Luke Thurgate
Born1978 (age 44–45)
NationalityAustralia
Alma materNational Art School and University of Newcastle
Known forpainting, drawing

Luke Thurgate (born 1978) is an Australian painter and mural artist currently based in Sydney, Australia. Grogan exhibited extensively in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria, Australia.[1]

Art career

Luke Thurgate graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Newcastle in 2007, and currently completing Masters of Fine Arts at the National Art School where he also teaches drawing.[1] Thurgate's extensive exhibition history including recent exhibitions at Burra Regional Art Gallery, Backwoods Gallery, National Art School and Adelaide Central Gallery.[2] In 2009, Thurgate was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize, and in the 2020, Tom Bass Figurative Sculpture Prize, and the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award in 2020.[3] Thurgate's finalist 2019 Dobell Drawing Prize was featured in The Guardian.[4] Thurgate's 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.[5] This is common with Thurgate's work, where it is drawn on the walls with charcoal and displayed for a limited time only.[6]

Thurgate's exhibitions are often featured in LGBTI+ festivals and events such as Sydney Mardi Gras,[7] Sydney WorldPride,[8] and Auckland Pride Festival.[9]

Thurgate's works are in numerous private and public collections, including National Art School,[2] Maitland Regional Art Gallery,[10] Macquarie University,[11] University of South Australia,[12] Catherine Croll Collection,[13] and Alex Seton Collection[14]

Residencies

  • 2018: The Burra Archive, Burra Regional Art Gallery[15]
  • 2017: Seymour College, Adelaide Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Adelaide[1]
  • 2015: Artlab Australia, Adelaide[1]

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2023: Dress Code, .M Contemporary, Darlinghurst, Australia[16]
  • 2023: Adore You, Sydney WorldPride, NAS Gallery, Sydney, Australia[8]
  • 2018: The Burra Archive, Burra Regional Art Gallery, Australia[15]
  • 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[7]
  • 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 3 4 "#2 Come Draw with us: Drawn Together". AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  2. 1 2 "Queer Contemporary: Luke Thurgate, Adore You". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Luke Thurgate". National Art School. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Dobell drawing prize 2019: exploring with light and long shadows – in pictures". the Guardian. 2019-03-27. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  5. ↑ "'It'll just be sugar-soaped away': Why four days of work at gallery will just disappear". Western Advocate. 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  6. ↑ afs888 (2014-11-01). "Luke Thurgate in action". The University of Newcastle, Australia. Retrieved 2023-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. 1 2 Sharpe, Donna (2010-01-19). "Hunter artwork exposes gay labels". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  8. 1 2 "Sydney WorldPride (Exhibition) - Luke Thurgate: Adore You". National Art School. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  9. ↑ Interactive (https://www.nvinteractive.com), N. V. (2023-02-18). "The More Things Change... part 1". Auckland Pride Festival. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  10. ↑ "The Maitland Archive • MRAG". MRAG. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  11. ↑ "Vibrations in Australian Drawing". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  12. ↑ "Impressions of Shandong & South Australia". Home. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  13. ↑ "Catherine Croll Collection". Catherine Croll. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  14. ↑ Middleton, Charlotte (2020-10-07). "At Home With Your Collection: Alex Seton". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  15. 1 2 "LUKE THURGATE – The Burra Archive – Residency". Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  16. 1 2 "Luke Thurgate". MutualArt. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  17. ↑ "Face Off – Floating Goose Studios Inc". Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  18. ↑ "Firstdraft in July – The Art Life". Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  19. ↑ "What's on: Concerts, action-comedies and more good things for the weekend". NZ Herald. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  20. 1 2 3 "Luke Thurgate :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  21. ↑ Says, Aek62 (2016-03-12). "Efface". Chelsea Lehmann. Retrieved 2023-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ↑ "The University of Newcastle" (PDF). UniNews. August 2005. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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