Luca Granato

Luca Granato, after having obtained a diploma in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Catanzaro, he continued his academic training by enrolling in the Doctoral course of Performing Arts and Cultural Heritage.

In 2022 he founded Osservatoriomaree, an indipendent artistic research project based in Calabria, aimed at involving international artists in shared itineraries within the territory. He was the winner of the international competition Searth – The European Video-Art Contest in the Adriatic Lagoon (2023) and received a special jury mention on the occasion of the Combat Prize. Among other recent selections and recognitions are the victoy of the open calls of Booming Art Fair and Arcipelaghi with the project Slowly into the dream (Lenti nel sogno), the selection among the finalists of the fourth edition of the Exibart Prize and the victory in 2024 of the 20 Seconds of Art Prize in Vienna. He is also among the artists selected by the Italea Calabria program, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

His artistic practice has its roots in writing and popular militancy, with particular attention to the concept of the third landscape. His research is configured as a long-term investigation into the depopulation of Southern Italy (Mezzogiorno) and the complex dynamics that tie communities to the territories they inhabit. Exploring ethnographic, historical, intimate and ecological dimensions, his projects aim to construct connections between individual and collective memory, questioning the way in which such memories shape human relationship and our relationship with the landscape.