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Luke Shannon: links

Selected records, interviews, criticism, and institutional sources situate Luke Shannon’s generative practice from The Opera onward.

13 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

The official collection page records 256 unique artworks and a May 1, 2021 release.

The Opera collection · 2021

Interviews

Shannon discusses The Opera, the viewer’s role, live minting, and movement between digital and physical media.

Bridging Digital and Physical Art interview · 2023

Shannon reflects on Lightbreak, materiality, art history, DIY culture, and generative art as performance.

Luke Shannon: Lightbreak interview · 2024

Press and criticism

Sofia Garcia and Maya Man examine Replacement Character and the plotter-scanner’s relation to surveillance, intimacy, and contingency.

Replacement Character criticism · 2025

Museums and institutions

Princeton’s Lewis Center documents Lightbreak in the Thomas Edison Film Festival’s 2024 touring program.

Lightbreak screening institution · 2024

Bright Moments records Shannon’s October 2022 residency and the live presentation of Orchids in Venice Beach.

Artist in Residence institution · 2022

Galleries and exhibitions

Heft Gallery presents Replacement Character as an investigation of selfhood and surveillance through a custom life-size scanner.

Replacement Character exhibition · 2025

The exhibition release details Replacement Character’s New York run, forty unique life-size prints, and subsequent Paris Photo presentation.

Replacement Character release exhibition · 2025

ARTXCODE explains how Seating Arrangements converts generative blueprints into prints and freestanding wooden chairs.

Seating Arrangements gallery project · 2023

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Luke Shannon's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster profile · ongoing

Kanbas summarizes Shannon’s code-based and material practice, including his use of plotters, embroidery machines, clay, and scanning.

Luke Shannon profile · 2025

Bright Moments’ artist directory preserves Shannon’s statement on syntactical code, chance, and the viewing act.

Luke Shannon artist entry archive · 2026

Catalogues

The Anifilm 2024 catalogue lists Lightbreak as a United States production directed, designed, and scored by Shannon.

Anifilm catalogue catalogue · 2024

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