Luke Jerram

Luke Jerram’s multidisciplinary practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations and live art projects. Living in the UK but working internationally since 1997, Jerram has created a number of extraordinary art projects which have excited and inspired people around the world. Since his career began Luke Jerram has had over 900 exhibitions around the world.

As well as his touring installations and permanent sculptures, Luke’s artworks are in over 80 permanent collections around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Shanghai Museum of Glass and the Wellcome Collection in London.

Luke Jerram was given honorary doctorates from the University of Bristol in 2020 and University of Gloucestershire in 2022. He was made an Honorary Academician of the RWA and Fellow of The Royal Astronomical Society in 2020. He currently holds position of Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield.

In 2019 he set up and funded both the Dreamtime Fellowship to support recent art graduates in his home city of Bristol and the Bristol Schools Arts Fund to support secondary schools impacted by austerity. In 2024 he set up the Jerram Foundation to help deliver some of these charitable projects.

Luke creates artworks at all scales, that deliver messages and inspire communities to recognise often challenging concepts. With many of his latest artworks, including Gaia, Oil Fountain, Inhale and Tipping Point, Jerram has been using his skills in visual communication to draw attention to planetary health.

SOURCE - https://www.lukejerram.com/about/ (Sept 2025)