Lu Agnew is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Brooklyn, New York.
Working across sculpture, painting, writing, tattoo, and sound, their practice investigates the loss of tactility, rise of thoughtlessness, and deterioration of primordial elements within our increasingly digitized world. Inspired by the work of Hannah Arendt and Byung Chul Han, a guiding question of Lu’s work is: with the increasing prevalence of digital mediation, what elements of the human condition remain intact?
Education
UC Berkeley, BA in Art Practice & BA in Philosophy (2020-2024)
Stony Brook University, PhD in Philosophy (in progress)
Exhibitions
MAYDAY, The Deep End, May 2026 (Brooklyn, NY)
Of The World, Seven House Gallery, January 2026 (Brooklyn NY)
Welcome, El Rio, February 2025 (San Francisco, CA)
Hard to Talk, PAS Berlin, August 2024 (Berlin, Germany)
Text-ure, CICA Museum, June 2024 (Gimpo, South Korea)
Artists Television Access Fundraiser Show, June 2024 (San Francisco, CA)
Aswat Group Show, May 2024 (Oakland, CA)
42 Pending Tasks, UC Berkeley Art Practice Senior Show, May 2024 (Berkeley, CA)
Bizarre Bazaar: Group Installation, April 2024 (Berkeley, CA)
Fremont Art Association 56th Annual Art Show, April 2024 (Fremont, CA)
Animal of Your Body, UC Berkeley Art Honors Show, April 2024 (Berkeley, CA)
Peace for Palestine Exhibition & Fundraiser, March 2024 (Berkeley, CA)
Sculpture and Assemblage, Marin Society of Artists, March 2024 (Marin, CA)
Visions of Resistance, UC Berkeley Multicultural Center, Feb. 2024 (Berkeley, CA)
UC Berkeley Art Practice Sculpture Pop-Up, May 2023 (Berkeley, CA)
The Body and the Self: Group Show, Sept. 2022 (Berkeley, CA)
UC Berkeley Art Practice Ceramics Pop-Up, May 2022 (Berkeley, CA)
BAMPFA Student Show, April 2022 (Berkeley, CA)
Talks
“The Tattoo: A Site of Aesthetic Value”, American Society for Aesthetics
Awards & Grants
“The Walls of Kingman Hall” Mural Restoration - BSC Community Building Grant, 2025
Lauren Krikorian Memorial Award, 2024
PAS Berlin Residency Award, 2024
“Hand by Hand” Community Workshops - UC Berkeley Combating Bias & Bigotry Grant, 2024
UC Berkeley Honors Studio Recipient, 2023