B. 1988 lives & works in Birmingham, UK
Contact for price lists, commissions or further information
lukeroutledge@gmail.com
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I make human scale, figurative sculptures which I frame as the inhabitants of a speculative, fictional multiverse. The sculptures are frequently installed in large tableau like installations to create open ended narrative structures between the works. Animatronic components are also used to elicit audience participation, bringing the works to life. Alongside my sculptural works, I use animation, writing, drawing and painting to build an ever expanding, overarching fictional territory.
My work has been exhibited widely in the UK and abroad at both artist-led and commercial galleries. I have produced solo exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent, Belgium (2022), Anima Mundi Gallery, Cornwall (2022) and Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2020).
Notable group shows include macLYON, France (2024), Saatchi Gallery, London (2022), The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester (2022), The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry (2022) & Flowers Gallery, London (2022).
Contact for price lists, commissions or further information
lukeroutledge@gmail.com
I make human scale, figurative sculptures which I frame as the inhabitants of a speculative, fictional multiverse. The sculptures are frequently installed in large tableau like installations to create open ended narrative structures between the works. Animatronic components are also used to elicit audience participation, bringing the works to life. Alongside my sculptural works, I use animation, writing, drawing and painting to build an ever expanding, overarching fictional territory.
My work has been exhibited widely in the UK and abroad at both artist-led and commercial galleries. I have produced solo exhibitions at Kunsthal Gent, Belgium (2022), Anima Mundi Gallery, Cornwall (2022) and Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2020).
Notable group shows include macLYON, France (2024), Saatchi Gallery, London (2022), The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester (2022), The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry (2022) & Flowers Gallery, London (2022).
Exhibitions
2024
Current
Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es
(works from the British Council Collection, macLYON Collection & Invited Artists)
macLYON 8 March to 7 July 2024
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Then at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 25 September 2024 – 23 February 2025
2023
Pallet Show - Daniel Pryde Jarman & Division of Labour Manchester Contemporary & Art House, Worcester
London Art Fair x A Modest Show
2022
Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award
Bard of Blomble
BCU Vitrine, Birmingham School of Art
Summa
Anima Mundi, St. Ives
Small is Beautiful
Flowers Gallery, London
The Sound of a Falling Tree
Curated by Liam Fallon,
Tuesday to Friday, Valencia
Superposition: Abstrakt Kab
With Robin Broadley x Division of Labour
Manchester Contemporary
Summer Camp Show
Eastside Projects, Birmingham
PULP
Pitt Studio Project Space & Division of Labour
The Art House, Worcester
Fayre Share Fayre
A Modest Show,
The Whitworth, Manchester
REDIVIDER
Solo Exhibition - Anima Mundi, St. Ives
Superposition: Removals & Functions
With Robin Broadley,
Seesaw, Manchester
Nature Dream Machine
Solo Exhibition - Kunstal Gent, Belgium
Studio: Response #2
Saatchi Gallery, London
2021
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Shortlist
Standpoint Gallery, London
The Door in The Wall
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible,
The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Coventry
Soothsayers
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
House @ Hyper Lab
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible,
Coventry
Proof @ Old Grammar School
Coventry Biennial: Hyper-Possible, Coventry
Worcester Open
The Art House, Worcester
Ikon For Artists
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Blood From A Stone
GLOAM Gallery, School of the Damned, Sheffield
Warning Bells
Turf Projects, School of the Damned, Croydon
First Floor Floating
Set Woolwich, School of the Damned, London
SCHEMING
Function Suite (Escape Bar), School of the Damned, Stratford
COMING SOON
School of the Damned, Castlefield Gallery NAS Warrington
2020
Strange Matter
Solo Exhibition -Eastside Projects, Birmingham
2019
Extra Ordinary People @ Artlicks
South London Gallery
Summer Camp Show
Eastside Projects
Amber Rooms
London
On an Ordinary Rock
Art House, Worcester
All Work, All Play
AIR gallery, Altrincham
P is for Portrait
Art House, Worcester
2018
Summer Camp Residency
Eastside Projects, Birmingham
Mudmen
Residency & Solo Show