Tomaso De Luca’s work–articulated through drawing, sculpture, installation and video practices – is a set of perverse and improbable strategies that aim to present a ‘way out’ from the increasingly violent consequences of modernity–gentrification, oppression, isolation and exploitation. In opposition to these grim realities, he draws inspiration from queer utopias, weird studies, impossible architectural experiments, slapstick comedies and gothic characters in order to present a set of radical political alternatives–often camp and absurd–to reimagining the world.

His work has been exhibited at Künstlerhaus Bremen, Parque Lage – Rio de Janeiro, CAC Vilnius, SongEun Art Space Seoul, Pori Art Museum, IIC Paris, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and LIAF 2022, the Lofoten Biennial. He has been Cy Twombly Fellow at the American Academy in Rome (2017), the recipient of the MAXXI Bulgari Prize (2021), and artist in residence at Amant Foundation, New York City (2026).