ABOUT LUKE
Luke Conroy is an interdisciplinary artist from lutruwita/Tasmania, working between Australia and The Netherlands. Working across photography, video, sound, installation, performance, and virtual reality, his practice is driven by research and the collection of audio-visual fragments from both physical and virtual spaces. These materials—ranging from historical archives and pop culture imagery to personal snapshots and AI-generated visuals—are assembled into densely layered works that embrace complexity, contradiction, and humor.
Conroy’s work explores the socio-cultural forces shaping contemporary life, addressing themes such as the climate crisis, colonial legacies, the pervasive influence of technology, and consumerism’s relentless pull. His compositions are marked by chaotic imagery, saturated color palettes, and a tongue-in-cheek sensibility, forming visual mind maps that blur the line between critique and speculation. Rather than seeking definitive answers, his work invites audiences to engage with narratives that question, worry, laugh, and provoke.
With a background in Sociology and Media Studies (First Class Honours, University of Tasmania, 2013), Conroy’s artistic approach is informed by ethnographic research and storytelling. His studies cultivated a fascination with the rituals of everyday life, particularly in how the seemingly mundane is embedded with cultural, historical, and ideological significance. While his practice retains a foundation in observation and documentation, it deliberately diverges from traditional documentary methods. Rather than capturing a singular ‘decisive moment,’ Conroy’s work accumulates traces of contemporary life—fragments of advertisements, reappropriated slogans, surrealist references, and hyperreal AI imagery—mirroring the oversaturation of information in the digital age.
Conroy’s projects have received support from prominent international organizations, including Creative Europe, Goethe Institut, the European Cultural Foundation, Mondriaan Fonds, The Creative Industries Fund NL, and Stroom Den Haag. Their solo exhibitions have been hosted internationally by institutions such as Hošek Contemporary (Germany), Concordia (The Netherlands), and Pier-2 Art Center (Taiwan), with their work also featured at renowned institutions and festivals like the International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands), GIFF - Geneva International Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, Into The Great Wide Open (The Netherlands), Netherlands Film Festival, Viborg Kunsthal (Denmark), LINZ FMR (Austria), Hong-gah Museum (Taiwan), Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece) and DMZ Docs (Korea), fostering a dynamic, globally connected artistic practice.
Conroy’s digital art is represented by ArtPoint, based in Paris, France
Conroy is the co-artistic director and producer at Nullshima Studio in The Netherlands.
Conroy grew up in Devonport, on Limilinaturi, the land of the palawa people. He acknowledges them as the Traditional Custodians of that Country, pays respects to Elders past and present, and recognises that sovereignty was never ceded.