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 Gallery, Modern Wand at Cambridge Galleries and The Teasers and the Tormentors at Galerie Clark in 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.