15-17
05 2026
20/02/2026
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11/04/2026
Exhibitions
Luca Parise

Surface, friends, fantasy

A cura di Enrico Camprini
z2o Project is pleased to present Surface, Friends, Fantasy, the first solo exhibition by Luca Parise (Paris, 1991) in Rome, at the gallery space on Via Baccio Pontelli 16, curated by Enrico Camprini. Luca Parise’s practice unfolds in a multidisciplinary manner, with a specific focus on sculpture and drawing, understood both in their singularity and as a dual tool for investigating the ordinary and its reconfiguration, as well as the relationship between the real and the fantastic.
Taken as a whole, the artist’s practice can be described as driven by a pronounced tendency toward the assemblage and juxtaposition of heterogeneous elements, whose compositional outcomes – both three and two-dimensional – consistently oscillate between narrative tension and a distinctive expressive impulse oriented toward the specific qualities of each medium. The exhibition presents a new body of work produced by Parise throughout 2025, including a group of sculptures that, through different formal solutions – most notably the interaction between ceramic and found objects – give shape to a variety of bizarre humanoid figures, seemingly yet ambiguously related to one another.
They are accompanied, in counterpoint, by a selection of drawings: autonomous works that are at the same time inevitably connected to the sculptures, completing a project conceived as a free and ironic exercise in figure-building and concrete imagination. BIO: Luca Parise is a Brazilian artist based in Seravezza, Italy. His practice spans multiple media, with a primary focus on sculpture, drawing, and installation, and also extends into architecture through AVENTURA, a multidisciplinary group.
He currently works and collaborates with Chiara Camoni and is part of Centro di Sperimentazione, a research and production project developed within the studio and its collaborative network. Selected solo exhibitions include Barganha at Galeria Zielinsky, Barcelona (2020); Insider at Fita Tape; and a solo booth at SP-Arte with Galeria Aura, both in São Paulo. Parise’s work has also been featured in group exhibitions in São Paulo, including at the Art Museum of Ribeirão Preto and the Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Piracicaba, as well as in Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, and Seoul.
In 2022, he received the Arte como Respiro award from Itaú Cultural, and his works are held in public and private collections, including FAMA Museu (São Paulo).