Luke Willis Thompson

♂ *1988 / New Zealand

Works

News

Winner Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)

Solo exhibitions

Yes, Germany voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) when it was adopted by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007.

Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin (DE)
13 Jun 2025 – 30 Aug 2025
adjacency

Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin (DE)
14 Sep 2019 – 2 Nov 2019
hysterical strength

GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contempo, Bergamo (IT)
30 May 2019 – 1 Sep 2019
_Human

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (CH)
8 Jun 2018 – 19 Aug 2018
autoportrait

Chisenhale Gallery, London (GB)
23 Jun 2017 – 27 Aug 2017
Cemetery of Uniforms and Liveries

Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin (DE)
14 Sep 2016 – 22 Oct 2016
Misadventure

IMA - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
30 Jul 2016 – 8 Oct 2016

Group

Turner Prize 2018

Charlotte Prodger, 2018 Turner Prize winner

Tate Britain, London (GB)
26 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with Forensic Architecture, Naeem Mohaiemen, Charlotte Prodger
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018

MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
22 Jun 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

with Mathieu Asselin, Rafal Milach, Batia Suter
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
23 Feb 2018 – 3 Jun 2018

with Mathieu Asselin, Rafal Milach, Batia Suter

Events

18th Biennale de Lyon

Passer d’un rêve à l’autre / To pass from one dream to another

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
19 Sep 2026 – 13 Dec 2026

with Monira Al Qadiri, Lara Almarcegui, Josefin Arnell, Serwah Attafuah, Lucy Beech, Rossella Biscotti, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Fiona Clark, Manon de Boer, Yana Nafysa Dombrowsky M’Baye, Eva & Adele , Robert Filliou …
15th Shanghai Biennale

Does the flower hear the bee?

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
8 Nov 2025 – 31 Mar 2026

with Francis Alys, Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, Tania Candiani, Carolina Caycedo, Sara Cwynar, Rohini Devasher, Theaster Gates, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Amar Kanwar, Ragnar Kjartansson, Sharon Lockhart, Gordon Matta-Clark …
The Sharjah Biennial 16

to carry

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Feb 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Monira Al Qadiri, Heman Chong, Liu Chuang, Stephanie Comilang, Monica de Miranda, Cecile B. Evans, Alia Farid, Noemie Goudal, Aziz Hazara, Sky Hopinka, Adelita Husni-Bey …
PHOTO 2020

a major new international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Mathieu Asselin, Atong Atem, Ophelia Bakowski, Paola Balla, Anthea Behm, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Pat Brassington, Gabi Briggs …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2019

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
5 Dec 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Dove Allouche, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Anna-Sophie Berger, Dawoud Bey, Margaret Bourke-White, Dirk Braeckman, Luiz Braga, Brassai …
art berlin 2018

art berlin, Berlin (DE)
28 Sep 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Clement Cogitore, David Krippendorff, Dominik Lejman, Alexandra Leykauf, Gilles Lorin, Tony Oursler, Peter Puklus, Jamel Shabazz, Malick Sidibe, Beat Streuli, Anna Vogel, Wim Wenders
The 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

We don't need another hero / Mediation / (Ver-)Mittlung

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
9 Jun 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Tony Cokes, Sara Haq, Liz Johnson Artur, Grada Kilomba, Basir Mahmood, Cinthia Marcelle, Ana Mendieta, Sondra Perry …
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL 2016

The Grand Balcony

La Biennale de Montréal, Montréal (CA)
19 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Haig Aivazian, Knut Asdam, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Eric Baudelaire, Thomas Bayrle, Michael Blum, Shannon Bool, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Chris Curreri, Moyra Davey, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Geoffrey Farmer …
Screening and discussion

Chisenhale Gallery, London (GB)