Lukas Leisinger

Lukas Leisinger (b. 2001) is a painter living and working in London. He graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts in 2024. That same year, he won the BTA Young Artist of the Year prize and was selected and chosen for the LSM Art Award. He was also awarded The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2025 and selected as a resident of the Muse Gallery 2025.

Lukas is fascinated by the idea of nostalgia and its veiled and uneasy nature. Primarily working in oil paint, Lukas is known for figurative painting, that he weaves together using personal and found archival imagery, which blur the line between authenticity and artificiality. He aims to create an atmosphere of uneasiness and ambiguity. This goes hand in hand with the uncanniness of altered memory, which has become more relevant in the age of digital manipulation.

Lukas explores these concepts using different techniques in oil paint, that blur, distort and haze the figurative elements of his work. This creates an uncertainty to the scene that leaves the viewer to question their own relationship with nostalgia and perception of imagery.