1961 Michele Lugnan was born in Grado, Italy.Since childhood he has been drawing, painting, modeling and sculptingSTUDIES AND TRAINING1983 High School Diploma in Applied Art (Architecture and Furnishings section), State Institute of Art of Gorizia (Max Fabiani Art School)1992 1st...
Read More
1961 Michele Lugnan was born in Grado, Italy.
Since childhood he has been drawing, painting, modeling and sculpting
STUDIES AND TRAINING
1983 High School Diploma in Applied Art (Architecture and Furnishings section), State Institute of Art of Gorizia (Max Fabiani Art School)
1992 1st Level Academic Diploma (four-year degree) in Industrial Design (+ Colorimetry and Chromatology course), European Institute of Design in Milan
After overcoming the hyperrealist portraitist phase, in his first exhibitions in Austria at the end of the 70s, he exhibited works of expressionist copy-art.
At the end of the 80s he then dedicated himself to the study of chromatic harmonic modulations with two- dimensional works and dynamic luminous installations.
In the 90s he founded the avant-garde group "Manifestazioni Spontanee" (Spontaneous Manifestations) with Itten, Dracup, Tomasini and Camuffo.
This is followed by exhibitions where the works are produced in the absence of vigilant conscience, filmed and then defined with virtual technologies. After a short period of producing body art in the late 1990s he finally dedicated himself to an intense production of abstract expressionist works.
This is how artistic production evolves and his works can be found in numerous international private collections.
He is present in the general artists' catalog of the Encyclopedia of Italian Art, in the Mondadori International Yearbook of Contemporary Art '24 and in the Catalog of Modern Art (ex Bolaffi, N°60)
He then works as an architectural designer, interior designer in Italy, former Yugoslavia, Germany, etc. , fashion graphic designer in Milan and London, fabric designer in Como, painter decorator for naval fittings in Monfalcone, Miami, Charleston, Bahamas, etc.
ART EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES
1982 Personal exhibition, Cafeteria Nikolaj, Villach, Austria 1983 Personal exhibition, Bar Oasi, Grado pineta (GO) 1985 Collective exhibition, “Le Griffe” Gallery, Grado (GO)
1988 Conference (didactic-operational seminar) on the chromatic phenomenon “LIGHT-COLOR” for the elementary schools of the Municipality of Grado, Gorizia Education Authority, with the patronage of the Municipality of Gorizia
1989 Collective exhibition “12 and 20” - (CA.P.IT.), Auditorium of the Palace of the Region of Gorizia, with the patronage of the Municipality of Gorizia
1990 Collective exhibition “Croci”, Auditorium S.Rocco di Grado (GO), with the patronage of the Municipality of Grad
1992 Contemporary Art Exhibition “The Island” - Artestate, A.P.T. Gallery Di Grado, with the patronage of the Municipality of Grado 1993 Personal exhibition of Spontaneous Art, hall of the A.P.T. spa Di Grado, with the patronage of the tourist promotion company of Grado and Aquileia
Foundation of the avant-garde group “Manifestazioni Spontanee”, with Itten, Dracup, Tomasini and Camuffo
Exhibition of the Avant-garde Group “Manifestazioni Spontanee” “Art of the Color of the Unconscious”, hall of the A.P.T. spa of Grado International Exhibition “Young Industrial Designers”, Rietveld Museum, Amsterdam, with the patronage of the Ministry of Dutch culture Publication of the exposed project, carried out in collaboration with Centro Stile Fiat (TO) and Bonetto Design (MI) in the Auto & Design magazine
1994 Personal exhibition of Spontaneous Art in Villa Patrizia, Grado (GO)
Exhibition of the “Manifestazioni Spontanee” Group “At the Sources of Inspiration”, “Aquileia” Room of the Congress Center of the Hotel Internazionale in Cervignano del Friuli (UD), with the patronage of the Municipality of Cervignano del Friuli
2002 International Computer Art Festival “Pixxelpoint’ Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2007 International contemporary art event-exhibition “Art for Nothing”, in collaboration with The Hoxton Square Gallery, London (UK), Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Avant-garde Art Exhibition “Manifestazioni Spontanee” with Stefano Toso, Galleria Antiche Mura, Monfalcone (GO)
2024 Exhibition 3rd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Mantua, "Artists '24", Diocesan Museum Francesco Gonzaga Francesco Gonzaga Diocesan Museum
International Visual Arts video exhibition "Leaders in New York", Artexpo, Manhattan, New York, Effetto Arte Foundation Stand