Professional Profile

Bio

Luciano Colucci (Puglia, Italy, 1977) is a visual artist, curator, and cultural manager with an international career, who lives and works between Fuerteventura and Italy. His work, situated at the intersection of meticulous control and the force of the unpredictable, finds its primary voice in watercolor, a technique the artist calls “the technique of silence.”

He boasts solid multidisciplinary training: He holds a Degree in Scenography from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome and a Degree in Decoration and Interior Design from La Sapienza University of Rome. His roots in the graphic arts and traditional ceramics of his native region have cemented a technical rigor that later transcended towards conceptual research.

His artistic evolution begins from a figurative landscape, like an intimate travel diary, to arrive at a pure abstraction that investigates primordial elements and the geometries of parallel worlds. This transition is a direct reflection of his life experience of cultural fusion and a mind in constant search.

Since 2015, his prominence has been consolidated with solo and group exhibitions in Europe, America, Asia, and Oceania. His works are part of prestigious public and private collections in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Denmark, Poland, and Colombia, a testament to his relevance in the contemporary artistic landscape. Colucci presents himself as a creator in permanent evolution, whose practice is synonymous with constant experimentation and discursive depth.

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PROFILE
Visual artist, curator, and cultural manager with an international career consolidated since 2015. His practice, focused on contemporary watercolor, evolves from a figurative landscape — which functions as an intimate travel diary — towards a pure abstraction that investigates primordial elements and the geometries of parallel worlds. This plastic research, linked to the memory and heritage of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, dialogues with his curatorial and community cultural management work.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2024 – “Entre Islas”. Casa de la Cultura, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Spain.
2023 – “Imaginación en Negro”. Casa de la Naturaleza, Fuerteventura, Spain.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2023-2025)

2025 – FabrianoInAcquarello. Fabriano, Italy.
2024 – International Watercolour Triennial. Colombia.
2023 – The Australian Watercolour Muster, Cort House Gallery, Cairns, Australia.
2023 – Malaysia International Online Juried Art Competition. Online exhibition.

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CURATORIAL PROJECTS AND CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

2025 – Curator and participant in “Periplo” and “Ida y Vuelta”. Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Spain.
2025 – Project Director for “Living Heritage: Fuerteventura through the Urban Sketchers”. Funded by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.
2024 – Project Director for “Historical Corners: Fuerteventura through the Urban Sketchers”. Funded by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2023 – Merit Award. Malaysia International Online Juried Art Competition.
2022 – Finalist. International Biennial Prize “Fabriano Watercolour”, Italy.
2015 – GUGLIELMO II Award. Italy.

COLLECTIONS

Public: Work in the permanent collection of the Bolivarian Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Private: Work in private collections in Italy, Spain, and other countries in Europe, America, and Oceania.

POSITIONS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES

Leader for the Canary Islands of the international network FabrianolnAcquarello (Italy).
President of the AnimArte Sociocultural Association (Fuerteventura, Spain).
Founder of the Urban Sketchers Fuerteventura collective (Spain).

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Degree in Scenography. Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, Italy.
Degree in Decoration and Interior Design. La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Professional training in graphic arts and traditional Apulian ceramics (Italy).

RESIDENCE

Lives and works between the Canary Islands (Spain) and Italy.

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Artist Statement

My work does not only happen on paper; it happens in the encounter. It is that exact point where the control I exert with the brush and the “accidents” that the water decides to create intersect. I am an artist trained between the Mediterranean of my roots in Italy and the Atlantic of Fuerteventura; that mingling of seas is what moves my hand.

I chose watercolor — or it chose me, it is still unclear who chose whom — because it is the closest thing to breathing. It is a technique that requires silence and knowing how to listen. I do not try to command the water; I prefer to dialogue with it. I like the pigment to move with its own will because it is there, where what I plan meets the unexpected, that the most sincere beauty appears.

In the beginning, I painted what I saw: landscapes that served as a travel diary. But over time, my curiosity changed. Now I prefer to paint the feeling of light, the passage of time, the force of the wind, or my most hidden fantasies. My transition from realistic drawing to abstraction is simply the reflection of my own life: a constant search for what is essential.

My hands, and above all my eyes, learned the craft in the ceramic workshops of Puglia, where I discovered respect for the material. My past in scenography and interior design taught me to understand space. But it was living in Fuerteventura that gave me my current language: a painting that speaks of erosion, emptiness, and the light that floods everything.

For me, art does not end in the studio. That is why my work as a manager and curator is the other half of my creative heart. Through projects like Living Heritage, Periplo, and Ida & Vuelta, I seek to make art something alive that unites people. I firmly believe that culture is the fabric that connects us all.

In summary, my work is an invitation to pause. I use water, color, and patience to explore those intermediate spaces: between what we remember and what we dream, between solitary work and the strength of community.