Artist Profile: Luke Sharkey

Overview
Luke Sharkey is a New York-based painter whose practice explores power, memory, and civic identity through layered abstraction. His work fuses text, emblems, and distorted iconography to question institutional legibility and the emotional residue of authority. Drawing on influences from graffiti, political protest, and symbolism, Sharkey constructs densely worked surfaces where language fragments into rhythm and image.

Working primarily in acrylic and oil pastel, Sharkey treats the canvas as a site of confrontation and reflection—where personal disillusionment and public history collide. His compositions are marked by bold linework, expressive layering, and coded references that resist easy translation.

Featured Artwork

Bushwick Gallery

Artwork Title: Aramoxomara
Year of Creation: 2024
Medium: Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
Dimensions: 30″ x 40″ x 1.5″
Location: New York, NY, USA