Lucia Rossi

Using photography, 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).