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Past Exhibitions 2008 Let the Boughs Creek Bandini Gallery, Culver City, California February 2 – March 15 bandiniart.com 2007 Abstraction 2 Group show Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles California Curated by Carl Berg Welcome Home Group show Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica California Curated by Ashley Emenegger Block Party Group show Daniel Wienberg Gallery, Los Angeles California Curated by Benjamin Provo Counterpoint Group show Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles California Curated by Wanderlust productions 2006 LA Artists Group show Venice Arts Gallery, Venice California Curated by David Adler Random Perspectives Group show Redhouse Gallery, Venice California Curated by Evelyn Fittsgibon and Ashley Emenegger 2005 Art Above LA Group show 1200 Wilshire Lofts, Los Angeles California Curated by Katrina McElroy 2004 The Confines of Expressionism Solo show Timbrespace, Los Angeles California Landscape and Figure: New Visions Group show Venice Art Lofts, Venice California Curated by Katrina McElroy 2003 Splat Group show Art 2102, Los Angeles California Curated by Breanne Arrington 2002 Sometimes it’s Dark Group show Practice Space, Los Angeles California Curated by Lee Clarke and Faris McReynolds 2001 Thesis Show Group show Otis Gallery, Los Angeles California Snow Group show Practice Space, Los Angeles California Curated by Jacob Rhodes 2000 Junior Prom (Last Dance) Group show Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles California Curated by Karen Moss Sel-fish Group show Bliss Gallery, Pasadena California Curated by Kenneth Riddle 1999 Proc-a-Prac Group show Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles California Curated by Yunhee Min Group Show Rose and Croix Gallery, Burbank California Curated by Lee Clarke, Faris McReynolds 1998 Post Millennial Barbecue Group show Seventh Floor Gallery, Los Angeles California Curated by Dana Duff

Published 2003 Columbia Art and Literature Review Issue #38

Artist Statement We are constantly bombarded with visual images. These images become part of what certain experiences mean to an individual. However, the visual is only one piece of a memory. Can something be truly abstract if it is made up of things that we see in the real world? When abstract images are created to portray the esoteric parts of an experience they become something that is no longer about representing actual objects. Emotions, moments in time, and temperature, these are all things that cannot be referenced by imagery alone. Each color or line will mean something different to each person. In my work I create abstract images that are an attempt to convey an entire moment in time. The pursuit of pure abstraction claims not to be married to the real but as human beings this notion of something truly new may seem frivolous. My work melds the real with the abstract. The dichotomy of hard-edged line work and the free flow of watered down washes creates an important comparison. Throughout the history of painting there have been many conflicts between the fundamental geometric shape and the free form naturalist approach. When these two ways of working are placed next to each other in one painting the viewer is forced to consider the difference. Abstract painting has many faces with different manifestos. As a painter I have developed my own way of breaking down imagery. The process of abstraction many times becomes introspective. In my work a painting may not be about the original idea so much as it is about another one of my paintings that was born from that idea. Over time I have created a style of working that very much about painting itself and what it is capable of. Paintings as objects offer materials that can be reinvented. In my work I have taken the idea of wood canvas and paint and made these materials undeniable. This modernist idea that a painting must be true to its own materiality is important to me. Luke Whitlatch, 2007

		Luke Whitlatch, Fine Artist Born: 1977, Casper Wyoming Lives: Los Angeles California Education: BFA Otis College of Art and Design Graduate of Otis College of Art and Design. Native of Casper, Wyoming. Grew up in the rich textural landscape of the Rocky Mountains. Appearing to be a true bad-ass, this man/legend is really a softy - as chronicled by his pension for angora/poly blend button-up sweaters and cuddly half-beard. contact@lukewhitlatch-art.com