Luke van Gelderen (b.1997, Dublin, Ireland) is a visual artist based between Dublin & Berlin.
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EDUCATION
2020 BA Art, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Erasmus+, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykajvík, Iceland
CURRENT & FORTHCOMING EXHIBTIONS
2027 AUTHENTIC SELF, The Complex, Dublin, Ireland
2026 Residency, Callie’s, Berlin
2026 CRUX, Swab Art Fair, Bareclona
2026 Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age, Photo Museum Ireland
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2027 AUTHENTIC SELF, The Complex, Dublin, Ireland
2024 Romeo Save Me, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2020 unrecognisable (spillway), Ormond Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2019 My Activity, Rua Red, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Chatroullete, K4 Galleri, Oslo, Norway
SELECTED GROUP/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025 New Artists New Works, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
2025 I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING, TRIBECA GALLERY, New York, USA
2025 Staying with the Trouble, Irish Museum Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Planned Obsolescence, Seager Gallery, London, UK
2025 All flowers in time bend towards the sun, The Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle, Ireland
2024 Uncanny Valley, Palazzo Bronzo, Genova, Italy
2024 *-*, Catalyst Arts Belfast, UK
2024 Real, B63, presented by CRUX, Kulturforum Witten, Germany
2024 this is perfect, perfect, perfect, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Transmediale, Berlin, Germany
2023 Periodical Review 13—Manslow’s Hammer, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2023 LOCKJAW, Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
2023 FAKE BODY, with Lana May Fleming, Platform Arts, Belfast, UK
2022 you breathe differently down here, Draíocht, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Periodical Review 11—Return to Disintegration, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Rendering New Realities—Access and Alterity, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2020 crux.project, Rathmicheal Ring Fort, off-site, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Appraisal, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Afterthought, United Art’s Club, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Nothing to Declare?, Control Tower, Dublin Airport, Ireland
2019 How’s your da?, MLV Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Hvar endar Þetta, LHÍ Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 MyndaMál, The House of Collections, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 Hljóðön, Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
2019 Viðir Happening, Reykajvík, off-site, Iceland
2018 Winter Open, Rua Red, Dublin, Ireland
2018 FORETHOUGHT, United Art’s Club, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Ireland
SCREENINGS
2026 Irish Artists Short Films: Roleplaying Online, FACT, Liverpool, UK
2025 I’m (Un)real Boy, PAF – Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art, Olomouc, CZ
2025 Against Stasis, DISSOLUTIONS’ 25, Dublin, Ireland
2025 The Burden of the Image, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Spring/Summer School, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Goldsmiths University of London, UK
2025 Rough Cut, aemi, Dublin, Ireland
2024 Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
2024 D AZ - Digital Art Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
2024 UNTHINKABLE, Hull, UK
2024 Toxi Space, Zürich, Switzerland
GRANTS & AWARDS
2026 Culture Ireland Award
2026 Project Award, Dublin City Arts Grant
2026 Bursary Award, Dublin City Arts Grant
2026 Visual Arts Project Award, Art’s Council of Ireland
2024-26 Professional Development Grant, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
2022-25 Visual Arts Bursary, Art’s Council of Ireland
2024 Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility
2024 2nd Prize, Video, Digital Art Zurich
2024 Project Funding for Wittens Free Scene, Kulturforum Witten, Germany
2024 Zeitgeist Irland 24’, Culture Ireland and Embassy of Ireland in Germany Funding
2022 Emerging Artist Award, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
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
RESIDENCIES
2026 Callies, Berlin, Germany
2025 Evolve Practice Residency, Fire Station Artist Studios, Dublin
2024 Production Residency, Kulturforum Witten, Germany
2024 Three Year Studio, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
2024 Micro Residency, Cow House Studios, Ireland
2023 Project Studio, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
2022 Studio Residency, SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 Recent Graduate Residency, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
2022 Studio Residency, BEK—Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, Norway
2020 Graduate Residency, Ormond Studios, Dublin
2020 Online Digital Residency, SPUR.WORLD, UK
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2025 File Note IX, Fire Station Artist Studios (print)
2025 Staying with the Trouble, Review, Sadbh O’Brein, Visual Artists News Sheet (print)
2025 All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun review, The Irish Times, (print)
2025 Hardcore Fencing, Sean Kissane, Visual Artist’s News Sheet (print)
2024 Uncanny Valley, The Italian Art Guide, (online)
2024 The Master of Noise, Sadbh O’Brien, Commissioned Text (print + online)
2024 https://rrrreal.com, published by CRUX (online)
2024 Howling Influencers, Tilman Baumgärtel, Die Tageszeitung, Germany (online)
2023 Maslow’s Hammer, Sara Muthi, Periodical Review 13, PVA (print + online)
2023 An Interview with: Luke van Gelderen, Ellen O’Connor, Screen Service, Ireland (online)
2023 RTÉ Nationwide, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 40th, Ireland (television)
2022 Visual Artist’s Newsletter, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (print)
ARTIST TALKS & LECTURING
2025 Artist Talk / Workshop, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Visiting Lecturer / Panel Discussion with Vivienne Dick, Cian McCarthy, IADT, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Artist Talk, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
2025 Artist Talk, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2024 In Conversation with Nora O Murchú, Pallas Projects/Studios
2024 Visiting Lecturer, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Open Studio + Talk, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland