Lukas Schmenger
The Needled Eye
The Needled Eye exhibition view
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Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (No Fear), 2024, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (No Fear) 2024, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws (detail)
The Needled Eye exhibition view
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (Transform), 2024, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws
The Needled Eye exhibition view
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (Transform), 2024, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws (detail)
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (Inhale Trust), 2025, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (Inhale Trust), 2025, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (I Am Free), 2025, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws
The Needled Eye exhibition view
Lukas Schmenger, Self Portrait With Affirmation (I Am Free), 2025, oil on aluminium, cast aluminium with electrolytic etching, screws (detail)
The Needled Eye exhibition view
Lukas Schmenger, Portrait Of The Artist As The Moon Over GeldernstraĂe, 2024, cast aluminium
Lukas Schmenger, Portrait Of The Artist As The Moon Over GeldernstraĂe, 2024, cast aluminium (detail)
Lukas Schmenger, Portrait Of The Artist As The Moon Over GeldernstraĂe, 2024, cast aluminium
Lukas Schmenger, Portrait Of The Artist As The Moon Over GeldernstraĂe, 2024, cast aluminium (detail)
Lukas Schmenger, Composition With Two Figures, 2025, ink on paper
Lukas Schmenger, Composition With Two Figures, 2025, ink on paper (detail)
Lukas Schmenger, Composition With Two Figures, 2025, ink on paper (detail)
Lukas Schmengers art focuses particularly on the image of the human being. His work is characterized by an anatomical approach to the motifs, whereby the focus is less on the physical constitution of organisms and more on psychological and emotional manifestations and energetic correlations. The connection between the surface and what lies behind it as well as the relationship between the signifier and the signified are thus a central theme.
Lukas Schmenger was born in Filderstadt in 1981 and lives and works in Cologne and Brussels. He studied painting and sculpture at Kunstakademie DĂŒsseldorf and was Artist-in Residence in Istanbul (Kunststiftung NRW), Andratx (CCA) and Paris (CitĂ© Internationale des Arts). His works have been exhibited, among others, at TRUST (Vienna), BLOOM (DĂŒsseldorf), Braunsfelder (Cologne), Sammlung Philara (DĂŒsseldorf), Arp Museum (Rolandseck), Museum for Painting (Varna), Osthaus Museum (Hagen) and Museum Insel Hombroich (Neuss).
The Exhibition is kindly supported by Kunststiftung NRW
