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David Luke
davemluke@gmail.com

Education
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Exhibitions
2019
Invasive*
Paramount Center for the Arts
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Weather to Climate
Bell Museum
St. Paul, Minnesota

2018
Earthly Concerns
MacRostie Art Center
Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Heart of the River
The Phipps Center for the Arts
Hudson, Wisconsin

2017
Invasive*
University of Minnesota / Architecture and Landscape Architecture Gallery
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2014
Upstream Animated
Northern Spark
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Upstream Animated
Arts on Chicago
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fluxjob
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2013
North of the 45th Parallel
The DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan

Water Works
Duluth Art Institute
Duluth, Minnesota

Looking at Food (with Karen Gustafson)
Normandale Community College Fine Arts Gallery
Bloomington, Minnesota

2012
You Are My Master/I Am Your Master (with Ellen Mueller)
Coffman Union Gallery at University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grow
Midwest Center for Photography
Wichita, Kansas

Food and Water*
Harriet Barry Gallery at University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, Wisconsin

2011
North of the 45th Parallel
The DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan

2009
MFA Alumni Exhibition
SAC Gallery
Stony Brook, New York

2008
Visions of Leadership
Museum of Anthropology
California State University
Chico, California

Faculty Show
Normandale Community College Fine Arts Gallery
Bloomington, Minnesota

55408
Intermedia Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2007
Somewhere Between Life and Death*
Normandale Community College Fine Arts Gallery
Bloomington, Minnesota

The Art of Sacrifice
Altered Esthetics
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006
15th Annual New Images Exhibition
New Image Gallery
James Madison University
Harrisburg, Virginia

Re: Surface
Space 237
Toledo, Ohio

2005
Power, Sex, Politics, and the Pursuit of Global Domination
Museum of Fine Arts
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
(In conjunction with The Society of Photographic Education South Eastern Regional Conference)

Faculty Show
Grace Gallery
City University of New York
Brooklyn, New York

MFA Group Show
Melville Library Gallery
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

2004 FILE: Electronic Language International Festival
SESI Gallery
San Paulo, Brazil

Tactical Action
Gigantic Artspace
New York, New York

Transitional Spaces
SAC Gallery
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

This is for Real (War and the Contemporary Audience)
SAC Gallery
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

MFA Thesis Exhibition
Stallar Center for the Arts
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

2003
Manifestations III: Form & Function
Denise Bibro Fine Art
New York, New York

The Politics of Presentation*
Melville Library Gallery
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

CAA Group Show
Hunter College
New York, New York

2002
Big Balls*
Melville Library Gallery
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

*indicates solo exhibition

Awards / Residencies
2016
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant in Photography

2014
Arts on Chicago Project Grant

2011
Artist at Pine Needles Residency through Science Museum of Minnesota

2003
Dedalus Fellowship Nominee

2001-2004
Full Graduate Tuition Scholarship at Stony Brook University

1995
Roberts Photography Award from Roberts Photo and Indiana University Art Department

1994
Henry Holmes Smith Scholarship Award from Indiana University Art Department

Curatorial / Juror
2010 / 2011
Juror for SMARTS (South Minneapolis Arts) Arts of Community Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2009
Curated An Uncommon Landscape for Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Panels / Lectures
2009
Curator's Talk
An Uncommon Landscape
Minnetonka Center for the Arts
Minnetonka, MN

2007
Artist Talk
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN

2006
Artist Talk
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota

Artist Workshop
Taking Pictures: Using Digital Collage
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota

2005
Artist Panel
Social Art Civic Performance Lecture Series
Humanities Institute
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

2004
Artist Talk
Graduate Colloquium
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

This is for Real (War and the Contemporary Audience)
Artist Panel moderated by Nicholas Mirzoeff
SAC Gallery
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York