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 studied Visual Perception and Color Theory with Luigi Veronesi at the New Academy of Fine Arts.

Until 1986, she combined her artistic practice with a strong engagement in teaching, collaborating with the Municipality of Reggio Emilia to introduce textile techniques into education. She also led weaving courses at the Lorenzo Mori Center in Trequanda, as well as in Radda in Chianti, Impruneta, Gargonza Castle (Arezzo), Florence, and Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena).

For years, she has embraced a secluded life, away from social conventions, driven by a quest for freedom and a profound connection with natural and cosmic laws. Reading—with Thoreau and Emily Dickinson as key inspirations—and weaving are at the core of her existence, alongside her looms and her faithful dog, Mosé.

She lives between Rome and Sorano (Grosseto).

Her numerous solo and group exhibitions include: “Winter O’ Clock”, Limonaia di Villa Mancini, XVI Savinese Music Festival, Monte San Savino, Italy (2010); “L’ago non abita qui”, CS 376, Cortona, Italy (2009); “Festival in Contemporanea. Sezione Arti Visive”, Cantieri La Ginestra, ex Filanda, Montevarchi, Italy (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).