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WELCOME TO LUKE ROBERTS ARTIST
The official website of the Australian visual & performance artist, creator of Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice and Alice Jitterbug.
see also www.popealice.com
The official website of the Australian visual & performance artist, creator of Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice and Alice Jitterbug.
see also www.popealice.com
About Luke Roberts
Luke was Australian Fellow and Artist in Residence at P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, New York 1996-97 http://www.ps1.org/
In 2002 he represented Australia at the Biennale of Sydney. His installation ‘Mu Pavilion: Greetings from Amnesia’ was installed at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
His work has featured in the 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Australian Perspecta 1991 & 1995, Art Gallery of New South Wales
In 1999 the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, published Vanitas; Pope Alice presents Luke Roberts, a monograph on his work. He had a solo show at the Institute of Modern Art in 1982 and also in 1996.
Photo © R. Ian Lloyd from STUDIO:
Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity
Luke has exhibited publicly since 1975. His first major public exhibition “Pope Alice presents Luke Roberts” was in 1980. He exhibited at Bellas Gallery and then BellasMilani Gallery from 1987-2005 Philip Bacon Gallery 2006 and is currently represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane and John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne.
Luke studied drawing at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney and Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Queensland University of Technology in 2001. From 1984-1987 he lived and worked in Europe.
He has received various public art commissions from the Queensland State Government and the Brisbane City Council.
Luke was a featured actor in Tracey Moffatt’s film ‘Bedevil’. The character drew on his performance work investigating the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
He is also both an adviser to, and patronized by Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice, whose mission to Planet Earth keeps Luke in demand as Camerlingo, tour manager, Master of Wardrobe, and Senior Curator of the Papal Wunderkammer. He is also represents Pope Alice's interests as Head of the Supreme Council for Antiquities. He has pioneered various embassies and consulates for her Divine Holiness around the globe including New York, Tokyo and Amsterdam.. www.popealice.com
Luke is a regular contributer to Heyoka Magazine www.heyokamagazine.com
His work is held in numerous public collections nationally and internationally including:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Griffith University, Brisbane
Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
see also www.popealice.com
In 2002 he represented Australia at the Biennale of Sydney. His installation ‘Mu Pavilion: Greetings from Amnesia’ was installed at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
His work has featured in the 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Australian Perspecta 1991 & 1995, Art Gallery of New South Wales
In 1999 the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, published Vanitas; Pope Alice presents Luke Roberts, a monograph on his work. He had a solo show at the Institute of Modern Art in 1982 and also in 1996.
Photo © R. Ian Lloyd from STUDIO:
Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity
Luke has exhibited publicly since 1975. His first major public exhibition “Pope Alice presents Luke Roberts” was in 1980. He exhibited at Bellas Gallery and then BellasMilani Gallery from 1987-2005 Philip Bacon Gallery 2006 and is currently represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane and John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne.
Luke studied drawing at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney and Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Queensland University of Technology in 2001. From 1984-1987 he lived and worked in Europe.
He has received various public art commissions from the Queensland State Government and the Brisbane City Council.
Luke was a featured actor in Tracey Moffatt’s film ‘Bedevil’. The character drew on his performance work investigating the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
He is also both an adviser to, and patronized by Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice, whose mission to Planet Earth keeps Luke in demand as Camerlingo, tour manager, Master of Wardrobe, and Senior Curator of the Papal Wunderkammer. He is also represents Pope Alice's interests as Head of the Supreme Council for Antiquities. He has pioneered various embassies and consulates for her Divine Holiness around the globe including New York, Tokyo and Amsterdam.. www.popealice.com
Luke is a regular contributer to Heyoka Magazine www.heyokamagazine.com
His work is held in numerous public collections nationally and internationally including:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Griffith University, Brisbane
Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
see also www.popealice.com
