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.



PUBLICATION + DESIGN WORK





Exhibition poster designed by Luke Martins & Scott McMaster

Freestyle (Exhibition Poster)
2026

Concept + design by Luke Martins
Wingding script by Scott McMaster Poster for the offsite groupshow I put together, featuring artists:

Luke Martins, Kenya Peterson, Jordan Dempsey, Mia Kidis,
Halen Assef, Anoushka Mondraty, Luca Leggo, Sadie Whelan.




Mesmerised
2025

Self-published zine in collaboration with New York clothing archive The Grotesque
56 pages Compiled, cropped, edited, and designed by Luke Martins.

For Harmful Dream zine stall at Surplus Sydney 2025. Remaining copies sold at Supply Store

Event sponsored by Nike and Supply Store



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

selected scans from exhibition book featuring my work
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.



Madibas Kitchen Laneway Fest 2025 Merch
2025

Concept, design, shot by Luke Martins Comissioned by Madibas Kitchen Food Truck

T-Shirts sold at Laneway Festival 2025, Sydney




Severance Package (Exhibition Poster)
2024

Concept + design by Luke Martins
Poster + alt for my duo show with Max Perkins at Rofe Street Gallery, Sydney




BBIANCA - Life Changing Messages (EP Cover)
2024

EP cover + alt for Melbourne artist BBIANCA that never released Concept + design by Luke Martins




24Seven E - MF DOOM (Single Cover)
2023

Single cover + alt for Houston rapper 24Seven E that never released Concept + design by Luke Martins