Lucia Pizzani (Caracas, 1975).
She holds a BA in Communications Studies, (Universidad Católica Andres Bello, Caracas), Certificate in Conservation Biology from CERC at Columbia University (New York) and Master in Fine Arts from the Chelsea College of Art and Design (London).
Recent collaborations and commissions include: Featured artist at Frieze London in the Smoke section, Performative lecture for SEEDS a public programme at the Serpentine Gallery, “Cultivo y Memoria” a commission for the Harewood Biennial, Leeds, LAVA a performance for Magasin3 Museum of Contemporary Art (Stockholm), Planet B Climate Change and the new sublime, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud where she was commissioned with new works for both Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 of this exhibition at Palazzo Bolanni in Venice, a new mural work invited by Sol Calero to exhibit in Cabilla a project at the TEA Museum in Tenerife, Casa Wabi and the Puerto Escondido Botanical Garden (Oaxaca, Mexico), LaunchPad Lab (Charente, France), and The Photographers Gallery (London).
Her work has recently been incorporated to the TATE Collection and Magasin3 Museum of Contemporary Art (Stockholm). It is also part of the Essex Collection for Art from Latin America ESCALA, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC), Catherine Petitgas Collection, Archivo Fotografía Urbana, Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, Colección Juan Yarur and Museum Of Latin American Art (MOLAA) among other private and public collections.
Recent Solo shows include:”Morada Vegetal” at Abra, Caracas, “Rites Seeds and Refuge” at Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, “Merunto: In the house of Spirits” at Bosse & Baum London, “Manto” for Madrid Gallery Weekend at Galería La Cometa, “Tiempo Membrana” at Hacienda La Trinidad” in Caracas and “Coraza” at Cecilia Brunson Projects London and Fundación Marso in Mexico City.
She has exhibited internationally in museum and spaces such as: MOCO Hotel des Collections (Montpellier) as part of “Mecaro: Amazonía in the Petitgas Collection”, Jardín Botánico Puerto Escondido (Oaxaca) where she has a permanent sculpture installation, TEA Centro de las Artes (Tenerife), Peckham24 Photography Festival in London, ArtExchange, Essex University (Colchester), Cecilia Brunson, Bosse & Baum, Aora Space, Stephen Lawrence Gallery and Photofusion (London), House of Egorn (Berlin), Noorderlicht House of Photography (Groningen), ARCO (Madrid), Loop Festival (Barcelona), Exit Art and Queens Museum (NY), Museo Jacobo Borges, Sala Mendoza, Abra, Espacio Monitor and Galería de Arte Nacional (Caracas), Universidad de los Andes, Galería Fernando Pradilla and ArtBo (Bogotá), Fundación Marso and Zona Maco Sur (Ciudad de México), Sindicato (Santo Domingo) and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MAC (Santiago de Chile) among others.
She has been featured in ARtForum, FT Magazine, Studio International, BBC News, Vogue, Monopol Magazine, Loose Associations (TPG), Hotshoe, Artishock Magazine and ArtNexus amongst other media.
Guest lectures and talks include: Leeds University, Studio Voltaire, Sothebys MFA and Latin American House in the UK and Fundación Cisneros and Instituto Armando Reverón in Venezuela.