Luca Gansser b. 1945

  • Artist (Painter)
Born Bogata, Columbia, Gansser is from Lugarno, Switzerland. Gansser has exhibited extensively around the world since 1970. He is the ultimate nomad, travelling extensively, imparting his artistic knowledge and absorbing many different cultures.
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Luca Gansser is the director of the not-for-profit Arte Moris art school in Dili, Timor Leste. Gansser founded Arte Moris in 2003 with a view “to use art as a building block in the psychological and social reconstruction of a country devastated by violence, with special emphasis on helping its young citizens” (www.artemoris.org). Born in Bogata, Columbia Gansser is from Lugarno, the Italian-speaking Canton of Switzerland. Gansser has exhibited extensively around the world since 1970. He is the ultimate nomad, travelling from one place to the next, imparting his artistic knowledge and absorbing many different cultures.

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Residences
  • 1970 Mexico
  • 1974 - 1979 Tuscany, Italy, Tuscany, Italy
  • 1980 - 1982 (Moscow, South America, Canada, Australia)
  • 1982 Lugano, Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland (Became a resident)
  • 1989 Central Australia, NT (Travelling)
  • 1990 - 1991 Moscow, USSR (Russia) (Cultural exchange between Swiss and Russian artists)
  • 1992 Soweto, South Africa, Soweto, South Africa (Berlin-Zurich Cultural Exchange Program)
  • 1996 - 1997 Thailand, Thailand
  • 1998 - 1999 (Visits to Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar; Foundation Member of 'Mergui Archipelago Project')
  • 2003- (Founded 'Arte Moris' - a non-profit, free art school in Dili, East Timor)
  • 1970 Mexico
  • 1974 - 1979 Tuscany, Italy, Tuscany, Italy
  • 1980 - 1982 (Moscow, South America, Canada, Australia)
  • 1982 Lugano, Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland (Became a resident)
  • 1989 Central Australia, NT (Travelling)
  • 1990 - 1991 Moscow, USSR (Russia) (Cultural exchange between Swiss and Russian artists)
  • 1992 Soweto, South Africa, Soweto, South Africa (Berlin-Zurich Cultural Exchange Program)
  • None
  • None (Visits to Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar; Foundation Member of 'Mergui Archipelago Project')
  • None (Founded 'Arte Moris' - a non-profit, free art school in Dili, East Timor)
Arrivals
  • 1982 (Travelling through Central Australia)
  • 1989 (Travelling internationally)
  • 1989
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