Alexey Luka

is a highly talented Russian street artist and illustrator from Moscow. Whether he is using spray cans, or more traditional mediums and techniques such as acrylic paints, collages or sculptures, he produces recognizable compositions in which the colourful palette, and geometric shapes interact. Luka’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’. Luka studied architecture for 6 years where he developed the forms of his art, where is able to see his ‘structural’ characteristics in his art. First dabbling in the graffiti, scene and then later on, moving towards more abstract graphics, one thing always being assured that colour always maintaining its principal element in his works. Over the years he further refined his style, inspired by clear geometrical forms. First impressions of his works have an uncanny resemblance to abstract paintings, consisting of minimalistic individuals, though it is this, and the combination of muted tones, and rounded compositions all correspond to create organic shapes.

Personal exhibitions: 2019 «Entrance №5». RuArts Gallery. Moscow. 2015 «Being here». Wunderkammern Gallery, Rome. Two person exhibitions: 2017 «Dacha season». RuArts Gallery. Moscow. (With Misha Buryj) 2017 «Opened Circle. Zimmerling and Jungfleisch Gallery, Saarbrucken. Germany. (With Swiz) 2014 «The Long Tomorrow». Pechersky Gallery. Moscow. (With Dmitri Aske) 2014 «Late, still life». Enjoyted Galerie. Lyon (With Nelio) 2012 «Side B». Prroject Fabrika. Moscow. (With Natalia Serkova) 2010 «Homework». Mesto Gallery. Moscow. (With Vova Nootk) Selected Group exhibitions: 2021 RePlasic. Electromuseum. Moscow. Russia. 2020 Timeout. Gamma Gallery. Moscow. Russia. 2020 Nothing box. Basmanny dvor. Moscow. Russia. 2019 Recycle or die. Gum Red Line gallery. Moscow. Russia. 2019 8th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art.  New Tretyakov gallery. Moscow. Russia. 2019 Gravitational collapse. Artservatory. Center of Contemporary Art. Khabarovsk. Russia. 2019 Urban wave. Vrubel Museum. Omsk. Russia. 2019 Direction/Instruction. Paraadigm Gallery. Philadelphia. US. 2019 Five years. Mini Galerie, Amsterdam. Netherlands. 2019 The Wall. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow. Russia. 2018  Wall Elements II. RuArts Gallery. Moscow. Russia. 2018 ECHOES. Zimmerling and Jungfleisch Gallery, Saarbrucken. Germany. 2018 Reset. Organized by 9B Galley. Hotel Sheraton. Nizhny Novgorod. Russia. 2018 OFFLINE: The main project of 3d Artmossphere Biennale. Winzavod. Moscow. Russia. 2018 Wall Elements 2. Manege Central ExhibitionHall. Saint Petersburg. Russia. 2017 Contemporism. The Old Truman Brewery. London. UK. 2017 The Nature of interaction. National Centre for Contemporary Arts. Sarato. Russia. 2017 Conflict / Obstruction. MISP (Museum of 20th and 21st Century.) Saint Petersburg. Russia. 2017 Artification public art festival. Saint Petersburg. Russia. 2016 Face. Futuro Gallery. Nizhny Novgorod. Russia. 2016 Project 64. VDNKh. Moscow. Russia. 2016 II Artmossphere Street Art Biennale. Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Moscow. Russia. 2016 AltRove Group Show. Altrove Gallery. Catanzaro. Italy. 2016 MB6 Project. 6th Marrakech Biennale. Marrakech. Morocco. 2016 Let me be your hero. GHAYA Gallery. Sidi Bou Said.  Tunisia. 2015 Unforeseen Circumstances. RuArts Gallery, Moscow. Russia. 2014 A Major Minority. 1AMSF Gallery. San Francisco. US. 2014 I Artmossphere Street Art Biennale. ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow. Russia. 2014 Wall elements. RuArts Gallery. Moscow. 2013 Col.la.ge. Mini Galerie. Amsterdam. Netherlands. 2013 Wider than a Postcard. Breeze block Gallery. Portland. USA. 2013 Synthesis & Integration. Gallery Art.Ru, Moscow. Russia 2013 Famille Recomposee Galerie Open Space. Paris. France.

cans. Satka. Chelyabinsk region. 2019.

the wall is 10.11 meters. Spray paint on the wall. Saarbrücken. Germany. 2017.

last year and which was installed this spring. With the support of the "Sobranie" Fund. The project won the ARCHIWOOD Award in the nomination “Art object” in popular vote. You can see more photos at the award website: premiya.archiwood.ru 5.2-2.1-2.4 m. Found objects. Wood. Plywood. Spray cans. Photo: Denis Shakirov. Satka. Chelyabinsk region. Russia. 2019.

theme reflects the current situation when people are getting tired of a gradually growing information flow and wish to limit their use of the Web due to an urgent inner need. All the hype about constantly being online, in a hurry, afraid to miss another trend, some hot news, or notification have been causing an increase in information noise and stress level, as well as making people watch others’ ideal lives depressed. That’s why for a few years already there’s been a trend of growing interest towards everything local, authentic and autonomous, a swing back from globalisation. This trend is focused on site specific art and working with local context rather than with a digital standardized one. It’s closely followed by an interest in low tech, DIY culture, crafts, and the use of recycled materials. ‘Offline’ shows weariness of information technologies that have failed to meet our expectations; social networks from being a worldwide means of emancipation and revolutionary self-organisation has become an aggregator of personal information which is being used by intelligent agencies and is being sold to corporations and marketing experts. Though now we can be in touch with the whole world all the time, these new technologies haven’t improved our relations with each other; today people sitting at the same table can ignore each other completely because they are absorbed in their gadgets. This situation has also affected street art, which is increasingly becoming digital-oriented. Back in the day, to get famous, artists had to paint in the streets as much as possible. However, today you can just make one work, post it on Instagram, and have a lot of people see it. So many street artists create their works keeping in mind how they will look on screen, which sometimes makes the skill and hard work look less important. Curators of the biennale offer the artists to ponder on this theme, finding their own interpretations and ideas. Sculpture. Wood, furniture plywood and found objects. 3,5 x 2,2 meters. Winzavod Art Center. Moscow. Russia. 2018.

paint on the wall. Rome. Italy. 2014.

17.5 x 11 meters. Spray paint and latex on the wall. Ragusa. Italy. 2018.

copy signed and numbered. Silkscreen 7 colors. 50-70cm. on 290 g/m paper. You van order this print here: Format1.

Illusions. New silkscreen print made for Format1 project. Edition of 20. Each copy signed and numbered. Silkscreen 8 colors. 50-70 cm. On 350 g/m paper. You can order this print here: Format1.