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Luke Thurgate is an Australian painter and mural artist.




Early life and education


Luke Thurgate graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Newcastle, Australia in 2007, and went on to do a Masters of Fine Arts at the National Art School, where he also teaches drawing.




Career


Thurgate's extensive exhibition history in Australia and New Zealand including exhibitions at Burra Regional Art Gallery, Bergman Gallery, Backwoods Gallery, National Art School, Adelaide Central Gallery, M.Contemporary, Mop Project Space, John Miller Gallery, Watt Space Gallery and John Paynter Gallery.
His works are often featured in LGBTI+ festivals and events such as Sydney Mardi Gras, Sydney WorldPride, and Auckland Pride Festival.




Recognition


In 2009, Thurgate was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize. In 2020, he was a finalist in the Tom Bass Figurative Sculpture Prize and the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award.
Thurgate's finalist 2019 Dobell Drawing Prize entry was featured in The Guardian. His 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. This is common with Thurgate's work, where it is drawn on the walls with charcoal and displayed for a limited time only.




= Residencies

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2018: The Burra Archive, Burra Regional Art Gallery
2017: Seymour College, Adelaide
2017: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Adelaide
2015: Artlab Australia, Adelaide
2005: Rocket Art, Antique Boys Artist in Residence, Newcastle




Collections


Thurgate's works are in numerous private and public collections, including National Art School, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Macquarie University, University of South Australia, Catherine Croll Collection, and Alex Seton Collection.




Exhibitions






= Selected solo and collaborative exhibitions

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2024: Lucas Grogan and Luke Thurgate: Heralds, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2023: Dress Code, .M Contemporary, Darlinghurst, Australia
2023: Adore You, Sydney WorldPride, NAS Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022: Lisa Jones & Luke Thurgate, .M Contemporary, Darlinghurst, Australia
2018: The Burra Archive, Burra Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2016: Face Off, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, Australia
2016: Efface (with Chelsea Lehmann), Strange Neighbour Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2010: How to Draw Sex, Violence and Death the Luke Thurgate Way, Firstdraft, Sydney, Australia
2005: Yellow Socks Brigade (with Lucas Grogan), Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia




= Selected group exhibitions

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2024: Aotearoa Art Fair, Bergman Gallery, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2023: Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, M.Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2023: Holy Smokes, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood, Australia
2023: Pride & Prejudice, Part 1, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2010: Labelled Queer, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, Australia
2017: The Drawing Exchange, Adelaide Central School of Art & National Art School, Australia
2015: Adorn, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2014: Gematria, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia




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