About

London-based artist Ludovica Gioscia's process-led practice reads like a diary of layered experiences and relations, using the studio as a catalyst for non-linear ecological experiments. Alongside ceramics, fabric, papier-mâché, paper, watercolour and wallpaper, she often employs unusual materials, such as cat hair, distilled water from flowers, emotions and energy. Born and raised in Rome in the eighties the layering of many architectural styles has become a definite influence in her work, as well as Memphis design. Gioscia’s practice exists somewhere at the cross road between the Electronic Baroque, Memphis and Arte Povera.

 

Contact

ludovicagiosciastudio@gmail.com

Represented by:

Baert Gallery, Los Angeles and VITRINE, London/Basel

Studio shot by @sculptedwithlight

 

CV

Education

2004   MFA Slade School of Art (AHRB scholarship 2002-2004)

2000 BA (hons) Chelsea College of Art & Design

AHRB scholarship 2002-2004

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023   Follicle Symphony, VITRINE, London

2022   Dal mio studio si vede il mare (duo show with Lalla Lussu), Fondazione MACC, Calasetta

2021   Arturo And The Vertical Sea, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles

2019   Pop Therapy. Lo spirito rivoluzionario delle figurine Fiorucci, curated by Diana Baldon and Francesca Fontana, Museo della Figurina (part of Fondazione Modena Arti Visive), Modena

2019   The Tenderness Of Insects, VITRINE, Basel

2018   Nuclear Reaction Cosmic Interaction, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome

2017   Infra White Interference, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, MARS, Milan

2017  Infinite Present, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles

2017  The Peacock Stage, curated by Alberta Romano, T-Space, Milan

2015   Patterns of Trade (with Jebila Okongwu), Wunderkammer, Riccardo Crespi, Milan

2014    Neurotic Seduction Astral Production, curated by Cassandra Needham, John Jones Project Space, London

2013    Mineral Rush Flamingo Crush, Galleria Mangiabarche (Fondazione Macc), Calasetta

              Vermilion Glow Bleeds Rust, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan

2012    Forecasting Ouroboros, MACRO, Rome

              Pack, Store & Clean, Index, Sydney

2010    Paninaro, The Agency, London

              Wild Boys, Vitrine Gallery, London

2009    Papered Portraits, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

              Mikado, Siobhan Davies Studios, London

              Tiger Economy, The Agency, London and Sara Tecchia, New York

2008     The Agency, London

2005      Blue Sky, Wagdas, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Material Girls and their Muses, curated by Marcelle Joseph, VITRINE, London

2023 Maschera, Struttura, Rome

2022 Practicalities, curated by Marina Dacci, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles

2021 La vie matérielle, curated by Marina Dacci and Carine Fol, CENTRALE for contemporary art, Brussels

2021 day for night, curated by Dominique Hurth and Susanne Bürner, Kino International, Berlin

2020   The Collector’s Room, curated by Karen David, JGM Gallery, London

2019    The Salon at The Wing, curated by Lolita Cros, The Wing, London

2019    Habitat, curated by Alice Wilson and Dominic Beattie, JGM Gallery, London

2019    Women to Watch UK: Paper Work, curated by Natasha Howes, Sotheby’s, London

2019    The Immeasurable, curated by Hannah Conroy and Linda Persson, Thames Side Studios Gallery, London

2019    Eco Shifters, curated by Debora Hirsch, La Fabbrica Del Cioccolato, Torre

2019    Only Connect, curated by ONLY CONNECT (Yutaka Inagawa/ Mouhitori/ Hitomi Kanemoto) + Hitoko Urago / Soshi Matsunobe, Creative Centre Osaka, Osaka

2018    La Vita Materiale, curated by Marina Dacci, Palazzo da Mosto (part of Fondazione Palazzo Magnani), Reggio Emilia

2018    The Waiting Room, curated by Karen David, Wimbledon Space, London

2018    On Repeat, curated by Mia Nielsen, The Drake, Toronto

2018    Summer Show, JGM Gallery, London

2018    Outdoor group show featuring a commissioned sculpture, curated by French Riviera Henley Festival, Henley

2017    Hardest Hue To Hold, curated by Aindrea Emelife, HKS architects, London

2017    If You Can’t Stand The Heat, curated by Lindsey Mendick, Paloma Proudfoot and Ruth Pilston, Roaming Projects, London

2017     Materia Montelupo. Cantieri contemporanei in ceramica, curated by Matteo Zauli, Palazzo Podestarile, Montelupo Fiorentino

2017     You See Me Like A Ufo, curated by Marcelle Joseph, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot

2017     Window Sill, curated by Karen David, Perimeter Space, London

2017    Homesick, curated by t-space and part of OuterSpace, FuturDome, Milan  

2016    Mannequin, curated by Karen David, Perimeter Space, London

            L’Arte Che Accadra’, curated by Valentina Ciarallo, Palazzo Fiano, Rome

             Identify your limitations, acknowledge the periphery, curated by Alys Williams and Chris   Bayley, VITRINE, London

             I don’t wanna curate anymore, I just wanna accumulate content, curated by Àngels Díaz Miralda Tena, Chalton Gallery, London

             Gioscia Peretti Canto, GIGA, Rome

            Rosina#0, curated by Michela de Mattei and Diego Mirabella, Limone, London

             The Garden of Forking Paths, curated by Russell Terry, Lewisham Art House, London

              Toast, curated by Vincenzo Estremo and Josseline Black, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz

2015     Grand Magasin Deux, French Riviera, London

             Liquid Lead Generation, OFF Biennale Cairo, Darb 1718, curated by Valentina Gioia Levy

             Turing Test (cat.), Maraya Art Park, Sharjah, curated by Ali MacGilp

2014     Material Girls and their Muses (cat.), Marcelle Joseph Projects, London

              Edra. Connecting Landscapes, American Academy in Rome, curated by Carmen Stolfi

               ICONICA, Foro Italico, Rome, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi and Maria Alicata

               At Home Salon 2014, The Grange, Ascot, curated by Marcelle Joseph

2013     Liquid Sky Fits Heaven (cat.), House of Peroni, London

               Sculpture al Fresco III (cat.), Great Fosters, London, curated by Marcelle Joseph

               I Killed My Father, I Ate Human Flesh, I Quiver With Joy, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, curated by Invisible-Exports

2012       Preposterous, La Scatola Gallery, London, curated by Valentina Fois

               Cast Contemporaries (cat), Edinburgh College of Art, curated by Chris Dorsett and

                Margaret Stewart (part of the Edinburgh Festival)

                Westworld (cat.), Xero, Kline & Coma, London, curated by Julika Gittner & Jon Purnell

Dreaming Beauties, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan

Material, Salon 94, New York, curated by Duro Olowu

Give Me Strength in My Heart, Copenhagen Place, London

2011    Two Peacocks (cat.), Gallery North, Newcastle, curated by John Walter

Attempts to get inside the world, Lewisham Arthouse, London

              Never Talk to Strangers, Edel Assanti, London, curated by Charlotte Artus

Re-Covering, Untitled Gallery, Manchester, curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson

Apocalypstick, The Nunnery Gallery, London

The Shape of Things, Ferrate Gallery, Tel-Aviv

2010    Going International, Flag Art Foundation, New York

              Carte Blanche, Analix Forever, Geneva, curated by Michele Robecchi

Murals (cat.), Fundació Miró, Barcelona, curated by Martina Millà

Playboy Bunny Redux, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, curated by Eric C. Shiner, Aaron Baker and Ned West

2008      The Krautcho Klub, 176 Gallery, London and The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, curated by 176/Zabludowicz collection and Anna-Catharina Gebbers

  Wanderlust (cat.), Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok

              Yard Sale, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York

              Divination, Brunswick Gallery, London

              Il Rimedio Perfetto (cat.), Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, curated by Marco Tagliafierro

              Against Nature, Vegas Gallery, London, curated by Ken Pratt

2007     The weasel contemporary art and pop music, South London Gallery, London

               Why Can't We All Just Get Along?, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York

Yourlineismakingmesowetrightnowiloveit, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York

Sequence and Repetition (cat.), Jerwood Space, London, curated by Silia Ka Tung and Sarah Williams

2006       Are you experienced? (cat.), Fuoriuso 06 – Ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo, Pescara, WAX, Budapest and MNAC, Bucharest. Touring exhibition curated by Paolo Falcone and Nicolas Bourriaud

               There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you, Space Station 65, London, curated by Ali MacGilp

2005       Your Balance is £12.43, Jonathan Viner, London

2004       Here we are. Where? (cat.), Galerie Stowdonia, Poznan

                Our Present Knowledge of the Universe, Hinterconti, Hamburg

2003       Mutiny Bounty (cat.), Flu Gallery, Belgrade and The Agency, London

2002       Club Club Club, Galerie Confort Moderne, Poitiers, curated by Wilken Schade, Eva Stenram and Simon Wood