LUKE PAINTER
.... Luke Painter’s practice explores a wide range of historical and contemporary subjects in relation to pattern, ornamentation, technology and his own personal history. He creates atmospheric, fictional spaces that sample and purposely reimagine these subjects in surreal, humorous and narrative ways. His work has been shown in numerous local and international exhibitions including Ways of Something at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Five Years of Contemporary Canadian Drawing at the Art Gallery of Sudbury, Personal Space at Patel Brown in Toronto, Modern Wand at Cambridge Galleries and The Teasers and the Tormentors at Centre CLARK Montreal. Luke has received grants from Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council and was nominated for the K.M. Hunter Award in the Visual Arts through the Ontario Arts Council. His work has been reviewed by Canadian Art, Border Crossings, The Globe and Mail and was included in Carte Blanche Vol 2 – Painting, a national survey of Canadian painters. Luke is an Associate Professor at OCAD University in Toronto. ..La pratique de Luke Painter explore un large éventail de sujets historiques et contemporains portant sur le motif, l’ornementation, la technologie et son histoire personnelle. Il crée des espaces atmosphériques et fictifs qui échantillonnent et réinventent délibérément ces sujets de manière surréaliste, humoristique et narrative. Son travail a été présenté dans de nombreuses expositions locales et internationales, notamment dans le cadre de Ways of Something au Whitney Museum of American Art, de Five Years of Contemporary Canadian Drawing à l’Art Gallery of Sudbury, de Personal Space à la galerie Patel Brown (Toronto), de Modern Wand à la Cambridge Galleries et de Teasers and the Tormentors au Centre CLARK (Montréal). Luke est lauréat de subventions du Conseil des arts du Canada, du Conseil des arts de l’Ontario et du Conseil des arts de Toronto, et a été nommé pour le prix K.M. Prix Hunter en arts visuels par le Conseil des arts de l’Ontario. Son travail est paru dans Canadian Art, Border Crossings, The Globe and Mail, carte blanche | vol. 2 – painting, une étude nationale sur les peintres canadiens. En outre, Luke est professeur agrégé à l’Université OCAD de Toronto. ....
….exhibitions at patel brown..expositions à patel brown....
Bauble Bauble | Toronto | 2022 | Luke Painter
Personal Space | Toronto | 2021 | ....Group Exhibition..Exposition collective....
Fair Adaptation - Gallery Pivots | Toronto | 2020 | ....Group Exhibition..Exposition collective....
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Halifax Magazine, The Closer Together Things Are, May 18 2018
Narwhal, In the Studio: Luke Painter, 2014
Globe and Mail, Lost in Luke Painter’s Petrified Forrest, May, 2012