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Luke Thurgate

Luke Thurgate

Australian painter and mural artist

Luke Thurgate is an Australian painter and mural artist.

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Early life and education

Luke Thurgate graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Newcastle, Australia in 2007, and went on to do a Masters of Fine Arts at the National Art School, where he also teaches drawing.[1]

Career

Thurgate's extensive exhibition history including exhibitions at Burra Regional Art Gallery, Backwoods Gallery, National Art School, and Adelaide Central Gallery.[2]

His works are often featured in LGBTI+ festivals and events such as Sydney Mardi Gras,[3] Sydney WorldPride,[4] and Auckland Pride Festival.[5]

Recognition

In 2009, Thurgate was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize. In 2020, he was a finalist in the Tom Bass Figurative Sculpture Prize and the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award.[6]

Thurgate's finalist 2019 Dobell Drawing Prize entry was featured in The Guardian.[7] His finalist 2023 Dobell Drawing Prize was a performance piece drawn on the opening night, a big mural that is semi-permanent, where it was eventually covered with wall paint, and no traces of the drawing would remain.[8] This is common with Thurgate's work, where it is drawn on the walls with charcoal and displayed for a limited time only.[9]

Residencies

  • 2018: The Burra Archive, Burra Regional Art Gallery[10]
  • 2017: Seymour College, Adelaide Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Adelaide[1]
  • 2015: Artlab Australia, Adelaide[1]

Collections

Thurgate's works are in numerous private and public collections, including National Art School,[2] Maitland Regional Art Gallery,[11] Macquarie University,[12] University of South Australia,[13] Catherine Croll Collection,[14] and Alex Seton Collection[15]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2023: Dress Code, .M Contemporary, Darlinghurst, Australia[16]
  • 2023: Adore You, Sydney WorldPride, NAS Gallery, Sydney, Australia[4]
  • 2018: The Burra Archive, Burra Regional Art Gallery, Australia[10]
  • 2016: Face Off, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide[17]
  • 2010: How to Draw Sex, Violence and Death the Luke Thurgate Way, Firstdraft, Sydney, Australia [18]

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2023: Pride & Prejudice, Part 1, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand[19]
  • 2022: Lisa Jones & Luke Thurgate, .M Contemporary, Darlinghurst, Australia[16]
  • 2010: Labelled Queer, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, Australia[3]
  • 2017: The Drawing Exchange, Adelaide Central School of Art & National Art School, Australia[20]
  • 2016: Efface (with Chelsea Lehmann), Strange Neighbour Gallery, Melbourne, Australia[21]
  • 2015: Adorn, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia[20]
  • 2014: Gematria, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia[20]
  • 2005: Yellow Socks Brigade (with Lucas Grogan), Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia[22]

References

  1. [1]
    "#2 Come Draw with us: Drawn Together". AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Queer Contemporary: Luke Thurgate, Adore You". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. [3]
    Sharpe, Donna (19 January 2010). "Hunter artwork exposes gay labels". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Sydney WorldPride (Exhibition) - Luke Thurgate: Adore You". National Art School. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. [5]
    Interactive (https://www.nvinteractive.com), N. V. (18 February 2023). "The More Things Change... part 1". Auckland Pride Festival. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Luke Thurgate". National Art School. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Dobell drawing prize 2019: exploring with light and long shadows – in pictures". the Guardian. 27 March 2019. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  8. [8]
    "'It'll just be sugar-soaped away': Why four days of work at gallery will just disappear". Western Advocate. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  9. [9]
    afs888 (1 November 2014). "Luke Thurgate in action". The University of Newcastle, Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. [10]
    "LUKE THURGATE – The Burra Archive – Residency". Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  11. [11]
    "The Maitland Archive • MRAG". MRAG. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Vibrations in Australian Drawing". Macquarie University. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Impressions of Shandong & South Australia". Home. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Catherine Croll Collection". Catherine Croll. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  15. [15]
    Middleton, Charlotte (7 October 2020). "At Home With Your Collection: Alex Seton". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Luke Thurgate". MutualArt. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  17. [17]
    "Face Off – Floating Goose Studios Inc". Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  18. [18]
    "Firstdraft in July – The Art Life". Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  19. [19]
    "What's on: Concerts, action-comedies and more good things for the weekend". NZ Herald. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  20. [20]
    "Luke Thurgate :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  21. [21]
    Says, Aek (12 March 2016). "Efface". Chelsea Lehmann. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  22. [22]
    "The University of Newcastle" (PDF). UniNews. August 2005. p. 8. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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