C.V.

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(updated December 2025)
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(updated December 2025)
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 – Ongoing
Sydney, Australia
https://nas.edu.au/


LAILA Gallery  
Gallery Team Member
Oct. 2025 – Ongoing
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 Fundraiser*
Offsite Marrickville location
Sydney, Australia
TBA 2026

To Start Over Again...
Slip City Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2025

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* w/ Max Perkins
Rofe Street
Sydney, Australia
2024

Pain-ting (MFA1 Painting Department Show)
NAS Library Stairwell Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2024

Film Studies*
NAS Library Stairwell Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2024

BFA Grad Show 2023
NAS Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2023

Hooray for Hollywood
Hollywood Hotel
Sydney, Australia
2023

Resonance*
Goodspace Gallery
Sydney, Australia
2023


Press/Publications
Mesmerised
by Luke Martins
2025

ASSINATURA
by Luke Martins
2025

Money will be my family (in loving memory of Rich Homie Quan)
by Axel Gerber, Kenya Peterson
2025


ReferralsHany Armanious
Mentor & Friend
Head of Sculpture Department, National Art School
hany.armanious@nas.edu.au

Stephen Little
MFA Supervisor
Head of Painting Department, National Art School
stephen.little@nas.edu.au

Mason Kimber
MFA Supervisor
Painting Department, National Art School
mason.kimber@nas.edu.au

Imogen Wilson
Manager
Director, Mimi Casting / Studio Mimi
studio@studiomimi.ltd







Last Updated 24.10.31
LUKE MARTINS



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Luke Martins is an artist, designer, and facilitator of creative projects and events. He founded Rofe Street Gallery in 2023. As a MFA Alumni graduating from National Art School, Sydney in 2025, his practice generally leans toward sculpture and installation, though conceptually and materially is not tied to any one medium. 

His medium free creative practice  critiques and explores the methods in which we collaborate and fraternise with institutions to commodify identity — culturally, spiritually, and artistically. He explore ideas of global citizenship, the new age self-help industrial complex, and the ways we share knowledge, experiences and inspiration with one another. His MFA work is about being inspired and as artists what we do with the materials of inspiration to develop our unique “style”.

Outside of the contemporary gallery space, he often works on music and fashion related projects, such as; styling,  zine publication, music video, graphic design, and clothing design.


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ROFE STREET STUDIO & GALLERY




Designed by Emilee Robinson

Established in 2023, Rofe Street is a contemporary art space located on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Leichhardt.

Consisting of 8 resident artist studios and a gallery, Rofe Street was established to provide an alternative platform for both emerging and established artists to collaborate across diciplines. The space is driven by a commitment to inclusivity and providing early career artists with the opportunity to experiment.  Our gallery program aimed to engage with new and diverse contemporary practices across the sydney arts community.

I founded and served as Director from its inception in Nov. 2023 til Nov. 2024. This project is one of my proudest achievements. First, building and managing 8 studio spaces, inhabited by a community of artists to create, share and develop their artistic practice. Second, building and running a contemporary art gallery, from the programming, marketing, finance, and operations, while facilitating, organising and curating monthly exhibitions, and creative events. During my tenure at Rofe Street I’m responsible for building, managing, promoting, organising and curating the first four exhibitions at the gallery + various creative events and a concert.

Although I am no longer the director or run the space in any capacity, Rofe Street continues to operate today with fully functional studio spaces and art gallery.


Documentation of construction development, exhibitions & events below.


Studio and Gallery Construction
2023-2024

My grandfather and I began construction on the studio spaces in December 2023 building everything using MDF, timber and a lot of screws. Once all the studios had been inhabited my business partner and I aquired the lease for the downstairs gallery area, we then in April 2024 again my grandfather and I begun construction on the gallery space, buiding 3 large walls and fully kitted out storeroom/workshop area.




Jesus to Child
7th - 23rd June 2024
Rofe Street

Curated by Kenya Peterson

Featured artists:
Monty Parsons, Kiki Smith, Lola Lister, Axel Gerber, Morgan Iddles
 Rofe Street’s first show, this was also the grand opening of the gallery space. We estimated 200 people were in attendance

Featured artwork, ‘Beach Head’ by Monty Parsons which was a finalist and featured in the 24th annual Dobell Drawing Prize at the National Art School Gallery. (The large rope work)




Severance Package
 11th - 20th October 2025
Rofe Street

Duo show: Luke Martins (myself) & Max Perkins
Rofe Street’s fourth show.

We were inspired by the obscene amount of people who come to exhibition openings, where there is no possible way to see the work, the only thing left to do is drink and socialise.

Max and I collaborated on every work here. Our aim was to turn the opening experience in on itself.  Typical aspects of an opening serve as the work while more traditional forms remain in a space inaccessible to the public



Sincerity is a Paper Umbrella
 6th - 22nd September 2024
Rofe Street

Duo show: Anoushka Mondraty & Charlie Longmire
 Rofe Street’s third show.

Curated by Luke Martins, Charlie Longmire, Oscar Davis

Despite having a large space it was a difficult task curating 25+ paintings into a space it not feel crammed. Proud of this show, two really incredible artists.






Rofe Street Fundraiser
 10th - 18th August 2024
Rofe Street

Curated by Luke Martins

Featured artists: Alex Latham, Anja Gower, Anoushka Mondraty, Axel Gerber, Clare Wigney, Criena Court, Diaan Vitnell, Elisabeth Sulich, Ella Burke, Emilee Robinson, Erin Murphy, Felix de Gruchy, Grace Halphen, Heather Trett, Iman Irannejad, James Little, Joel Peterson, Kenya Peterson, Leopold Tregloan, Luke Martins, Marc Okeil, Max Perkins, Milla Thompson, Mungo Howard, Oliver Abbott, Rachel Mackay, Rupert McEvoy, Taylor Steel
 Rofe Street’s second show.

A fundraiser to help cover the construction costs and rent of the gallery. We normally took no commission from works sold. We ran as a not for profit. Simply a space to celebrate emerging Sydney artists.

We also held a raffle with, fruit, succulents, rare magazines , and a drum head signed by Bar Italia.
Poster & Concept by Emilee Robinson

Installed by Rupert McEvoy