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Exhibitions, reviews and publications

Solo exhibitions

Frestonian Gallery London (2024, 2023, 2021, 2019), Adam Gallery London (2017,2014, 2012, 2011), Art First London (2007, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998), Art First New York (2002), Broadbent Gallery London (2015, 2009, 2005), National Trust at Flatford Mill UK (2016), Campden Gallery UK (2015), Sladers Yard Dorset UK (2018, 2014) The Minories, Colchester UK (2014), Young Gallery Salisbury UK (2013), North House Gallery, Essex UK (2012), Galerie Marceau-Bastille Paris (2009), Galerie Vieille du Temple Paris (2001, 1993), Rebecca Hossack Gallery (1990, 1993, 1995)

Selected Group exhibitions

Myungwon Museum, Seoul (2022), Museo della Grafica, Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa Italy (2016), Royal Academy London (2015, 2011, 2009, 2005, 2003, 1998, 1995), Clifford Chance London (2015), Estorick Collection London (2010), Browse & Darby London (2010), Galleria Ceribelli Italy (2019, 2017, 2008, 2007), Bury Gallery Manchester (2008), Southampton Art Gallery (1998), Christie's London (1995,1996), National Trust (touring 1996), Benjamin Rhodes London (1994), The Curve, Barbican Art Centre London (1991, 1992), Agnews London (1990), Grand Palais Paris (1987, 1988)

Frestonian Gallery installation 2019

Frestonian Gallery installation 2019

Selected Bibliography

  • Luke Elwes, Max Wykes Joyce, Arts Review, October 1987

  • The Art of Travel, Rebecca Willis,Vogue, August 1989

  • Giles Auty, The Spectator, 14 April 1990

  • William Packer, The Financial Times, 8 May 1990

  • Luke Elwes, Emma Burn, Arts Review, 18 May 1990

  • Luke Elwes, Sue Hubbard, Time Out, 2 May 1990

  • Giles Auty, The Spectator, 20 April1991

  • Luke Elwes, Jane Norrie, Arts Review, 18 October 1991

  • Vox Pop, Natalie Wheen, Modern Painters, Winter 1992

  • Natalie Wheen, Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio Four, Dec 1992

  • Giles Auty, The Spectator, 24 April 1993

  • Nick Tite, RA Magazine, Spring 1993

  • Joining the dots on the landscape, Dalya Alberge,The Independent, 20 July 1993

  • Luke Elwes, Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, July 1993

  • Iain Gale, The Independent, 2 June 1995

  • Luke Elwes, Iain Gale, The Week (Review of reviews), 3 June 1995

  • Luke Elwes, Ian McKay, What’s On (Art in London), 21 June 1995

  • Artists & the Sea, BBC Radio Four interview, 28 August 1996

  • Endangered Spaces, Iain Gale, The Independent, 6 September 1996

  • Something Understood, interview with Mark Tully, BBC Radio Four, 22.5.1997

  • Look before you think, Luke Elwes, Modern Painters, Winter 1997

  • Luke Elwes, Nicholas Usherwood, Galleries Magazine, March 1998

  • Along the Waterline, Andrew Lambirth, exhibition essay, May 2002

  • Look stranger, conversation with the artist, exhibition catalogue, 2003

  • Luke Elwes at Art First, Sue Hubbard, The Independent, 21 September 2004

  • Resurrection, Raynes Minns, Art & Christianity Enquiry, No 43, july 2005

  • Resurrection, Luke Elwes, Crysalis Arts (NZ), Jan 2006

  • Luke Elwes, Nicholas Usherwood, Galleries, September 2007

  • L'Isle Joyeuse, Nicholas Usherwood, Galleries, September 2009

  • Famous Five, Sheena Hastings, Yorkshire Post, 9 October 2009

  • Another Country, Andrew Lambirth, Spectator, 12 June 2010

  • Another Country, Charles Darwent, The Independent, 9 May 2010

  • Ten London Artists Respond to Italian Modern Art, artdaily.org, 28.4.2010

  • Luke Elwes, Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator, 29 March 2014

  • Art market report, Colin Gleadell, The Telegraph, 19 February 2019

  • 'Luke Elwes | Bridget Riley' exhibition review, The Week, 11 February 2023

Catalogues & Publications

  • Bungle Bungle, text by Colin Gleadell, exhibition catalogue, RHG March 1990

  • Landcross, text by Sister Wendy Beckett, exhibition catalogue, RHG August 1991

  • Storyline, exhibition catalogue, with text by the artist, RHG 1993

  • Island, exhibition catalogue, with text by the artist, RHG1995

  • Luke Elwes: Pilgrim, text by Andrew Lambirth, exhibition catalogue (Art First 1998)

  • Sanctuary, text by Nicholas Usherwood, exhibition catalogue (Art First March 2000)

  • The Osea Paintings, exhibition catalogue, with text by the artist (Art First 2002)

  • Compass, with text by Andrew Lambirth, Nicholas Usherwood and the artist, 2004

  • Flowing Ground(work on paper), exhibition catalogue, with text by the artist (Broadbent 2005)

  • Refugia, text by Anthony Fawcett and the artist, exhibition catalogue, (Art First 2007)

  • Secret Water (work on paper), exhibition catalogue, with text by the artist (Broadbent 2009)

  • Crossing, Reclaiming the Landscape of our lives, Mark Barrett (Darton Longman & Todd, 2001, 2007)

  • Gli Amici Pittori Di Londra, Edited by Lino Mannocci (Lubrina Editore, 2007)

  • Genius Loci, Luke Elwes (Galleria Ceribelli, Lubrina Editore, 2008)

  • Another Country, edited by Luke Elwes (Estorick Collection, London, 2010)

  • Silent Kingdom, text by Andrew Lambirth, exhibition catalogue (Adam Gallery London 2011)

  • Constellation, text by Brendan Prendeville & Robert Macfarlane (Adam Gallery London 2012)

  • Writing on water, with poems by Todd McCarty & Maureen Ewing (Adam Gallery London 2014)

  • Vital Signs, exhibition catalogue with text by Luke Elwes (Clifford Chance 2015)

  • Reflection, exhibition catalogue with text by Martin Bewick & the artist (Campden Gallery 2015)

  • Floating World, exhibition catalogue with text by Luke Elwes (Adam Gallery London 2017)

  • London Painters in Italy, text by Catherine Lampert (Lubrina Editore, 2017)

  • Luke Elwes: Constellation, exhibition text by Andrew Lambirth (Frestonian gallery 2024)

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