Lucio Pozzi, born in 1935 in Milan, Italy, is an influential artist who has worked across various media and artistic approaches. After studying architecture and managing a graphic design workshop in Rome, he moved to the United States in 1962, initially attending the Harvard International Summer Seminar before settling in New York City. A dual citizen, Pozzi now divides his time between studios in Hudson, NY, and Valeggio sul Mincio, Verona, Italy.
Pozzi is a pioneer of multidisciplinary art-making, often presenting works in multiple mediums within the same exhibition. His early videotapes were showcased in 1978 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, one of the first solo exhibitions in the Projects: Video series. That same year, Pozzi exhibited watercolor landscapes at the John Weber Gallery, a space known for Conceptualism, where he had previously installed large painted walls and photographs with fragmented elements.
Pozzi's work has been shown in major museums and galleries worldwide, including Documenta 6 (1977) and the Venice Biennale (1980). His multi-show exhibitions took place at venues such as the University of Massachusetts, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, and a three-gallery show in New York in 1984. Additionally, he has occasionally written and taught at institutions such as Cooper Union, Yale, and Princeton. Pozzi's work is held in major collections worldwide, and his contributions to art have cemented his reputation as a pioneering figure in contemporary art.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Berkeley University Art Museum, Berkeley California
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Buenos Aires National Fine Arts Museum
Cassino Museo d'Arte Contemporanea
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Civica Galleria d'Arte, Gallarate, Italy
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Fondazione Zappettini, Chiavari, Italy
Jane Voorhees Zimmel Art Museum
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Kunstmuseum, Basel
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Captol Heights, Maryland
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
N.E.A. Archives, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York
Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY
Rutgers University Fine Arts Collection
Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
University of Maine, Museum of Art, Orono Maine
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Yale University Fine Arts Collection
Interview: The Brooklyn Rail, March 2025
