About Me

About Me

Luciano Laghi was born at Brisighella (Ravenna) Italy. He lives and works at Fognano near Faenza, Italy. Graduated with at Painting Specialist at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. Diploma at the Art Institute for Ceramics “ G. Ballardini” in Faenza, where he has worked as a teacher of Sculpture Projects in Stoneware and Porcelain.

Awards

2008 Special Award, International Ceramic Competition, Mino 08, Japan
2005 Special Award XXXIII International Ceramic Competition, Gualdo Tadino, Italy
2000 Special Award Prize V International Biennial for Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt
1996 Special Award “II Certamen San Agustin de Céramica”, Avilez, Spain
1992 1st Award ex-aequo I International Biennial for Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt
1991 Honorable Mention “XXXI International Ceramic Competition” Gualdo Tadino, Italy
1986 Special Award, 44° international Ceramic Competition, Faenza, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

2020 « “Paesaggi astratti”, Ugonia Museum, Brsighella, Italy
2010 « Ricomposti – La Terra del Fuoco », Porta Ferrata Gallery, Avigliana, Turin, Italy
2007 « Astrattismi Ceramici », Abbondanza Palace, Bagnacavallo, Italy
2007 “Art Residence-exhibition” Ceramic Center, Gijón, Spain
2005 “Ricomposti” , L’Événement Gallery, Vallauris, France
1997 « La Rivolta degli oggetti parlanti », Circolo degli Artisti Gallery, Faenza, Italy
1994 “Luciano Laghi”, Banca del Monte, Faenza, Italy
1991 “Luciano Laghi”, Gaia Studio Gallery, Faenza, Italy

Collective Exhibitions

2019 Artist invited MILAN DESIGN WEEK, presented by Beatrice Rossetti Studio, Milan, Italy
2018 CAA Ceramic Art Andenne, Italian Guest Country, Andenne, Belgium
2018 “International Ceramic Competition MINO 10, Tajimi, Giappone
2017 “IN THE EARTH TIME”, Italian Guest Pavillion, Gyeonggi Ceramic Biennale, Korea
2017 “11 International Ceramic Competittion MINO” Japan
2017 “Concours International de Céramique, Carouge 2017” Carouge-Geneva, Switzerland
2016 “Terra Condivisa” Nobile Contrada del Nicchio”, Siena, Italy
2016 “Ceramiche sonore”, Palazzo Botton, Castellamonte, Italy
2015 “Scultura Ceramica contemporanea”, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
2015 “59 Premio Faenza”, Contemporary Ceramic Competition, Faenza, Italy
2015 “Piercing Eyes/Distilled Art Pieces”, Stillfried Gallery, New York, USA
2015 “Ceramiche Sonore – Fischietti d’Autore”, Bottega Bertaccini, Faenza, Italy
2014 “INCONTRI TERRA” Deruta, Italy
2013 “58 PREMIO FAENZA” International Contemporary Ceramic Competition”, Faenza, Italy “TENDANCES”, De L’Ô Gallery, Forest, Belgium
2012 “La Via della Imperfezione” Galleria Bruschi, Florence, Italy
2011 “The 1st Kaolin China International Ceramic Art Contest & Exhibition”, Jingdezhen, China
2009 “UNICUM”, Triennale Internazionale della Ceramica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008 “Four Seasons”, International Ceramic competition, Mino, Japan
2008 “La dimensione creativa e i suggerimenti della terra”,Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti, Torino, Italy
2007 Art Residence, Centro Ceramica, Gijòn, Spain
2006 “Vaselle d’Autore”, “Centro Congressi Le Tre Vaselle”, Torgiano, Perugia, Italy
2005 XXXIII International Ceramic Competition, Gualdo Tadino, Italy
2005 “54 Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica”, Faenza, Italy
2004 “European Ceramic Competition, EuCeCo, Maroussi, Greece
2003 “La forma tra la continuità e la innovazione”, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
2003 “Concours Internacional de Ceràmica”, “Museo Internacional de Ceràmica”, Alcora, Spain
2002 “European Ceramic Exhibition”, Maroussi, Greece
2002 “Biennale de la sculpture e céramique”, Mamer, Luxembourg
2001 The 1st World International Ceramic Biennale, Korea
2000 “5° International Biennale for Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt
2000 The 5th International Ceramic Art Competition 2000, Pusan, Korea
1999 “Contemporary Ceramics Arts”, Aichi, South Korea
1997 Biennale d’Arte Romagnola, Sculpture, Palazzo del Ridoto, Cesena, Italy
1996 “2do Certamen San Agustin de Ceràmica”, Avilez, Spain
1996 “Korea-Italy” St. Vitale Church, Faenza, Italy
1993 “Contemporary Italian Ceramics”, Townhall Centre of Industry and Culture, Tokyo, Japan
1993 “L’Oggetto Neoclettico” International Compettion, ABITARE IL TEMPO, Verona, Italy
1992 “1st International Cairo Triennial of Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt.
1992 “XII International Biennal Céramique”, Vallauris, France
1992 « XIII International Ceramic Biennale, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 “Ceramiche Italiane Contemporanee”, Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita, Japan
1992 “Ceramiche Italiane Contemporanee”, Shigaraki, Japan
1991 « Fletcher Challange Ceramics Award », Auckland, New Zealand
1991 “Aveiro ’91 Bienal Internacional Artìstica”, Aveiro, Portugal
1991 “47° International Ceramic Competition”, Faenza, Italy