This is my party! From: ‘It will not evaporate’ performance. Feature in Performance Art Week Aotearoa Tour. Altiora studio. (Ōtautahi Christchurch 2023) 📸 : S. Cowdell
Ivan Lupi
@ivanlupi.bsky.social
Performance artist Author of: 🔺’Not as simple as it sounds’ ✋🏻 ‘Salut’ ❌ ‘X’ 🩸 ‘An open wound’ 💥’Immigrants welcome’
Return. … Inhale as if you were yawning. … Exhale through the mouthpiece until your lungs are empty. … The offer vibrates in the air. … It vibrates in time. … Return.
From: ‘Before and after George’ Tattoo artist: craigy_lee at Union Tattoo Studio - Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington.
Not rehearsing for, not preparing for. Just vibrating towards: ELECTRIC BODIES.
A cappuccino after midday is a crime. I have just committed a takeaway crime.
PROUD is not a word I ever use to describe myself, but it’s a tempting one when META permanently suspends all my accounts at once for no reasons and I am still around talking shit about them.
In between facial hair, in between places, in between state of minds.
Another name has been placed. The list keeps growing. Tattoo artist: Mario Gregor.
From: ‘Before and after George’ at the New Zealand Tattoo Convention 2025. Tattoo Artist: Mark Kevin Bayot
More from ‘Before and after George’ at the New Zealand Tattoo Festival. Tattoo artist: Poli.Pokes
From: ‘Before and after George’ at the New Zealand Tattoo Convention 2025. Artist: Gabrielle Cronje.
Just wrapped up a visit to the incredible City Art Depot to see three of my works in Showcase 2025! 🎨 Perfect way to close out the year’s exhibitions. I’m so grateful to the team at City Art Depot – their curatorial vision and meticulous care in handling the work really shows.
Throw back to some cute behind the scenes shots of ‘IMMIGRANTS WELCOME’, performed at the Performance Arcade a long ago.
Introduction thread. Name: Ivan Lupi Gender: Ivan Lupi Pronoun: Ivan Lupi Country of birth: Italy Living in: Aotearoa/New Zealand Date of birth: 1972 Zodiac sign: Scorpio Profession: Artist Favourite hobby: Urban walking Cat person
Westwood’s Punk Vs. Kawakubo’s Conceptualism: where my philosophical and conceptual side is literally kicked away in favour of raw political anger. Sorry #CommedesGarçons but #VivienneWestwood is the winner here.
