Luke Carter is a British artist living since 2018 in Germany. He studied in Bristol, UK, receiving a Degree in illustration . As of early 2023, He has also completed a Diploma in Painting and Printmaking at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts.
His artistic practice includes linoleum and woodcut printmaking , oil and acrylic painting and drawing. Thematically, he often works with themes of sexuality, queerness and masculinity. In addition, ideas around family, childhood and mental health also appear in his images.
Along with his personal practice he also works on larger scale urban art projects, murals and stages for festivals and runs creative workshops.
Solo exhibitions
-Sachsen am Meer – Neue Sächische Galerie, Chemnitz, 2025
-Graphic Desire – Kunstbehandlung, Munich, 2025
-Worship – Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig, 2024
-Good Boy – Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig, 2023
-Luke Carter – Winkeldruckerey, Speyer, 2018
Group exhibitions
Germany
– Fehdrucke – Raum für Drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin, 2025
-Love, not War – The Ballery, Berlin, 2025
-Red Reminds Me of Solitude – We are Village, Berlin, 2024
-Sex Sells: Beyond the Historical Matrix – Semjon Contemporary, Berlin, 2024
-Whatever I Am is for Today – Galerie KUB, Leipzig, 2024
-Rausch, ZfK -Werkschauhalle, Leipzig, 2022
– Unter Null 100 Saxon Graphics- New Saxon Gallery, Chemnitz, 2022
– Passanten – Madler Art Forum, Leipzig, 2022
– Long time no see -Thaler original graphics, Leipzig, 2021
– Seasonal Black – Halle exhibition, Leipzig, 2021
– Cheap Thrills – LNDT, Leipzig, 2021
– Störenfriede 100 Saxon Graphics – New Saxon Gallery, Chemnitz, 2020
– Let’s Print in Leipzig – Museum of Printing Art, Leipzig, 2018
United Kingdom
– The Art of Being Queer- Touring exhibition, 2019
– Journeyman – Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, 2017
– Homelessness Awareness exhibition – The Island, Bristol, 2017
– Bristol Pound Exhibition – Paper Galllery, Bristol, 2016
– Festival of Apathy – Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, 2016
– Art for Alternatives – Hamilton House, Bristol, 2015
Korea
-10th Ulsan Woodcut Festival – Ulsan Culture and Arts Centre, Ulsan, 2022
Artist residencies/projects
-WHOLE Festival 2024, Gräfenhainichen
Creation of 5 murals as part of the festival.
-Sachsen am Meer Residency – Stralsund, 2024
One month residency exploring FKK on Germany’s north coast.
-IBUG Urban Art Festival- Leipzig, 2023
Creation of 3 murals within 2 weeks.
– Galerie Rotlicht, 2022, Chemniz
Creation of a painting during a two-week stay in Chemnitz.
-IBUG Urban Art Festival- Flöha, 2022
Creation of a mural within 2 weeks.
-Printer weekends- Winkeldruckerey, Speyer, 2018
Creation of a two-color linocut, within a weekend in Speyer, with subsequent exhibition of several works.
-Let’s Print in Leipzig – Museum of Printing Art. Leipzig, 2018
Production of a “lost form” on A2 in linocut, within 2 weeks, with subsequent exhibition of several works.
-Festival of Apathy – Letterpress Collective, Bristol, 2016
Creation of a large, three-color print within 2 weeks, with subsequent exhibition.