About

Luke Olsen is a photographer based out of Portland, Oregon. His primary focus is on portraiture but takes breaks by wandering the city at night, urban explorations and the occasional hike in the woods.

Publications
Shambhala Sun
NW Alternative (Issue #2)
TBA/PICA Festival Book 2009
Giuseppina (Halloween Edition Vol. 3)
Shots (#120 – Summer 2013)
Shots (#121 – Autumn 2013)
The Mask Series: An International Wet Plate Collaboration 2019

Shows
Newspace – “Altered Landscape” 2008
The Arts Center – Innerlight group show 2009
Angst Gallery -Innerlight group show 2011
Newspace – “Black and White” 2012
Black Box Gallery – “Color: The Visual Spectrum” 2012
Black Box Gallery – “Color: Photography Now” 2013
Screaming Sky Gallery – “Portland In Plastic – A Plastic Camera Show” 2014
Museum of New Art (MONA) – “The Selfie Show” 2014
Newspace – “Members Salon” 2014
LightBox Photographic Gallery – “Aura” 2014
North Bank Artists Gallery – Innerlight 30th anniversary exhibition 2016
LightBox Photographic Gallery – “PDX 30” 2018
Chehalem Cultural Center – Photographic Intentions by Angela Holm & PhotoClub PDX 2019

Talks/Lectures
PCC Art Beat – 2011
Portland Art Museum Brown Bag Lunch Talk – Feb. 2017 (see here)
PhotoClub PDX Virtual Talk 2020

Other
Wetplate “Mask” series (see here)
Cult of Mac Interview – Stumptown shooter stalks the sexy and the strange (see here)
“LOVE IT & LEAVE WITH IT” Photography Party at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center contributing photographer

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