Luisa Nannini Del Campana was born in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) in April 1950. She began studying art seriously after having personally met the painter Dino Migliorini.
19 March 1978 her first public showing.
1980: Ponte Vecchio, Carmine church exhibition, Regina Schrecker.
Contact with Archeosofia and its founder Tommaso Palamidessi. She studied symbolism and in particular the Holy Grail.
March 1982: Significant personal show at CEPAC in Prato, presented by Gastone Breddo and the sculptor Antonio Berti.
Experience working with glass: it was the art critic Tommaso Paloscia who suggested that she try working with glass in light of the characteristics of her work. The Sacred Art Commission of Florence had her realize a large (48 sq m) stained-glass window above the portals of the Church of San Giovanni Gualberto in Pontassieve. The municipality of Pontassieve set up an exhibition of her preparatory sketches and cartoons for the work, including photos documenting the various phases of the work.
1985: personal exhibitions.
Max Hufschmith invited her to show her works in his new gallery, the Kunst Studio, in Wintertour, Switzerland; the exhibition followed that of Guttuso.
January 1989: member of the Burckartd International Academy.
June 1992: Exhibition of stained-glass on sacred subjects in the church of the “Borro” at San Giustino, at the Vallombrosa Abbey and at Basilica of the San Alessandro in Fiesole. The show received attention by the news service of RAI3 with broadcast of a journalistic report during the regional news.
Participation/Courses: “Giubileo degli Artisti” (2000), conference on the history and technique of stained-glass; lessons at the Palazzo Spinelli institute for restoration.
Careful study of the “grisaille” painting technique in gothic works; the Chartres atelier.
2002: exhibition at the Egyptian Embassy in Rome.
Exhibition organized in Arezzo, Palazzo Chianini Vincenzi september – october 2007
Malta- La Valletta- Italian Institute of Culture 15-30 may 2008
Orvieto, Palazzo dei Sette 16 maggio - 14 giugno 2009 - Mirabile Mistero edited by Giuliana Serrapede
After a number of years dedicated exclusively to artistic glass, she has taken up painting again with great enthusiasm for the subjects which have for some time been the object of her personal and aesthetic attention.