Luke Roberts Australia, 1952-.
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About Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts was born in 1952 in Alpha, a small town 1000km west of Brisbane. He studied at the Julian Ashton School, Sydney in 1971 and the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane in 1972-74. He was co-director of E.M.U. an experimental art space in Woolloongabba, Brisbane from 1970-80 and from 1984/87 he lived and worked in Europe. In 1996 he was awarded a Fellowship Residency at P.S.1 Studio, Institute of Contemporary Art, New York. A painter, photographer and performance artist, Luke Roberts has shown at solo and group shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and overseas since 1990. IN 2002 Luke Roberts was Australian representative at the Sydney Biennale, Sydney and was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2012.
In our database, 20 works by Luke Roberts are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1996, of which 7 (35%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,175 for Untitled (Micky and Goofy) sold by Christies in August 2000. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by Luke Roberts are held by the Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Luke Roberts is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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