Casanova Sorolla
CASANOVA SOROLLA
Work by Casanova Sorolla

Luís Casanova Sorolla. The multi-media works of Casanova Sorolla are defined through transformative processes.

WORKSALL WORKS ↗
Matteo Magalotti, corps de ballet, Vienna Staatsballett
THE STORY BEHIND THE WORK

Luís Casanova Sorolla. The multi-media works of Casanova Sorolla are defined through transformative processes. Two-dimensional artistic works hint at previously taken place and meticulously staged performances, which themselves find their source in traded but individually interpreted notations or mediated traditions between high and vernacular culture.

Transversal literally as well as in a political transferred sense; in Casanova Sorollas’ works over objects of cultural value - from folkloric to classic - complex sociocultural realities find their expression. Thereby it is the plurality of interpretability of meaning and the multilingualism of its speakers/interpreters, which bear for their complexity. Ephemerally appearing arts, such as music and dance, in diagrammatic annotations hint in traces at the complex relationships and the contingencies of concrete singularities.

TEXT
The Sound of the ColorsRobert C. Phillips & Matilde Nuzzo ↗ Distance “Dis-Dance”Andreas Spiegl ↗ Traces of Cultural TransformationsGabrielle Cram ↗ Traces of the SensesMatthias Schmidt ↗ MusikLucas Gehrmann, Kunsthalle Wien ↗
BIO
Self-portrait, Shelter Island 2024
Self-Portrait, Shelter Island 2024

Luis Casanova Sorolla was born in Lima, Peru, in 1984 and moved to Vienna, Austria, in 2000. He joined the University of Fine Arts Vienna in 2001 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2012. He currently works between Vienna and Bahia, Brazil. His multimedia practice moves between painting, performance, music and dance. He has had solo exhibitions in Austria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Slovenia, Brazil and the United States, most recently at Arte Spazio Tempo in Venice (2026) and Off Space S7 in Vienna (2025). His work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Zona Maco in Mexico, Alserkal in Dubai and WOP Art Fair in Lugano. He has been artist in residence at the John Chamberlain State in New York, Hugo França Gallery in Trancoso and Villa Müller in Feldkirch.

SELECTED SOLO
2026 · Arte Spazio Tempo, Venice IT
2025 · Off Space S7, Vienna AT
2024 · Undanced, John Chamberlain State NY
2024 · Quando la esperanza danza, Lugo IT
2024 · Peles da terra, Trancoso BR
2023 · The Line Up, Innsbruck AT
2015 · Bäckerstrasse 4 Gallery, Berlin
2013 · Cota, Hippodrome London UK
SELECTED GROUP
2024 · Hope never dies, Galerie Hinterland AT
2024 · Stramilia, Venice IT
2022 · Paradoxia, Foundrytown Dubai
2021 · Invictus, Alserkal Dubai
2018–19 · Ekstase, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
2017–18 · Zona Maco, Mexico
RESIDENCIES
2024 · John Chamberlain State NY
2023 · Hugo França Gallery, Trancoso BR
2022 · Villa Müller, Feldkirch AT
2021 · Flamhof, Steiermark AT
2013–14 · Das Weisse Haus, Vienna AT