Meet the On-line Artist // Luis Gregory

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Specifically, we’d love to know about your background.

My name is Luis I go by him/he, I am living in a regional city, Emerald Central QLD. It’s a big agricultural area, I’m proud to be here facilitating arts in the region. I did my BA at the National Art School and other than art my interests are sport, woodworking and cars. Previously, I co-directed a gallery space called Tiny Gallery with two friends, it was a mobile gallery space that we built.

How would you describe your artistic practice?

I would describe my practice as obnoxious or ugly. You might look at it and dismiss it for lack of effort or conviction. However, my considerate placement of objects are intended to mimic a feeling of the everyday. I use assemblage to create spatial interventions. I like using architectural elements like jacuzzis, discarded timber and window frames.

What is your methodology or process for creating a new project? 

I start with a collection of materials that is in my studio and come up with a concept through a process of working with the materials and drawing. The artworks are developed through recreating the aura of a ready-made object that I like. I might get an idea of how an object can work in the space, and then I start thinking about what would happen if I changed it slightly or if I placed it with an object which I have a relationship with and see what happens.

What’s the project you’re working on during GlogauAIR’s residency?

For my on-line residency at GlogauAIR, I am sculpting a self portrait using wood steaming techniques. I am trying to capture the details of my own face and allow time to focus on myself, exploring the combustion that happens within a person and their internal world and external world and how it manifests into a reality for that person.  I am hoping that later it can be used as a mold for casting with wood, bricks and copper and used as outdoor sculpture.