Luisa Urgias is a calligrapher. She lives between Trieste and Venice. She began to study calligraphy and history of writing in 2000. Since then she has constantly worked by attending several calligraphy and art workshops, both in Italy and abroad, with internationally-known artists and calligraphers (among them: Brody Neuenschwander, Denis Brown, Ewan Clayton, Yves Leterme, Gottfried Pott, etc.).
Between 2002 and 2005 she worked with the CLAS (Calligraphy and Lettering Art Society) Honoured Fellow Gaynor Goffe, and in 2003 and 2005 she obtained two CLAS National Diplomas in Calligraphy, the Foundational and the Intermediate one (with merit).
She began to study the oriental discipline Shodō with the Japanese Master Nagayama Norio Sensei. She now has reached the pre-III Dan at the 日本教育書道連盟 (Nihon Kyōiku Shodō Renmei) – Japan Educational Calligraphy Federation (JEFC) of Tōkyō.
She teaches western calligraphy and she's going on to enhance and extend her capabilities and knowledge.
Exhibitions
2020 |
Calligraphy, painting and printmaking "The Tower of Babel" of Venetiae Incipit Scriptorium, Wien Calligraphy Center, Wien (Austria), April 2020 |
2019 |
Calligraphy, painting and printmaking "The Tower of Babel" of Venetiae Incipit Scriptorium, Venice, August 2019 |
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2018 |
"Italian Shodo", Japanese Calligraphy exhibition, September 2018, "Al Montirone" Gallery, Abano Terme. |
2017 |
VI International Calligraphy exhibition, "World Calligraphy Museum", Moscow, Russia, September 2017, www.calligraphy-museum.com/en/exhibitions/elcatalog-2017 |
2016 |
Exhibition "I 33 nomi di Dio" (from a book of Marguerite Yourcenar), Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, March 2016 |
2015 |
Calligraphy, paints and printmaking exhibition of the "Venetiae Incipit Scriptorium", Venice, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, 28 March-4 April 2015 "ArteGenova 2015" 11th Trade fair exhibition of modern and contemporary art 13-16 February, Genova, Italy |
2014 |
Contemporary Art Exhibition Venti d’ARTE, MA-EC – Milan Art & Events Center, Milan, 8-19 March 2014 Contemporary Art and Calligraphy Exhibition "...e la terra sentii nel'Universo...", S.S. Sacramento Church, Offagna (An), 17-30 May 2014 |
2013 |
"Writing on the Edge", CLAS exhibition, Gallery at Foyles Bookshop, London, October 2013 "ContemporaneaMente", SATURA Contemporary Art Gallery, Genova, October 2013 "Art & The Letter" exhibition, CLAS AGM Day, British Library, London, March 2013 |
2011 |
International Exhibition of Calligraphy and Contemporary Art "...E la Terra sentii nell'Universo", Santa Maria Nuova (An) |
2010 |
Artist Books Exhibition, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia |
2008 |
Exhibition of Calligraphy and Contemporary Art "Infinite Erranze", Art Gallery "Nuovo Rinascimento", Osimo (An) |
from 2001 to 2006 |
Several exhibitions in Italy and Finland: “La Finlandia in Italia”, Staranzano (GO) |