Luke Barker

Australian Artist
Painting for over 30 years, Luke Barker has evolved his skills and artwork to cover many topics.
Recently focusing on people and their lifestyles in various settings around the world, Luke’s work captures a diverse array of who we are and how we function on a daily basis.

ARTIST PROFILE

  • Oil “A Stone’s Throw Away” Tattersall’s 2012 comp Entry
    30-09-2016
    Purchased for private collection
  • Newstead
    30-09-2016
    Completed public street art installations
  • Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, Eagle Street Pier.
    30-07-2015
    Continuation, by invitation, of solo exhibition pieces
  • Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
    07-03-2015
    Completed public street art installations
  • Redsea Gallery, Brisbane.
    11-02-2014
    Solo exhibition “Street Fronts and Back Alleys”
  • Redsea Gallery, Brisbane.
    06-11-2012
    Solo exhibition
  • Tattersall’s Landscape Art Award, Brisbane.
    26-08-2012
    Joint Exhibition/competition (by invite only)
  • Oil painting “Once Upon A Time”
    30-05-2012
    Purchased for private collection
  • Sir John Sulman Art award, Sydney ‘National competition’
    15-05-2012
    Final cut finalist, part of hung exhibition, NSW Art Gallery.
  • Oil painting “Techno-colour”
    30-04-2011
    Purchased for private collection
  • Wynne Prize, Sydney. ‘National competition’.
    01-04-2011
    Final cut Finalist, part of hung exhibition, NSW Art Gallery.
  • Gallery 2120, Newstead, QLD.
    05-09-2010
    Solo exhibition
  • Gallery 2120, Newstead, QLD.
    30-06-2009
  • Solo exhibition “Moments Of Broken Silence”
  • Charles Ginn Galleries, Paddington, QLD.
    03-07-2008
    Solo exhibition
  • Charles Ginn Galleries, Paddington, QLD.
    30-05-2007
    Joint Exhibition with Corinne Lewis and Andy Wild
  • Moving Canvas joint Exhibition, “Discovery”
    30-09-2006
    Central Plaza One, Brisbane. (By invite only)
  • The Arts Factory, South Brisbane,QLD
    30-04-2006
    Exhibition of 5 artists (by invite only)
  • Charles Ginn Galleries, Paddington, QLD.
    30-10-2005
    Joint Exhibition with Andy Wild and Matt Cheyne (by invite)
  • Moving Canvas joint Exhibition (by invite only)
    30-06-2005
    Central Plaza One, Brisbane.
  • Art 2000 Gallery
    30-10-2003
    Joint exhibition with artist Patrick Miller
  • Charles Ginn Galleries
    30-11-2001
    Group Artists’ Exhibition (by invite only)
  • Boat Haven Resort, Ayrlie Beach, QLD.
    30-10-2001
    Commissioned for 74 original pastel paintings (beach/ocean theme)
  • Interior Decorators’ Expo Australia.
    30-10-2000
    Peoples’ Choice award
I’ve painted and drawn as long as I can remember and built a career in art for the last 30 years. I attended Art schools in Northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast, Queensland for 4 years, then adapting my own work and techniques onto that training.
 I now live in Brisbane with my wife and children and paint full-time. I paint contemporary realism in oils, though I trained across a range of medium and techniques which I use in much of my artwork. My subject matter follows a path of topics that catch my attention in day to day life, evolving as my study and understanding of my topics and environments further develop. 
 While my artwork contains a range of detailed settings, my new work is branching into a series of more surreal dream scenarios dealing with people and nature over our planet, our self-awareness, sense of belonging and changes our presence creates in the world and beyond.