My
production is based on different mediums like sculptures, installation,
performance, public art, site-specific intervention and videos. I explore the
value of time and reflect on human attempts of controlling, sculpting and
consuming the temporal dimension, an element which is becoming more and more
elusive in our era. Because I consider time as a material similar to clay,
marble or paint, I sculpt it and handle it with care. What fascinates me is the
double nature typical of the temporal dimension: on one hand, it looks
immaterial and indefinable; on the other hand, time has a weight, a volume, a
color, a flexibility; in other words, it has a huge impact on our life because
it has the power to define our existence. From this point of view, I consider my
works as temporary devices and ways to reflect on the relationship between life
and death. In other words, my interest is focused on the point beyond which a
situation turns into its opposite. Irony and grotesque linger in my works,
where absurd, disturbing, yet attractive elements blend together to create an
imagery that appears dystopian and plausible at the same time. Because of the
eclectic ability to use different forms of expression, my works have a marked
sensibility towards private spaces as well as public environments. With the
intention of raising questions instead of giving answers, my practice offers a
poetical way to face the fears and the obsessions typical of current society.
Luisa
Turuani (Italy, 1992) got a MFA at the Brera Academy in 2017. She participated
in various residencies, among them: Duplex AIR (Lisbon, Portugal, 2025);
Millay Arts Residency (New York, USA, 2024); TAD Residency (Bergamo,
Italy, 2024); Dialogos Part Six (Nairobi, Kenya, 2022); Syncronicity
(China, 2016). She won some awards and grants: nctm e l’arte:
Artists-in-Residence (2024); Special Prize Arte Laguna (2022); AccadeMibact
Prize (2020); Opera Viva Barriera di Milano – Il Manifesto (2020), Combat
Prize – Video Section (2019), O.R.A. Prize (2019), Nocivelli
Prize (2018). She was also finalist for the Arte Laguna Prize, the Exibart
Prize and the Francesco Fabbri Prize. In 2022, her project “1 second
1 gram” won the Italian Council Edition 11, a grant promoted by the Directorate
General for Contemporary Creativity within the Italian Ministry of
Culture. Between 2022 and 2023, the project involved many institutions,
among them: Modo asbl (Bruxelles), La Rada (Locarno), OnCurating
Project Space (Zurich), the Italian Institute of Culture in Zurich,
the International Museum of Ceramics (Faenza), Careof (Milan), BAC
(Berna), Kuona Artists Collective (Nairobi). Since 2024, the publication
regarding the project is part of the the Stedelijk Museum library. Among
the most important exhibitions: Dialogos Part Eight, Curva Pura Gallery,
Rome, 2025; Gaze Off, Lugano, Switzerland, 2022; Aspettando Ermanno
Cristini, riss(e), Varese, 2022; Travel Diary, the first crypto art
exhibition in Italy, snark.art, NY, 2021; Artagon Live, in collaboration
with the Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2020; Domani
Qui Oggi, collateral event of Quadriennale 2020, curated by I. Gianni, Palazzo
delle Esposizioni, Rome; Biennial UK Young Artists, Nottingham, 2019; GQ-Passion
for the path of art, curated by I. Bonacossa, Cardi Gallery, Milan,
2019. Her works are visible in many publications, among them: 222 emerging artists
worth investing in, Exibart Editions; Human Landscape,
Rubbettino Editore; Domani Qui Oggi, Viaindustriae Publishing, 2020; BienNoLo,
Postmedia Books, 2019; Frangit Nucem Cos’è l’arte contemporanea?, Skira.
