Bio
Luke Myers received his BA in studio arts from the University of Maine at Augusta, where he focused on sculpture, natural forms, and mark-making. He is currently working toward his MFA at the University of South Florida, taking an interest in social strategies and more participatory models of art production.
His current work is about rebuilding empathetic connections with the natural world, in response to the disasters of anthropocentrism. He spends time with insects, learning about and from them in a sensory way, not an empirical one, and translates those experiences into sculpture, video, and socially motivated action. With this process, attending to the unseen but equally important members of the ecosystem, he seeks to question hierarchies and capitalist, human exceptionalist paradigms that currently define the Gaia/Anthropos relationship. Telling bug stories to people, and sharing our stories with bugs, he proposes new valuations and positions for both species.
Education
2018- University of South Florida
Masters Fine Art
2015-2018 University of Maine Augusta
Augusta, Maine
Honors Bachelor of Art. Concentration in Sculpture.
Founding member of CAUSE, a student art community/ social club.
2007 University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine
Studied: American Sign Language Interpreting
2005-2006 University of Advancing Technology
Tempe, Arizona
Studied: Digital Animation
2001-2005 CCS High School
Waldoboro, Maine
College prep level.
Exhibition
2020
- The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London - Depictions of Living
2019
- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery - Ritual/Natural/Virtual II
- Harlow Gallery - UMA Alumni Show
- Parallelogram Gallery - Fang Bang III
- Joseph Fiore Art Center - (stillness)19 public performance
- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery - Spring Juried Show
- FAS Studio Pop-up - Ritual/Natural/Virtual
- Cheek Sneak Collaborative Pop-up - Let's Eat Some Weird Fruit
- Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery - Discount Crickets (group show, unlisted performance intervention)
2018
- Joseph Fiore Art Center - (stillness)18 public performance
- Damariscotta River Arts - Black and White (Juried)
- University of Maine Augusta - 2018 Juried Student Exhibition
- University of Maine Augusta - Senior Thesis: Essential Nature
2017
- Artspace 265, Augusta Maine - Relationship Status: Complicated. (solo)
- University of Maine Augusta - 2017 Juried Student Exhibition
- Downtown Yoga, Augusta Maine - Augusta Downtown Spring Art Walk
- Waldoboro Public Library - Paper Dragons and Wulingyuan. (solo)
- 267 Water Street, Augusta - Inner Demons (body of work created in collaboration with Drawing I students)
2016
- University of Maine Augusta - 2016 Juried Student Exhibition (best sculpture award)
- Asymmetrick Arts - Spring Exhibition (Juried)
- Damariscotta River Arts - Artists Choice Show (Juried)
Public Murals
- Rock Harbor Pub, Rockland Maine. The Brewing Process II
- Rock Harbor Brewery, Rockland Maine. The Brewing Process
- Water Street Block, Augusta Maine. Welcome to Augusta (group project)
- Landings Marina, Rockland Maine. Maine Lobster
Residencies and Internships
2019
- Internship for video artist Susan Bickford, Maine International Film Festival
- (stillness)19 at Joseph Fiore Art Center
2018
- (stillness)18 at Joseph Fiore Art Center
Collections
- University of Maine Augusta - Dean’s Collection, President’s Collection
- Waldoboro, Maine Public Library - Gift of Ted Becker & Kathy Hogan
Awards
- Best sculpture award - University of Maine Augusta - 2016 Juried Student Exhibition
- President’s Purchase Award - University of Maine Augusta - 2018 Juried Student Exhibition
- Dean’s Purchase Award - University of Maine Augusta - 2018 Juried Student Exhibition
- Flynn Pinckard Memorial Award - Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery - Spring Juried Show
