Luke Demarest
Luke Demarest is a visual artist and researcher. His practice explores generative printmaking, complex systems modelling, and experimental interface design. He teaches at Chelsea College of Arts.
Luke was an Artist in Residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum and a Research Fellow in Complex Systems Modelling and Information Design at University College London. He previously taught at Central Saint Martins and the School for Poetic Computation.
Luke has also worked on projects for the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the Knight Foundation, the Embodied AudioVisual Interaction Group, and Rosetta Stone. He also worked as a studio art assistant at the Mountain Lake Workshop contributing to interdisciplinary projects for the John Cage Centennial festival.
Residencies & Funding
- University College London Research Fellow 2021 Aug - 2022 Jul • London, UK
- V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media Mapping My Mapping Working Group 2020 May • Rotterdam, NL
- Hivos - Humanist Organisation for Social Change Digital Futures Fellow 2020 Jan - Apr • The Hague, NL
- Arts Council England Covid Artist Grant 2020 Apr • London, UK
- Victoria & Albert Museum Computational Artist in Residence 2019 Jun - Sep • London, UK
Teaching
- Chelsea College of Arts, UAL Lecturer 2022 Jul - current • London, UK
- Central Saint Martins, UAL Associate Lecturer 2020 Oct - 2022 Jul • London, UK
- University of Connecticut Visiting Designer 2022 Feb - 2022 Apr • Connecticut, UK
- School for Poetic Computation Teacher & Steward 2020 May - 2021 Jul • NYC, US
- London College of Communication, UAL Associate Lecturer 2020 Oct - 2021 Jul • London, UK
Selected Exhibitions
- IEEEVIS Poster Gallery 2022 Oct • Oklahoma City, US
- Watermans Art Centre Trajectories III group exhibition 2020 Oct - 2021 Jan • London, UK
- ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Art Gallery 2020 Aug • Washington, DC, US
- Hybrid Live Coding Interfaces Workshop Live Notation Presenter 2020 Jul • Birmingham, UK
- Science and Industry Museum Science Fiction Late 2020 Mar • Manchester, UK
- EulerRoom EulerRoom Equinox 2020 Mar • London, UK
- Victoria & Albert Museum Digital Design Weekend 2019 Sep • London, UK
- Goldsmiths Echosystems Degree Show 2018 Sep • London, UK
- Art in Perpetuity Trust Gallery Expanding Systems 2018 Jan - Feb • London, UK
- The Carrack Modern Art Aibophobia and the Reifier's Schadenfreude 2017 Jun • Durham, US
- American Underground Eidolon 2014 Jan • Durham, US
- Capital One - Art Gallery University Combine Show 2013 Oct • Richmond, US
- Armory Gallery Senior Art Show 2013 Aug • Blacksburg, US
- Armory Gallery Eidolon 2013 Jul • Blacksburg, US
- Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology VT Think Hard | Play Hard 2013 May • Blacksburg, US
- XYZ Gallery Science + Art Show 2012 Sep • Blacksburg, US
Speaking & Lectures
- University of Warwick Models in/of Security Workshop speaker 2023 Apr • Coventry, UK
- University College London VaMM presenter 2022 Oct • London, UK
- Camberwell College of Arts, UAL Graphic Design guest lecturer 2022 Sep • London, UK
- Central Saint Martins, UAL GCD staff seminar speaker 2022 Apr • London, UK
- University College London VaMM speaker 2021 Nov • London, UK
- Data Science Conference Europe Computational Art Fireside panelist 2020 Nov • Belgrade, RS
- VCU Arts BFA Kinetic Imaging & Sound Art guest lecture 2020 Oct • Richmond, US
- Hivos Digital Futures Fellowship presenter 2020 Sept • The Hague, NL
- ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Experimental Approaches to Art and Data panelist 2020 Aug • Washington, DC, US
- Electronic Visualisation & the Arts (EVA) 2019 invited gradute presenter 2019 Jul • London, UK
- Goldsmiths Department of Computing invited speaker 2018 Nov • London, UK
- Goldsmiths with Flux Echosystems invited panelist 2018 Sep • London, UK
- LibrePlanet 2017 session speaker 2017 Jun • Boston, US
- University of North Carolina School of Journalism invited speaker 2017 Feb • Chapel Hill, US
- Google Developer Group Triangle creative tech speaker 2014 Jan • Durham, US
Featured In
- The Society for Art and Science DIVA Journal 2021 June • Tokyo, JP
- Leonardo Journal, MIT Press AMC SIGGRAPH 2020 Art Gallery 2020 Jul • Cambridge, US
- Indy Week solo exhibition review 2017 May • Durham, US
- College of Architecture + Urban Studies VT 50th Anniversary Photographic Journal 2014 Jan • Blacksburg, US
- College of Architecture + Urban Studies VT CAUS for Learning 2013 Jul • Blacksburg, US
Education
- Goldsmiths, University of London 2018 • MA Computational Art First Class Distinction. Shortlisted for the 2018 Lumen Prize Student Award. Awarded 2019 Computational Artist Residency with the V&A Museum and Goldsmiths.
- Virginia Tech 2013 • BFA Studio Art Cum Laude. Awarded 2013 Senior Prize for Studio Art. Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork) member. Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) volunteer.