About The Artist

Luke Galutia has been centered in the fine arts since 1989, and has won awards for his paintings and animated videos. His artwork has been recognized by the famous Pacific North west artist Amy Burnett as being cutting-edge Op-art. Luke’s strong elements of design and color make his art the perfect vehicle of communication of sacred geometry and mystical Judaism. Luke pulls much of his subject matter from traditions in Judaism, the Torah, Sefer Yetzirah, and The Zohar. Galutia started painting at age 13 in the medium of acrylic and oil paint. In 1994 he won first place in the local high school educational art contest in Yakima county. The painting went on to the state wide competition, again winning top honors and becoming a part of the Washington State Art Commission Collection. “Surrealism of the Souls – Paradox of a Tragedy” toured the United States, as part of the Washington state capitols art collection. From 1998 to 2003, after mastering water color painting and acid etching on glass…. Galutia studied Fine Art, Animation and Video Production at Olympic College in Bremerton Washington. During this time, he studied under Laurie George, the post-production director for “The X-Files” for video production. Under the tutelage of Joseph Silverthorn who filmed on the set of American Bandstand for the Rolling Stones, he studied 3d animation and multimedia. For the fine arts, he studied under Amy Burnett for art marketing, and was the featured student showing his art in the Amy Burnett Pacific North West Gallery in Bremerton Washington. Presented at the show was his animated music video, a contestant in the 2001 National Student Academy Awards, to the song “Supernova” by The Echoing Green, During his time at the gallery Luke also studied under the world renown Master Flamenco Guitarist Craig Alden Dell in Classical and Flamenco Guitar. From 2003 to 2004 Luke worked with Josh Hodgins and JH Productions, a local movie company in Yakima Washington. He helped to design the JH Enterprises logo, which is used for all their productions to date. From 2004 to 2010, Luke moved to Oklahoma City to embrace new opportunities in his life. During this time he did free lance video production for clients in the metropolitan area web casting many live events. Currently Luke Galutia is a Featured artist in the Oklahoma City School of Metaphysics Dream Calender, which was created during the “National Dream Weekend” in Norman Oklahoma. He is also currently preparing new artworks to be placed in galleries and competitions, both local and abroad. You can find samples of Luke’s art at www.lukegalutia.com For information on contacting Luke Galutia, obtaining paintings for showings or for purchase, please contact him at this email address lgalutia@gmail.com