Luca Dal Vignale (1992, La Spezia, Italy) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara before coming to Belgium, where he continued his studies, first at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels (painting & tapestry), and afterwards at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (in situ). After many years passed experimenting with different materials and mediums, such as textile, sculpture, and video, he recently started again to paint. This choice informed the desire to reset his practice from zero. By now, materiality, depth, and surface form a framework around which he builds his practice. Luca applies a bodily approach that translates into a process of stratification, layering, and scratching the surface of the canvas.