luke kurtis is a Georgia-born interdisciplinary artist focusing on the intersection of visuals, text, and tech. Ideas are the root of his work, forgoing any signature style in favor of conceptually-driven aesthetics and design. He lives and works in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
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From the Press Room
- A dreamscape of midlife, memory & meaning (Apr 2025)
- Artist explores nexus of literature & music (Juul 2023)
- Spoken word EP by queer southern poets (Nov 2022)
- A retreat by the beach becomes new art (Jun 2022)
- Connecting the past with the future (May 2021)
- One LGBTQ+ poet’s journey to find himself (Sep 2020)
- We’ve gathered New Music by luke kurtis (Sep 2019)
- Poetry as Protest and Expression of Pride (Nov 2018)
- New Experimental Music by luke kurtis (Sep 2018)
- A Decade and a Half of Poetry (Apr 2018)
- Dalton and NYC Come Together in New Poetry and Photography Book (Nov 201)
- Experience Ancient Temples of Angkor Wat Through a Poet’s Eyes (May 2017)
- NYPL Presents Art Show of One Greenwich Village Artist’s Response to 9/11 (Aug 2014)
- MassMu Studio M to Present INTERSECTION, Photographs by luke kurtis (Feb 2014)
- Digital Collage Artist Mounts Intiate Art Show in Raleigh (Feb 2013)
From the Blog
- a map of fragments - A personal reflection on solitude, travel, and creative process—tracing time spent in Austria, Hungary, and Japan, and introducing a harras,…
- Somewhere between Hungary and Japan (or, the update I meant to write last year) - Stories, images, and small moments from a summer abroad—where silence shaped something new and quiet spaces helped me find my…
- A poetry album 23 years in the making - Immerse yourself in "the immeasurable fold," an album combining memories, music, and spoken word that unveils the power of poetry…
- Can ChatGPT interpret poetry? - I use ChatGPT to interpret my poetry, giving me confidence that I've imbued the text with the meaning I intended.…
- An update from luke kurtis - i made this piece of music on a recent getaway. it’s a simple improvised work. abstract. sad. mournful. unpolished. raw.…
- Celebrating five years of collaboration - When Bevins and kurtis met in NYC and discovered they were originally from the same area of Georgia, an eventual…
- cyberspace and the sea - I had gone away to spend some time out of the city. We booked a house near the sea because…
- The delicate dance of nature awakening - Explore Springtime in Byzantium, a new photography, poetry, and artists' book project by luke kurtis.
- Poetry, publishing, and life two decades in the making - Twenty years ago, I published my first book, like an angel dead in your arms. I'm marking that milestone with…
- We are masked artists and poets in quarantine and solidarity - Some of us are creating, some of us are crying, and some of us (most of us?) are somewhere in…