BIO

Jonathan Luckhurst is a Canadian photographer, installation artist, urban agriculture consultant, indoor farm builder and biophilic designer. He is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Edmonton Arts Council. In 2015 he was invited to participate in the Vancouver Biennale International Artist Residency Program and in 2020 he was commissioned by the Art Gallery of Alberta to create an installation for the BMO World of Creativity Gallery. His current project, Proposals for Reimagined Futures, will be published by the Vancouver Biennale in 2025, with distribution in North America and Europe.

Luckhurst received his Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of British Columbia and is the founder of Sea to Sky Botanics — a social business that implements food sovereignty projects in northern communities. Luckhurst's pragmatic, real-world experience with food sovereignty initiatives anchors and guides his approach to making art. It fosters a mindset of creating functionality within his installations that allow for demonstrations of the ideas communicated by the art — while also creating layers within his works that could not be achieved otherwise.