Luther Price Receives Mass Art Alumni Award

Luther received a distinguished MassArt alumni award in recognition for his outstanding achievements on November 6, 2015.

Luther lives and works in Revere, MA. He studied Sculpture and Media/Performing Arts at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA 1987) where he currently teaches. His work in film, performance, and installation has been shown extensively, nationally and internationally. His slide-based work was recently acquired by the Museum of Modern Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

He recently had a comprehensive solo exhibition at Usdan Gallery at Bennington College and a solo show at the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts in Cambridge, MA. Other recent exhibitions and film screenings include Luther Price, Lost and Found, Transmediale, Berlin, 2014; The Years Made Flies, Participant INC, NY, 2014; How Deep is Your Love?, Dirty Looks at MoMA/PS1, 2013; James and Audrey Foster Prize, ICA, Boston, 2013; International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2013; Xavier Hufkens, Belgium, 2013; 7 Films by Luther Price, ICA, London, 2012; Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2012; #9, Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, 2012; Whitney Biennial, 2012. Earlier noteworthy participations include We Melt Away (A Walking Picture Palace of Ice), Light Industry, Brooklyn, NY, 2008; Project Cotton Candy, Performa 05 at Participant INC, NY; The American Century: Art & Culture 1900–2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2000; Imitation Of Life, Thread Waxing Space, NY, 1999; Big as Life: An American History of Super 8 Film, MoMA, NY, 1999.