Luke Jenkins

Luke Jenkins works primarily in wood, creating furniture, sculpture, lighting, and carved reliefs. His work merges new technologies with craft to investigate materiality. He graduated with a Master’s in Sustainable Design (2010) from the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He also holds a BFA in Furniture Design (2004) from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Selected Solo exhibitions include “Consumption” (2023), Coral Springs Museum of Art, and “Re-Dual Orbit” (2021), FAR Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Selected group exhibitions include “2020 Florida Biennial” (2020), Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida, and “30^th Annual All Florida” (2020), Martin County Cultural Center, Stuart, Florida. Jenkins received grants from the Broward Cultural Division, Community Foundation of Broward, and FAB/Knight New Works for projects highlighting sustainability and cultural issues.

In 2019, he opened In Bloom Studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This design/build studio focuses on furniture design, art fabrication, and site-specific installations. He previously held the role of Exhibition Designer/Lead Installer at the NSU Art Museum, taught furniture design, and directed the digital fabrication labs at the Florida Atlantic University School of Architecture.