Emil Lukas
Installation View, 2019
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1964, Emil Lukas has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. Solo museum shows include “Emil Lukas: Connection to the Curious” at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT (2005); “Emil Lukas” at The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC (2005); “Things with Wings,” The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (2005); and “Moderate Climate and the Bitter Bison” at the Hunterdon Museum, Hunterdon, NJ (2008). In 2016, a solo exhibition of his work was held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Recent exhibitions include “Emil Lukas: Entre dos líneas tenues” at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry, Uruguay (2023) and “Emil Lukas: Four Modes,” at the Lafayette College Art Galleries, Easton, PA (2023). His work has been featured in group shows at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1995), Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (1996); Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (1998); Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (1999); American Academy, Rome (2000); The Drawing Center, New York (2002); SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (2012-13); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2014); Baltimore Museum of Art (2015); and San José Museum of Art, San José, CA (2022-23). His work is in important private and public collections, including the Panza Collection, Italy; the Dakis Joannou Collection, Greece; Margulies Collection, Miami; Allentown Art Museum, PA; the Anderson Collection at Stanford University; Baltimore Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San José Museum of Art; UBS Art Collection; and Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC.
Downloadables
Emil Lukas
Not on Another Planet, 2019
hand-ground Sumi ink with mixed media between wood and glass
seventy parts; 14 x 11 x 1 3/4 inches (35,6 x 27,9 x 4,4 cm) each
15 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (38,4 x 30,8 x 4,4 cm) each frame
83 x 194 inches (210,8 x 492,8 cm) overall as installed
SW 20001
Private Collection
Emil Lukas
the location of possible and impossible moves, 2018
ink, paper and thread under glass in painted wood frames
forty parts; 13 x 10 x 2 inches (33 x 25,4 x 5 cm) each frame
Martin Z. Margulies Collection
Emil Lukas
Soot Twin, 2019
hand-ground Sumi ink on glass with paper in painted wood frame
diptych; 14 x 11 inches (35,6 x 27,9 cm) each
15 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 2 inches (38,4 x 59,1 x 5,1 cm) frame
SW 19355
Emil Lukas
Inquiry of Even Expanse, 2019
thread over aluminum and wood frame with plaster, paint and nails
49 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (125,7 x 125,7 x 15,6 cm)
SW 20006
Private Collection
Emil Lukas
Weight of the Unseen, 2020
thread over aluminum and wood frame with plaster, paint and nails
59 1/2 x 59 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (151,1 x 151,1 x 19,7 cm)
SW 20012
Private Collection
Emil Lukas
twin orbit south, 2018
thread over painted wood, aluminum and plaster frame
79 1/2 x 79 1/2 x 13 inches (201,9 x 201,9 x 33 cm)
SW 18147
Altman Family Collection
Emil Lukas
Bent Array, 2015
mixed media
89 x 22 x 18 inches (226 x 56 x 76 cm)
SW 16217
Margulies Collection
Emil Lukas
central tug, 2015
mixed media
75 1/2 x 17 x 15 inches (191,77 x 43,18 x 38,1 cm)
SW 16218
Anderson Collection
Emil Lukas
Jump, 2018
paint on plaster in aluminum frame
46 x 46 x 5 inches (116,8 x 116,8 x 12,7 cm)
SW 20037
Private Collection
Emil Lukas
coral dispersion, 2016
acrylic on plaster in aluminum frame
46 x 46 x 6 inches (117 x 117 x 15 cm)
SW 16236
Hall Collection
Emil Lukas
liquid lens, 2016
aluminum
107 x 136 x 40 inches (271 x 345,5 x 101,5 cm)
SW 16241
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Emil Lukas
Infinite Edge
Sperone Westwater, New York
6 February – 15 March 2025
Emil Lukas, David Reimondo and Nicholas Schutsky
Sperone Westwater, Sent
29 December 2009 – 31 March 2010
