(b. 1997 Long Beach, California)

Luciano's paintings are drenched in a thick, dreamy mood. Stilted characters express modern, anxious loneliness as they amble through a semi-abstracted, often nocturnal world. The settings are largely based on the artist's memories growing up in southern California, as well as ongoing personal experiences, usually displaying warped versions of suburban, urban, and coastal life. Notes of romantic nostalgia rest in surroundings made from absurdity and dreary cynicism, implying a dualistic relationship to memory as being simultaneously stabilizing and destabilizing. The tonal collision of longing and disenchantment creates a sarcastic irony unique to Luciano's work. Certain elements of the scenes are deliberately abstracted, reflecting the smeared and emotionally fraught nature of remembering. Additionally, Luciano's frequent employment of intensely deep blues, cool greens, flat blacks, warm yellows, and unusual pinks adds to the consistent uncanny atmosphere of his work. His particular brand of surrealism displays his fondness for artists such as David Lynch, Edward Hopper, and Francis Bacon whose idiosyncratic work resonates with Luciano's artistic philosophy.

          Luciano Thomas is an oil painter and musician residing in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Art and a minor in Art History in 2019. Both his painting and music work explore themes of nostalgia, memory, solitude, and loss while drawing inspiration from a diverse range of influences. His music work is released under the moniker "Blonds" and can be heard across all music streaming platforms.