C.V.

Click to download Resume
(updated July 2026)
Education
Master of Fine Art
National Art School
Sydney,  Australia
2025

Bachelor of Fine Art
National Art School
Sydney,  Australia
2025

Employment
























 National Art School
Facilities & Events Team Member
Dec. 2022 – May. 2026
Sydney, Australia
https://nas.edu.au/


LAILA Gallery  
Gallery Team Member
Oct. 2025 – May. 2026
Sydney, Australia
https://www.laila.sydney/


Rofe Street Gallery & Studio
Founder & Director
Nov. 2023 – Nov. 2024
Sydney, Australia
https://www.instagram.com/rofestreet/


Marisa Suen Stylist
Stylist Assistant
Feb. 2023 – Aug. 2025
Sydney,  Australia
https://www.marisasuen.com/

Notable Exhibitions
















































* featured + curated + organised Freestyle*
Offsite Marrickville location
Sydney, Australia
2026

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By Jordan Dempsey
Worldwide
2026

Schmick Contemporary 2026 Fundraiser
Schmick Contemporary
Sydney, Australia
2026

MFA PostGrad Show 2025
National Art School
Sydney, Australia
2025

Money Will Be My Family (In Loving Memory of Rich Homie Quan)*
Van Q Bank Vault
Woollongong, Australia
2025

Severance Package* (with Max Perkins)
Rofe Street
Sydney, Australia
2024

Film Studies*
NAS Library Stairwell Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2024

BFA Grad Show 2023
National Art School
Sydney, Australia
2023

Hooray for Hollywood
Hollywood Hotel
Sydney, Australia
2023

Resonance*
Goodspace Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2023

Press/Publications
FBI Radio Interview on Freestyle
Atia Rahim x Luke Martins
2026
https://www.fbi.radio/articles/features/a-conversation-with-luke-martins-on-freestyle

Mesmerised
by Luke Martins
2025

ASSINATURA
by Luke Martins
2025
https://unilinc-nas.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61UNI_NAS/rtv0e2/alma991012752478702360

Money will be my family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)
by Axel Gerber, Kenya Peterson
2025
https://unilinc-nas.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61UNI_NAS/rtv0e2/alma991012735680202360


ReferralsHany Armanious
Mentor & Friend
Artist & former Head of Sculpture Department, National Art School

Stephen Little
MFA Supervisor
Former head of Painting Department, National Art School

Mason Kimber
MFA Supervisor
Painting Department, National Art School

Imogen Wilson
Manager
Director, Mimi Casting / Studio Mimi / Shadow Agency






Last Updated 24.10.31
LUKE MARTINS



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Luke Martins is an artist and creative producer from Sydney, Australia. Currently based in Tokyo, his practice spans fine art, art direction, exhibition curation, editorial publishing, design, moving image, installation, and fashion. Each stream converges through a collaborative, conceptually driven, medium-free approach in which ideas, rather than disciplines, determine form. In 2023 he founded and directed Rofe Street Gallery, where he produced exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects across fine art, fashion, and music.

An MFA graduate of the National Art School in 2025, his practice often leans toward site-specific installation and explores the methods through which we collaborate and fraternise with institutions to commodify cultural, spiritual, and artistic identities. His MFA research investigated how artists transform the materials of inspiration to develop a unique visual language, while exploring ideas of global citizenship, the new age self-help industrial complex, and the ways we share knowledge, experiences, and inspiration with one another.

Outside the contemporary gallery space, he regularly works across creative production and art direction, bringing together artists, designers, musicians, and brands through a variety of collaborative projects. These include exhibitions in unconventional spaces such as a bank vault and supermarket car park; styling, creative direction, and modelling for editorial and commercial shoots with international brands across Sydney, Tokyo, and London; and publication and design projects developed in collaboration with a New York fashion archive and musicians across Australia and the United States.

His practice extends beyond making artwork. He establishes platforms and initiates collaborative projects that create space for artists to expand their practice. Whether it’s through exhibitions, publications, moving image, or commercial collaborations, he is driven by a commitment to producing meaningful work with his contemporaries.



‘Money Will be My Family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)’ is a 2025 group exhibition shown in the bank vault beneath Van Q store in Wollongong



Billboard poster designed by Monty Parsons
Seen from Keira Street, Wollongong


The exhibition featured 10 artists: Axel Gerber, Cookie Smith, Brodie Cullen, Monty Parsons, Kenya Peterson, Antton Pagliasso, Katelyn Scott, Luke Martins, Morgan Iddles, Lola Lister

I came across this bank vault one day on a delivery job in wollongong, after some conversation Q, the owner offered the space for me to use for a show. I knew Kenya was searching for a space to use, so we got to work. After many trips from Sydney to Wollongong we made it happen. Definitely one of my proudest exhibitions I’ve been a part of and organised.


My works in the exhibition are below. Further down is documentation of exhibition installation, works and related materials (posters and exhibition book).


Preaching to the Choir (Face The Music)
2025

Sony Hi-Fi stereo & Speaker system on wooden cabinet
100cm x 140cm x 40cm From ‘Money Will be My Family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)’ group exhibition at the bank vault beneath Van Q store in Wollongong.



Worthy of Belief
2025

Madonna , flashlight, apparition
Dimensions variable From ‘Money Will be My Family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)’ group exhibition at the bank vault beneath Van Q store in Wollongong.

Documentation of exhibition installation, works and related materials below


Money Will be My Family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)
11th - 27th January, 2025
Install documentation

Located in the bank vault beneath Van Q store, Wollongong Featuring artists:
Axel Gerber, Cookie Smith, Brodie Cullen, Monty Parsons, Kenya Peterson, Antton Pagliasso, Katelyn Scott, Luke Martins, Morgan Iddles, Lola Lister.




Money Will be My Family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)
2025

selected scans from exhibition book
74 pages Compiled, edited and designed by Kenya Peterson, Axel Gerber.

Featuring artists: Axel Gerber, Cookie Smith, Brodie Cullen, Monty Parsons, Kenya Peterson, Antton Pagliasso, Katelyn Scott, Luke Martins, Morgan Iddles, Lola Lister.



Exhibition poster designed by Axel Gerber