ABOUT LUKE
Luke Conroy is an interdisciplinary artist from lutruwita/Tasmania, working between Australia and The Netherlands. Working across photography, video, sound, installation, performance, and virtual reality, his practice is driven by research and the collection of audio-visual fragments from both physical and virtual spaces. These materials—ranging from historical archives and pop culture imagery to personal snapshots and AI-generated visuals—are assembled into densely layered works that embrace complexity, contradiction, and humor.
Conroy’s work explores the socio-cultural forces shaping contemporary life, addressing themes such as the climate crisis, colonial legacies, the pervasive influence of technology, and consumerism’s relentless pull. His compositions are marked by chaotic imagery, saturated color palettes, and a tongue-in-cheek sensibility, forming visual mind maps that blur the line between critique and speculation. Rather than seeking definitive answers, his work invites audiences to engage with narratives that question, worry, laugh, and provoke.
With a background in Sociology and Media Studies (First Class Honours, University of Tasmania, 2013), Conroy’s artistic approach is informed by ethnographic research and storytelling. His studies cultivated a fascination with the rituals of everyday life, particularly in how the seemingly mundane is embedded with cultural, historical, and ideological significance. While his practice retains a foundation in observation and documentation, it deliberately diverges from traditional documentary methods. Rather than capturing a singular ‘decisive moment,’ Conroy’s work accumulates traces of contemporary life—fragments of advertisements, reappropriated slogans, surrealist references, and hyperreal AI imagery—mirroring the oversaturation of information in the digital age.
Conroy’s previous projects have been successfully awarded exhibitions, grants and funding from international organizations, including Creative Europe, The European Cultural Foundation, Mondriaan Fonds (The Netherlands), The Creative Industries Fund NL (The Netherlands), Film Fund NL (The Netherlands), The Consulate General of the Netherlands, The Italian Ministry of Culture, Goethe Institut, Arts Council Malta, Cultuurfonds (The Netherlands), International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Arts Tasmania (Australia), Australia Council for the Arts, Stroom Den Haag (The Netherlands), Eye Filmmuseum (The Netherlands), LINZ FMR (Austria), CultuurSchakel (The Netherlands), Viborg Kunsthal (Denmark), Hošek Contemporary (Germany), Ministry of Culture of Karelia (Russia), Municipality of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Filmboard Karlsruhe (Germany), Artist Residencies Enschede (The Netherlands), Takt Berlin (Germany), IDENSITAT (Spain), CYENS Centre of Excellence (Cyprus), Pier-2 Art Center (Taiwan), Hong-gah Museum (Taiwan), DOK Leipzig (Germany) and DMZ Docs (Korea).
Conroy’s digital art is represented by ArtPoint, based in Paris, France