Connect With Us
SYMBOL AND AESTHETICS
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • Mission Statement
    • FAQs
  • ARTISTS
    • Nicole Alger
    • Zakuro Aoyama
    • Claudia Avila
    • E. Thurston Belmer
    • Francisco Benitez
    • Marc Burckhardt
    • Boris Correa
    • Cara DeAngelis
    • Eduardo Deza
    • Hunter Eddy
    • Jennifer Gennari
    • Thane Gorek
    • Ninni Heldt
    • Luke Hillestad
    • Caitlin Karolczak
  • ARTISTS II
    • Steven Kenny
    • Rory Alan MacLean
    • Carlos Madrid
    • Daniel Maidman
    • Juan Carlos Martinez
    • Neil Moore
    • Graszka Paulska​
    • Lance Richlin
    • David Gremard Romero
    • Chris Sedgwick
    • Gromyko Padilla Semper
    • Oleg Sergeev
    • Alessandro Sicioldr
    • Benjamin A. Vierling
    • Leonardo Villaseñor
    • Conor Walton
    • Patricia Watwood
    • Chie Yoshii
  • ARTICLES
    • Interview with Liu Hui Chung
    • Interview with Chris Sedgwick
    • Interview with Patricia Watwood
    • Interview with Kalin Thomas
    • Interview with Gromyko Padilla Semper
    • S&A Exploration Series - E. Thurston Belmer
    • Interview with Nicole Alger
    • Interview with Cara DeAngelis
    • S&A Exploration Series - Daniel Maidman
    • All Abristle: An Exploration of the Wildman Archetype
  • CONTACT
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Terms of Use
  • BLOG
  • Links

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
Picture
Migration. Oil on linen; 190.5 x 269.2 cm (75″ x 106″).
Picture
Origen. Oil on linen; 40.6 x 27.9 cm (16″ x 11″).
©2020 Symbol and Aesthetics
All Rights Reserved. Please read Terms of Use.
The artwork and written articles on this site remain the property of the individual artists and authors mentioned. Site logo created using Inkscape.