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Lucas Grogan
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Cooma, Australia
NationalityAustralia
Alma materNewcastle University
Known forpainting, textile
Styleblue and white artworks

Lucas Grogan (born 1984) is an Australian artist born in Cooma, New South Wales. Grogan is a painter and textile artist currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Grogan exhibited extensively overseas and Australia since 2005.[1][2]

Art career[edit]

Grogan grew up in Maitland, and consider Maitland his hometown. He left Maitland in 2003 to base himself in Melbourne. In 2020, he had a retrospective of his work in Maitland Regional Art Gallery.[3] His style is very distinctive, almost always blue and white colours in his paintings and textile art.[4] Grogan has been shown extensively in Australia and internationally such as Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Auckland, Rarotonga and London. Grogan received Red Gate residency in Beijing, and completed major murals commissions in Bali, Newcastle, Melbourne and Perth.[5][6][7][8]

His works are in numerous private and public collections, including National Gallery of Australia,[3] Newcastle Art Gallery,[3] Art Gallery of Ballarat,[9] Westfarmers,[10] Deutsche Bank,[10] Maitland Regional Art Gallery,[10] and Ararat Gallery.[3]

Residencies[edit]

  • 2013: Artist in Residence, Red Gate, Beijing, China[5]
  • 2013: Harvested Workshop Residency, Melbourne, Australia[11]
  • 2012: Australian Tapestry Workshop Residency, Melbourne, Australia[12]

Selected solo exhibitions[edit]

  • 2023: Lucas Grogan: Cabinets, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia[6]
  • 2021: Lucas Grogan: A Short Sharp Thread, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington, Sydney, Australia[6]
  • 2020: Long Story Short, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia[3]
  • 2020: Lucas Grogan: Last Last Night, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia[6]
  • 2019: Lucas Grogan: Groundbreakingflorals, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington, Sydney, Australia[6]
  • 2018: Lucas Grogan: Bedrooms, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore[6]
  • 2017: Lucas Grogan: Skies, Turner Galleries, Northbridge, Australia[6]
  • 2017: Lucas Grogan: Thought & Prayers, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia[6]

Selected group exhibitions[edit]

  • 2023: Holy SMokes, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood, Australia[6]
  • 2023: Pride & Prejudice, Part 1, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand[6][13]
  • 2018: The Big Blue, Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands[7]
  • 2017: Slipstitch, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia[6]
  • 2016: Antipodean, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore[6]
  • 2014: These Works, Salon Zücher, Paris, France[14]
  • 2013: Sacred/Iconic, Garis & Hahn, New York, United States of America[15]
  • 2013: Wonderworks, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong[16]
  • 2005: Yellow Socks Brigade (with Luke Thurgate), Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lucas Grogan". Orcula. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  2. ^ Dolan, Kath (2015-02-13). "Artist Lucas Grogan's material world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Artist Lucas Grogan Returns To NSW With A 'Sort-Of-Retrospective'". thedesignfiles.net. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  4. ^ Ross, Annabel (2016-07-28). "Lucas Grogan and Maricor/Maricar are among the artists making pins and needles cool again". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  5. ^ a b MaddyMatheson (2016-04-03). "Lucas Grogan: True Blue". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Lucas Grogan". MutualArt. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  7. ^ a b "The Big Blue | 1 December 2018 - 15 January 2019 - Overview". Bergman Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  8. ^ "Graffiti artist helps heal cyclone-ravaged Rockhampton with hues of blue - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  9. ^ "Art Gallery of Ballarat | Art Gallery of Ballarat". www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  10. ^ a b c "Meet our member artist: Lucas Grogan" (PDF). Artel (Summer 2017/18). Maitland Regional Art Gallery: 8.
  11. ^ "Profile Pub". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  12. ^ "Lucas Grogan CV – MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY". Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  13. ^ "What's on: Gardens, galleries and more good things for the weekend". NZ Herald. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  14. ^ "CV + BIO". Hugo Michell Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  15. ^ "Sacred/Iconic: New Work by Andrea Mary Marshall and Lucas Grogan at Garis & Hahn, Sept. 11–Oct. 19". Hyperallergic. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  16. ^ "WONDERWORKS". ISSUU. The Cat Street Gallery; Hong Kong. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  17. ^ "The University of Newcastle" (PDF). UniNews. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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