Awards and Prizes
2024 Semi-finalist Head On Portrait Prize.
2023 Finalist Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture.
2023 Semi-finalist Head On Landscape Prize.
2022 Semi-finalist Head On Portrait Prize.
2022/21 Finalist Bluethumb Art Prize.
2021 Shortlisted Australian Photography Awards (documentary).
2018 Finalist Australian Photography Awards (documentary).
2018 Finalist Perc Tucker Photographic Portrait Prize.
2013 Finalist Moran Photographic Prize.
2011 Semi-finalist Moran Photographic Prize.
2011 Shortlisted National Geographic Photo Contest.
Solo Exhibitions
2023/24 Could the shadows speak? And if so, what would they say?
Warders Upstairs, Pentridge Prison, Melbourne (3 months).
An immersive three gallery installation at the former Pentridge Prison in Coburg. A site-specific installation
combining projections, sculpture, soundscape, video and photographic prints. Following themes of
surveillance and control (as a reference to the past), fragmentation and dissolution (the present), and
deep time (how time slowly changes everything).
2022/23 Trying to act casual.
Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne (6 weeks).
A photographic series of twelve large prints and installation along a 14-metre gallery wall. The work
could be viewed as a whole (tied together by a geometric red thread), or as separate prints.
Thematically exploring our public persona within the urban environment. The paths we take, the way
we move, in this ordered, yet random urban habitat. A place where humans are the softest, most fluid
part of the landscape.
Collab Exhibitions
2025 The Ever Changing Constant.
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne.
A collab with artist Heidi Knoepfli.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Head On Portrait Awards, Bondi Pavilion (Projections), Sydney.
2024 Beyond MAP, Magnet Gallery, Melbourne.
2023 Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
2023 Exploration 2023, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
2023 Tracing Change, Modern Times, Melbourne.
2023 Head On Landscape Awards, Bondi Pavilion (Projections), Sydney.
2023 Kaleidoscope, Sofitel Melbourne Winter Salon.
2022 Head On Portrait Awards, Bondi Pavilion (Projections), Sydney.
2022 Bluethumb Gallery Official Opening Exhibition, Melbourne.
2022 Shot in the Heart of Australia, Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne.
2021 Centre for Contemporary Photography Ilford Salon, Melbourne.
2021 Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne.
2021 Mount Eliza Art and Design Show, Melbourne.
2021 Detours and Other Diversions, 106 Art, Melbourne.
2020 Mass Isolation Australia, Ballarat International Foto Biennale.
2020 5km Radius, Magnet Gallery, Melbourne.
2020 Street Beats, Michael’s Photographic Gallery, Melbourne.
2020 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Yellow Dot Collection, Online.
2019 Beyond the Studio, Castlemaine State Festival, MAP Group, Castlemaine.
2018 Perc Tucker Portrait Prize, Townsville.
2018 Shot in the Heart of Melbourne, Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne.
2016 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Yellow Dot Collection, Melbourne.
2013 Moran Photographic Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney.
2013 Mapping Wonthaggi, MAP Group, Wonthaggi.
2012 Sidestreets and Laneways, Old Treasury Building, Melbourne.
2011 Mapping Ballarat, Ballarat Int. Foto Biennale, MAP Group, Ballarat.
2010 Beyond Age, World Trade Centre, MAP Group, Melbourne.
2009 Mapping Ballarat, Core Program, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, MAP Group, Ballarat.
Collections
Indi Sydney, 298 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Reine & La Rue, 380 Collins St, Melbourne.
James Richardson Furniture (JRF), Melbourne.
Other private collections in Australia.
Artist Talks
2025 ‘Trying to Act Casual’ Photography Studies College (PSC), Melbourne.
2024 ‘Millimetres Count’ Photography Studies College (PSC), Melbourne.
2023 ‘Could the shadows speak? And if so, what would they say?’ in conversation with Michael Veitch, Pentridge Prison site, Melbourne.
2023 In conversation Collarts, Melbourne.
2023 ‘The studio is a theatre’ studio visit, Photography Studies College (PSC), Melbourne.
Arts Assessment
2024 Assessor, Arts Investment’s Libraries Gallery program, City of Melbourne.
Articles / Press
2025 CAPTURE - In conversation: photographer Brent Lukey
2025 The Camera Life Podcast
2023 FORTE Photographer Brent Lukey reveals hidden stories of Pentridge Prison in new free exhibition.
2023 Flinders Lane Gallery Annual Unsigned Artist Exhibition Exploration 23
2023 TOP 10 PHOTOGRAPHERS OF 2023
2022 Ribbet Blog.
2021 Arts Hub, Australian photography: changing the lens.
2021 Arts Hub, How artists are coping with the impact of COVID-19.
2021 10 COLLECTABLE AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
2015 CAPTURE - Heartland by MAPgroup.
2011 The Atlantic, National Geographic Photo Contest.
2011 The Daily Mail UK, 12 stunning photographs for National Geographic competition.
Education
2001 Bachelor of Arts, La Trobe University, Melbourne (Cinema Studies & Anthropology).
1997 Diploma of Visual Arts, Swinburne University, Melbourne (Film and Multimedia Production).
2024 Semi-finalist Head On Portrait Prize.
2023 Finalist Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture.
2023 Semi-finalist Head On Landscape Prize.
2022 Semi-finalist Head On Portrait Prize.
2022/21 Finalist Bluethumb Art Prize.
2021 Shortlisted Australian Photography Awards (documentary).
2018 Finalist Australian Photography Awards (documentary).
2018 Finalist Perc Tucker Photographic Portrait Prize.
2013 Finalist Moran Photographic Prize.
2011 Semi-finalist Moran Photographic Prize.
2011 Shortlisted National Geographic Photo Contest.
Solo Exhibitions
2023/24 Could the shadows speak? And if so, what would they say?
Warders Upstairs, Pentridge Prison, Melbourne (3 months).
An immersive three gallery installation at the former Pentridge Prison in Coburg. A site-specific installation
combining projections, sculpture, soundscape, video and photographic prints. Following themes of
surveillance and control (as a reference to the past), fragmentation and dissolution (the present), and
deep time (how time slowly changes everything).
2022/23 Trying to act casual.
Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne (6 weeks).
A photographic series of twelve large prints and installation along a 14-metre gallery wall. The work
could be viewed as a whole (tied together by a geometric red thread), or as separate prints.
Thematically exploring our public persona within the urban environment. The paths we take, the way
we move, in this ordered, yet random urban habitat. A place where humans are the softest, most fluid
part of the landscape.
Collab Exhibitions
2025 The Ever Changing Constant.
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne.
A collab with artist Heidi Knoepfli.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Head On Portrait Awards, Bondi Pavilion (Projections), Sydney.
2024 Beyond MAP, Magnet Gallery, Melbourne.
2023 Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
2023 Exploration 2023, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
2023 Tracing Change, Modern Times, Melbourne.
2023 Head On Landscape Awards, Bondi Pavilion (Projections), Sydney.
2023 Kaleidoscope, Sofitel Melbourne Winter Salon.
2022 Head On Portrait Awards, Bondi Pavilion (Projections), Sydney.
2022 Bluethumb Gallery Official Opening Exhibition, Melbourne.
2022 Shot in the Heart of Australia, Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne.
2021 Centre for Contemporary Photography Ilford Salon, Melbourne.
2021 Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne.
2021 Mount Eliza Art and Design Show, Melbourne.
2021 Detours and Other Diversions, 106 Art, Melbourne.
2020 Mass Isolation Australia, Ballarat International Foto Biennale.
2020 5km Radius, Magnet Gallery, Melbourne.
2020 Street Beats, Michael’s Photographic Gallery, Melbourne.
2020 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Yellow Dot Collection, Online.
2019 Beyond the Studio, Castlemaine State Festival, MAP Group, Castlemaine.
2018 Perc Tucker Portrait Prize, Townsville.
2018 Shot in the Heart of Melbourne, Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne.
2016 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Yellow Dot Collection, Melbourne.
2013 Moran Photographic Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney.
2013 Mapping Wonthaggi, MAP Group, Wonthaggi.
2012 Sidestreets and Laneways, Old Treasury Building, Melbourne.
2011 Mapping Ballarat, Ballarat Int. Foto Biennale, MAP Group, Ballarat.
2010 Beyond Age, World Trade Centre, MAP Group, Melbourne.
2009 Mapping Ballarat, Core Program, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, MAP Group, Ballarat.
Collections
Indi Sydney, 298 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Reine & La Rue, 380 Collins St, Melbourne.
James Richardson Furniture (JRF), Melbourne.
Other private collections in Australia.
Artist Talks
2025 ‘Trying to Act Casual’ Photography Studies College (PSC), Melbourne.
2024 ‘Millimetres Count’ Photography Studies College (PSC), Melbourne.
2023 ‘Could the shadows speak? And if so, what would they say?’ in conversation with Michael Veitch, Pentridge Prison site, Melbourne.
2023 In conversation Collarts, Melbourne.
2023 ‘The studio is a theatre’ studio visit, Photography Studies College (PSC), Melbourne.
Arts Assessment
2024 Assessor, Arts Investment’s Libraries Gallery program, City of Melbourne.
Articles / Press
2025 CAPTURE - In conversation: photographer Brent Lukey
2025 The Camera Life Podcast
2023 FORTE Photographer Brent Lukey reveals hidden stories of Pentridge Prison in new free exhibition.
2023 Flinders Lane Gallery Annual Unsigned Artist Exhibition Exploration 23
2023 TOP 10 PHOTOGRAPHERS OF 2023
2022 Ribbet Blog.
2021 Arts Hub, Australian photography: changing the lens.
2021 Arts Hub, How artists are coping with the impact of COVID-19.
2021 10 COLLECTABLE AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
2015 CAPTURE - Heartland by MAPgroup.
2011 The Atlantic, National Geographic Photo Contest.
2011 The Daily Mail UK, 12 stunning photographs for National Geographic competition.
Education
2001 Bachelor of Arts, La Trobe University, Melbourne (Cinema Studies & Anthropology).
1997 Diploma of Visual Arts, Swinburne University, Melbourne (Film and Multimedia Production).