Luke Elwes

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Luke Elwes is based in London


In his paintings Luke Elwes explores the landscape of memory. As well as recording particular journeys made by the artist, they also reveal, like a hieroglyphic text, the many layers of history buried beneath the surface of these places. The image becomes a map of the ‘geographical unconscious’, suggesting both the trail of our presence and the passage of time.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2009 Secret Water, Broadbent, London
  • 2007 Refugia, Art First, London
  • 2005 Flowing Ground, Broadbent, London
  • 2004 Compass, Art First, London, New York
  • 2002 Osea Paintings, Art First, London, New York
  • 2000 Sanctuary, Art First and Galerie Vieille Du Temple, London and Paris

Group exhibitions

  • 2008 Genius Loci, Galleria Ceribelli, Bergamo, Italy

Artist's website


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