Adrien Lucca
Born in Paris (France)
Works and lives in Brussels since 2004.
Lucca has been developing artistic work around color, light, and the sensitive perception of the physical world. This practice immersed him in the history of art and science and in the study of practical means allowing him to set up experiments around these questions. He plays on several planes: on materials - by collecting pigments, glasses, etc., on the light which makes them visible: the natural light of a place or artificial light sources that he manufactures, finally on the physiological and cognitive aspects of color perception. Systematically, Lucca sought to test theoretical and scientific approaches to color that he drew from the literature, by developing a concrete practice with paint, glass, light. Lucca's most recent research aims to enrich, deconstruct and reconstruct the very definition of the concept of “color” and defying our common sense, using a tool allowing it to program the physical composition of the light.
Adrien Lucca studied at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique in Brussels, Belgium (2004-2009) and was a researcher in the Fine Art department at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (2010-2011). In parallel, Lucca has specialized in the study of color and light, notably by participating in the spring school organized by the CNRS in Roussillon-en-Provence (between 2009 and 2019). He teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre and at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique in Brussels, Belgium.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Dentelles spectrales, LMNO, Brussels
Le secret des couleurs, BPS22, Charleroi
2020
La lumière est invisible, LMNO
2019
Yellow zone / yellow-free zone, Project Space, The White House, Leuven, Belgium
2018
A White Room Without Yellow, LMNO Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Mémoire d'atelier sur trois projets, Eté 78, Brussels, Belgium
Mémoire #2 – White light researches/white light demons/white light demos
, Adrien Lucca, RIB, Rotterdam, Netherland
2016
Wave Patterns, Levy.Delval, Brussels, Belgium
What Mary didn't Know, Kunsthalle Leipzig, Germany
2015
Adrien Lucca, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
2014
Colorimetric Pictures, La Centrale for contemporary art, Brussels, Belgium
Adrien Lucca, Elaine Levy Project Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
GROUP SHOW / FAIR
2024
Drawing Now - Art Fair, Paris, France
2022
On the Lookout, Foundation CAB, Brussels
Couleur / Lumière, La Maison des Arts, Brussels
PROMOTHEE, LE JOUR D'APRES, Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains
2021
Agents of Change, LMNO Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Lumière, Espace, temps, Ardenome, Avignon
Un Autre Monde, Dans Notre Monde, Lieu Commun artist run space, Toulouse, France
2020
The Light House, Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Miroir III, Biennale d'Enghien, Belgium
Triennale Art Public, Liège, Belgium
Mort au rose fluo! BPS 22, Musée d'art de la Province de Hainaut, Charelroi, Belgium
Dans certaines Circonstances, Les Nouveaux ajouts à la collection IKOB + invité(e)s, IKOB Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Eupen, Belgium
2019
Olaph the Oxman, Copperfield, London, UK
ARCO/Madrid, stand avec Angela Detanico / Rafael Lain
We Need to talk about paintings, LMNO Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Whishes, LMNO Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
MAD#4, Multiple Art Days, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
2016
Solstice, Post-industrial Animism, Brussels, Belgium
True Stories, In de ruimte, Gent, Belgium
MAD#2, Multiple Art Days, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2015
Contemporary drawing fair Brussels, BOZAR, Belgium
Views from above, BIN, Turnhout, Belgium
MAD#1, Multiple Art Days, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Adrien Lucca, Lore Stessels, Lut Vanautgaerden, The White House Gallery, Lovejoel, Belgium
Marcel Bernard, Adrien Lucca, Catalyst, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
2014
Round the Corner, Daniel Rödiger, Alice De Mont, Adrien Lucca & Florian Dombois, Maison Grégoire, Brussels, Belgium
Youth: portraits of artists, between freedom and fight, Maison particulière, Brussels, Belgium
Force fields, A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE, Institut de Carton, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Mise en doute n°15 : Adrien Lucca & Laurent Dupont-Garitte, Mise en doute, Brussels, Belgium
Novembre à Vitry, town gallery of Vitry-Sur-Seine, France
Art Brussels 2013, Elaine Levy Project Gallery, Brussels, Belgique
2012
SecondRoom, SecondRoom Space, Antwerp, Belgium
Art Contest 2012, La centrale électrique, Brussels, Belgium
Solus locus domesticus, A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE Institut de Carton, Brussels, Belgium
Pop up, Liens artistiques, Ixelles Museum, Brussels, Belgium
Prix Médiatine, Cultural center Wolubilis, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Found in translation: chapter L, Casino Luxembourg, LUX, Maison Grégoire, Brussels, Belgium
Le Tétraèdre 14.d : Adrien Lucca, Audio series 2003, Le Tétraèdre, Radio Panik, Brussels, Belgium
Light transformer 2: starting points, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherland
NowBelgiumNow, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium
Movie night vol. 4: global house video screenings, Kunsthalle Gwangju, Korea
What a drawing!, Wild West, Maastricht, Netherland
Table tops room ? Haseeb Ahmed, Bavo Olbrechts, Adrien Lucca, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherland
Colour studies & light transformers, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherland
2010
Intuitive films, short films 20082010, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherland
2009
New Kids on the Block, upcoming artists from Belgium, Netherlands and NordrheinWestfalen, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
L'intimité de l'oeuvre, Defining doubt recyclart, Second Room Space, Brussels, Belgium
"Exposition solstice, een dag tentoonstelling", NETWERK, Centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Aalst, Belgique
2008
Exposition collective Master I ERG, ARGOS, Centre for Art and Media, Brussels, Belgium
ARTISTIC EDITIONS
2015
Maquette, album Source, version Alpha (ed.3+1), Éditions JAP, Jeunesse et Arts Plastiques, Brussels, Belgium
Spectre paramétrique, version Alpha (ed.10), Éditions JAP, Jeunesse et Arts Plastiques, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Interview Beta, 100 ex. Self-interview published in the exhibition NowBelgiumNow, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium
Prototype de Transformateur de Lumière version 125 ex. Artist's Book, Éditions Jeunesse et Arts Plastiques, Brussels, Belgium
RESIDENCE OF ARTISTS
2024
Programme Studiotopia 2.0, Gluon, Brussels, Belgium, 1 décembre 2024- 31 décembre 2025
2017
Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy
2016
Résidence de recherche en vitrail contemporain, Glasmalerei Otto Peters GmbH
2014
L'atelier, Institut Supérieur d'Etude du Langage Plastique (ISELP), Brussels, Belgium
2012
NETWERK, Centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Aalst, Belgium
2010-2011
Jan Van Eyck Academie, Post-graduate program, Maastricht, Netherland
PRICES - REWARDS
2023
The ST+ARTS grant from the European Commission
2022
Fonds Lemay/King Baudouin Foundation grant
2021
Prix Jules Raeymaekers, Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Winner of the Frart Fund for Art Research project: painting in light. Price: 50,000 euros
2018
Assistance for the production of a work of art from the Cell of Plastic Arts, Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Production of the work “Dentelle de Lumière”. Price: 4,000 euros
2015
Help for the production of a work of art from the Cell of Plastic Arts, Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Research project: Trasformateur de lumière. Price: 3,000 euros
2012
Second price fondation Henri Servais
Second Art Contest price 2012, Brussels, Belgium. Price : 4.000 euros
Price of the governement of the french community of Belgium
Price Médiatine, Brussels, Belgique
2011
Second Price Médiatine, Brussels, Belgique. Price: 2.000 euros
2008
Price Cimescaut, artistique price of the town Antoing, Antoing, Belgium
CONFERENCES
2024
Light, Color, and Matter, Laser Talks Brussel, Brussels, Belgium (Livestream : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqAx-rkGQ44 )
2023
Dentelles Spectrales, LMNO, 9 & 10 Septembre, Brussels, Belgium
2020
La peinture dans la lumière, JAP, BOZAR. Brussels
Light on Painting: Study days, ENSAV La Cambre/KIK-IRPA, Brussels, 18 & 19 November 2020
2019
Recent works in public space, the 7th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Chengdu, China
Yellow free zone, Interdisciplinary Colour Association Belgium, Gent, Belgium
About colour, Wdk, Rotterdam, Netherland
Qu'est-ce qu'un algorithme d'artiste ? , ENSAV la Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
About colour & my work, WDK Academy, Rotterdam, NL
2018
On atmosphere and colour, ARIA conference, University of Antwerp / MUKHA, Antwerp, Belgium
Yellow-free zone and strange light properties, Z-files #22, CBK Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherland
About colour, POLI.DESIGN, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Dentelles de lumière ? allégorie de la recherche, Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy
Recent works ? colors and daylight, glassworks and the strange white lights, The Aleph, Amsterdam, Netherland
Microkosmos, strange white light proprerties, Interdisciplinary Colour Association Belgium (ICA), ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2017
What is natural light? White light, strange light properties, glass and the light of Rome, Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy
The Spectral Design of a Stained Glass for a Subway Station in Montreal, Canada, AIC 2017, International Association of Color, Jeju island, Korea
Soleil de minuit, Galerie de l?UQAM, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Soleil de minuit, 14 glass pannels for the Montreal subway, Canadian Craft Biennal Conference, Toronto, Canada
Le laboratoire d'Adrien Lucca, Été 78, Ixelles, Belgium
Introduction aux domaines de la couleur noire, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2016
Between Tradition, the Visual Arts and the Digital Technology: a digital Stained Glass, Project for a Subway station in Montreal, Canada
The First Transatlantic Stained-Glass Symposium, Glasshütte Lamberts, Waldsassen, Germany
Complex is better than complicated, Kunstverein Leipzig, Germany
2015
The reproduction of colors as a process of light-intensity scaling, in: Too big to scale, Symposium at Zürich University of the Arts, Switzerland
2014
Prototypes lumière-matière, French Center of Color, Mines Paris-Tech, Paris, France
Rétrospective prospective, ISELP, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Peindre avec des peintures et des lumières, ISELP, Brussels, Belgium
"Painting" with Paints and Lights, Glasgow Colorstudies Group, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United-Kingdom
2012
Prototypes de transformateurs de lumière, Ixelles Museum, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Colored surfaces, lights and the observer: a few remarks, problems, possibilities, The Aleph, Rotterdam, Netherland
D65 color study, explanations, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherland
Prototype de Transformateur de Lumière version 1, Spring School OKHRA / CNRS
Conservatoire des ocres et de la couleur, Roussillon, France
2010
Light Converters, on the relations between color-systems & my work, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherland
2009
Exposition-discussion : L'expérience de pensée et le modèle, School of Graphic Research, Brussels, Belgium
Collaborations with scientists / industry (All the software solutions were written using the Python programming language)
2014
Conception of software solutions for the project, Prototype de transformateur de lumière, Version 4, research Laboratory in the field of Arts and Sciences, LARASISIB, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Conception of software solutions for colorimetric drawing, In Brussels with Joshua Horowitz, computer scientist, MIT, USA
2012
Conception of software solutions for the project, Prototype de transformateur de lumière, Version 2, with Robert Ochshorn, computer scientist, USA
Calibration of a digital camera for making photometric measurements Laboratorium voor lichttechnologie, KAHO SintLieven, Gent, Belgium
2011-2012
Customization of precision drawing instruments IONBOND, Lyon, France
PUBLIC ORDERS
2024
Grande rosace, 108 m2 glass work for the Cité administrative in Toulouse, France
Lacets, stained glass window in an 18th century church, for the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, Rouen, France
Ciel intérieur, 3m de diamètre, B3, Liège, Belgium
2023
Quasicrystalline mosaic, permanent work in the Charleroi metro, Belgium
Voûte céleste, permanent work for the city of Tournai, Belgium
2020
Triennale d'art public, Liège, Belgium
Biennale Miroirs 3, Enghien, Belgium
Yellow-Free Zone, permanent work in the Maashaven metro, commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam2018, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Budget: 40,000 euros
Dentelle de Lumière, Allegory of research, permanent work commissioned by the Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy. Budget: 16,000 euros
Microkosmos, 2017-2018, permanent work at the Sociocultural Centre "Het Huis", commissioned by Vlaamse Gemenschapcommissie, Uccle, Belgium. Budget: 33,000 euros
2018
Yellow-Free Zone, station de métro de Maashaven, produit par Scultpture International Rotterdam (Budget: 40.000 euros), Rotterdam, NL
2016
« Soleil de Minuit ", Monumental art commission for public space, commissioned by the Société de transport de Montréal, Montréal. Budget: 293.000 euros
ART BOOKS
2023
Mondes parallèles, Edition CFC, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Mémoire d'atelier, Edition JAP, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Prototype transformateur de Lumière, Edition JAP, Brussels, Belgium.
CATALOGS
2022
Lumière espace temps - 14 artistes contemporains en hommage à Nicolas Schoffer, Le Grenier à sel, Avignon, art et innovation, (p10.& p.36)
Couleur lumière (Kleur / Licht), La Maison des arts, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Miroir III, Enghien Biennale, Belgium (P.32-33)
Art Public Liège, Art Public 4e Ed. Liége, Belgium, (P.64-67)
The Light House, Fondation Boghossian (Villa Empain), Brussels, Belgium, (P.104-105)
2011
Found in translation: chapter L, Casino Luxembourg, LUX, Maison Grégoire, (P.93-94)
PRESS ARTICLES
General
2024
"La sphère lumineuse de trois mètres de diamètre est suspendue au cœur du B3", Todayinliege.be, Liège, Belgium, https://www.todayinliege.be/une-sphere-lumineuse-de-trois-metres-de-diametre-est-suspendue-au-coeur-du-b3/
"Découverte de "Rouen Impressionnée" à la bibliothèque Parment", Rouen.fr, Rouen, France, https://rouen.fr/breve/2024/10/decouverte-rouen-impressionnee-a-bibliotheque-parment
"Ciel intérieur", la sculpture monumentale qui illumine le B3", RTBF Actus, Brussels, Belgium, https://www.rtbf.be/article/ciel-interieur-la-sculpture-monumentale-qui-illumine-le-b3-11447555
"Ciel Intérieur : la sculpture lumineuse qui éclaire le B3 à Liège", La DH, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Michel Crespin, https://www.dhnet.be/regions/liege/2024/10/08/ciel-interieur-la-sculpture-lumineuse-qui-eclaire-le-b3-a-liege-VBJ2E3Y5ZRBQBMO5DDFUUHVXUM/
"Le Salon du dessin et la Drawing Now Art Fair font courir les amateurs à Paris", Le Soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Marie Wynants
"Exemples d'oeuvres à voir jusqu'au 30 novembre", Paris-Normandie, Rouen, France
"Derde editie van Buitenkant Voet", Het Nieuwsblad, Antwerp, Belgium
"Nona en Voetvolk slaan handen in elkaar voor derde Buitenkant Voet", Gazet van Antwerpen, Antwerp, Beglique
"Namur : ce qu'il faut voir au KIKK, le festival international des cultures numériques et créatives", L'Avenir, Namur, Belgium
"Nona en Voetvolk slaan handen in elkaar voor derde editie van Buitenkant Voet: “Het talent dat we tegenkomen, bundelen we op dit dansfestival”, Het Nieuwsblad, Antwerp, Belgium
"Et encore...", Le soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Marie Wynants
"Salon du dessin et Drawing Now Art Fair font courir les amateurs", Le soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Marie Wynants
"TOURNAI - Le parcours "Arts & Design in the city" ouvre la saison touristique", L'Avenir, Namur, Belgium, by Laure Watrin
2023
"Charleroi: la nouvelle station de métro et de bus des beaux-arts s'appellera "Palais", La DH, Brussels, Belgium, by Didier Albin, https://www.dhnet.be/regions/charleroi/2023/08/26/charleroi-la-nouvelle-station-de-metro-et-de-bus-des-beaux-arts-sappellera-palais-HGSF64KO25B
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"L'inauguration de la "nouvelle" ville haute s'annonce grandiose, un bal estudiantin sur le nouveau campus", La Gazette, Belgium, by N.A,
"La nouvelle station de métro et de bus des Beaux-Arts s'appellera "Palais"", L'Avenir, Hannut, Belgium, by N.A
"Un Week-end bien à l'abri", L'Avenir, Hannut, Belgium, by Audrey Verbist
"Quatre activités pour passer un week-end bien à l'abris", L'Avenir, Hannut, Belgium, https://www.lavenir.net/culture/2023/08/04/quatre-activites-pour-passer-un-week-end-bien-a-labri-ZR6DPPD5GND7BJRWAby I623KPY/
"Carolo for ever", Trends tendances, by Philippe Cornet
"Update + Agenda", Gael Maison, p.40
"Trois artistes dévoilent leur univers au BPS 22", Vlan (Ed. Hainaut), Belgium, by Jean-Claude Hérin
"Au Musée de la photographie, une visite au garage", Le Soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Marie Wynants
"100 Jahre", "Regards croisés"... les cinq expos à ne pas manquer cette semaine", Le Soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Marie Wynants, (https://www.lesoir.be/520691/article/2023-06-20/100-jahre-regards-croises-les-cinq-expos-ne-pas-manquer-cette-semaine)
" Trois artistes et trois univers au BPS 22", La Nouvelle Gazette, Charleroi, Belgium, by Jean-claude Herin
"Deux nouvelles expos au BPS22", La DH (ed. hainaut), Brussels, Belgium, by Seb.G
"Trois artistes et trois univers à découvrir au BPS 22 à Charleroi", Sud infos, by Jean-Claude Hérin, https://www.sudinfo.be/id670042/article/2023-05-27/trois-artistes-et-trois-univers-decouvrir-au-bps-22-charleroi
"Le BPS22 met les couleurs en lumière", L'Avenir, Hannut, Belgium, by Sébastien Gilles
"Charleroi : les deux nouvelles expos du BPS22, entre ballet d'objets et magie scientifique des couleurs et de la lumière", La DH, Brussels, Belgium, by Sébastien Gilles
"Un "magicien" des couleurs expose à Charleroi", La Libre, Brussels, Belgium, by Guy Duplat
"Le Top 10 des expos", Le soir, Brussels, Belgium
2022
"Maison des arts: apparitions entre sciences et création", Le Soir, Brussels, Belgium
"Expositions: les miracles de la lumière et de la couleur", Le Soir, Brussels, Belgium
octobre"Ontdek de veranderlijkheid en emotie van licht en kleur in La Maison des Arts", Bruzz, Septembre
"La couleur n'existe pas en soi", La Libre, Brussels, Belgique
2021
"The Light House, expériences de la lumière à Bruxelles", Light zoom lumière, by Vincent Laganier
2017
"Adrien Lucca", Focus on Le Vif
2016
"Vagues chromatiques", La Libre, Brussels, Belgium
2015
"Les codes couleurs d'Adrien Lucca", Bazar Magazin
2014
"Prototype artistique", La Libre, Brussels, Belgium
Specialized
2024
"Adrien Lucca", Rouen impressionnée, Rouen, France, by J.-P. Sageot, https://rouenimpressionnee.fr/adrien-lucca/
"Une sculpture monumentale au cœur du B3 : Ciel intérieur d'Adrien Lucca", Province de Liège, Liège, Belgium, https://www.provincedeliege.be/fr/evenement/37/19348
2023
"Nos choix étoilés, Arts Libres", La Libre, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium, by Guy Duplat
"BPS 22. Enquêtes de spiritualité. Pietro Fortuna et Adrien Lucca", Flux News, Liège, Belgium
"HAINAUT", L'art Meme n°91, 2e quadrimestre, Brussels, Belgium
"AU BPS22, Pietro Fortuna fait réfléchir la lumière et la matière", L'Echo, Brussels, Belgium, by Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj, https://www.lecho.be/culture/expo/au-bps-22-pietro-fortuna-fait-reflechir-la-lumiere-et-la-matiere/10481552.html
"Adrien Lucca, l'Alphabet de la couleur", Mu in the city, by Gilles Bechet
"Adrien Lucca, le secret des couleurs”, MAD, Le soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean-Marie Wynants,
“Adrien Lucca, le secret des couleurs”, MAD, Le soir, Brussels, Belgium, by Jean François Patte,
"Adrien Lucca, le secret des couleurs”, Focus Vif, Brussels, Belgium, by M.V
"Métamorphoses", L'Art même n°93, p.30-31, Brussels, Belgium, by Clementine Davin
"Le Secret des Couleurs l'éblouissant Adrien Lucca au BPS22", RTBF Actus, Brussels, Belgium, by Xavier Ess, https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-secret-des-couleurs-l-eblouissant-adrien-lucca-au-bps22-11227777
2022
"S'immerger dans la couleur et la lumière", La Libre, Brussels, Belgium, by Guy Duplat
2020
"Un engouement pour le Light Art, Fondation CAB”, Collect Belgium, Gent, Belgium, by Celine De Geest
"Adrien Lucca, le maître de la lumière", Mu in the city, by Gilles Bechet
2019
"Dans l'atelier d'Adrien Lucca", Mu in the city
2017
"L'art tel qu'il se fait", IntraMuros, L'Art même n° 72, Brussels, Belgium
"Adrien Lucca, trois projects mis en lumière!", Mu in the city
"Adrien Lucca: memoire d'atelier sur trois projets", Eté 78, Ixelles, Belgium https://www.ete78.com/portfolio-item/adrien-lucca/
2016
"Les théories lumineuses d'Adrien Lucca", Mu in the city
"Adrien Lucca Blurs the Categories between Art, Science and Invention at Levy Delval Gallery", Widewalls, https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/adrien-lucca-exhibition-levy-delval-brussels
2014
"Étude de couleurs", IntraMuros, L'Art Même n°61, Brussels, Belgium
"Lucky Lucca et les quatre cent couleurs", Flux News, Liége, Belgium
"To be discovered: the quasi-science of Adrien Lucca", Conceptual Fine
Arts,https://www.conceptualfinearts.com/cfa/2014/11/14/to-be-discovered-the-quasi-science-of-adrien-lucca/
"Tout beau, tout frais!", Mu in the city
2013
"Adrien Lucca", Tombolo, https://www.t-o-m-b-o-l-o.eu/flux/adrien-lucca/