LUAP’s Paintings occupy a space between psychological realism and abstraction. Built from imagery developed through his own Photography, the works take recognisable figures, landscapes and environments and push them beyond documentation into something more ambiguous, emotional and internally charged.
The Pink Bear appears as a recurring presence within these compositions, at times dominant, at times almost absorbed by the surrounding space. Through scale, surface and shifting degrees of clarity, the Paintings explore memory, identity, vulnerability and the instability of perception.
Often monumental in scale, the works are less concerned with reproducing a moment than with transforming it. Image, gesture and atmosphere are allowed to fracture and reform, creating Paintings that feel simultaneously precise, dreamlike and psychologically unsettled.
Golden Chips and The Three Bears at London Art Fair 2026
LUAP presents Golden Chips and The Three Bears at London Art Fair 2026, a 244 × 183 cm Painting rooted in family meals, memory and the familiar setting of Steels in Cleethorpes.
Royal Academy of Arts Patrons recently visited LUAP’s East London studio to see Photography, Paintings and works in progress developed from journeys through Mongolia and South America.
FLO London speaks with LUAP about the development of The Pink Bear and a practice spanning Painting, Photography, Sculpture and travel, following the launch of the four-metre Pink Bear Pavilion in Hamburg.
LUAP was one of six artists commissioned by Fortnum & Mason to create an original work for the store’s 2024 Valentine’s windows, each responding to the theme of love.
LUAP appears on the cover of ’Cene Magazine for an interview exploring The Pink Bear, travel and storytelling, returning to Canterbury where he studied Fine Art before developing the work that would shape his international practice.
LUAP speaks with PetaPixel about Photography as a central part of his practice, from the evolution of camera technology to the way images made on location become the starting point for Painting.
LUAP appears on the cover of Aspire Magazine for a feature following The Pink Bear across Painting, Photography and the expeditions that provide the source material for his large-scale works.
LUAP features in Happiful’s Good News Stories to Make You Smile, tracing The Pink Bear back to a positive childhood memory reconnected with during therapy and its later development across Painting and Photography.
LUAP speaks with Creative Boom about The Pink Bear, mental health and the role of travel within his practice, tracing the figure from a memory recovered during therapy to Photography made in remote landscapes and large-scale Painting.
LUAP and The Pink Bear appear on the cover of ArtDog Istanbul’s November–December 2022 issue, with a feature exploring mental health, recovery, climate, ecology and loneliness across his Painting, Photography and Installation.
LUAP opens the doors to his converted factory home in London for Metro, with the feature looking at how art, design and The Pink Bear sit within the character of the former industrial space.
LUAP features in Art Plugged ahead of an intimate conversation with curator Vestalia Chilton at The Exhibitionist Hotel, exploring The Pink Bear, Painting, mental health and his recent horseback expedition through Mongolia.
LUAP returns to the University for the Creative Arts for a profile tracing his development from Fine Art student at UCA Canterbury to an international practice spanning Painting, Photography and expeditions with The Pink Bear.
LUAP features in Yahoo! Style in a profile tracing The Pink Bear from a childhood memory rediscovered during therapy to an international practice spanning Photography and large-scale Painting.
LUAP appears on the cover of Blow Out Magazine for an interview exploring The Pink Bear, adventure, mental health and the relationship between Photography, Painting and travel within his practice.
LUAP is featured by Time Out in its preview of Art in the Age of Now, the major group exhibition taking over the long-vacant Fulham Town Hall ahead of its redevelopment.
LUAP’s I’m Glad I Found You series is featured by Made In Shoreditch, bringing together unseen Paintings completed during lockdown after the exhibition they were intended for was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
LUAP is profiled by C-A-K-E in an in-depth interview tracing the childhood memories, environmental concerns and personal experiences that developed into The Pink Bear and his wider art practice.
Home House commissions LUAP to create I ♥ Day Dreaming, an 8 × 4 m Mural for its private members’ club in Portman Square, London. The work brings one of the earliest Pink Bear photographs into the Georgian interior at architectural scale.
In summer 2014 I was introduced to the eclectic and luxuriously opulent private members club, Home House. The grandeur of the building blew me away. Art adorned the walls of each completely unique room, ranging in styles from 18th century splendour to 21st century avant-garde.
LUAP speaks to Art Week about The Hero’s Journey at Andipa Gallery, tracing The Pink Bear from childhood memory into an alter ego through which he explores relationships, identity and emotional experience.
LUAP speaks to Talenthouse following the opening of The Hero’s Journey at Andipa Gallery, reflecting on The Pink Bear, the development of his practice and a significant step forward in his exhibition career.
LUAP’s debut solo exhibition at Andipa Gallery, The Hero’s Journey, is featured by AFTERNYNE, following The Pink Bear through a body of work exploring identity, isolation, connection and the search for belonging.
LUAP speaks to ArtJobs about The Hero’s Journey at Andipa Gallery, tracing The Pink Bear from childhood memory into an alter ego through which he explores identity, relationships and the unconscious.
LUAP is profiled by The PhotoPhore in an early feature exploring the personal memories, visual references and psychological ideas that were beginning to define The Pink Bear within his wider practice.
Exquisite Decay,
2014,
Oil, Acrylic & Screen Print on Canvas,
120cm x 80cm,
Painting
A painting by Paul Robinson of the future olympic village. The original photograph was taken in hackney wick in London before the olympic park was built.
