Lukey Agnes Walden

My work is concerned with portraiture, the trans subject, and the limits of representation. I look for vocabularies for reverence and desire in observational painting that uphold inscrutability and uncertainty as standards for access. The exploitative history of images of trans people in the US informs my warranted mistrust of digestible and abbreviated renderings of trans life. Each work presents a strategy for reconciling this caution with my love of figurative painting.

Lukey Agnes Walden is a painter and educator. They have mounted solo exhibitions with An Sylvia Exhibitions and AMFM Gallery in Chicago. They are a recent recipient of a grant from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Walden is an Assistant Professor of Drawing at Rhode Island School of Design. They live and work in Providence, RI.

MFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
BA Studio Art, Colorado College

Solo Exhibitions:
"Favors" at An Sylvia Exhibitions, 2020, Chicago, IL.
"Laundry Day" at AMFM Gallery, 2018, Chicago, IL.
"THEM/HERE" at Sustain, 2017, Chicago, IL.

Group Exhibitions:
"LOVE" at Summer Street Collective, 2021, Providence, RI.
"Friend for the End" at Paperback Gallery, 2020, Providence, RI.
"20/20: RISD MFA Painting" at 1969 Gallery, 2020, NYC
"Painting Triennial" at Woods-Gerry, RISD, 2019, Providence, RI.
"Graduate Biennial" at Sol Koffler, RISD, 2018, Providence, RI.