Luca Longhi Italian, b. 1993

Luca Longhi (b. 1993) is a London-based Italian artist whose work explores memory, architecture, and the passage of time through painting. With a BFA from the University of the Arts, London and a MA Painting from the Royal College of Art, Longhi’s practice layers influences from landscapes, childhood interiors, and overlooked spaces like cafes and snack bars. His work evokes a sense of familiarity, inviting viewers to feel as if they are remembering something, even if they cannot quite place what or where it is.

Inspired by Nouveau Réalisme and Arte Povera, Longhi employs unconventional materials like tiles and wood with oil paint and thus challenges traditional techniques and approaches. His process involves instinctive decisions–building, erasing, and layering–to reflect how memories and atmospheres coexist, coalesce and then decay over time. Although Longhi’s works are independent objects, they carry a sense of existing as fragments of something larger that embodies a past life that invites a dialogue between the viewer and the echoes of history.