Anna Luk is a London-based artist and co-founder of the expanded photography collective, Tied to Light.
Working with cameraless analogue photographic processes, her practice explores the ontology of photography by pursuing qualities typically tethered to painting and sculpture. She works with the materiality and the ability of the medium to not only depict an external subject but also record the physical actions exerted on it.
Education
2017 – 2020 BA (Hons) Photography, Arts University Bournemouth, First Class Honours
Group Shows
2024 Struck by Light: A Photo Fringe Showcase, Helm Gallery, Brighton, UK
2024 Symbiosis II, London Alternative Photography Collective, Four Corners, London, UK
2024 Symbiosis, London Alternative Photography Collective, Hundred Years Gallery, London, UK
2022 Photo Fringe Collectives Hub, Hiatus Collective, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK
2022 Svitlo, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam
2022 Looking Ahead, Hiatus Collective, Safehouse One, Peckham, UK
2021 Fabric of Photography, Photo Oxford, Oxford, UK
2021 A Cohesion of Light, Revolv Collective, Peckham 24, London, UK
2021 Long Story Short, Hiatus Collective, Pen Gallery, Poole, UK
2021 At Long Last, Hiatus Collective, Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe, Bournemouth, UK
2021 Struck By Light, Experimental Photo Festival, Valid World Hall, Barcelona
2021 Struck By Light, Digital Exhibition, Hundred Heroines
2020 Arts University Bournemouth Online Summer Show
2020 Online Photography Degree Show, Photograd
2020 Tied to Light, BUMF Gallery, Bournemouth, UK
2019 Traces, BUMF Gallery, Bournemouth, UK
2019 The Pleasures of Illusion, The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth, UK
Publications, features
2021 Tied to Light Vol. 1, Curated and designed by Anna Luk and Lucy Kane (Tied to Light Collective Co-founders)
2021 Fabric of Photography: Materials Matters Exhibition Catalogue, ‘The Relevancy of Materiality to Contemporary Photography’ essay
2021 TSDAP New Graduates: 2020 Edition (Cover image and feature)
2021 Hmmm… Photography and Printmaking, Somewhere in Between Collective
2020 Exquisite Futures, Revolv Collective
2020 Shutter Hub Yearbook 2020
2020 Sad Grads 2020 Zine Vol. 1
2020 Outlast Journal
2020 Graduate Photography Online 2020, Source Magazine
2020 The Social Distance Art Project
2020 BUMF Magazine, Issue #14 (Cover image and feature)
2020 Gaada, Quarantzine, Issue #02
2019 The Hand Magazine, Issue #26
2019 BUMF Magazine, Issue #12
Awards
2020 Shortlisted, Hundred Heroines and Ellen Carey Open Call
'They are Boundaryless, playful, disruptive, inquisitive, conceptual, camera less, lens based, process based, additive, alternative and very contemporary and fantastically NOW' - Hundred Heroines
2020, Winner, Arts University Bournemouth David Evans Award
2020 Winner, Arts University Bournemouth Spectrum Photographic Prize 2020
“We selected Anna’s work due to her play on the idea of photography being essentially a two-dimensional medium,” said Spectrum co-director Hazel Watts.
“The imagery and sculptural elements combine to make a very strong body of work.
“Anna’s commitment to her photographic practice is evident through her website, social media platform and the collective she is part of.
“A very worthy winner and one to watch.”
2020 Shortlisted, EIZO Student Award 2020
2020 BUMF Contributor of the Year, Arts University Bournemouth Students’ Union Contribution Awards