Luca Pozzi Italian, 1983

Luca Pozzi (Milan, Italy, 1983)

Inspired by the spheres of art, physics, multi-messenger cosmology and computer science, he graduated in Painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and specialised in Computer Graphics and Systems. He collaborated with visionary scientific communities, including Loop Quantum Gravity (PI), Compact Muon Solenoid (CERN) and Fermi Large Area Telescope (INFN, NASA).

Studying quantum gravity, cosmology and particle physics, his theoretical research finds expression through a series of hybrid installations. These are characterised by magnetic sculptures, levitating objects, VR / AR experiences, and a performative approach to photography. Through these works, he evokes an alienating feeling of suspended time and multi-dimensionality.

His work has been exhibited at major museums and galleries in Italy and abroad. They are part of prestigious public and private collections including Mart in Rovereto, Mambo in Bologna, MEF in Turin, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Archive of Spatial Aesthetics and Praxis in New York.

He is well-known for his photographic series "Supersymmetric Partner," which documents his leaps in front of Paolo Veronese's Renaissance paintings, and for his use of electromagnetic levitation technologies. Examples of his futuristic-inspired works are "Schroedinger's cat through Piero della Francesca influence" (Museo Marino Marini, 2010), "9 Churches 9 Columns" (Moscow Biennale, 2011) and "The Star Platform" (Marrakech Biennale, 2012).

In 2013, he developed the remote light drawing device "Oracle" (DLD, Haus der Kunst, Munich). In 2015, he exhibited "The Messengers of Gravity" (MEF, Turin) and in 2017 he curated the project "Blazing Quasi-Stellar Object" at the CERN in Geneva.

During the same year, he participated in "Documenta 14" as a member of the collective Eternal Internet Brotherhood (Kassel).

He then worked on immersive site-specific installations within historical settings (The Grandfather Platform – Sala Carracci, Palazzo Magnani, Bologna, Art City, 2018).

In 2019, during the Covid-19 pandemic, he ventured into the realm of Augmented Reality (AR) with the series "Dark Collection Brera" and "Dark Collection Sistine-Chapel”. In 2020, his first Virtual Reality work "Rosetta Mission 2020" won the European ERC An-Iconology fund (History, Theory, and Practices of Environmental Images) from Milan State University.

In September 2021, he inaugurated the Hyperinascimento project at FMAV (Fondazione Modena Arti Visive), aiming  to define a new hyper-technological humanism. In 2022, he participated in the prestigious 23rd Milan Triennale "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS" curated by ESA astrophysicist Ersilia Vaudo. In 2023, he won the VDA Award.

The artist today lives and works in Milan.

Copyright the artist. Photo Luca Pozzi