Luke Harby's work attempts to explore the nature of photography itself. It engages with the act of photographic production and reproduction; the fact (or fiction) that photography is merely a representation; and that all photographic images are illusory.
Luke Harby's work attempts to explore the nature of photography itself. It engages with the act of photographic production and reproduction; the fact (or fiction) that photography is merely a representation; and that all photographic images are illusory.
Given this dogma he enjoys the act of manipulating the subject, using tricks of scale, displacing or adjusting the context, or by vandalising the picture in some way in order to rephotograph it.
Luke Harby
Artist working with photographic film.
b. 1972 Southampton, UK
Lives and works in Northampton, UK
https://slackwise.org.uk
Solo Exhibitions
Aplomb piombo
August 2022. One To Ten Gallery. Hastings. UK
Obsolete Portraits
July 2016. NN Contemporary Project Space. Northampton. UK
Fernet Branca
April 2015. Bear Sign, Glasgow. UK
Collaboration with Amy Pettifer
North
November 2004. Roadmender. Northampton. UK
Group Exhibitions (selected)
Instant Gratification
December 2022. Float Magazine. New York. US
Parallel
April 2022. Pearl Press. New York. US
Fake
March 2022. CTypeMag. Bangkok. Thailand
Under the Sun and the Moon
December 2021. Humble Arts Foundation. New York. US
Still Life
November 2021. Lenscratch. US
Mämia
October 2021. Mämia Publication. Helsinki, Finland
Paper
April 2020. Valentine Editions. London, UK
Traces
April 2020. AIR Gallery, Altrincham. UK
Windows
July 2020. Valentine Editions. London, UK
Full House
May 2020. Localhost gallery. Missouri. US
Star-mapping (with Sarah Gillett)
May 2020. Inside the Outside. UK
Natural Light
November 2019. Air Gallery. Manchester. UK
Collaboration with Armelle Tulunda
Still Life. Alternative Exposures
October 2019. Loosen Art. Rome. Italy
Chameleon
October 2019. Surface Gallery. Nottingham. UK
Todays Agenda
September 2019. Light Leaked. Georgia. US
Paradoxes of Experience
September 2019. NN Contemporary. Northampton. UK
Schläfli symbol
June 2019. Editions l'Heliotrope. Lille. France
Paranormal Activity
May 2019. Aint Bad Georgia. US
Hand Magazine Issue 24
March 2019. Hand Magazine. Kansas. US
Falling Stars / Stella Cadenti
January 2019. St Pancras Crypt Gallery. London. UK
Numerology. Group Show 59
December 2018. Humble Arts Foundation. New York. US
Face With Tears Of Joy
November 2018. Burns Street Studios. Northampton. UK
Cosmic Perspectives
May 2018. Lumen Studios. The Ugly Duck. London. UK
NN Open Biennial
January 2018. NN Contemporary. Northampton. UK
Artificial Things
November 2017. Cambridge University. UK
Making it Real
October 2017. London Alternative Photography Collective. The Ugly Duck. London. UK
Point to Point
October 2017. Avenue Gallery. University of Northampton. Northampton. UK
ExperimentoBio
September 2017. Bilbao. Spain
Alternative Reality
June 2017. Float Magazine. New York. US
Darkroom Abstraction
June 2017. Darkroom Gallery. Vermont. US
Mono
May 2017. PH21 Gallery. Budapest. Hungary
MK Calling. Open Biennial
April 2017. MK Gallery. Milton Keynes. UK
Lumen: School of Light
February 2017. The Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, London. UK
AA2A
November 2016. University of Northampton. UK
'Roid Rage
October 2016. Humble Arts Foundation. New York. US.
Develop and Prosper
February 2008. NN Contemporary (formerly The Fishmarket). UK
Collaboration with Phil Sharp.
[No title]
June 2006. University of Northampton. UK
AA2A
February 2003. University of Northampton. UK
Education History
University of Gloucestershire 1991 - 1995
Fine Art Degree. BA Hons
Foundation in Art & Design
