Luke Roberts b. 1952

Also known as Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, photographer and performance artist, Luke Roberts was born in Alpha, QLD. He lives in Brisbane. The creator of the Mu Museum of Popular Art, his various wunderkammer have included an early museum of extraordinary objects in 'Australian Perspecta' 1995 and the Mu Embassy and Margaret Mead Memorial Sandpit in the Asia-Pacific Triennial in 1996.
exhibited at
Op Shop
Date
2 August 2013 - 13 October 2013
Place
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Installation, Maitland, Luke Roberts, Fiona Hall, Donna Marcus, David Sequeira, Louise Saxton, Maeve Woods, Sarah Goffman
exhibited at
Luke Roberts: AlphaStation/Alphaville
Date
27 November 2010 - 26 February 2011
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Tags
Luke Roberts, Photography, Installation, Queensland, Institute of Modern Art, Australian Centre for Photography
exhibited at
Biennale of Sydney: [The World May Be] Fantastic
Date
15 May 2002 - 14 July 2002
Description

“The exhibition focused on artists who use fictions, fakes, invented methodologies and experiments as a basis for their work …

Type
Other event
Website
http://scanlines.net/node/3815
exhibited at
The Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Date
27 September 1996 - 19 January 1997
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/apt/apt_2_(1996)
exhibited at
Irene Sutton's Mary Place exhibition
Date
1996
Place
Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Clutch
Date
1996
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Pope Alice and the Archangel series in which we see Her Divine Holiness photographed in a variety of compromising positions with a celestial messenger of astronomical grandeur.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance, Photography
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta
Date
1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wunderkammer/Kunstkammera: an installation by Luke Roberts
Date
1994
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Assisted by Arts QLD; Supported by Salvos and Vincent Chain Stores; Official international
carrier: UFO airlines; Domestic carrier: Alpha Cult Cargo. Presented by the QAG in association with the Pope Alice corporation.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
QAG annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation
exhibited at
You are Here
Date
November 1992
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

AGLASSOFWATER project curated by Luke Roberts and Scott Redford; Initiated by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane QLD. The Sydney Tour of You Are Here was generously assisted by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival Limited.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
AGLASSOFWATER, Luke Roberts, Scott Redford, Bashir Baraki, Leonard Brown, Peter Cooley, Juan Davila, Brent Harris, Mathew Jones, David McDiarmid, Hiram To, Peter Tully, Ross Wallace, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Martin Browne, Sydney, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Note
Roberts was also a curator of the exhibition
exhibited at
Dislocations: body, memory, place
Date
9 January 1993 - 31 January 1993
Place
Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Midsumma
exhibited at
Microcosm
Date
4 December 1991 - 21 December 1991
Place
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
All Souls' Day: Luke Roberts, Urszula Szulakowski
Date
1989
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

A collaborative project between Luke Roberts and Urszula Szulakowski

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Miller, Sarah, All Souls’ Day: Luke Roberts, Urszula Szulakowski. Surry Hills, NSW: Artspace, 1989
1 folded sheet [6] p: ill ; 30 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Installation, Performance
exhibited at
Salon de la jeune peinture
Date
5 February 1987 - 22 February 1987
Place
Grand Palais des Champs Elysees, avenue Winston Churchill, Paris, France
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Luke Roberts
Date
1982
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Performance