ROGER JOHN LUKO
Artist
BIOGRAPHY
I have formally studied art at the City and Guilds of London Art School and Sir John Cass College in London England, the Accademia di belle Arti in Rome Italy, the Idun Loven Art School in Stockholm Sweden, Capilano University and the Malaspina Printmakers in Vancouver, British Columbia. I am fascinated with art history and inspired by ancient and tribal art. My main preoccupation is with sculpture, but I also express myself through painting, printmaking and drawing. I seek a balance through the forms of the real world as well as those of my dreams and fantasy.
GENERAL
2012 Sculpture and Drawings represented by RendezVous Art Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
2006 Senior member status in Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists
2005- Member of Suite E Figurative Group
2004- Maple Ridge Life Drawing Group, Maple Ridge B.C.
2003- Member of Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists
2002-2003 Capilano College, self-directed study, Vancouver, British Columbia
2002 Member of Fort Langley Sculptor’s Group, Fort Langley B.C.
2001- Member of West Coast Clay Sculptor’s Association
2000-2002 Member/Director with Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver B.C.
1973-2000 Engineering Head Draftsperson for District of Mission
1968-1972 City and Guilds of London, England. (Fine Arts Diploma in Sculpture)
1967-1968 Sir John Cass College, London, England
1966-1967 Accademia di belle Arti, Rome, Italy
1965 Idun Loven Art School, Stockholm, Sweden
1963-1965 University of British Columbia, Canada
1963 Graduate from Maple Ridge High School, British Columbia, Canada
1944 Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
AWARDS
2006 Auguste Rodin CIPA Award, Red Deer Museum, Alberta
1974 Honourable Mention, Potters Guild of B.C., Vancouver
1972 First Sculpture Prize, City and Guilds of London, England
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Maple Ridge Art Gallery, In Search of Aphrodite, Maple Ridge B.C.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 RendezVous Art Gallery, Three Artist Show, Vancouver B.C.
2006 Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists, Red Deer, Alberta
2006 From head to Toe, Place des Arts, Coquitlam B.C.
2006 West Coast Revisited, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody, B.C.
2005 West Coast Clay Sculptor’s Assoc. New Westminster Gallery, B.C.
2005 Suite E Exhibit at Place des Arts, Coquitlam B.C.
2005 Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists, Place des Arts, Coquitlam, B.C.
2005 Malaspina Printmakers Society, Nanaimo B.C.
2004 Izzard Fine Arts Gallery, West Vancouver
2004 Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists, Masters Gallery, Calgary
2003 West Coast Clay Sculptor’s Assoc., Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody
2003 Malaspina Printmakers Society, Bowen Island Gallery
2003 101 Prints, Malaspina Printmakers Society Fundraising Event, Vancouver
2003 Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists, New Westminster Library
2003 Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists, Ferry Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2001 Marshall Road Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2001 Malaspina Printmakers Society, exhibit in Yokohama, Japan
2001 Malaspina Printmakers Society, exhibit in Helsinki, Finland
2001 101 Prints, Malaspina Printmakers Society,Performance Works, Vancouver, B.C.
2000 Malaspina Printmakers Society, Christmas and Summer Shows, Vancouver, B.C.
1974 Potters Guild of B.C., Vancouver
1972 City and Guilds of London, Graduate Show, London, England