Luan Banzai is a Brazilian multi-disciplinary artist who combines different medias and technologies to create vibrant and emotive experiences.
He stablished LUANBANZAI.ORG as a living platform for developing creative projects worldwide.
✈ From Brazil, currently based in Kyoto, Japan.
✏ Working Worldwide since 2006.
☎ Contact: LUANBANZAI@GMAIL.COM
Clients for commissioned work worldwide include:
Nike, MTV, Converse, Dior, Google, Heineken, Unilever, Ville de Genève, FILMAR Film Festival, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Genève, Ville de Genève, HEAD University of Arts and Design, Kyoto Journal, Kyotographie Festival, Chimaski Studio Japan, Whole Love Kyoto, ÖUS, Psyop, VisionaireWorld, Wieden+Kennedy, among others.
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CV:
Luan Banzai
Brazil, 1988
Exhibitions:
2024 - Seeds Of Creation 創造の種 @ Marutoshikaku まるとしかく | Konan, Japan
2023 - Manga Mango @ Le Passage | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Forms + Feelings @ Kiri Art Cultivation Center | Kameoka, Japan
2021 - Chaud! Hot! あつい！@ Soulwines | Geneva, Switzerland
2021 - Mille vues du Salève c’est Possible @ àDuplex | Geneva, Switzerland
2020 - Étoile Expansive @ OMUR Art Space | Geneva, Switzerland
2019 - La Exhibit @ La Negra Factory | Barcelona, Spain
2019 - Mentre Existeix @ Do The Print | Barcelona, Spain
2018 - A Crepe in the Fog @ Kiri Art Cultivation Center | Kameoka, Japan
2017 - Le Grand Tour @ Hispano-Suiza | Geneva, Switzerland
2016 - Les Cabines @ Bains de Pâquis | Geneva, Switzerland
2016 - Arguments @ Espace TOPIC | Geneva, Switzerland
2016 - La Navette @ Milkshake Gallery | Geneva, Switzerland
2015 - M.U.E.S.U.M. @ Ariana Museum of Ceramics - Geneva, Switzerland
2014 - MOVE! Plasticity @ São Paulo's Biennal Of Architecture - São Paulo, Brazil
Selected Art Fairs, Festivals & Events:
2024 - Jodoji Extreme @ Jodoji Experience House | Kyoto, Japan
2024 - Four Dancers @ UrBANGUILD | Kyoto, Japan
2024 - Soundscapes @ Bridge to Kyoto Artspace, Kyoto Japan
2024 - Inspiration Source @ Kyotographie Festival | Kyoto, Japan
2023 - Four Dancers @ UrBANGUILD | Kyoto, Japan
2023 - Be your Own God @ Kyoto Art Theater Shunjuza | Kyoto, Japan
2023 - Crude Saturdays @ Tic-Tac Art Centre | Brussels, Belgium
2022 - Festival Animatou @ Cinema Alhambra | Geneva, Switzerland
2021 - VOID International Animation Film Fest | Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 - Festival Animatou @ Cinema Alhambra | Geneva, Switzerland
2021 - Express(act)ion @ BIG Independent Art Biennale | Geneva, Switzerland
2019 - La Radio Cosmique @ BIG Independent Art Biennale | Geneva, Switzerland
2019 - Não sei por onde começar @ Centro Cultural SP | São Paulo, Brazil
2018 - Kameoka Art Summit @ Michi-no-Eki Galleria | Kameoka, Japan
2018 - PLANA Festival @ Cinemateca Brasileira | São Paulo, Brazil
2017 - Nuit des Images @ Elysée Museum - Lausanne, Switzerland
2017 - La Radio Cosmique @ BIG Independent Art Biennale | Geneva, Switzerland
2017 - PLANA Festival @ MIS Museu da Imagem e do Som | São Paulo, Brazil
Selected Talks & Workshops:
2024 - What is Zen Dance? @ Pecha Kucha Night | Kyoto, Japan
2024 - Zen Dance Workshop @ Nishioka Fukutani Studio | Kyoto, Japan
2024 - Photography & Dance @ Kyotographie Festival | Kyoto, Japan
2024 - Zen Dance Workshop @ CODHA Eco-Quartier | Geneva, Switzerland
2023 - Zen Dance Workshop @ Grazia Dance Studio | Kyoto, Japan
2023 - Zen Dance Workshop @ Dance Alive Studio | Kyoto, Japan
2023 - Zen Dance Workshop @ Seiken-ji Temple | Kyoto, Japan
2023 - Atelier La Main Gauche @ Centre d’art Contemporain de Genève | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - LO-FI Animation @ Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Visual expression workshop @ Superpapier, Meyrin, Switzerland
2022 - Visual expression workshop @ La Ferme de Mamité | Saconnex-d'Arve, Switzerland
2022 - Dessin Block Party @ La Pelotière | Versoix, Switzerland
2022 - Comics & Spaces @ HEAD University of Arts and Design | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Messages for the Future @ Festival Explore | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Kawaii Chara-Design @ Bibliothèque Municipal Cité | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Dessin Libre Expression @ ECG Madame de Staël | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Image, Sens, Regard @ École de Commerce Andre Chavanne | Geneva, Switzerland
2022 - Image, Sens, Regard @ École CFPT | Geneva, Switzerland
2021 - Animating Spaces @ HEAD University of Arts and Design | Geneva, Switzerland
2017 - The SpaceShip Theory @ NEXCoworking | Curitiba, Brazil
2016 - The SpaceShip Theory @ Les Grands Voisins | Paris, France
2016 - The SpaceShip Theory @ PechaKuchaNight Kyoto | Kyoto, Japan
2016 - ART is LIFE @ Kyoto Seika University | Kyoto, Japan
2016 - ART is LIFE @ Kyoto University of Arts and Design (KUAD) | Kyoto, Japan
Clients for commissioned work include:
Nike, MTV, Converse, Dior, Google, Heineken, Unilever, Ville de Genève, FILMAR Film Festival, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Genève, Ville de Genève, HEAD University of Arts and Design, Kyoto Journal, Kyotographie Festival, Chimaski Studio Japan, Whole Love Kyoto, ÖUS, Psyop, VisionaireWorld, Wieden+Kennedy, among others.
Academic Education:
2017 | BA Fine Arts: Art & Spaces @ HEAD, Geneva University of Arts & Design | Geneva, Switzerland
2016 | Fine Arts: Spatial Design (Exchange Program) @ KUAD, Kyoto University of Arts & Design | Kyoto, Japan
2012 | Film Direction @ BAP, Bande à Part École de Cinéma | Barcelona, Spain
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Selected Press:
Read Revista Continente interview. (PT/BR)
Listen Radio Vostok interview. (FR/CH)
Listen Radio Cité Genève interview. (FR/CH)