About Cody Lukas

Danish-Canadian artist based in Copenhagen.

Recognizing the ethical and existential impact of emerging next-generation technologies, from biotech to machine learning and AI, Cody Lukas’ artistic practice is an exploration of the shifting dynamics between various forms of living systems in the world today.

Navigated themes of presence and perception, his work often focuses of challenging anthropocentric ways of understanding otherness; both as it pertains to human interaction with one another as well as with the inhabited environment.

2020 - Current

Artist @ ARTificial Mind

ARTificial Mind, is an art-tech studio based in Copenhagen, specializing in the use of cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning, blockchain, and hacking, to create interactive art.

Since 2020, Cody has been part of the team at the art-tech studio ARTificial Mind, where he has created artworks that have been exhibited both in Denmark and internationally, including Copenhagen Contemporary, Ars Electronica, Biennale Nemo, and the International Space Station.

Select Works exhibited as part of the ARTIFICIAL MIND team:

The Caring Machine, 26. Sept. 2024 – 10. Aug. 2025. FEEL ME, Trapholt, Denmark

An Algorithmic Gaze II, 17. December 2023 to 25. February 2024. Multitude and Singularity, Le Bicolore Maison du Danemark and Biennale Nemo, Paris, France

MADE OF STARDUST, 17. August 2023 – 16. October 2023. Yet, it moves!, Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark

“I see it, so you don’t have to”, 20. April 2023 – 6. August 2023. Mindscapes: In the company of others, MAP The Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru, India

Celestium, 17. Dec. 2021 – 5. April 2022. NASA’s part of the International Space Station (Shortlisted Lumen Prize, Futures Award 2022)

Tech for Democracy, 7. Sept. 2022 – 11. Sept. 2022. Ars Electronica, Welcome to Planet B, Austria

Sky, 1. Nov – 12. Nov 2021. COP26, United Nations CTCN, Scotland

Covid-19 AI Battle, 9. Sep – 13. Sep 2020. Ars Electronica, Click Garden, Austria

education

2017 - 2019

MFA Art, Space and Nature with Distinction

Edinburgh College of Arts, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

2014 - 2017

BA Art and Technology

Aalborg University, Denmark

AWARDS

George Simpson Art Space and
Nature Architecture Prize 2019.

Awarded by the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Arts
Edinburgh, Scotland

Works Vision Award 2014.
Awarded by The Works Festival 
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Publications

Energy Overlays: Land Art Generator Initiative 2018.
http://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/75495

Contact

Exhibitions

EDEN, 2024. Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, Denmark

Boundary Iconology, 2024. ALife 24′ Conference, ITU Copenhagen, Denmark

ALIGHT, 2019. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

Trading Zone, 2019. Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh,  Scotland

Testimony from the rocks, 2019. An Lanntair, Stornoway, Scotland

Art, Space and Nature Degree Show, 2019. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

OTHER (SOLO Exhibit), 2019. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Justified (SOLO Exhibit), 2018. The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Center for Design and Architecture, Glasgow, Scotland

Inflection Point, 2018. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

UMWELT, 2018. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Land Art Generator Initiative, 2018. Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia

Black Wood, 2018. Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

C-ulture, 2018. Edinburgh Center for Carbon Innovation, Edinburgh, Scotland

C.O.U.S, 2018. Coburg House, Edinburgh, Scotland

Self-Sustaining Chemical System, 2018. Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland

Man Becoming, 2017. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Decompose / Recompose, 2017. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Microscapes, 2017. Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

YOUniverse, 2017. Street Station, Aalborg, Denmark

Art and Technology Degree Show, 2017. CREATE, Aalborg, Denmark

Aalborg i Farver, 2017. Idrætshallen Østre Alle, Aalborg, Denmark

EYE / YO!Fest, 2016European Paliament, Strasbourg, France

Land-Shape Festival, 2016. Gateway, Blokhus, Denmark

The Male Gaze, 2016. Gallery 1965, Vancouver, Canada

Out of Sight, 2016. Aalborg Theater, Aalborg, Denmark

Aalborg Surreal Festival, 2016. Huset Galleri, Aalborg, Denmark

Kulturmødet, 2016. Nykøbing, Mors, Denmark

Kulturmødet, 2015. Nykøbing, Mors, Denmark

Aalborg Surreal 3, 2015. Ved Stranden, Aalborg, Denmark

Aalborg Surreal 2, 2015. Byens Rum, Aalborg, Denmark

ENOCH (SOLO Exhibit), 2014. Permanent Exhibition, ESPB, Edmonton, Canada

STARK: Naked Show, 2014. The Works Festival, Harcourt House, Edmonton, Canada

EPS Annual Exhibit, 2014. The Works Festival, Kids in the Hall, Edmonton, Canada

Tabula Rasa, 2014. Vacancy Hall, Edmonton, Canada