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Art

LUAP’s Art moves between Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Performance and Installation, using The Pink Bear as a recurring figure through which personal experience can be translated into wider questions around identity, memory, vulnerability and connection.

The work shifts continually in scale and context, from individual Paintings and intimate studies to monumental public works, immersive Installations and projects created in landscapes and cities around the world. Rather than treating each discipline as separate, LUAP allows ideas to move between image, object, environment and experience.

Across the practice, a recognisable visual language is used to create work that is immediately accessible yet psychologically complex, balancing surrealism, emotional tension and a strong sense of place.

Sunday Service, Photography, 2023, from the My Little Pony series

Sunday Service

My Little Pony, 2023, Giclee, 60cm x 40cm, Photography

The Pink Bear in Ibiza

What Was Dark Has Become Light, And What Was Light Has Become Dark, Photography, 2020, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

What Was Dark Has Become Light, And What Was Light Has Become Dark

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2020, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

The fire dances in the dark shadows of the forest bringing light and warmth. The final fragments of daylight melt away into the encroaching silhouettes of the trees. What was light has become dark, and what was dark has become light.

Traditional Art Materials, Photography, 2020, from the Coming To Town series

Traditional Art Materials

Coming To Town, 2020, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Making A Bigger Splash, Photography, 2019, from the Coming To Town series

Making A Bigger Splash

Coming To Town, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Run From The Dragons, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Run From The Dragons

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Golden Dreams, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Golden Dreams

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Sweet Corn, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Sweet Corn

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Show Time, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Show Time

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Paddy Field, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Paddy Field

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Golden Dreams, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Golden Dreams

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Like Father, Like Son, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Like Father, Like Son

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

The Pink Bear On The Pink Beach, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

The Pink Bear On The Pink Beach

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Smoke And Mirrors, Photography, 2019, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Smoke And Mirrors

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

The Plastic Flood, Photography, 2019, from the The Pink Bear series

The Plastic Flood

The Pink Bear, 2019, C-Type Print, 123cm x 184cm, Photography

Internal Reflections, Painting, 2019, from the Coming To Town series

Internal Reflections

Coming To Town, 2019, Oil, Acrylic and Resin on Canvas, 183cm x 124cm, Painting

Purple Lupins, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Purple Lupins

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Loopy In The Lupins, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Loopy In The Lupins

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Current Mood, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Current Mood

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Where Has All The Snow Gone?, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Where Has All The Snow Gone?

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Take A Pake A Po A Po A Purp, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Take A Pake A Po A Po A Purp

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

What Once Was, Is Not, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

What Once Was, Is Not

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 123cm x 184cm, Photography

White Waters, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

White Waters

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Purple Star Light, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Purple Star Light

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Mountain Tops, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Mountain Tops

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Fairytale Land, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Fairytale Land

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Sparkles Of Light, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Sparkles Of Light

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Success, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Success

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Is It Even Real, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Is It Even Real

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 123cm x 184cm, Photography

Be Your Own Hero, Photography, 2018, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Be Your Own Hero

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2018, C-Type Print, 184cm x 123cm, Photography

Exhibitions & Projects

Life Lines

LUAP x Nikon x Mind

Life Lines

The Pink Bear Pavillion

LUAP x UE x GGG

The Pink Bear Pavillion