Luke Sides
www.lukesides.com
Educational History:
1998-2001 University of North Texas, Denton, TX, School of Visual Arts,
Masters of Fine Art, Major: Sculpture, Minor: Painting
Professional Experience:
2002-Present Collin County Community College District, Professor of Art/ Sculpture
2001-02 University of North Texas, Art Technician
Gallery Affiliation:
2000-03 500X Gallery Dallas TX
2011-Present Graphite Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011-Present Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
Lectures:
2019 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Metal Coatings and Patinas, Birmingham Alabama
2019 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, I’m Pouring
Iron in Europe, Birmingham Alabama
2018 International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Panelist, Iron Coatings for Metal, Plastic, and Paper, Scranton PA
2017 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Panelist, Aesthetics of Art,
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham Alabama
2017 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Panelist, Rust is Beautiful!
But…, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham Alabama
2016 5th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Alliance Conference Panelist, Aesthetics of
Iron, Scottsdale AZ
2016 Texas A&M Corpus Christi Artist Lecture
2016 Texas Atomic Iron Commission, Iron pour Demonstration, Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce TX
2015 UT Tyler Artist lecture
2015 Texas Atomic Iron Commission, Iron pour Demonstration, Grand Prairie Arts Academy, Grand Prairie TX
2015 Texas Atomic Iron Commission, Iron pour Demonstration, Texas Sculpture Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
2015 Texas Atomic Iron Commission, Iron pour Demonstration, Lone Star Arts District, San Antonio TX
2013 Texas Atomic Iron Commission, Iron pour Demonstration, Texas Sculpture Symposium, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls TX
2000 International Sculpture Conference Panelist, Graduate Programs around the
United States, Houston TX
Awards:
2019 Sculpture for All Outdoor Exhibition and Competition, Nacogdoches TX, Third Place
2017 Sculpture for All Outdoor Exhibition and Competition, Nacogdoches TX, Second Place
2016 3rd Coast National Juried Exhibition, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX, Honorable Mention
2004 Arts International Exhibition, International Museum of Art, El Paso TX
Hannah Taylor Sculpture Award
2002 Past, Present and Future, City of Plano, Juror: Patricia Meadows
2000 Jesus Bautista Moroles, Award in Sculpture
1999 Third Prize Texas National 99, Stephen F. Austin University Gallery
1999 EXPO 99 Award, 500X Annual juried show
Residencies:
2017 Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency, Hilmsen Germany
2018 Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency, Hilmsen Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 587, Chatmas Gallery, McLennan College, Waco TX
2011 Iron Sides, Collin College, Plano TX
2009 Luke Sides, The Jaunita Harvey Art Gallery
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls TX
2006 Corporeality , Paris Junior College, Paris TX
2002 Redneck Semiotics, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX
1998 Intersection, University of North Texas Union Gallery, Denton TX
Selected Exhibition:
2019 Sculpture for All Outdoor Exhibition and Competition, Nacogdoches TX
2019 Iron Tribe Exhibition, Las Vegas NM
2019 Abraham Darby’s Childhood Toys, Birmingham AL
2019 Intersections, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro TN
2018 Burning Ring of Fire, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX
2018 Results, University of Dallas, Irving TX
2018 Solid Gone, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre PA
2018 In the Belly of the Beast, Stephen Smith Gallery, Birmingham AL
2017 Profusion in The Void, Texas Sculpture Group, Artspace 111, Fort Worth TX
2017 Iron Tribe Exhibition, Las Vegas NM
2017 4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth TX
2017 Professional Exhibition, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art,
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham Alabama
2017 Sculpture for All Outdoor Exhibition and Competition, Nacogdoches TX
2016 Texas Atomic Iron Commission Exhibition, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha OK
2016 5th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Juried Exhibition, The Gallery@ the Civic Center Library, Scottsdale AZ
2016 3rd Coast National Juried Exhibition, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX
2016 Texas Atomic Iron Commission: An Exhibition Of Texas Sculpture, THE ARTS gallery, Plano TX
2015 Menagerie, Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
2015 Iron Tribe Exhibition, Highlands University, Las Vegas NM
2015 Texas Atomic Iron Commission: Selected Works, NW State University of
Louisiana, Natchitoches LA
2014 Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2014 4th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Juried Exhibition, University of Wyoming,
Laramie WY
2014 Texas Sculpture Group A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center
2013 Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2013 Iron Tribe Exhibition, Highlands University, Las Vegas NM
2012 Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2012 smallSCULPTURE Show, ISC 23rd Sculpture Conference, Chicago IL
2011 Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2011 Art in the Metroplex, Moudy Gallery TCU, Ft. Worth TX, Juror: Toby Kamps
2010 Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2010 Craft Texas 2010, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX
2009 Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2009 Axis Gallery 4th National Juried Exhibition, Sacramento CA, Juror: Janet Bishop
2009 Matter, Art Centre of Plano, Plano TX
2009 Imagillaboration Traveling Sculpture Exhibition
Florida Community College, Jacksonville FL
SPACE 301 Gallery, Mobile AL
Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta GA
2009 2nd Annual Gulf-South Regional, BECA Gallery, New Orleans LA
2009 Deft Touch: Anne Allen and Luke Sides, MFA Gallery, Dallas TX
2009 Feast
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS, Juror: Liz Hickok
2008 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty,Collin College, Plano TX
2008 Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s Community
College, Largo MD, Juror: Kristen Hileman
2008 One Cube Foot Exhibition Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University Beaumont, TX
2008 Henry Gonzales Memorial Show, Mesalands College, Tucumcari NM
2007 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin College, Plano TX
2006 Cool Hands Hot Art,14th Street Gallery, Plano TX
2006 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin College, Plano TX
2005 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin College, Plano TX
2005 Alloys and Echoes, Collin College, Plano TX
2004 Arts International Exhibition, International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Juror: Ellen Landis and Andrea Karnes
2004 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin College, Plano TX
2004 Cast Away, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2003 25th Anniversary Show, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
2003 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin College, Plano TX
2003 A Light Discussion, Tarrant County Community College Arlington TX
2002 This Show Does Not Suck, Southside on Lamar Gallery Dallas TX
2002 Faculty Exhibition, Collin College Plano TX
2002 El Macho Grande, Plano Arts Center Plano TX
2002 Yield, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
2002 Faculty Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery
2001 Sculptural Syncretism II, Collin College Plano TX
2001 Feisty, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
2001 Faculty Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery
2001 Art and Architecture, Gallery Hana Austin TX
2001 New American Talent 16, Texas Fine Arts Association Austin TX
Juror: Anne Umland (Traveling)(Catalogue)
2001 : New Works, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
2000 Catchy Title, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
2000 Revelation Texas, University of Houston Art Gallery
Jurors: Dr. Frances Colpitt, Luis Jimenez, Sharon Engelstein
1999 Eye Thirty Five Exchange, UTSA Satellite Space San Antonio TX
1999 Art in the Metroplex, Templeton Art Center Fort Worth TX
Juror: Clint Willour
1999 21 and up, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
1999 Texas National 99, Stephen F. Austin University Nacogdoces TX
Juror: James McGarrell (Catalogue)
1999 The 14th Festival Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Center Fort Worth TX
Juror: Marti Mayo
1999 fourteen: up and coming artists, 500X Gallery Dallas TX
1999 EXPO 99 Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery Dallas TX, Juror: Rick Brettell
1998 Hybrid Norms, Good Bad Art Collective Denton TX
Bibliography:
Floyd, Shawn, College art faculty shows its talent, Plano Star Courier, August 29,2003
Heinkel-Wolfe,Peggy, a light discussion, Artlies39, Summer 2003
Graybill, B., Luke Sides: Redneck Semiotics, Artlies38, Spring 2003
Daniels, Mike, Guide: Art, Feisty, Dallas Morning News, September 9,2001
Visual Forethought, The Austin American-Statesman, August 9, 2001
Daniels, Mike, Guide: Art, New Works: Dallas Morning News, March 9, 2001
Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fine Arts: Gallery Watch, New Works: March 9, 2001
Houston Sculpture 2000 Catalog, International Sculpture Conference & Arts League Houston, 2000
Daniels, Mike, Guide: Art, Catchy Title and Six Degrees Of Separation, Dallas Morning News, September 22,2001
Street Work, Denton Record Chronicle, June 27, 2000
Entertainment Chronicle: Sides Shows, Denton Record Chronicle, June 4, 1998
Curatorial Experience:
2016 Texas Cast Iron Sculpture, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2014 FEastival, Collin County Community College, Plano TX
2009 Matter, Art Centre of Plano, Plano TX
2004 Cast Away, Collin County Community College Plano TX
2001 Mumbo Jumbo, 500X Gallery Dallas TX