Lucia Rossi’s work is inspired by the surreal and the sublime in natural phenomena. Using photography, moving image, and an expanded drawing practice, Rossi explores various ideas around embodied perception, and the experiential relationship with nature and space. Her inquiry and approach to this theme is varied, from abstract geometric minimalism to poetic figurative expression. Her process is intuitive and performative and incorporates various methods of mapping, layering, repetition, choreography, deconstruction and reconstruction. Her works range in medium and scale, from large immersive room painting installations that incorporate visual illusions and anamorphic distortions, to small delicate string or seed drawings.
Lucia Rossi completed an MFA by research with first class honors at the Victorian College of the Arts (2020). Achievements include the VCA Fiona Myer Award (2020 & 2017), the VCA Access mentorship, residency and exhibition in Yogyakarta Indonesia (2019), and The Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship (2018). Lucia has been selected as a finalist for the National Photographic Portrait Prize (2014), and the City of Hobart Art Prize (2007), and has presented her work at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB, 2013) for the photographic symposium Contesting Identities: Photography, narrative, and the self. Lucia spent two years in Paris at the Cité Internationale des Arts (2008-10). Lucia graduated with a BFA at the Tasmanian School of Art (2003), and spent a decade photographing in remote locations on the island, supported by Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residencies Programs (2005/07), and several public art commissions for the Tasmanian ArtSite Scheme (2006/2011).
Education
2020 Master of Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2017 Master of Contemporary Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia
SoloExhibitions
2019 The Gnomon Experiment #3, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2019 The Gnomon Experiment #2, Rubicon Ari, Melbourne Australia
2018 The Gnomon Experiment #1, Tacit Studio, Melbourne Australia
2015 Echo Chamber, Eildon Gallery, Alliance Française, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Take Stock, Loft Floor, Old Ordnance Warehouse, Hobart, Australia
2010 Film Noir, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2006 Cradle, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Australia
1999 Portrait of Salamanca Place, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 The One Show, VCA Graduation Exhibition, Gnomon Triangle Room #3, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Praxis 5, Sarang Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017 Saturation Point, VCA Artspace Gallery,Melbourne, Australia
2016 The Temporary Nature of Objects,Temperature Vermillion, Melbourne, Australia
2016 What Can We All Agree On, VCA Artspace Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2010 History of the World: The Portrait, Tap Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 SLICK Artfair, curated by MTProjectroom, Centquatre, Paris, France
Paradis Retrouvé, curated by Jeanne Truong, Galerie Ma Collection Pop-up, Paris, France
Ne Marcher Pas sur la Pelouse, curatedby Leigh Hobba, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
NousSommes tous des Femmes, curated by Jeanne Truong, Galerie Ma Collection Pop-up, Paris, France
2007 Isola Corpo, with Jacqui Stockdale, curated by Victoria Hammond, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2006/8 Transport, regional gallery touring exhibition, curated by Douglas McManus, Salamanca Arts Centre Hobart, Australia
2002 Unnatural Expectations, with Simon Cuthbert, curated by Jane Rankin-Reid, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Awards
2020 Fiona Myer White Story Artist Residency, Melbourne Australia
2019 VCA Access, Mentorship Program, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
2018 Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Fiona Myer Award, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
2014 National Photographic Portrait Prize, finalist, Canberra,Australia
2008 Material Girl, Rio Tinto Award, Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Australia
2007 City of Hobart Art Prize, finalist, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2003 Julie Millowick Aquisitive Photographic Award, finalist, Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine, Australia
Public Art Commissions
2007/11 Royal Hobart Hospital, ArtSite, Tasmania, Australia
2007 Georgetown District Hospital, Art for Public Building Scheme, Tasmania, Australia
2006 Riverside High School, Art for Public Building Scheme, Tasmania, Australia
Grants & Residencies
2019 Sarang Building, Residency and Exhibition (1 month), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2008/9 Cité Internationale des Arts, Studio Residency (15 months), Paris, France
2008 University of Tasmania, Colleen McCullough Studio Residency (3 months), Paris, France
2007 Development & Research Funding, Arts Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
2006 Curators Exhibition Development Fund, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Australia
2005 Arts Tasmania Natural & Cultural Residency Program (3 months), Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
2002 Pat Corrigan Artist's Grant, NAVA, Australia
Conference Presentations
2013 Contesting Identities: Photography, narrative, and the self – Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia
2006 We are not Finished at the Skin; Cradle Mountain, The Body & The Wild- Presented with poet Mark Tredennick, Senses of Place Conference, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, AUST
Academic Appointments
2013/20 Tutor- Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Tutor– École Supérieure des Beaux Arts Le Mans, France