Join artist Lucía Pizzani and KARST’s Head of Programme Ben Borthwick for a tour of our exhibition, Faunal Succession.
About Lucía Pizzani
Lucía Pizzani works across photography, sculpture, ceramics, performance and installation to explore the interrelationships between historical narratives and processes of metamorphosis in the natural world. She holds a BA in Communication Studies from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Caracas), a Certificate in Conservation Biology from CERC at Columbia University (New York), and an MFA from Chelsea College of Arts (London).
This year, Lucía Pizzani was the recipient of Southcombe Barn’s 2026 International Women’s Day award, in partnership with KARST and Cassinelli Mills. Ahead of her solo exhibition at KARST, Pizzani undertook a residency at Southcombe Barn, followed by a group exhibition curated by Cassinelli Mills, Cartographies of Care.
Recent solo exhibitions include Clay, Seeds and Other Ancestors at Frieze No 9 Cork St with APSARA & Frieze Studios, (London, 2025), Trópico Pasado at Galleria Doris Ghetta (Ortisei, 2025), Rites, Seeds and Refuge at Cecilia Brunson Projects (London, 2024), Morada Vegetal at Abra (Caracas, 2023), Merunto: In the House of Spirits at Bosse & Baum (London, 2022), Tiempo Membrana at Hacienda La Trinidad (Caracas, 2021), and Coraza at Fundación Marso (Mexico City, 2019). Recent projects and commissions include presentations for the Amazon Biennial (Belém), Frieze Sculpture (London), West Middlesex Hospital in Twickenham with Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust (London), Harewood Biennial (Leeds), Magasin3 Museum of Contemporary Art (Stockholm), Palazzo Bolani for Planet B: Climate Change and the New Sublime, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud (Venice), the Serpentine Galleries’ SEEDS programme (London), and Cabilla, curated by Sol Calero at TEA Museum (Tenerife). Pizzani’s work is held in public collections including Tate, Magasin3 (Stockholm), the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA), and the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC). She lives and works in London where she is a studio artist at Gasworks.
