MHYH light blue | Building blocks on aluminium 42cm x 59cm 2019 | Price available on request
FAATIMAH MOHAMED-LUKE
(b. 1982) is a designer and artist who lives and works in Cape Town.
After completing her studies in 2003 she spent her professional life working in various disciplines of design. She is also a founding partner of a successful fashion brand (Adam&Eve). In 2016 she shifted her focus to art and presently creates large-scale wall art made of plastic building blocks.
“My fascination with creating large-scale works from plastic building blocks comes from my love of minute detail and intricate patterns. I discovered the art of Tessellation (a highly symmetric, edge-to-edge tiling using a simple porcelain shape) on a recent trip to Morocco. I loved how every surface was painstakingly adorned to perfection, and the appreciation from both locals and visitors. I hope to highlight and recreate the art form of tessellation in a modern way using plastic building blocks. This medium creates nostalgia and relevance at the same time.”
EDUCATION
2003 National Diploma in Fashion Design, Cape Technikon
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 reCOLLECTION, WORLDART, Cape Town
2018 Dimensional Diorama, Worldart Gallery, Cape Town
PERMANENT ART COLLECTIONS
2019 JP Morgan Chase, Cape Town and Johannesburg
2019 Amazon Web Services, Cape Town
AWARDS
2018 Bronze Loerie Award for Outdoor Media
DESIGN PROJECTS
2019 UCT Graduate School of Business - Build Interactive Campaign
2018 Mr Price Blanket Colab - Flagship Stores throughout South Africa
FELLOWSHIPS
2018/2019 Abadali Art Development, Arts and Culture Trust Cape Town and Johannesburg
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Speculative Inquiry #1, Michaelis Fine Art Gallery, Cape Town
2018 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
2018 Geon, WORLDART, Cape Town
2017 Untitled 5.99, group exhibition, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Ten x Ten Exhibition, YoungSpace, Wisconsin
2017 Afrovibes Womxn Pop Up, De Balie, Amsterdam
2017 The Other Art Fair NYC, Brooklyn Expo centre, New York
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
FAATIMAH MOHAMED-LUKE ART FEATURE
Faatimah Mohamed
Luke Real Estate Magazine March 2018