“Tomorrow”

Lucia Koch's work considers space, which may involve references to architectural typologies, but not necessarily. The fact is that architectural construction, although part of what constitutes space, is far from defining it in its entirety. What Lucia Koch best demonstrates is precisely the spatiality that passes through the built form and overflows it: luminescence, lines of visuality, atmospheric pulsation, the combination of colors and patterns; wind, glare, reflection; the movement of human bodies.

From 1992 to 1996, he participated in the collective project "Arte Construtora", occupying houses, parks and an island in different Brazilian cities. Since then, he has shown a strong interest in domestic and public spaces, observing how they relate to life in the city(ies), having created projects for contexts such as a functioning Turkish bath in Istanbul in 2003, or a wholesale textile district in Nagoya in 2010.

His most recent solo exhibitions are: "Tumulto, turbilhão", at Galeria Nara Roesler (2019), in São Paulo, Brazil; "House of Wind", at Casa de Vidro (2019), in São Paulo, Brazil; "La Temperatura del Aire", at Fundación Caja de Burgos (2015), in Burgos, Spain; and "Moñana, montaña, ciudad y Brotaciones", at Flora ars + natura (2014), in Bogotá, Colombia.

He participated in the 11th and 13th Lyon Biennale, in Lyon, France (2011 and 2015); the 27th São Paulo Biennale, in São Paulo, Brazil (2006); the 2nd, 5th and 8th editions of the Mercosul Biennial, in Porto Alegre, Brazil (1999, 2005 and 2011). Recent group exhibitions include: "Fiction and Fabrication. Photography of Architecture after the Digital Turn", at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (2019), in Lisbon, Portugal; "Brazil, Beauty?!", at the Museum Beelden Aan Zee (2016), in The Hague, Netherlands; "When Lives Become Form", a traveling exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center For Arts, in San Francisco, USA (2009) and at the Contemporary Art Museum, in Tokyo, Japan (2008).

His works are part of numerous collections, such as: Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, France; Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, USA; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; as well as the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil. His works are in important public collections around the world, such as: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Aloísio Magalhães Museum of Modern Art - MAMAM (Recife, Brazil), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo - MAM/SP, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná - MAC/PR, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul - MAC/RS, National Museum of Brasilia, Serviço Social do Comércio - SESC Belenzinho (São Paulo), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, AUS), LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA), University of Warwick (UK), Fundación ARCO (Spain) and Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon - MAC (Lyon, France).