Biography

Lukas Leisinger (b. 2001) is a visual artist who has recently graduated from University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art and Design. He works primarily with the medium of painting, although photography and film strongly influence and are often source material for his work.

His skills are self taught from reading about artists and their techniques. Combining classical technique with contemporary imagery, Lukas' practise explores themes of memory, human condition and time.

Exhibitions

LSM Art Awards Exhibition, London, UK, 2024

Behind the Artist Art Awards Exhibition, Virtual, 2024

Muse Residency Competition Exhibiton, London, UK, 2024

UAL Chelsea College of Art and Design Degree Show, London, UK, 2024

XHIBIT, Group Exhibition, Truman Brewery, London, UK, 2023

The Other Side, Group Exhibition, Islington Studios, London, UK, 2022​

Deconstruction, Group Exhibition, Safehouse 1, London, UK, 2022​

Art in Offices - Student Landmark Prize, Group Exhibition, The Lighthouse, London, UK, 2022​

Selective Perspective, Group Exhibition, Trafalgar Square, London, UK, 2022

​Foundation Degree Show, Group Exhibition, NKC, Kent, UK, 2021

Collections

Private Collection, London, UK

Private Collection, Bath, UK

Private Collection, Tunbridge Wells, UK

Private Collection, Maryland, USA

Private Collection, Michigan, USA

Private Collection, Stockholm, Sweden

Awards

BTA Young Artist of the Year 2024 - Won

LSM Art Award 2024 - Selected

UK Student Landmark Prize - Nominated

Artist Statement:

My work examines the connection between image and memory. In my work, I examine how images can both corrode and preserve memories, and the question, "Is this an image of a memory or a memory of an image?" is fundamental to my work.

My paintings are made through a repetitive process. I paint, scrape it off, and then I paint over it again. I can repeatedly relive the moments I'm changing into images thanks to this cyclical technique. This repetition gives my paintings a sense of time that seems to be almost passing away, helping to capture the essence of someone's reverie.

My work is heavily influenced by photography and film, which I use as sources of inspiration and source material. These mediums, which are closely related to the idea of time, have an impact on my paintings and raise the question of whether memory influences the image or image influences memory.

The best way to capture this metamorphosis of experience into image is through painting. My painting techniques capture the very haunting idea of the image being a spiritual entity of an experience. In my work, the image has become the memorialisation of a moment gone.

My paintings aim to portray the fine line between memory and image through this painstaking process, prompting viewers to consider the nature of their own memories and the images that mold them.