Artist CV

Jon Lucas | Digital Fine Art | UK Artist

Artist cv | Jon Lucas

Artist Statement

Jon Lucas is a British digital fine artist whose practice explores memory, time, and the traces embedded within surface. Through processes of layering, erosion, obscuring, and excavation, he creates works that examine how marks accumulate, fragment, and persist.

Drawing on a foundation in sculpture, printmaking, and digital media, he approaches the digital image as a site of archaeology rather than representation. Layers of texture, gesture, and atmosphere emerge through acts of construction and removal, revealing visual histories that suggest both presence and absence.

His work occupies a space between abstraction and landscape, where weathered surfaces, fading structures, and fragmented traces evoke the passage of time and the instability of memory. Rather than describing specific places or events, the images invite reflection on what remains after experience has passed, and how meaning is carried through residue, repetition, and transformation.

Through an intuitive yet reflective process, he creates contemplative works that explore the emotional and material significance of surface, inviting viewers to engage with the traces, absences, and accumulations held within each image.

Education

Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
Kingston Polytechnic, 1990-1991

BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture)
Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, 1992-1995

MA Fine Art
Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, 2000

Academic and Technical Appointments

Painting, Printmaking and Digital Technician
Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, 1995-2002

Printmaking and Digital Tutor
Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, 1998-2002

Head of Technical Resources
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 2002-2008

Art Technician
West Buckland School, Devon, 2025-Present

Exhibitions

2026
ABSTRACT, Group Exhibition, Art Upstairs, Bideford

2025
New Atlantic Wave, Appledore Book Festival, St Mary's Church Hall & Online

2025
Digital Art, Group Exhibition, Collect Art, Online

2025
28th Community Art Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Circular Artspace (VR)

2017
Art Now, Group Exhibition, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

2004
Bridges, Group Exhibition, University of Leeds

2004
Bridges, Group Exhibition, University of the West of England, Bristol

2004
Bridges, Group Exhibition, Falmouth School of Art

2003
Isotope, Solo Exhibition, Powerhouse, Wakefield

2001
A4, Solo Exhibition, Powerhouse 2, Wakefield

2000
MA Degree Show, Victor Pasmore Studio, Bretton Hall College

1995
BA (Hons) Degree Show, The Barns, Bretton Hall College

Based

Bideford, North Devon, United Kingdom