Lukas Prent’s practice centres on figurative painting and explores social and political tensions, often revealing hidden conflicts beneath seemingly calm situations. Through recurring forms like sharp triangles, he points to the impact of social and political forces on both society and nature. His work is shaped by his experience of growing up in Germany and later living in Brazil, where his confrontation with questions of privilege, social inequality and racism has been sharpened. 

 

Prent studied for three semesters at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Professor Katharina Wulff. In Rio de Janeiro, he has studied woodcut at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage with Júlio Castro and participated in a course by Anna Costa e Silva, as well as several independent courses. In 2025, he took part in an art residency with Itinera Arte and continues to attend courses on sociopolitical issues to deepen the conceptual foundations of his work.

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Education:

2020: Práticas Artísticas de Vida, with Anna Costa E e Silva, EAV do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2021 - 2023: Xilogravura, with Júlio Castro, EAV do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2022: Módulo de pintura, with Arthur Palhano, Casa Bicho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2022: Pixo e Graffiti - Arte Urbana e a ressignificação do espaço público, São Paulo, Brazil

2024 - 2025: Guest student with Katharina Wulff, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

2025: Residency at Itinera Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2026: Olhares negros e a gravura moderna no século 20, Museu de arte de São Paulo, Brazil

2026: Arte e Narrativas Contra-Hegemônicas, Museu de arte de São Paulo, Brazil

 

Solo exhibitions:

2019: Portraiture, independent project space, Berlin, Germany

2019: Backspin, independent project space, Munich, Germany

2020: Abstractions, independent project space, Munich, Germany

2022: Simplesmente, independent project space, Munich, Germany

2025: Sharp and Round, Art in Progress Gallery, Munich, Germany

 

Group exhibitions:

2019: Rei Uno Werksschau (02), Burg, Munich, Germany

2020: Tagung zum Thema Naturverständnisse, Künstlerhaus Andreasstadel, Regensburg, Germany

2022: Arte Impressa, Estudio Dezenove, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2025: Walachei, Ausstellungsraum der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

2025: Winterrundgang, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

2025: ArtArtist, Hansaallee 190, Düsseldorf, Germany

2025: Trabalhar com a matéria é encanta-lá, Itinera Arte (residency exhibition), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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