Luke Perry (artist)

Luke Perry (born 1983 in Black Country, West Midlands, England) is an English artist known for his monumental sculptures most especially those celebrating under-represented peoples and the heritage of the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the Black Country. He is the director and chief artist of his non-profit company Industrial Heritage Stronghold.

Luke Perry
Luke Perry installing his Pit Head sculpture in Walsall Wood.
Born1983 (age 36–37)[1]
Black Country, West Midlands, England
NationalityEnglish
EducationUniversity of Central England, Birmingham
Known forSculpture
Notable work
Industrial Heritage Monuments 2007-
MovementIndustrial Art

Trained at Margaret Street Luke gained a First Class Honours with his Degree Piece (Untitled Steel Manifesto) winning recognition as the only Public Artwork ever to be featured in the New Generation Arts Festival whilst the accompanying short film 'Poveri Fiori' went on to win awards for film in London.

After an early career in documentary film - winning a Bronze medal for short film at the London International Short Film Festival - he returned to the Black Country to establish Industrial Heritage Stronghold (IHS); a not for profit organisation which was to be a vehicle for the production of large-scale public artworks. He has won numerous awards to date including the Cultural Champions Award (Presented by the Minister for Culture Ed Vaisey MP) and Birmingham City University Alumni of the year and a Black Country Masters. His more recent works can be viewed on www.industrialheritagestronghold.com [2]

He began to receive national recognition in 2010 when he was a co-presenter of the Channel 4 television series Titanic:The Mission.[3] In recent years Luke has dedicated his practice towards creating sculptures that level the playing field regarding equal representation of diverse groups in the UK and continues to work on and develop sculptures to this end such as the Lions of the Great War Monument in Smethwick, SS Journey - A Monument to Immigrants and Aethelflaed Queen of Mercia.

For Aethelflaed Queen of Mercia Luke gave a video interview on the making of Aethelflaed Video of Interview with Luke on making the sculpture there is a further video of the installation. video of the Installation of Aethelflaed at Tamworth


Works
  • Lions of the Great War - Monument to Soldiers of Undivided India in the First World War
  • Aethelflaed - Heroine Queen of Mercia
  • SS Journey - A Monument to Immigrants
  • James Conway - Stockport's Cockleshell Hero
  • Zoroastrian Faroahar
  • Lady Chainmakers Monument
  • The People of Walsall Wood
  • Pit Head Monument - Walsall Wood[4][5]
  • Titanic Anchor - Netherton[6]
  • Titanic Bow - Belfast[7]
  • Cradley Column - Cradley Heath[8]
  • Steel Manifesto
  • Wings and Scrubs (2020)[9]

References
  1. "Luke makes great links for project". News release. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. "Director And Chief Artist: Luke Perry". Industrial Heritage Stronghold. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. "Luke Perry". Titanic:The Mission. Channel 4 Television. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  4. "Sculptor's artwork is far from the pits". Express & Star. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. "Walsall Wood monument to celebrate mining past". BBC News. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  6. "Titanic production for Black Country monument maker". Halesowen News. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  7. "Channel 4 to air 'Titanic: The Mission' series filmed at Northern Ireland Science Park". NISP News. Northern Ireland Science Park. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  8. Hickman, Rachel (1 October 2010). "Hats Off to Tesco Tower". Halesowen News. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  9. "Sculptor's winged health worker 'thank you' to NHS". BBC News. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.


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