Kristy Luck
At once dynamic and organic, rich and transcendent, Kristy Luck’s (b. 1985, Woodstock, IL) paintings embody the artist’s practice of surrealism viewed through the lens of spiritual abstraction. Luck’s luscious yet restrained palette and measured brush stroke refer-ence the artist’s inward gaze — a deep inner probing interrogating meaning and figuration and relating to the constrictions and limits of time, space, and boundaries.
Kristy Luck received their BFA from Rockford University (Rockford, IL) in 2010 and their MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL) in 2014. Luck’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Franklin Parrasch Gallery (New York, NY), Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo, Brazil) and ODD ARK LA (Los Angeles, CA). Additionally, their work has been included in group shows at Marin MOCA (San Rafael, CA); Sidecar (Los Angeles, CA); GRIMM (New York, NY); Analog Diary (Beacon, NY); Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA); Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago, IL); and Projet Pangée (Montreal, Canada). Kristy Luck lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. They were recently selected for the upcoming Hammer biennial, Made in L.A. 2025, opening October 5, 2025. Kristy Luck is represented by parrasch heijnen.
Select Works
Select Exhibitions
Close to the Verb, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, June 10 - July 8, 2023.
On Alchemy, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA, November 16 - December 21, 2024.
Inevitable Behavior, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, BR, June 4 - August 6, 2022.
Select Press
2021
Osberg, Annabel. “Kristy Luck: Artforum Critics’ Picks,” Artforum, July 28, 2021.
2020
Maine, Stephen, and Robert Burnier. “Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections,” Hyperallergic, June 6, 2020.
Ollman, Leah. “Internal and External Worlds Merge in Kristy Luck’s Atmospheric Paintings,” Art in America, February 11, 2020.
Knight, Christopher. “Body parts, color and landscape fuse in Kristy Luck’s art,” Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2020.
Osberg, Annabel. “Kristy Luck,” Artillery Magazine, January 22, 2020.
Preston Zappas, Lindsay. “Art Insider Jan 21: Color theory, Melancholia, political candle paintings,” KCRW, January 21, 2020.