https://lukevangelderen.com
Luke van Gelderen (b. 1997, Dublin, Ireland) works across film, sculpture, and digital media, creating immersive installations that examine the performance and mediation of contemporary identities through technology. Converging celebrity culture, alienation, masculinity and violence, his work is grounded in his own experience of recurring intrusive thoughts and images amplified by the internet. Recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Romeo Save Me’ Pallas Projects/Studios, (2024); 'unrecognisable (spillway)', Ormond Art Studios (2020); ‘My Activity', Rua Red (2019); and 'Chatroulette', K4 Galleri, Oslo (2019). Recent group exhibitions include: ‘Staying With the Trouble', Irish Musuem of Modern Art, Dublin (2025); ‘Planned Obsolescene’ SEAGER, London (2025); ‘All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun’, Dublin Castle, OPW (2025); ‘*-*’ Catalyst Arts, Belfast UK (2024); ‘Uncanny Valley’ Palazzo Bronzo, Genoa, Italy (2024); ‘REAL’, B63, Witten, Germany (2024); 'this is perfect, perfect, perfect, Transmediale, Berlin (2024); 'Manslows Hammer–Periodical Review 13', Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin (2023); 'LOCKJAW', Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin (2023); 'FAKE BODY", Platform Arts, Belfast (2023) and 'Rendering New Realities', The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2021). Recent screenings include: Goldsmiths, University of London (2025); D-AZ, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland (2024); UNTHINKABLE, Hull, UK (2024); Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (2024) and Toxi Space, Zurich (2024). Luke is a co-founder of CRUX, an off-site curatorial collective. He lives and works in Dublin and is a current studio member in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. His work is kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
UPCOMING
2027 Solo Exhibition, The Complex, Dublin, IRL
2025 Solo Screening, FACT, Liverpool, UK
2025 Solo Screening + Workshop, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2025 Group Screening, Dissoultions Film Festival, IRL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Romeo Save Me, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, IRL
2020 unrecognisable (spillway), Ormond Art Studios, Dublin, IRL
2019 My Acitvity, Rua Red, Dublin, IRL
2019 Chatroullete, K4 Galleri, Olso Art Weekend, NO
GROUP/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Staying with the Trouble, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IRL
2025 Planned Obsolescenece, SEAGER, London, UK
2025 All flowers in time bend towards the sun, The Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle, IRL
2024 *-*, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK
2024 BRAVO, Humber St Pop-up space, Hull, UK
2024 Uncanny Valley, Palazzo Bronzo, Genova, IT
2024 Real, CRUX, B63, Kulturforum Witten, DE
2024 this is perfect, perfect, perfect, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Transmediale, Berlin, DE
2023 Periodical Review 13—Manslow’s Hammer, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, IRL
2023 LOCKJAW, Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin, IRL
2023 FAKE BODY, with Lana May Fleming, Platform Arts, Belfast, NI
2022 you breathe differently down here, Draíocht, Dublin, IRL
2021 Periodical Review 11—Return to Disintegration, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, IRL
2020 Rendering New Realities—Access and Alterity, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2020 crux.project, Rathmicheal Ring Fort, Dublin, IRL
2020 Appraisal, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, IRL
2020 Afterthought, United Art’s Club, Dublin, IRL
2019 Nothing to Declare?, Control Tower, Dublin Airport, IRL
2019 How’s your da?, MLV Studio, Dublin, IRL
2019 Hvar endar Þetta, LHÍ Gallery, Reykjavík, IS
2019 MyndaMál, The House of Collections, Reykjavík, IS
2019 Hljóðön, Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, IS
2019 Viðir Happening, Reykajvík, IS
2018 Winter Open, Rua Red, Dublin, IRL
2018 FORETHOUGHT, United Art’s Club, Dublin, IRL
2017 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, IRL
SCREENINGS
2025 Spring/Summer School, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, IRL
2025 Goldsmiths University of London, UK
2025 FACT, Liverpool, UK
2025 Rough Cut, aemi, Dublin, IRL
2024 Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, DE
2024 DA Z - Digital Art Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, CH
2024 Artists Screen Artists, Toxi Space, Zurich, CH
2023 END IN BURNING FLAMES OR PARADISE, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, IRL
GRANTS & AWARDS
2025 Professional Devlopment Grant, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
2024 Visual Arts Bursary, Art’s Council of Ireland
2024 2nd Prize- Video, Digital Art Zurich
2024 Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility
2024 Project Funding for Wittens Free Scene, Kulturforum Witten, Germany
2024 Professional Development Grant, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
2024 Zeitgeist Irland 24’, Culture Ireland and Embassy of Ireland in Germany Funding
2023 Visual Arts Bursary, Art’s Council of Ireland
2022 Emerging Artist Grant, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
2022 Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2021 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2020 RDS Visual Art Awards: Shortlist
2020 Student of the Year, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
2018 Winter Open Winner, Rua Red
2017 1916 Leaders and Learners Bursary
RESIDENCIES
2025 Evolve Practice Residency, Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin, IRL
2024 Production Residency, Kulturforum Witten, DE
2024 Three Year Studio, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, IRL
2024 Micro Residency, Cow House Studios, IRL
2023 Project Studio, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, IRL
2022 Studio Residency, SÍM, Reykjavík, IS
2022 Recent Graduate Residency, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IRL
2022 Studio Residency, BEK—Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, NO
2020 Graduate Residency, Ormond Studios, Dublin, IRL
2020 Online Digital Residency, SPUR.WORLD
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2025 All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun review, The Irish Times, (print)
2025 Hardcore Fencing, Sean Kissane, Visual Aritst News Sheet (Print)
2024 Uncanny Valley, The Italian Art Guide
2024 The Master of Noise, Sadbh O’Brein, Commissioned Text, IRL (print)
2024 Howling Influencers, Tilman Baumgärtel, Die Tageszeitung, DE
2023 Maslow’s Hammer, Sara Muthi, Periodical Review 13, PVA/ Pallas Project Studios
2023 An Interview with: Luke van Gelderen, Ellen O’Connor, Screen Service, IRL (online)
2023 RTÉ Nationwide, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 40th, IRL (TV)
2022 Visual Artist’s Newsletter, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 40th, (print)
2022 Unable to Exhibit Indoors, Claudia Dalby, Dublin InQuirer, Ireland (online)
ARTISTS TALKS & LECTURING
2025 Visiting Lecturer, IADT, IRL
2025 Panel Discussion with Vivienne Dick, Cian McCarthy, IADT, IRL
2025 Artist Talk, Goldsmiths University of London
2025 Artist Talk, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
2024 In Conversation with Nora O Murchú, Pallas Projects/Studios, IRL
2024 Visiting Lecturer, IADT, IRL
2023 Open Studio + Talk, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IRL
EDUCATION
2020 1st Class Hons, BA Art, IADT, Dublin, IRL
2019 Erasmus+, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, ISL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 Technichan, National Museum of Ireland
2022 Gallery Assistant & Fabricator, Aldea, Bergen, NO
2021 The Douglas Hyde Student Forum III
2020 co-founder of CRUX, curatorial platform/collective