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.
Studio shot by @sculptedwithlight
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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 Mixtape, Pi Artworks, London
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