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 and reflective process, he creates contemplative works that invite viewers to engage with the traces, absences, and accumulations embedded 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
Professional Appointments
Academic Appointments
- Printmaking and Digital Tutor, Bretton Hall College, 1998-2002
Technical & Leadership Appointments
- Painting, Printmaking and Digital Technician, Bretton Hall College, 1995-2002
- Head of Technical Resources, Camberwell College of Arts, 2002-2008
- Art Technician, West Buckland School, 2025-Present
Exhibitions
Solo
2003 Isotope, Powerhouse, Wakefield
2001 A4, Powerhouse 2, Wakefield
Group
2026 ABSTRACT, Art Upstairs, Bideford
2025 New Atlantic Wave, Appledore Book Festival
2025 Digital Art, Collect Art (Online)
2025 28th Community Art Exhibition, Circular Artspace (VR)
2017 Art Now, London College of Communication, UAL
2004 Bridges, University of Leeds
2004 Bridges, University of the West of England
2004 Bridges, Falmouth School of Art
2000 MA Degree Show, Victor Pasmore Studio
1995 BA (Hons) Degree Show, The Barns
Based
Bideford, North Devon, United Kingdom
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