Lukas Heerich
Lukas Heerich explores liminal tensions reflected in personal and collective narratives of protection, isolation, and power. His sculptures, installations, and photographs are accompanied by years of research and usually incorporate historical and socio-cultural contexts. At the same time, Heerich draws on spontaneous situations and personal experiences to create multi-layered works in which seemingly ambivalent aspects are juxtaposed. His works often have a strong material presence and can hover on the threshold of visibility and invisibility, alluding to the past and emotions. Sound is the foundation that resonates throughout his work, and its fluid and ephemeral nature has a sculptural quality for Heerich. His rubber and stainless steel sculptures carry this mutable component, precisely reflecting industrial production processes and power structures. Influenced by fashion and club culture, his works show how the subject of control runs through many aspects of society in a multifaceted way.
Heerich studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dusseldorf as Meisterschüler of Andreas Gursky, and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, where he graduated in 2020. In 2022, Heerich had a solo presentation at the Palazzo Soranzo Cappello in Venice during the 59th La Biennale di Venezia. In 2020, his works were presented at the Portikus in Frankfurt and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen among others, and in 2019 at the Kunstverein Wiesbaden.
