Bio
Lucas Thorpe was born and raised in New York City. He was a sailor and attended Maine Maritime Academy before shifting his interest to art and completing a BFA in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico. He has shown his work at the Jen Bekman Gallery in New York and in a number of Tiny Vices projects curated by Tim Barber. His photographs have been published in Metropolis Magazine, Dear Dave Magazine, Wired, and Guernica Magazine. Lucas completed an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in 2008 and currently resides in New York City.
Selected Exhibitions
Surrounded By America, Curated by Bonnie Yochelson, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
Various Photographs, Curated by Tim Barber, New York Photography Festival, May 2008
Tiny Vices, Curated by Tim Barber, London, Paris, Tokyo, Mexico, New York 2006-2007
Sara Nightingale Gallery The Seismologist, Curated by David Hunt, Water Mill, NY 2005
Jen Bekman Gallery, group show (pinup #1), New York City, June 2004.
Jen Bekman Gallery, group show (pinup #2), New York City, March, 2004.
Selected Publications
Metropolis Magazine, The Good Life?, October 2008
Visual Arts Journal, 'Surrounded By America', pg32, Fall 2008
Dear Dave Magazine, Sustain, May 2007
The Journal, Tiny Vices, Winter 2007.
Egoburger, Winter 2005/Spring2006
Wired Magazine, Voices Feature, December, 2002.
Wired Magazine, Instant Messaging, September 2002.
Wired Magazine, Songs in the Key of F12, May, 2002.
Queens Chronicle, Stringer, Queens New York, March 2001 – July 2001.
Selected Online Portfolios
MetropolisMag.com, The Good Life? Portfolio, October, 2008.
Getty Reportage, Emerging Talent, Airsoft Portfolio, September, 2008.
Guernica Magazine, Green Mountain Rangers, January 2008.
Guernica Magazine, Church of The Subgenius, November 2007.
Tiny Vices Portfolio, Spring, 2006.
Egoburger, Winter, 2006.
Artist Talks
School of Cinema and Performing Arts: Photography Session, Summer 2008.
Awards
Aaron Siskind Fellowship, School of Visual Arts, 2007.
Education
MFA Photo, Video and Related Media, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2008.
BFA Studio Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2006.
Glasgow School of Art – 3rd year honors, Glasgow Scotland. 1996.
lucascjthorpe@gmail.com
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