LUKE B. TOWNSEND                                                                                                                                                                                                   CURRICULUM VITAE

Manhattan, KS 66502

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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 PublishingKansas  

2022            Editor's Award for Best Portrait, Sunflower PublishingKansas  

2021             Best Thematic Photo Series, Sunflower PublishingKansas  

2020            Editor's Award for Best Cover, Sunflower PublishingKansas

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 PublishingGreat 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

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