Luke Yocum

BIOGRAPHY

Luke D. Yocum

born 7/10/1981 State College P.a. USA.
The youngest of three brothers, raised in Lewistown, PA.
Parents, Michal N. & Kathie L. Yocum.

The young artist grew up in a
ultraconservative suburban home and community.

He attended a catholic primary
school.1986-1991

Yocum was diagnosed with Touretts
Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorder in 1993.
He started to paint as a form of therapy.

1993-1994 Luke took his first art classes
in Jr. High School and fell in love with
Michaelangelo, and Paul Gauguin. He made
his first oil painting on canvas and donated it to the
school.

1995-1999 Yocum suffered from depression and Heroin
addiction while writing music and playing
shows with his grunge band.

In 1999 Luke dropped out of high school and
entered the U.S. Army seeking a better life.
Unfortunately he did not find one in the service but
benefited from the structure and discipline he gained in the
military.

2003-2005 Back on the street as a civilian, he
found himself bouncing from one job to
another.

2005 Luke decided to become a full-time artist after seeing Cy Twombly's Apollo collection at the Philadelphia Museum. He was influenced by and begins to study artist such a...

Streets of Philadelphia, USA and NYC.