Work samples

  • Sad Gum-ball Machine
    Push the red button to receive a thermal print of the tiny couch.
  • A Landscape of Apprehension
    modified music stands, black acrylic, carpet, Sky blue LED lights, 3D prints, video dimensions variable 2017
  • The Lingering of the Body
  • An Unfilled Space (A Break In Continuity)

About Luke

Baltimore City
Luke Ikard (b. 1990, Houston, TX) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Baltimore, MD, where he is an Artist in Residence at the School 33 Art Center. He is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University, Carroll Community College, and Maryland Institute College of Art teaching multiple courses in 3D design and new media. He completed his MFA in Multidisciplinary Art from the Mount Royal School of Art at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017, and received his BFA in Studio Art… more

Sad Gum-Ball Machine, 2018

Push the red button to receive a thermal print of the tiny couch.

  • Sad Gum-ball Machine
    Push the red button to receive a thermal print of the tiny couch.
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    3D printed couches
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Bedroom Arcade, 2018

I focus on furniture as a system that generates a narrative from my childhood which only reaches into the past, continually spiraled inward instead of outward toward the future.  
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Continually Spiraling Outward, 2018

The future of cassette tapes.


  • Continually Spiraling Outward
    Stereo cassette player, 3D prints, spliced cassette tape, audio
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Continually Spiraling Inward, 2017

A strange loop that reaches into the past, continually spiraling inward instead of outward toward the future.


  • Continually Spiraling Inward
    Cassette players, spliced cassette tape loop, wood, rubber bands, audio 10" x 7" x 15" 2017
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Interior of Apprehension, 2017

I remember my bunk bed. The souvenir speaks to the context of origin through the language of longing, for it is not an object arising out of need; it is an object arising out of the insatiable demands of nostalgia. These rooms are illuminated as stages, scenes of an uncertain action. In these arrangements of interior space, confusion and distance mark the light. I remember my bunk bed.

  • Interior of Apprehension
    modified music stands, black acrylic, carpet, Sky blue LED lights, 3D prints, video dimensions variable 2017
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Phantom Homeland, 2016

 I recall leaning on a nightstand made by my grandfather as I got in and out of bed. This nightstand was the strongest connection to my home before I fell asleep. That tactile connection to the nightstand not only summoned memories of home but also allowed me to consider possible alternative futures. The nightstand has a sentiment of displacement; a longing for a home that no longer exists or never existed.

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Nothing By Itself, 2016

Each black cube plays an audio clip assigned to it when placed on the circular pedestal. The cubes activate a narrative that is from an unknown object’s past. By placing the cubes on the pedestal in whatever order or side they choose, the viewer can construct a new narrative.
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The Lingering Of The Body, 2016

I placed a microphone inside the bedpost and invited individuals to record their memories of a bed by whispering their stories into the bed post. 

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A Landscape Consumed By Its Past And Its Future, 2016

The monitor displays images of home interiors that are constantly being pulled from the internet. The previous interior drawing blends into the next one as more drawings are placed on the pedestal.

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An Unfilled Space (A Break in Continuity), 2015

  • An Unfilled Space (A Break In Continuity)