Luigi Stoisa

Selvaggio di Giaveno (Torino), 1958
lives and works in Selvaggio di Giaveno (Torino)

Luigi Stoisa lives and works in Selvaggio di Giaveno, Turin, where he began his artistic career in the late 1970s during his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Turin, graduating in Fine Arts. His artistic practice developed during the 1980s, and since then his entire poetics has been rooted through materials transformation—an unstoppable process that alters forms, surfaces, and meanings. At the core of his practice is tar, a material in perpetual transformation, symbolizing an unceasing metamorphosis. Fascinated by the evolving nature of materials, Stoisa moves easily
between painting—explored in numerous forms—sculpture in terracotta and bronze, mixed-media installations, and drawing, which he considers the primal manifestation of an idea. He made his debut in 1984 with a solo show at Galleria Tucci Russo in Turin, presenting Narciso, an installation using tar and paint, establishing himself as one of the most original voices of the Italian postmodern scene.

SOLO SHOWS (selection)

2017
In Cristo dalla morte alla vita, Reggia di Venaria, Torino

2011
Surf’s up, The Frost Art Museum, Miami

2010
Palazzo Litta, Milano

2005
Dalla Terra, Reggia di Caserta

1993
Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Nizza

1986
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam

1985
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcellona

GROUP SHOWS (selection)

2008
Nient’altro che scultura, XVIII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara

1996
Aetas Mutationis, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlino

1988
Spazi '88, Centro dell’arte contemporanea Pecci, Prato