Piero Atchugarry Gallery

Emil Lukas

Bio

Emil Lukas has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. Solo museum shows include “Emil Lukas: Connection to the Curious” at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT (2005); “Emil Lukas” at The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC (2005); “Things with Wings,” The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (2005); and “Moderate Climate and the Bitter Bison” at the Hunterdon Museum, Hunterdon, NJ (2008). In 2016, a solo exhibition of his work was held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. In 2023, The Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA) held the artist’s first solo exhibition in Uruguay. Lukas’ work has been featured in group shows at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1995), Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (1996); Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (1998); Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (1999); American Academy, Rome (2000); The Drawing Center, New York (2002); and SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (2012-13). His work is in important private and public collections, including the Panza Collection, Italy; the Dakis Joannou Collection, Greece; the Anderson Collection at Stanford University; Baltimore Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; UBS Art Collection; and Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC. In 2022 Piero Atchugarry Gallery held Lukas’ inaugural solo exhibition at its Pueblo Garzón Gallery located in Garzón, Uruguay, in 2023 it announced his representation.

Statement

The work of American artist, Emil Lukas, reimagines painting both materially and structurally, with great consideration for intuition and optics, his works amplify the complexity of painting.

Emil Lukas
Title: #2153 Lazuli
Medium: Thread over painted wood frame with nails
Year: 2023
Dimensions: 47 x 47 x 6 cm
Wall reference
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in

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#2153 Lazuli

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