LUKE B. TOWNSEND CURRICULUM VITAE
Manhattan, KS 66502
TEL +1 785 341 416
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EDUCATION
2006 AOS, French Culinary Institute, New York, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Selection of Tibetan Calligraphy, Equilibrium Gallery, Manhattan, KS (upcoming exhibition)
2021 Two Weeks Two Cases, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS
2017 LOST-India & Nepal, The Fellow Gallery, Manhattan, KS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 In (and Out of)Place, Volland Gallery, Alma, KS (curated by Clive Fullagar)
2022 2 Americas Photographic Mural, Kansas State University Hale Library; DOW Center for Multicultural and Community Studies, Manhattan, KS
2021 Selected works from Black Lives Movement Social Unrest Protests & India Holi Festival, Kansas State University Morris Family Multicultural Student Center, Manhattan, KS
2020 Selected works from Covid-19 and Black Lives Movement, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; Permanent Collection Gallery, Manhattan,KS
2019 Three Naive Portrait Artists, ManhattanArts Center, Manhattan, KS
2017 20th Anniversary of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University Staley School of Leadership Studies, Manhattan, KS
2008 Destruction Framed: Photographs of the Chapman/Manhattan Tornado, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
COMMISSIONS
2022 Corporate Art Commission, Mind & Katog Terma, 18x24"& 17x22", solo calligraphy & mixed media calligraphy and photographic giclée prints, Katog Choling Mountain Retreat Center, Parthenon, AK | Longmont, CO
2021 Public Art Commission, 2 Americas, photographic ceiling mural, 13 x 32ft, photographs, Kansas State University Hale Library; DOW Center for Multicultural and Community Studies, Manhattan, KS
2021 Public Art Commission, Selected works from Black Lives Movement Social Unrest Protests & Documentary works from India, 12x18", five photographic giclée prints, Kansas State University Morris Family Multicultural Student Center, Manhattan, KS
2017 Public Art Commission, 20th Anniversary of Leadership Studies, 20x30", two giclée photographic prints, Kansas State University Staley School of Leadership Studies, Manhattan, KS
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
LECTURES & SPEAKING APPOINTMENTS
2023 Artist Lecture, 1st Year Art Students Career Seminar Lecture, Kansas State University Art Department, Manhattan, KS (upcoming lecture)
2023 Artist Panel, KS County Fairs, NewTerritory Magazine, KS (upcoming artist lecture)
2022 Artist Lecture -Fall Red Letter Event, 2 Americas & Roe v. Wade, Kansas State University AP Design-Regnier Hall, Manhattan, KS
2022 Artist Lecture, 2 Americas, Kansas State University Hale Library; DOW Center for Multicultural and Community Studies, Manhattan, KS
2022 Artist Panel, In (and Out of) Place, Volland Gallery, Alma, KS
2021 KSNT Television News Interview,Two Weeks Two Cases, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS
2019 Artist Panel,Three Naive Portrait Artists, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan,KS
AWARDS
2022 Photographer of the Year, Sunflower Publishing, Kansas
2022 Editor's Award for Best Portrait, Sunflower Publishing, Kansas
2021 Best Thematic Photo Series, Sunflower Publishing, Kansas
2020 Editor's Award for Best Cover, Sunflower Publishing, Kansas
2015 Magazine Portrait Photography Winner, Great Plains Journalism Awards - The Tulsa Press Club, Manhattan Magazine, Sunflower Publishing, Great Plains Region
2015 Magazine Feature Photography Finalist, Great Plains Journalism Awards- The Tulsa Press Club, Kansas Magazine,Sunflower Publishing, Great Plains Region
2009 Kodak Gallery Award, Kodak Professional Photographers of America
SELECT EDITORIAL CLIENTS
ABC News | Macy's | The Wall Street Journal | The New Territory Magazine | Mother Jones | The Guardian | The Kansas City Beacon | Bloomberg City Lab | Kansas Leadership Center | National Geographic (online social) | Newspapers around the globe
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2022 - Present Board of Directors, Arts and Humanities, City of Manhattan, KS
2007 - 2010 Board of Directors, Kansas Professional Photographers Association
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Press Photographers Association
ZUMA Press
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Photojournalist, Contributor for ZUMA Press, 2020 - Present
Midwest region, USA
Photo Assistant & Studio Manager, Robert Clark - National Geographic, 2010 - 2012
Brooklyn, NY
Staff Photographer, The Manhattan Mercury, 2008 - 2010
Manhattan, KS