Luisa Lanarca

Luisa Lanarca studied between Rome—where she attended the III Art High School and later the prestigious Textile Laboratory of Laura Marcucci Cambellotti (1975)—and Milan, where she trained Visual Perception and Color Theory with Luigi Veronesi at the New Academy of Fine Arts.

Until 1986, she combined her artistic activity with an intense teaching commitment, collaborating with the Municipality of Reggio Emilia to introduce textile techniques in education. She also held weaving courses at the Lorenzo Mori Center in Trequanda, Radda in Chianti, Impruneta, the Gargonza Castle (Arezzo), Florence, and Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena).

For years, she has chosen a secluded life, away from social conventions, guided by a search for freedom and a profound connection with natural and cosmic laws. Reading—with Thoreau and Emily Dickinson among her main references—and weaving are at the core of her existence, along with her looms and her faithful dog Mosé.

She lives between Rome and Sorano (Grosseto).

Her many solo and group exhibitions include: Winter O’ Clock, Limonaia di Villa Mancini, XVI Savinese Music Festival, Monte San Savino (2010); L’ago non abita qui, CS 376, Cortona (2009); Festival in Contemporanea. Sezione Arti Visive, Cantieri La Ginestra, ex Filanda, Montevarchi (2007); Crossing, Torretta Valadier, Ponte Milvio, Rome (2004); Slow Food, Odradek Gallery-Bookshop, Rome (2001); Concoidi, Nove100 Bookshop, Mara Meoni Cultural Center, Siena (2000); Per filo e per segno, L’Ariete Gallery, Bologna (1986); Arazzo, filo e tessitura, Rotonda della Besana, Milan (1982).