The figures I shape — in clay, in 3D, in that space between — carry posture, tension, and unresolved memory. They’re human, or almost. They borrow from animals. They lean toward the classical, then quietly resist it and maybe fail.
The recurring figure in my practice, like in my first solo sculpture exhibition Gaslighted, is never fixed. She, or he, or it moves between pride and fragility, between desire and withdrawal, constantly shaped and reshaped by the forces around her. The same subject, living in different shapes, skins, materials.
These aren’t closed forms. They’re organisms in process, suspended mid-becoming.
Luca Mingolla (b. 1988, Italy) studied Architecture before working in illustration and publishing children’s books until 2021.
He later ran a graphic design studio while teaching drawing and visual design, and leading university workshops.
Since 2024, his practice is focused entirely on sculpture.
2025 — Gaslighted, Polvere d’Arte, Trieste, Italy
2024 — Beautiful Words, Beautiful People, gpa Studio, Trieste, Italy
2023 — Space+Time, Sala Fittke, Trieste, Italy
2023 — Costellazione 21, MiniMu, Trieste, Italy