Luciana Grazia Menegazzi

M'I lumina is an exclusive Porcelain Paper Clay brand dedicated to contemporary ceramic. M'I lumina came to life at the beginning of 2015, from the eclectic mind of Luciana Grazia Menegazzi. Born in Milan in 1961, she graduated in Architecture in 1988. During her career she has also had experiences as a Teaching Assistant at Politecnico of Milan, and took part in various design competitions.
Pottery expert, collector of italian majolicas from the '30s and '40s, design and handmade enthusiastic, she was charmed by paper clay, a modern but ancient material, made of clay and paper cellulose. She experimented with “bone china” porcelain in particular, whose elegance, resistance and transparency she really appreciate. So she created M'I lumina, a Milan-based hand-made brand, whose mission is to create
exclusive lamps and furnishings, with an high handcraft content and an absolutely original design.
A M'I lumina piece of design is way more than its function or a trend, it is an iconic and evocative creation. The paper clay itself, the use of recycled paper and the organic forms, inspired by the vegetal and animal world, make the M'I lumina creations the protagonists of a refined but eco-friendly idea of interior design.

Luciana Grazia Menegazzi, graduated in Architecture at the “Politecnico" di Milano in 1988.
She studied with masters of design and artists such as Achille Castiglioni, Marco Zanuso, Tomas Maldonado, Frank Ghery, Claes Oldenburg. Menegazzi opened her
own architectural firm in 1989, where she still works. In 2015, after a training in ceramics as self taught, she founded M'I lumina.
She also teaches Paper Clay in various workshops.

Main Exhibitions:

2022
. Italian Studio Ceramics, collective exhibition with on-line auction during the Milan Design Week 2022 - ESH gallery - Milano
. Virtual exhibition of the artwork "Big clustered soft cocoon" at Urbanside gallery Zurich (Artbox.Project)

2021
• Finalist at the XV Biennal de Ceramica Artistica de Aveiro (Portugal)
• Finalist at the 3rd Bon Art Project Teheran (Iran) International Ceramic virtual exhibition “Transformation”
• Finalist at the international competition “Ceramics in love – Three” at Castellamonte (Turin – Italy)

2020
• Finalist at the XXVII international competition “MediTERRAneo” Grottaglie, palazzo Episcopio (Taranto – Italy)
• Invited to “Cluster Crafts”, collective exhibition in London – 28 Oct./2 Nov. - On line edition

2019
• Collective exhibition at MUDeC museum “E' sempre l'ora del tè” (Laveno - Italy)
• Finalist at the international XXVI competition “MediTERRAneo” Grottaglie, palazzo Episcopio (Taranto – Italy)
• Finalist at the international competition “Ceramics in love – Two” at Castellamonte (Turin – Italy)
• Finalist at the competition “Maria Giusy Ricotti memorial” Oristano Ceramic Center, Museo Diocesano Arborense (Oristano, Sardinia)

2018
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