Lucas Foglia
Lucas Foglia’s photographs explore the relationships between people, economy, and wilderness in rural America. Foglia’s artistic practice is profoundly informed by his experience growing up on a small farm outside of New York City. Despite the accessibility of supermarkets and shopping malls in the surrounding vicinity, Foglia’s family lived largely by the principles of the back-to-the-land movement, in a wood-heated home, canning and farming their own food. After studying art semiotics at Brown University, Foglia, inspired by his childhood experience, decided to investigate communities living self-sufficiently and off the grid. He embarked upon an extensive trip, from 2006 through 2010, during which he traveled through the southeastern United States, documenting the individuals he met along the way. Since then, Foglia has continued to turns his lens to underrepresented communities, most notably contemporary miners in the American West.
Foglia’s photographs have been compiled in two books as well as exhibited internationally. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art Library in New York. Foglia participated in the Light Work artist-in-residence program …
Lucas Foglia’s photographs explore the relationships between people, economy, and wilderness in rural America. Foglia’s artistic practice is profoundly informed by his experience growing up on a small farm outside of New York City. Despite the accessibility of supermarkets and shopping malls in the surrounding vicinity, Foglia’s family lived largely by the principles of the back-to-the-land movement, in a wood-heated home, canning and farming their own food. After studying art semiotics at Brown University, Foglia, inspired by his childhood experience, decided to investigate communities living self-sufficiently and off the grid. He embarked upon an extensive trip, from 2006 through 2010, during which he traveled through the southeastern United States, documenting the individuals he met along the way. Since then, Foglia has continued to turns his lens to underrepresented communities, most notably contemporary miners in the American West.
Foglia’s photographs have been compiled in two books as well as exhibited internationally. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art Library in New York. Foglia participated in the Light Work artist-in-residence program in 2007.
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
David Winton Bell Gallery of Brown University, Providence, RI
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
Newport Art Museum, Newport, CT
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Fine Art, Providence, RI
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, England