Lucas Grogan is a Melbourne based artist who uses needlepoint, installation, painting and drawing to explore themes of isolation, inclusion and cultural collisions, through an autobiographical lens. Having studied at the University of Newcastle, Grogan has exhibited throughout Australia, USA and Hong Kong. His work has been collected by Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Artbank, Duetsche Bank and private collections.
Lucas Grogan is represented by Gallerysmith, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2011 PRIVATE ISLAND, MOP Projects, Sydney
2011 BACKCHAT Until Never Melbourne
2010 ISLANDS, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2008 7 YEAR ITCH, John Miller Galleries Newcastle
2008 UNAUSTRALIAN Watt Space Newcastle
2008 Tell ‘Im He’s Dreamin‘, Pod Space Newcastle
2005 Carpetry, Rocketart Newcastle
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2012 Drawing, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
2012 Fashion Loves Art Loves Fashion, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Project 12: This is Not a Love Song, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, curated by Jessie Bridgfoot The Substation, Melbourne
2011 Under The Willow, curated by Virginia Wilson, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney
2011 Saison Finale, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2011 New Acquisitions Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
2011 100 – Black Art Projects, Langford 120, Melbourne
2011 Arcadia, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton
2011 Signal 8, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Citizen Collectors Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
2011 FEMMES & HOMMES John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2011 NEW GOLD ISLANDS, Podspace, Newcastle
2010 NO ARTIST IS AN ISLAND, Lock-Up Cultural Center, Newcastle
2010 SHOW OFF, Broodbox Gallery, Melbourne
2009 20:20 20th Anniversary Watt Space Newcastle
2009 STEEL CITY BOYS, MOP Projects Sydney
2009 Minding Animals, Lock Up Gallery Newcastle
2008 Make Believe C3 Gallery Melbourne
2008 SAY MY NAME 3rd Year Graduate Exhibition Watt Space Newcastle
2008 Black White, School Of Fine Art Gallery University of Newcastle
2008 safARI, MOP Projects Sydney
2008 Make Do, Watt Space Newcastle
2007 >PINK, John Miller Gallery
2006 Piece by Piece, Field Newcastle
2005 %MONGREL Watt Space Newcastle
2005 Fibremix, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
2005 Yellow Sock Brigade, Watt Space Newcastle
2005 Wish You Were Here, Watt Space Newcastle
2005 Nightmare, Field Newcastle
2005 Cinema, Field Newcastle
2004 Alphabet, Field Newcastle
PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
2012 Harrolds, Melbourne
2011 Swisse Vitamins, Melbourne
2011 Collaboration, Rittenhouse, Sydney
2011 Lullaby Islands, Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne
2011 You Look Terrific Babe, Citylights Projects, Melbourne
2010 HOME, video commission, Deutsche Bank Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland
2010 Hammocks and Honey EP Vinyl Cover Art, Melbourne
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & TEXT
2011 LUCAS GROGAN | EMBROIDERING UP A STORM by Inga Walton Textile, Fibre Forum Volume 30, Issue 4, Number 104, 2011. p.62-p.64
2011 THE ECONOMY OF ART – Artworks presented by Amanda Smith, ABC Radio National 27 November 2011 www.abc.net.au/rn/artworks/
2011 PRIVATE ISLAND | INVITE ONLY by Bethany Small The Thousands www.thethousands.com.au 7th November 2011
2011 FIVE OF A KIND by Nina Rousseau The Age 29 October 2011 www.theage.com.au
2011 MICAH HAMDORF FOR RITTENHOUSE FALL/WINTER 2012 The Fashionisto www.thefashionisto.com
2011 RITTENHOUSE GETS SKETCHY by Lillian McKnight www.pagesdigital.com 26 October 2011
2011 INTERVIEW | LUCAS GROGAN by Lucy Feagins, The Design Files www.thedesignfiles.net 23 September 2011
2011 FEATURED ARTIST | LUCAS GROGAN by Laura Di Florio & Melanie Katsalidis, Pieces of Eight 21 September 2011 www.piecesofeightgallery.blogspot.com
2011 Lucas Grogan True Blue Babe 2010 by Claudia Hyles Artemis Newcastle Gallery Society Magazine Vol 42 No. 2 p.8-9
2011 Anxiety over the work of Lucas Grogan by Julie Clarke juliejoyclarke.blogspot.com 12 August 2011
2011 Lucas Grogan| You Look Terrific Babe Stupid Mammals http://www.thestupidmammals.com/archives/2011/04/30/lucas-grogan-you-look-terrific-babe/ 30 April 2011
2011 The Lexicon of Lucas by Anna Sutton, Broadsheet http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts-and-entertainment/article/lexicon-lucas-hosier-lane 29 April 2011
2011 Men Behaving Badly by Tracey Clement, The Post Post thepostpost.wordpress.com 27 February
2011 Artist Lucas Grogan by Natalie Walton, Daily Imprint dailyimprint.blogspot.com 21 February 2011
2009 Six of one, half-dozen the other… Editorial by Maurice O’Riordan Art Monthly Summer 2009-2010 Issue 226 http://www.artmonthly.org.au/artnotes
2008 Aboriginal Art Uproar by Greg Ray Newcastle Herald 19 September 2008 http://www.theherald.com.au
2008 Safari Harriet Fesq Runway Issue 12 – Make Believe
2008 Letters to the Editor by David Garneau Art Monthly August 2008 Issue 212www.artmonthly.org.au
COLLECTIONS
Duetsche Bank
Artbank
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Private Collections