Ria Lussi
Ria Lussi, AL#0001, 2020, aluminum, 28x50x10 cm
Ria Lussi, La Logica, 2018, inchiostro su seta, 200x112 cm
Ria Lussi, Ignoranza, 2018, engraved and sandblasted silver glass, (reflective), 200x100 cm
Ria Lussi, Inerzia, 2018, engraved and sandblasted silver glass, (reflective), 100x200 cm
Ria Lussi, La Logica, 2018, inchiostro su seta, 200x112 cm
Ria Lussi, Bestialità, 2018, engraved and sandblasted silver glass, (reflective), 200x100 cm
Ria Lussi, La Logica, 2018, inchiostro su seta, 200x112 cm
Ria Lussi, La bestia trionfante, 2016, ink on silk, 112x138 cm
Ria Lussi, La Logica, 2018, inchiostro su seta, 200x112 cm
Ria Lussi, Melancolia, 2020, engraved and sandblasted silver glass (reflective), 40x40 cm
Ria Lussi, La Logica, 2018, inchiostro su seta, 200x112 cm
Ria Lussi, Astrologia, 2018, ink on silk, 200x100 cm
Ria Lussi, La Logica, 2018, inchiostro su seta, 200x112 cm
Ria Lussi, Geometria, 2018, ink on silk, 200x100 cm
Born in Milan, Ria Lussi’s artistic training crosses both boarders and media; she studied painting in Paris, visual design in Urbino, and poetic translation in Trieste. She currently lives and works in Rome.
Among her exhibitions: the traveling exhibition dedicated to the series of Emperors of Light, exhibited in 2014 at Villa del Principe in Genoa, Galleria Doria Pamphilij in Rome, Palazzo Collicola di Spoleto and finally at Villa Necchi in Milan. In 2015 was held the Mater-Matrix-Mother, and in 2016 she presented the project Mitochondriaat the birthplace of Raffaello in Urbino. In 2017 the exhibition Fragile was held in Mucciaccia Contemporary gallery, and in 2018 she participated at the Macro Asilo with the artistic residence entitled #iosonogiordanobruno. In March 2020 she held her second solo exhibition entitled ALLEGORIA at the Mucciaccia Contemporary gallery.
The artistic technique of Ria Lussi finds its soul in drawing usually performed with a black pen. It is a technique that allows neither afterthoughts nor cancelation. She loves to use different medium such as glass, neon and silk. These fragile but resistant materials are all characterized by a vibrant, almost inappropriate luminosity that express the sense of the fragility of human life; it could break at any moment.
Ria Lussi's subject matters are emblems of a real inspirations and plausible aspiration, archetypes between history and myth, literature and fairy-tale nomadism. Glass busts, neon sculptures, light bulbs strung on electrified frames, pigments on gossamer silk: fragile materials that require care and control. These elements are the traditional subjects of her work, she leaves free interpretation to the spectator, who before them is allowed to free his imaginative fantasy.
2020
Allegoria, Ria Lussi, Mucciaccia Contemporary, Rome
2018
Iosonogiordanobruno, atistic residence, Macro Asilo, Rome
2017
Fragile, Mucciaccia Contemporary Gallery, Rome
La Speranza, II act about Giordano Bruno Luminous opera in three acts, with an epilogue, Giardini di viale Matteotti, Spoleto
La Bestia Trionfante, I act about Giordano Bruno Luminous opera in three acts, with an epilogue, Masseria di Cultura Internazionale, Corato, Altramurgia, Altamura
2016
Mitochondria, curated Umberto Palestini, Birthplace of Raphael and Botanical Garden, Urbino
2015
Lussi di Penelope, Biblioteca del Daverio, Milan
Matrix, Mater, Mother, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto
Close Up, Primo piano sulla pittura italiana, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto
2014
Imperatori di luce, curated by Gianluca Marziani, traveling exhibition: Genova, Villa del Principe / Spoleto, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive / Rome, Galleria Doria Pamphilj / Milan, Villa Necchi Campiglio
2013
Warriors of Light in support of Women of Madagascar, Galleria Rosso20sette, Rome
2012
Guerrieri di Luce, Galleria Blanchaert, Milan
Death Dance, curated by Maurizio Cont and Gianmarco Serra, Forte Stella, Porto Ercole, Grosseto
Il Vulcano, l’estuario, Palazzo della Vicaria, Fondazione Sgarbi, Trapani
Excesses of an estuary, Mel Sembler Gallery, Rome
2011
Orfeo, curated by Lena Salvatori, Libreria e Galleria Ferro di Cavallo, Rome
2010
Have a dream, Galleria L’Affiche and Galleria Tricromia, Rome
2014
Baculus, curated by Studio ‘A87, Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto