London, UK
2020-2022
Lecturer in Fine Art (Video Editing), Morley College North Kensington, London, UK
2019-2020
Variable Hours Lecturer in Fine Art & Design, Foundation Level 4, Morley College North Kensington, London, UK
2019
Rhythms: Repetition, Stillness, Inconsistency, performance workshop, Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK
2018
Experimenting with Performance, workshop, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Performance Art: Learning Through Doing, course, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK
2017-2020
Lecturer in Fine Art (Video Editing), Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK