Emil Lukas, #1531 Shaped Hum, 2017, 59 x 59 x 8,5 cm, threads on painted wooden frame with nails

W.W.W. – What Walls Want (group show), curated by Ilaria Bignotti, Marignana Arte, Venice, 2018

The End of Utopia, Palazzo Flangini, May 2017, photos Michele Alberto Sereni, Courtesy Studio la Città – Verona

Emil Lukas (solo show), Verona, photo Michele Alberto Sereni, Courtesy Studio la Città – Verona

 

“W.W.W. – What Walls Want” and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana “The depth must be hidden. Where? At the surface” at Marignana Arte, Venice, Mousse Magazine, August 2018
Art cities: Venice-W.W.W. What Walls Want, Efi Michalarou, Dreamideamachine, May 2018
Dal muro all’opera. Undici artisti a Venezia, Arianna Testino, Artribune, May 2018
Emil Lukas e l’inconsapevolezza della percezione, Lucia Longhi, Espoarte, November 2017
Emil Lukas’s Abstract Larvae Paintings Are Physical Feats of Creation, Elizabeth Manus, ArtNetNews, July 2014
Emil Lukas: il viaggio nel tempo dell’arte, Maria Cristina Strati, April 2011

Emil Lukas was born in Pittsburgh, USA,  in 1964. He lives and works in Stockertown, USA.

Emil Lukas è nato a Pittsburgh, USA, nel 1964. Vive e lavora a Stockertown, USA.

SOLO SHOWS

2018
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017
“The End of Utopia,” Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy
“Emil Lukas,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY

2016
“Emil Lukas: Exploring the moment suspended between seeing and understanding what is being seen,” Morris Gallery,
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2015
“Ringing of Distant Events,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Recent Works,” Photo & Contemporary, Torino, Italy

2014
“Large Curtain,” Studio La Città, Verona, Italy
“Emil Lukas,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY

2012
“Emil Lukas: Curvature,” Studio La Città, Verona, Italy

2011
“in, on, un,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Larvae, Bubble and Thread,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY

2010
Photo and Contemporary Gallery, Torino, Italy

2009
“Accumulate and Dissolve,” Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Sent, Switzerland

2008
“Moderate Climate and the Bitter Bison,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
“Titration,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
“One to the Other,” Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY

2006
“Recent Sculpture, Related Paintings,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005
“Connection to the Curious,” The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
“Emil Lukas,” The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC “Messages in Communications,” The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA

2003
Gallery Otto, Bologna, Italy
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Starks Gallery, New York, NY

2001
“Moment of Process,” MASS MOCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Exploring the Interior,” Galerie Lucien Durand Le Gaillard, Paris, France
Galerie Schroeder, Köln, Germany
“Marks That Make Themselves,” Lafayette College, Easton, PA

2000
Galleria Otto, Bologna, Italy Spence School, New York, NY
“The Use of Evidence,” Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, NY

1998
“Story Without Words,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Galerie Schroeder, Köln, Germany 1997 Studio La Città, Verona, Italy Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996
“Statements Sector,” Bravin Post Lee, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland Bravin Post Lee, New York, NY

1995
Studio La Città, Verona, Italy
“The Use of Evidence,” Art Museum of The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994
Bravin Post Lee, New York, NY
Tom Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA

1993
John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Studio La Città, Verona, Italy

1992
Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Nova, Pontresina, Switzerland

1990
Althea Viafora Gallery, New York, NY

1989
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1988
Pinta Galleria D’Arte Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy

1987
Mendelson Galley, Pittsburgh, PA

1986
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1985
Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA

 

GROUP SHOWS

2016
“20th Anniversary Exhibition,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Particle and Wave,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015
“Snap, Crinkle, Pluck,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
“La percezione del future. La Collezione Panza a Perugia,” Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria and Museo Civico di Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, Italy
“On Paper: Spin, Crinkle, Pluck,” The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

2014
“Holding It Together: Collage, Montage, Assemblage,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Prospect 2014,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA

2012
“Look Both Ways,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Semi-Permeable,” Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY
“Tra Natura e Spirito: Omaggio a Giuseppe Panza di Biumo,” Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy

2011
“Nel Frattempo (Meanwhile),” Mercato della Frutta, Valeggio sul Mincio (VR), Italy

2010
“State of Mind: Selections from the Panza Collection,” Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca, Italy
“In Full Color,” Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2007
“Whole Parts,” Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2006
“Material Abuse,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
“Studio in the Park,” Riverside Park Fund Art Project, New York, NY
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY

2005
Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
“35th Anniversary Exhibit,” Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy

2004
“Paintings That Paint Themselves,” Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
“Painting Project,” The Sagmore Hotel, Miami, FL Germantown Academy Arts Center, Fort Washington, PA
“Challenged Horizons,” Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ

2003
Marcel Sitcoske, San Francisco, CA Gallery 88, New York, NY

2002
Gorney Bravin & Lee, New York, NY
Officina America, Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Imola,
Museo di San Domenico,Cesena, Ex-pescheria, Rimini, Palazzo dell’Arengo, Italy. Curator Renato Barilli. (catalogue)

2001
“New Prints 2001,” International Print Center, New York, NY

2000
“The Panza di Biumo Collection – Works from the 80’s and 90’s,” American Academy, Rome (catalogue)
“Carte blance à Hélène de Francis, 30 ans de Galerie Studio La Città, Verona (It.)”, Galerie Lucien Durand Le Gaillard, Paris, France
“Life Cycles,” South Eastern Center for Contemporary Arts, (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC Dello Spirituale nell’Arte, Torre Avogadro, Lumezane Pieve (BS) Spazio Mostre del Vittoriale, Gardone Riviera (BS) Rocca di S. Giorgio, Orzinuovi (BS) Chiesa di S. Antonio, Breno (BS). (catalogue)

1999
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, NY
“Morbida Quiete e La Notte,” Studio La Città, Verona, Italy. (catalogue)
“Abstract Painting Once Removed,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (catalogue)

1998
“Abstract Painting Once Removed,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX. Curated by Dana Friis-Hansen. (catalogue)
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
“Landscape & Memory,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Interior Landscapes From the Collection of Cliff Diver,” Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (catalogue)
“Drawings,” Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1997
“Human Nature,” The Work Space, New York, NY
“Onomatopoeia,” Studio La Città, Verona, Italy (catalogue)
“Obsession + Devotion,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Le Jardin Complice de l’Art”, Fondation d’Art Contemporain Daniel et Florence, Guerlain, Les Mesnuls (F), (catalogue)

1996
“The Collection of Panza di Biumo,” D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Di Trento. (In the Palazzo dell’ Albere). (catalogue)
“Painting in An Expanding Field,” Ursan Gallery, Bennington, VT Galerie Zenit, Heineskjerning Og Zenit, Frederiksberg, Denmark (catalogue)
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy

1995
“La Belle et La Bête,” Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, curated by Lynn Gumpert. (catalogue)
“Up The Garden Path,” The Work Space, New York, NY “From Nature,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA “A Drawing,” Bravin Post Lee, New York, NY “Recent Work,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994
“60 Drawings from Art Hotel,” The Drawing Room, Amsterdam
“Possible Things,” Bardamu Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Vik Muniz)
“Critical Mass”, Yale University, New Haven, CT and The McKinney Ave Contemporary, Dallas, TX. (catalogue)
“Inner Circle,” Tom Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles

1993
“Between,” John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
“Windows and Doors,” Holly Solomon, New York, NY
“Hyper-Cathexis,” Stux Gallery, New York, NY
“Major Medical,” City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
“Painting as Paradigm,” Stark Gallery, New York, NY
“Group Show,” Margulies/Taplin, Miami, FL

1992
“New Address,” Muranushi-Lederman, New York, NY
“The Hole Is Part of The Sum,” Michael Klein Gallery, NY
“Collector’s Choice,” Ruth Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
“10 Steps,” Horodner Romley Gallery, curated by Saul Ostrow

1991
“Ornament,” John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
“Casual Ceremony,” White Columns, New York, NY
“James Hyde, Emil Lukas, Vik Muniz,” Mendelson Gallery, PA
“Benefit Show”, White Columns, New York, NY
“A Question of Paint,” Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
“Works on Paper,” Paula Allen Gallery, New York, NY
“Small Works,” 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY

1989
“Selection 46,” Drawing Center, New York, NY

1988
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1987
Pinta Galleria D’Arte, Genova, Italy
“New Attitudes: Recent Pennsylvania Abstraction,” Southern Allegheny Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. (catalogue)
“Pittsburgh Now 8 Artists,” Three Rivers Arts and Carnegie Museum, curated by John Caldwell, NY. (catalogue)

1985
“Spring Exhibition,” Erie Art Museum, PA