LUKE HILLESTAD
Luke Hillestad was born in Minneapolis in 1982. He began pursuing a life in the classical figurative tradition in 2006 after leaving work as a land surveyor. He apprenticed the world renowned painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway and Paris between 2008 and 2013. This study turned into a collaboration that culminated in a group exhibition with Nerdrum at Copro Gallery titled “Pupils of Apelles”.
Luke uses the palette of this Ancient Greek Apelles - a painter known for his grace. Luke also espouses to the ideals of mimesis laid out in Aristotle’s Poetics. He paints friends and a collection of taxidermied animals, illustrating the primal beauty of humans at their most noble with narratives that center on themes of death, kinship, ritual and wilderness.
Luke is represented by The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Copro Gallery in Los Angeles, the L’oeil du Prince Gallery in Paris, and Flanders and Rogue Buddha Galleries in Minneapolis. His work has also been exhibited in Florida Chicago, Norway, Germany, and Scope Festival in Miami.
Website: Luke Hillestad
Luke uses the palette of this Ancient Greek Apelles - a painter known for his grace. Luke also espouses to the ideals of mimesis laid out in Aristotle’s Poetics. He paints friends and a collection of taxidermied animals, illustrating the primal beauty of humans at their most noble with narratives that center on themes of death, kinship, ritual and wilderness.
Luke is represented by The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Copro Gallery in Los Angeles, the L’oeil du Prince Gallery in Paris, and Flanders and Rogue Buddha Galleries in Minneapolis. His work has also been exhibited in Florida Chicago, Norway, Germany, and Scope Festival in Miami.
Website: Luke Hillestad
Migration. Oil on linen; 190.5 x 269.2 cm (75″ x 106″).
Origen. Oil on linen; 40.6 x 27.9 cm (16″ x 11″).
