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EDUCATION
2023
MFA Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL USA
2018
DVM Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Between Two Suns, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2023
Arms, Feet and Fitful Dream, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Shared Vision: Portraits from The CCH Pounder-Kone Collection, African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Art Basel Miami Beach, Monique Meloche Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Art Basel Miami Beach, Roberts Projects, Miami Beach, FL, USA
In the Know Show, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA
Expo Chicago, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Independent Art Fair, Monique Meloche Gallery, New York, USA
Newcity Breakout Artists Group Exhibition, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL, USA
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach, Monique Meloche Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Art Basel Miami Beach, Roberts Projects, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Polireality, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Where the Wild Roses Grow, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Gorne, Berlin, Germany
Volta Art Fair, GR Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2021
Unusual suspects, African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos Nigeria
2020
Collective Reflections: A Contemporary African and Diasporic Expression of a New Vanguard, Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
2019
Arkane Art Fair, Casablanca, Morocco
2017
Lagos for all, Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria
AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2024
Breakout Artist 2024, Newcity Art, Chicago, IL, USA
2023
James Nelson Raymond Fellowship Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Fall Residency Fellowship, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, MA, USA
2022
Helen Frankenthaler Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Janet and Russell Doubleday Award, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY, USA
2021
George and Ann Siegel Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
RESIDENCIES
2023
The Studios, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, MA, USA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023
Lecturer, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Teaching Assistant, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
PUBLIC TALKS & PODCASTS
2024
"Embracing Chicago," Chicago Exhibition Weekend, The Driehaus Museum
Episode 199: A Conversation with Luke Agada, Cerebral Women Art Talks with Phyllis Hollis
Episode 48: In Conversation with Luke Agada, The Curatorial Blonde with Caira Moreira
SELECTED PRESS
2024
Katie White “Trendsetting Galleries Are Betting on Rising Artist Luke Agada,” ArtNet. October 28, 2024
Katie KernLuke Agada was Once a Veterinarian. Now, His Art Focuses On the Anatomy of Adaptation,” Cultured Magazine. September 25, 2024
Christa Terry “Painter Luke Agada Is Pushing the Boundaries of Representation,” Observer. October 7, 2024
Ryan Waddoups “Luke Agada Maps His Psyche’s Blurred Terrain,” Surface Magazine. October 01, 2024
Jensen Toussaint “African American Museum in Philadelphia to Present New Exhibition from Award-Winning Actress, CCH Pounder,” Delco Today. September 4, 2024
Maxwell Rabb “11 Artists Having a Breakout Moment this Fall,” Artsy. Aug 26, 2024
“Breakout Artists 2024: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers,” Newcity Art. April 2
Waywell, Chris. "Los Angeles According to: Bennett Roberts from Roberts Projects," Frieze. February 19ß
2023
Catherine Bardi “Monique Meloche Gallery Announces Representation of Luke Agada,” Art News Africa. October 19
Valentine, Victoria L. “Latest News in Black Art: Luke Agada Joined Monique Meloche Gallery, New Atlanta Art Fair, Black Studies x Art History & More,” Culture Type. October 12
Pride, Ray. “Today in Culture, October 4, 2023: Report Says Arts Sector Not So Healthy, Equity Jeffs Love Goodman, Chicago is (Still) the Best, Says Condé Nast Traveler,” Newcity Art. October 4
Idowu, Angel. “Chicago Exhibition Weekend Celebrates Public Art Across the City, Sept. 29- Oct. 1,” wttw News (PBS). September 29
“Luke Agada: Arms, Feet, and Fitful Dreams at Monique Meloche Gallery,” La Voce di New York. September 14
“Luke Agada,” CGN. September 14
“6 Rising Artists We Discovered in Galleries’ Summer Group Shows,” Artsy Editorial. August 18
“GR Gallery Brings Along Some Friends to VOLTA New York,” Juxtapoz Magazine. May 18,
“The Studio Announces 2023 Summer/Fall Fellowship Awardees,” Assets for Artists. May 12
2022
Hall, Michael. “Celebrating the Art Students League’s 2022 Grant & Scholarship Recipients,” LINEA. August 5
Porter-Woodruff. “Luke Agada,” The Artist Feature. March 11
2021
The Pinch Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2, University of Memphis, Tennessee
Olatunbosun, Yinka. “Unusual Suspects’ Spellbinding Moments of Creativity at AAF,” This Day News.
Donoghue, Katy. “Danny Dunson Offers a New Model for Emerging Talent,” Whitewall.
2018
“Surrealism: A Different Kind of Reality,” Infotrust. November 29
“Nigeria Art Archives,” The Art Momentum, Lagos, Nigeria