Luciano de Nobrega

Luciano was born in Worcester, Western Cape

and currently lives in Protea Valley, Bellville, South Africa

EDUCATION:
2004 Matriculated at Curro Private School, Durbanville

2005-2007 Ruth Prowse School of Art, Woodstock, Cape Town

DISTINCTION:
2007 Awarded a Distinction for his practical work of 2007
EXHIBITIONS:
Selected for an exhibition at the AVA showing best graduate work from Michaelis, Stellenbosch University and the Ruth Prowse. (29 January 2008)

Selected to take part as an Emerging Creative at the Design Indaba (23-2 feb)

Exhibition at ArtVark (Feb 2008)



Open studio exhibition at Greatmore Art Studio (24 April)

WORKSHOPS:
Mentoring workshop at Greatmore Art Studios (31 MARCH - 24 April 2008)

Take part in an art business workshop at Greatmore Art Studios (May 2008)

Chosen to take part in International Thupelo Found Object Work at Greatmore Art Studios (26 Sept – 11 Oct 2008)

2008 was chosen to take part in an Internship programme at the Good Hope Art Studios (from 13 Oct 2008 )

STUDIO:
2008 was chosen to work at the Good Hope Art Studio. (from 4 March 2008)

PUBLICITY:
- Appeared in the Art Times issue October 2007
- Appeared in the Art Times issue December 2007

SHOOT:
Artwork selected for the Plascon brochure for 2009 (26 March 2008) (Photo shoot)

Two artworks was documented by Summit Film crew on (11 April 2008) (Film Shoot)


SHOWCASE:
2008 Artwork displayed at Truworths headquarters (28 July-12 August 2008)

COLLABORATIONS:)

Collaboration with Arthro Lindsley for Torture (July 2008)

Collaboration with Ronald Muchatuta, Vivien Kohler, Robyn-Leigh Cedras for Poverty (Aug 2008)

Collaboration with Ley for an exhibition (Dec 2008)

What Luciano says about his work
Luciano says about his art that when he is in the creative process "anything goes" and he switches off the logical mind. When you tune into a painting all expereinces meet at a certain point in our mind and all is as one. "It is a place of no words", and when you look at it "you see what you see and feel what you feel".

Anyone who looks at his work will know that it is saying something about some aspect of ourselves.

When asked how he knows when it is "done" is when it has a feeling of completeness.