Luca Bosani (he/they) is an Italian neurodivergent, gender-non-conforming artist. In the last years, he developed his identity and personality as TLSB private investigator & UPO specialist.
Taking the cinematographic stereotype of the private investigator (e.g. Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe), Luca dismantles this hyper-masculine identity to introduce a queer private investigator in drag. As a private/public investigator in drag, Luca works for a fictional company (TLSB), compiles regular reports for them, wears uniforms daily (currently a red outfit), works with talented colleagues (detectives, artists, musicians) and is constantly busy trying to solve intricate conundrums. Often operating through live collective investigations, Bosani’s practice is in an open conversation with the history of sculpture and performance, bringing an innovative and experimental contribution to the mediums.
Luca has also exhibited nationally and internationally: Tate Britain(UK), NMMCA (South Korea), QAH (GER), Francesco FabbriFoundation (IT), Uppsala Konstmuseum (SWE). Selected awards: Stanley Picker Fellowship (shortlisted 2023), a-n bursary: Time, space, money (2022), Freelands foundation fund(2020), New Contemporaries (shortlisted 2018), Royal College of Art bursary (2015-2017).
2024 Adobe Artist in Residence at the V&A Museum London, UK.
© Luca Bosani.
