Stephanie Lucchese
b 1991 São Paulo, Brazil, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Stephanie Lucchese creates paintings of haunting quality with no photographic references, depicting a fictional universe inspired by medieval tapestries, religious art, logical systems of sci-fi, and witchcraft, where forms, fruits, plants, and figures appear to interact in constant movement, devouring themselves as time remains still. Solo exhibitions include Play, Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, São Paulo, Brazil (2025); Petisco, Projeto Vênus, São Paulo, Brazil (2023). Lucchese participated in group exhibitions internationally, including Supernova 1572, Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, São Paulo, Brazil (2025); Na Ponta da Língua, Espaço Alto, São Paulo, Brazil (2025); A Sense of Place, ABRI MARS, New York, USA (2025); Pathways, Mama Projects, New York, USA (2024); Soft Machine, IRL, New York, USA (2021); GIFC NYC, The Hole, New York, USA (2019), among others. Residencies include SVA Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA (2019). Lucchese's studies include Acompanhamento de Pintura: Painting and Critical Studies with artists Regina Parra and Rodolpho Parigi (2018); Art History Post-grad, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil (2018); Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil (2017).