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4-31 July 2022: Journeys in Psychic Landscapes
The Refinery ArtSpace
Hardy Street, Nelson
I am very excited to announce a solo exhibition of recent works which are inspired by landscapes and journeys. The exhibition is a collection of work which connects the Nelson/Tasman region with England, and more generally connecting urban to rural and inside with outside, and real with imaginary.
I was brought up in Nelson but have spent my entire adult life living in big cities including 20 years overseas before returning to New Zealand in 2021 and settling in Mapua. I have strong whanau, iwi and personal connections in the region.
There will be an Opening Celebration 5.30pm Friday 8th July. I am very excited to share this celebration event with Robyn Reynolds who is a successful artist and fashion designer and she is founder of a creative hub at her store in Nelson. Robyn's exhibition runs concurrently at The Refinery. Please RSVP to lukonium.arts@gmail.com or text/call to 021 1477 546.
About
Art is a gateway to reality. Art gives me access to the unknown and intangible and it has enabled me to communicate in ways that were never possible with words and numbers.
I paint abstract and figurative works inspired by nature, landscapes, buildings, people and maps. I think about colour interactions and movement. And I'm really interested in painting multiple layers which represent to me the influences of personal experience, economic, cultural and social factors which make us who we are and inform our perceptions and interactions.
In November 2021 I returned to Aotearoa after twenty years living in London, St Albans and Melbourne.
Previous Exhibitions
January 2022: DiEM Voice Online Exhibition
"274 Kabul Rescue Mission" 90x110cm was chosen to be shown in the DiEM Voice online exhibition: https://voice.diem25.org/diem-project/kabul-rescue-mission/ https://voice.diem25.org/gallery/
October 2021: Inaugural Exhibition at TheBrick
74 Clerkenwell Road, London https://www.instagram.com/thebrickldn/
October 2021: Parallax Art Fair
Kensington Town Hall, London
https://www.parallaxaf.co/index.php
June 2021: Finding the Light - joint exhibition with Karen Topp
Camden Image Gallery, London
https://www.camden-image-gallery.co.uk/previous#finding-the-light-2
June 2021: Riparian
Proposition Studios Gallery - Group Exhibition
A project examining the relationship we have with our rivers and waterways with Hamley Jenkins, Leila Dear, Jon Faragher, Mercedes Balle, William Templeton, Simon Ling and Luke Mitchell
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCbJFqHS2r/
May 2021: Lief
Proposition Studios Gallery - Group Exhibition
A group exhibition exploring questions of faith, love and belief with Francesca de Fontenelle, Gabriella Jeans, Kate McCormick and Luke Mitchell
https://www.instagram.com/p/COnEG-9ndWU/
April-June 2021: VAA International Online Art Exhibition
Visual Artists Association - Group Exhibition
https://visual-artists.org/online/
April 2021: What is Art?
Boomer Gallery, London - Group Exhibition
January 2021: Respiro
S. Eufemia Art Gallery, Venice and May/June 2021 at MyMicroGallery in Milan.
Virtual Gallery in April 2021
Group Exhibition curated by Stefania Carrozzini
https://www.eufemiastudio.it/respiro
https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/3546763/respiro
December 2020: Autumn's Palette - A Reflection
Camden Image Gallery, London
Group exhibition
https://www.camden-image-gallery.co.uk/
July 2020: Abstracted Realities
Camden Image Gallery, London
Solo exhibition
https://www.camden-image-gallery.co.uk/previous#abstracted-realities-3
February 2020: Parallax Art Fair
Kensington Town Hall, London
September 2019: The Colour of Perception
Camden Image Gallery, London
Solo exhibition
http://www.camden-image-gallery.co.uk/the-colour-of-perception-2
Learning
City Lit, London 2018 - 2020
Short courses - Abstract painting, focus on colour and large-scale techniques, Experimental painting techniques, Drawing perspective, Art and creative thinking, Mindfulness and creativity, Painting: focus on light and shade, Introduction to painting intensive, Painting 2, Contemporary Drawing Sketchbook
PRM Designation - Professional Risk Managers' International Association, 2015
BA Political Science - University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1994