Laurence Caruana  (known in France as Laurent Caruana)  in his Burgundy Studio, 2024

     Laurence Caruana is a Maltese artist, author and lecturer presently living between Vienna Austria and Burgundy France.

     He is best-known for his contribution to the Visionary Art movement, having exhibited his highly-detailed paintings in galleries and museums while authoring books and articles - even The First Manifesto of Visionary Art - and founding The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art. 

     His classically-inspired paintings explore the image language of myths, symbols & dreams, combining styles and iconographies from different cultures ~ east and west, ancient and modern. By crossing their myths and iconographies, his works explore history’s symbolic responses to 'the Eternal Questions’ on the nature of time, the afterlife and our soul’s journey through the cosmos.

     Born in Toronto Canada of Maltese descent, he is a graduate of The University of Toronto, having studied Hermeneutical Philosophy and Biblical Interpretation (B.A. Hons. 1985). In the tradition of master and apprentice, he learned classical techniques of painting (the Mischtechnik) with the Fantastic Realist painter Ernst Fuchs, assisting him in his studios in Monaco and Castillon France, as well as his Apocalypse Chapel in southern Austria.

     For most of his life, L. Caruana has led an itinerant existence, living variously in Toronto, Malta, Vienna, Munich, Monaco and Paris. His travels have also led him through Asia, Europe and Central America to broaden his sacred horizons and enrich his passion for religious iconographies.

     While living in Munich, the painter met his future wife, the French artist/dancer Florence Ménard Cuepaliztli. Together they moved to Paris, where they shared a studio in the Bastille quarter for twelve years. During this time, L. Caruana created a series of paintings that reflected his deepening research into psychedelics while authoring several books and editing The Visionary Revue. As a result, he was often invited to speak on psychedelics at academic conferences and also had his first solo shows in Paris and Vienna. In 2008, he created The Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy, an annual gathering of Visionary artists where he has taught the Mischtechnik for over fifteen years. 

     In 2012, the couple moved to Austria to co-found The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art. Over the course of seven years, its faculty expanded to 24 teachers while its facilities spread across three floors, including studios and workshops, an exhibition hall and cultural space. Until his death in 2015, Professor Ernst Fuchs had a studio on the top floor and oversaw the students’ work. As Academy Director, Laurence Caruana developed a series of lectures on Visionary Painting (filmed in 2016 and 2019). In 2020, the academy closed due to the Global Pandemic and the couple returned to their studios in Burgundy France. To continue transmitting the Mischtechnik, the painter has developed a new project - The Apocryphon Chapel - where he works with apprentices to depict the over-arching myth of Gnostic Christianity in fifteen large-scale paintings.

     L. Caruana has exhibited his works in a variety of settings, from national museums in Paris to Transformational festivals. He is also the author of five books and numerous journal articles. When he isn’t secluded in his Burgundy studio, the painter often travels abroad to promote Visionary Art through his many lectures, exhibitions and seminars.

CHRONOLOGY

– Born February 16, 1962 in Toronto Canada, of Maltese descent

HUMBER VALLEY – TORONTO
– Grew up next to Lambton forest, James gardens, and the Humber river. Frequent walks in the forest and frequent visits to island homeland of Malta in the Mediterranean
– Showed a marked fascination with drawing and dreams as a child.

1976 – 1981 – HIGH SCHOOL – TORONTO
– First formal studies in painting, sculpture, and art history under Theodore Samotowka
– Discovered Surrealism, and the works of Salvador Dali
– First works inspired by Surrealism; drawings became dream-like and enigmatic.

1981 – 1985 – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
– Studied Ancient Greek and German Philosophy. Read Pre-Socratics, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger and Jung.
– Graduated Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
– Began recording dreams
– Wrote Scream of Consciousness             illustrated with sculptures expressing mythic and archetypal themes.

1986 – MAGICUS THEATRE – TORONTO
– Wrote, directed, and acted in plays (Reznikoff, Buried Mirrors) while making films (Psychologica, What Dwells in Man, Eternal Return). All works explored the themes of madness, dreams and the unconsciousness.

1987 – WESTERN EUROPE
– Extensive travels, studying Gothic and Northern Renaissance art (Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, Bosch) as well as Italian Renaissance (Da Vinci, Michelangelo). Travel journal: European Pilgrimage.

1988 – 1989 – TORONTO
– Upon return, abandoned the collaborative arts of theatre and film to concentrate on painting and writing in solitude
– Began a series of Gothic paintings, such as The Dance of Death

– Published Fragments, a collection of essays, poems and plays
– Began wandering through Europe.

1990 – 1991 – VIENNA (Neubau Viertel)
– Studied painting at the Akademie der Bildende Künste
– Discovered Fantastic Realism and the works of Ernst Fuchs
– Frequently sketched ancient Greek, Egyptian and Aztec works in museums, while studying mythology in the writings of Campbell, Eliade, Zimmer and Frye
– Developed Old Masters approach to painting while mixing myths and symbols from different cultures.

1991 – EASTERN EUROPE
– Extensive travels, visiting monasteries and studying Byzantine art and iconography. Travel journal: Voyage to Byzantium.

1992 – 1993 – MALTA (Mellieha)
– Began Meditations of a Heretic, a novel set in Malta, based on its cultural myths
– Began paintings inspired by visionary dreams and expanded through sacred art and myth.

1993 – 1996 – MUNICH (Alt Schwabing, Haidhausen)
– First extensive experiments with entheogens
– Met Florence Ménard
– Began Enter Through the Image, a lengthy study of the logic underlying arrangements of images in myth, art, and dreams
– Further pursuit of paintings based on ‘the interplay of art, myth and dreams’.

1996 – 2000 – PARIS (Montmartre, Quartier Latin, Bastille)
– Marriage to Florence Ménard
– Continued symbolic experiments in painting
– Bought and renovated studio in the Bastille quarter
– Worked with Ernst Fuchs on murals in the Apocalypse Chapel in Klagenfurt, Austria

2000 – 2001 – MONACO (Castillon)
– Apprenticed under the master Visionary artist Ernst Fuchs for one year, assisting on his larger paintings in his studio on the Quai des Artistes in Monaco and his home Castel Caramel in Castillon
– Wrote A First Draft of A Manifesto of Visionary Art
– Exhibitions: l’Art Imaginaire (Monaco)

2001 – 2002 – PARIS (Bastille)
– Launched The Visionary Revue: The Electronic Journal of Visionary Art
– Published A First Draft of A Manifesto of Visionary Art on-line and in a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies
– Exhibitions: Art of the Imagination (London), Parfums de Femmes (Paris)

2003 – N. AFRICA, ASIA
– Travelled through Egypt, India, Nepal and Tibet for three months, studying Egyptian, Hindu and Buddhist art Travel journal: A Visionary Journey to the East

2003 – 2006 – PARIS (Bastille)
– Published the second and third issues of The Visionary Revue, the Johfra and Kalmakoff issues
– Launched the French version of the Manifesto - Le manifeste de l'art visionnaire
– Wrote: The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ, Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts
– Exhibitions: Chiméria (Sedane), Dalis Erben Malen Europa (Wolnzach, Munich), La Mort Transfigurée (Paris)

2006 – CENTRAL AMERICA

– Travelled through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras for two months, studying Mayan and Aztec art. Travel journal: Mayan Vision Quest

2007 – 2010 – PARIS (Bastille)
– Publication of The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts
– Launched GnosticQ.com: A Source for Gnostic Studies
– Launched the 4th issue of The Visionary Revue on Entheogens
– Entheologue              with Alex Grey at The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in the Chelsea district of New York
– Held first of many Visions in the Mischtechnik painting seminars in Torri Superiore Italy in 2008
– Publication of Enter Through the Image: The Ancient Image Language of Myth, Art & Dreams
– Exhibitions: Guest of Honour at Chiméria – Festival International des Arts Visionnaires (Sedan, France), plus: Metageum (Malta)              Liminal Village Boom Festival  (Portugal), 

Interdimensional Art Tour (San Francisco, Montreal, Seattle, Eugene), The Fountain Oracle Gathering (Washington)
– Conferences & panel discussions: Metageum (Malta), Colloque sur les  Hallucinations (Paris), 

Liminal Village Boom Festival (Portugal), Chiméria Festival (Sedan, France)

2010 – 2012 – BURGUNDY (Nièvre)
– After the birth of our son, bought a farmhouse south of Paris, in the Burgundy region of France
– Moved to the farmhouse while maintaining an apartment in Paris. Began pursuing Permaculture
– Publication of The First Manifesto of Visionary Art in a new open edition
– Solo Exhibition La Pouvoir des Mythes at Galerie de l’Art Visionnaire de Paris including Live Painting & Chants, later filmed by IF tv
– Solo Exhibition at l’Espace Beauvais, St. Saulge, France
– Organized group exhibition EnQuête du Sacré at Galerie de l’Art Visionnaire de Paris and at Chiméria - Festival International des Arts Visionnaires in Sedan, France
– Painting workshop Express Your Energy in Paint with 300 participants at The Boom Festival, Portugal
– Painting workshops Enter Through the Image at The Omega Institute, Rheinbeck N.Y. (Sept 2012 and May 2013)
– Art Spirit Now – Exhibition and presentations, Boulder Colorado, May 2013
– CoSM Workshop Visualizing Shape into Form with Maura Holden, plus Visionary Salon with Alex & Allyson Grey (Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappinger NY - June 2013)
– Two works included in the Dreams & Divinities book and exhibition (Toledo Spain)
– On-going Visions in the Mischtechnik painting seminars, every summer in Torri Superiore Italy

2013 – 2015 – VIENNA (Josefstadt)
– Moved to Vienna
– Co-founded The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art in the Palais Palffy across from the Hofburg Palace. Served in the capacity of Director and Principle Lecturer
– Release of the Manifesto in Portuguese translation: O Preimero Manifesto da Arte Visionaria
– Organized series of events at The O.Z.O.R.A Festival Hungary (Aug 2014) including workshops, exhibitions, lectures and the live painting of a collective Healing Mandala (White Tara) which was ritually activated

2016 – 2020 – VIENNA (Josefstadt)
– Moved The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art from The Palais Palffy to the Otto Wagner Building at Döblergasse 2 - 1070 Vienna. Continued to serve in the capacity of Director and Principle Lecturer
– Expansion of the Academy across three floors - Opening of The Cultural Space, including The Gallery, The Temple and The VAVA Werkstätte
– Began working in a new studio ~ Atelier L. Caruana ~ on Strozzigasse 41 in the Josefstadt district of Vienna
– Publication of Sacred Codes: The Forgotten Principles of Painting, Revived by Visionary Art – Volume I – The Drawing Stage including a Book Launch at The VAVA Cultural Space

- Ad Sacrum: Toward the Sacred - A Retrospective Exhibition at The Gallery of The VAVA Cultural Space
– Publication of Moreau’s Labyrinth: A Visual Guide Through Jupiter & Semele – It’s Narrative, Composition & Philosophy
– Taught The Alchemy of Paint during the 2019 Winter Trimester at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art. Seven lectures were recorded as The Alchemy, Visions & Art Series.

– Closure of The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art due to the Global Pandemic

2021 – Present – BURGUNDY (Nièvre)
– Return to farmhouse in Burgundy, with frequent stays in Vienna
– Launched The Online Fundraiser Workshop Series to help cover closing costs of the Academy

– Offered online courses such as Free-Hand Sacred Geometry and Watcher at the Gate together with Florence Ménard
– Worked on the first large-scale painting for The Apocryphon Chapel ~ The Upper Aeons
– Completed the first volume of an autobiography: Reflections in the Mirrored Sphere - The Unlikely Yet Epic Life of Alphonse Pinselstrich 

- Solo exhibition in Vienna Avaloka Gathering at Sargfabrik Vienna

- Exhibition in National Museum in Paris - Voyages chamaniques, arts visionnaires d'Amazonie at Musée Quai Branly Paris

- Taught the Mischtechnik to advanced students at The 2024 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy

EXHIBITIONS

• Voyages chamaniques, arts visionnaires d'Amazonie - Musée Quai Branly Paris – 14 November 2023 - 26 May 2024

• Cosmic Convergence Festival – “Schloss Ehrnau” in Mautern Styria, Austria, June 2024

• Avaloka Gathering – Sargfabrik Vienna, October 2023

• Cosmic Convergence Festival – Haag, Austria, June 2023 

• Visionarium Festival - Barcelona Spain, May 2019

• Solo Exhibition L. Caruana – Ad Sacrum: Toward the Sacred – The Gallery of The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art Cultural Space – Vienna, April 2018

• Transmissions: A Tribute Exhibition Dedicated to Ernst Fuchs – Galerie 10 – Vienna,  May 12 – 30, 2016

• Visionary Art Museum – Boom Festival, Idhana-a-Nova, Portugal, August 2014

• Mirabel Tower – O.Z.O.R.A Festival, Hungary, August 2014

• Inner Worlds – Graduate Exhibition, Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, June 2014

• Dreams & Divinities – Toledo, Spain – May 2013

• Art Spirit Now – Boulder Colorado, May 2013

• EnQuête du Sacré – Chiméria – Festival International des Arts Visionnaires – Sedan, France, October 2012

• EnQuête du Sacré – Galerie de l’Art Visionnaire de Paris, September 2012

• Third Eye Gallery – Boom Festival – Idhana-a-Nova, Portugal, August 2012

• Solo Exhibition – La Pouvoir des Mythes including Live Painting & Chants – Galerie de l’Art Visionnaire de Paris – Paris, June 2012

• Solo Exhibition – La Pouvoir des Mythes – Espace Beauvais, St. Saulge, France, January 2012

• The Fountain Oracle Gathering – Dragons Sphere park, Washington, August 2009

• The Interdimensional Art Tour (San Francisco, Montreal, Seattle, Eugene, May 2009)

• Guest of Honour at Chiméria – Festival International des Arts Visionnaires – Sedan, France, March 2009

• Boom Festival – Idhana-a-Nova, Portugal, August 2008

• Metageum Conference – Malta, November 2007

• Chiméria - Festival International des Arts Visionnaires – Sedan, France, October 2006

• Dalis Erben Malen Europa – Wolnzach, Germany, October 2005

• Chiméria - Festival International des Arts Visionnaires – Sedan, France, October 2004

• La Parfume des Femmes – Paris, France, May, 2002

• Art of the Imagination – London, England, February 2002

• l’Art Imaginaire – Monaco, September 2000

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Sources of Inspiration for My Art - Art, Psyche and the Creative Imagination Programme at The Limerick School of Art and Design (Technological University of the Shannon) November 26, 2022

• Alchemy, Visions & Art – A Seven Part Lecture Series, presented at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art and recorded during the 2019 Winter Trimester on The Alchemy of Paint – January - March 2019

• Visionary Art – Panel discussion with Martina Hoffmann and Pascal Ferry –Visionarium Festival - Barcelona Spain, May 2019

• Sacramental Culture & Visionary Art – Presentation followed by Panel discussion with Alex Grey, Allyson Grey, Mark Lee and Daniel Kage at Art, Spirit Now Vienna hosted by The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, February 23, 2016

• Visionary Art & A Vision of Art: Possible Paths for Art in the 20th Century – Opening Speech at the SGEM Conference, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, April 2016

• Sacred Codes – A Series of 11 Lectures presented at at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art and recorded Sept 2014 - June 2015

• The Vision Journey East and West – Presentation, Chambok House, O.Z.O.R.A Festival, Hungary, August 2014

• What is Visionary Art? – Presentation at the Chambok House, O.Z.O.R.A Festival, Hungary, August 2014

• Introducing The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art - Presentation at Art Spirit Now, Boulder Colorado, May 23, 2013

• L’influence de l’ayahuasca dans la création artistique – Presentation followed by discussion with Jan Kounen and Tom Verdier at EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, February 23, 2012

• The Visionary Ideal: Life as Art-making and Spirit-quest – Presentation and Discussion with Alex & Allyson Grey at CoSM: The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappinger NY, October 6, 2012

• Du Genèse à l’Apocalypse : Visions du Cosmos – Presentation on Mayan Cosmology at Chiméria: Festival International des Arts Visionnaires, Sedan, France,   – October 2012

• Enjeux pratiques des états modifiés de conscience – Panel discussion – L. Caruana, Luis Eduardo Luna, Manuel Villaescusa & Enrique del Bosque moderated by Juan Gonzalez, Colloque sur les Hallucinations dans la Philosophie et les Sciences Cognitives, Paris, March 2009

• Entretiens sur l’expérience visionnaire – Panel discussion – L. Caruana, Jan Kounen & Romuald Leterrier, Chiméria: Festival International des Arts Visionnaires, Sedan, France, March 2009 - Filmed and broadcast online by Baglis.tv France

• L’art visionnaire et la quête personnelle du Sacré – Presentation, Chiméria: Festival International des Arts Visionnaires, Sedan, France, March 2009

• L’art visionnaire, héritier des traditions sacrées – Presentation, Chiméria: Festival International des Arts Visionnaires, Sedan, France, March 2009 – Filmed & broadcast online by Baglis.tv France

• Visionary Art Culture Creators Panel – Panel discussion – L. Caruana, Luke Brown, Carey Thompson, Andrew Jones, Zariat & Leo Plaw moderated by Delvin Solkinson, Liminal Village, Boom Festival, Idhana-a-Nova, Portugal, August 2008

• Practical Uses of Altered States of Consciousness – Panel discussion, Colloque sur les Hallucinations dans la Philosophie et les Sciences Cognitives, Paris, March 2008

• Les entheogènes et l’art visionnaire – Presentation, Colloque sur les Hallucinations dans la Philosophie et les Sciences Cognitives, Paris, March 2008)

• Entheogens in Megalithic culture – Panel discussion – L. Caruana, Erik Davis & Gyrus, Metageum Conference, Malta, Nov. 2007

• Approaching Megalithic Culture Through the Ancient Image Language – Presentation, Metageum Conference, Malta, Nov. 2007

• Entheologue with Alex Grey – Presentation & discussion, CoSM: Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Chelsea district of Manhattan NY, August 2007

• L’art visionnaire et les hallucinations – Presentation, Colloque sur les Hallucinations dans la Philosophie et les Sciences Cognitives, Paris, May 2007

• Ernst Fuchs et l’école viennoise du réalisme fantastique – Presentation, Mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne, Paris, Oct. 2006

• Les entheogènes et l’art visionnaire – Presentation, EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, May 2006

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS

• The 2024 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Florence Ménard Cuepaliztli & Stefan Lucas Allen, July 2024

• The 2017 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Autumn Skye and Kevin Campeau, July 2017

• The Alchemy of Paint - Winter Trimester at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, 2016

• The 2014 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Amanda Sage & A. Andrew Gonzalez, July 2014

• The 2013 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Amanda Sage, A. Andrew Gonzalez & Maura Holden, July 2013

• Manifest Your Vision - Co-teaching the first three trimesters at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art with David Heskin & Aloria Weaver (Fall 2013), Timea Tallian & Benedetto Fellin (Winter 2014) and Daniel Mirante & Kuba Ambrose (Spring 2014)

• Enter Through the Image: Painting Sacred Visions in the Mischtechnik – A five-day workshop at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck NY – May 31 - June 6, 2013

• Visualizing Shape into Form - Workshop with Maura Holden at CoSM: The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappinger NY,  June 8, 2013

•  Express Your Energy in Paint - The Mana Prima Technique - An afternoon workshop together with Amanda Sage & A. Andrew Gonzalez, teaching 300 people at The Liminal Village, Boom Festival, August 2012

• The 2012 Expanded Visions in the Mischtechnik - Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Amanda Sage, A. Andrew Gonzalez & Maura Holden, July 2012

• Enter Through the Image: Painting Sacred Visions in the Mischtechnik – A five-day workshop at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck NY – September 30 - October 5, 2012

• The 2011 Expanded Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Amanda Sage, A. Andrew Gonzalez and Maura Holden, July 2011

• The 2010 Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – Co-teaching with Amanda Sage, & A. Andrew Gonzalez, July 2010

• The 2009 Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – July 2009

• The 2008 Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy – July 2008

PODCAST INTERVIEWS

• L'art visionnaire et gnoséologie - Interview in French with Daniel Shoushi of The Orphélya Podcast about Visionary Art and the Gnostic Tradition  - Feb 18, 2024

• Psychedelic Gnosis and the Imaginal Double - Interview with Matthew J. Dillon of The Pop Apocalypse Podcast for The Transcendence and Transformation Initiative at The Centre for the Study of World Religions at the Harvard Divinity School - May 15, 2023

• Gnosticism and Visionary Art – Interview with Rudolf Berger of The Thoth Hermes Podcast (Season 4-Episode 21) May 31, 2020

• Laurence Caruana on Visionary Art and the Fall of Sophia - Interview with Earl Fontainelle for the Living Esoteric Cultures Series on the SHWEP - Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast - April 22, 2020

• The Gnostic Worldview –The Juan on Juan Podcast #09  – Oct 2020

• Entering Through the Image - Interview with Erik Davis for his Expanding Mind program on The Progressive Radio Network, focussing on Enter Through the Image – February 11, 2010

• Secret Rituals in Gnostic Myths – Interview with Miguel Conner on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio about Enter Through the Image – May 2010

• What Would the Ministry of a Gnostic Jesus look like? – Interview with Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio  about The Hidden Passion - 2008

WRITINGS ON L. CARUANA

BOOKS:

• Mikosz, José Eliézer, Arte Visionária, Editora Prismas (2015)
• Oroc, James, The New Psychedelic Revolution: The Genesis of the Visionary Age, Park Street Press (2018)

THESES:

• Hester, Lisa, Re-envisioning Visionary Art: An Inquiry into Analytical Psychology and Art Criticism, Ph. D thesis (2023)
• Colombo, Danielle Elise, Cosmic Expressions and Spiritual Revivals within Visionary Art, Honours thesis (2015)
• Bart, Gregory, A Transformative Dialogue: Visionary Art and Public Art Education, Master’s Thesis (2010)
• Mikosz, José Eliézer, A arte visionária e a Ayahuasca: representações visuais de espirais e vórtices inspiradas nos estados não ordinários de consciência (ENOC), Ph. D thesis (2009)

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

• Dillon, Matthew J., Symbolic Loss, Memory, and Modernization in the Reception of Gnosticism, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies I, 276 – 309 (2016)
• Mikosz, José Eliézer, Psychelia and Visionary Art: The Work of Art as the Result of Interaction between Culture and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Relegens Thrékdeia, estudos e pesquisa em religião V. 04 – n. 02  (2015)

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

• Bagdasarov, R. Visionary Art: Art as a Spiritual Practice, Science and Religion (May 2018) 30 - 37
• Nicoleides, Steven, Inside The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, Lúcuma No 11 (Spring / Summer 2016) 48 - 79
• Lamother, Nicole, En Quête du Sacré, Universe des Arts No 166 (Oct / Nov 2012) 18 - 19

THE VISIONARY ART OF L. CARUANA 

~ Life as a Gradual Unfolding of the Sacred ~

A 35-minute video on my life & work,

told in the first person.

PAST EVENTS

ALCHEMY OF PAINT - 2019

       In the Winter of 2019, I led a wonderful group of talented artists through The Alchemy of Paint at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art. Seven of my lectures were filmed and posted online as The Alchemy, Visions & Art Series. 

RETROSPECTIVE IN VIENNA - 2018

       In the Spring of 2018, The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art held a retrospective of my work, with 16 of my paintings and many drawings on exhibition. The Opening was well-attended.

LAUNCH OF SACRED CODES - VIENNA 2018

       The Book Launch was accompanied by a lecture where I discussed some of the basic principles of the book. 

THE OPENING OF THE VIENNA ACADEMY OF VISIONARY ART ~ 2013

       The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art opened its doors in September of 2013. It was located in the centre of Vienna, just across from the Hofburg Palace. A celebration was held in the Palais Palffy with many artists in attendance, including the Academy's Honorary Director, Professor Ernst Fuchs. My wife Florence Ménard and myself co-directed the Academy for seven year. 

SOLO EXHIBITION IN PARIS - 2012

GROUP EXHIBITION IN PARIS - 2012

       The exhibition opened with an Evening of Live Painting featuring Liba WS and myself, with Shaye B providing shamanic chants and instruments.

TEACHING AT THE OMEGA INSTITUTE - 2012

       For two years in a row, I gave week-long workshops at the Omega Institute in Upstate New York, teaching the Mischtechnik and leading students through visualizations. 

ENTHEOLOGUE AT COSM - 2008

       At a time when Psychedelics were still a relatively taboo subject, Alex Grey and I had an evening-long discussion about the nature of psychedelic experience. 

EXHIBITION IN MALTA - 2007

       In 2007, I was thrilled to be invited to the Metageum conference, where I exhibited five of my original paintings and also gave a talk on Approaching Megalithic Culture Through the Ancient Image Language. Along with Erik Davis and Gyrus, I formed part of a discussion panel on Entheogens in Megalithic Culture. It was a pleasure to return to the island of my ancestors.