Home

Bio

Luke Gray (UK) is a nomadic surrealist painter specializing in large scale paintings on walls and canvas. Being colour blind he was forced to use an almost exclusively black and white palette, working with patterns and textures rather than colour. He draws largely from traditional Asian decorative art styles as well as European styles such as Art Nouveau , Symbolism and Surrealism.

In 2013 he started an 8 year journey of hitchhiking around the world painting murals for hotels, bars and schools to support himself on the road; collecting influences and techniques as he traveled.

After visiting over 50 countries he became inspired by a wide range of multicultural art styles and traditional mediums combining and integrating techniques and patterns from different cultures and religions into his work.

He also gained a love of ethnology, so when travelling he often visits indigenous tribes and spends time to live with them and learn from them. He takes meticulous notes on their textile patterns, tattoo markings and sacred symbols and tries to infuse this cultural ephemera into his work.

He has painted for a range of clients in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Luke has gone on to paint and design for some notable clients and institutions including: Google:London, Facebook, Oxford University, Kings College, Peroni & Jealous Gallery. His work can be seen decorating, hotels, restaurants, offices and schools around the world .

Selected Exhibitions

2019 Centennial Bloom (solo) - Chrom Art London

2019 StourSpace (solo) London, UK

2018 Infinite Mantra (solo) YingGallery, Shanghai,China

2018 Dilated Pupils (solo) Angel, London, UK

2018 Ozora, Mirador (Group) Budapest Hungary

2018 Visions of the Sand (solo) Marrakech, Mo

2017 Shoreditch platform (group), London, UK

2017 Google Campus, London (solo)

2018 [Forthcoming] Celestial Empire (solo), 5th Base Gallery, London

2017 Between mountains and seas (solo), Balkan, Wuhan, China

2016 Bond Dickenson x Creative Debuts (group), London, UK

2016 We Work x Creative Debuts (group), London, UK

2016 Eyes of Albion (group), London, UK

2016 The Nude, Candid Arts Trust, London

2015 The Mahjong, Hong Kong

2015 OVOLO southside, Hong Kong

2014 Le Petite Paris, Bali, Indonesia

2013 Fresh Meat, Truman Brewery, London, UK

Residencies
2017, Dar Slimane, Marrakesh, Morocco
2016, Studio Residency, The Mahjong, Hong Kong
2016, Guest Artist and Lecturer, Renaissance college, Hong Kong

Selected Commissions

Google Campus HQ, London - Live Painting - Mural

Oxford University - PRG logo design

Peroni, Hong Kong – Live Painting

Shanghai Wuxi international College - Mural

Ying Art Gallery, Shanghai - Installation / Mural

Jealous Gallery, London - Mural

Ozora Festival, Budapest - Live Painting

Ovolo Hotels, Hong Kong - Mural

Renaissance College, Hong Kong – Large Mural in school lobby

London Psych Fest, UK – Live Painting

Noisily Festival, UK – Live Painting

Shoreditch Platform, UK - 3 floor mural & permanent installation

Humdinger brewery, China - Mural

Cloud 47 / Bangkok Seafood, Thailand – Mural

Publications

The Guardian / Timeout, shoreditch platform (2017)

Kings College /

American college of neuropsychophamacology (2017)

Itv - This morning (2017)

Dragons Den (2017)

Marrakech Tribune, Dec, (2018)

Emboss Magazine – Black and white edition (2016)

Emboss Magazine – Nature Edition (2016)

DJ Mag, (2017-2018)

The Manual for psychedelic support (2015)

Psychedelic Press Vol. XVI (2016)

The Commissioned – Interview Feature (2016)

Vidlamode – Video Interview (2016)

AWEH magazine (Korea) – Interview Feature (2015)

Zealous – Interview and Competition Prize (2016)

Teaching / Lectures

[Art Class & Workshop] Shangahi International college, 2018

[Art Class & Workshop] Wuxi International college, 2018

[Art Class & Workshop] Renaissance college, Hong Kong , 2015

[Lecture & Presentation ] Encore House, Chongqing, China, 2015

[Ilustration Class & Workshop] School of living traditions, South Cotabato, Philippines, 2015]