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Lucas Thorpewas born in 1970 and raised in New York City. He was a professional sailor before shifting his interest to photography and completing a BFA in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico in 2006. Lucas completed an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media at The School of Visual Arts in 2008. He has shown his work in a number of group shows in New York City and his photographs have appeared in Metropolis Magazine, The Journal, Dear Dave Magazine and Wired. Online his work has been featured on the Photography Post, I Heart Photograph, Humble Arts, LOZ, Wanderlustagraphy and the Chinese photography blog 1416 Classroom. Lucas is a Staff Member in the BFA Photography Department at The School of Visual Arts. He is on the board of directors for The Camera Club of New York. He lives in New York City with his wife the writer Nancy Rawlinson and his son Erasmus.

Selected Group Exhibitions
Miles From Home, The Bakery Artspace, Rhinebeck NY, 2009.
Surrounded By America, Curated by Bonnie Yochelson, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, 2008.
Various Photographs, Curated by Tim Barber, New York Photography Festival, New York, NY, 2008.
Tiny Vices, Curated by Tim Barber, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY 2006.
The Seismologist, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Curated by David Hunt, Water Mill, NY 2005.
The Pinup Show, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY 2005.
Group show, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York City, June 2004.

Publications and Online Portfolios
1416 Classroom, April 12th, 2010
The Photography Post, Kodak Color Sheet Paper - RIP. And Sibling Photo Power. March 31, 2010.
Flash Flood Magazine, Issue#3, December, 2009.
I Heart Photograph, December 7th, 2009.
Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show 31, Curated by Jon Feinstein, October, 2009.
Metropolis Magazine, The Good Life? October 2008.
MetropolisMag.com, The Good Life? Portfolio, October, 2008.
Dear Dave Magazine, Sustain, May 2007.
The Journal, Tiny Vices, Winter 2007.
Guernica Magazine, Green Mountain Rangers, January 2008.
Tiny Vices Portfolio, Spring, 2006.
Egoburger, Winter, 2006.

Teaching Experience
Faculty: Digital Portfolio, Continuing Education, Photography, The School of Visual Arts, Fall 2010.
Private Instructor: Digital Photography, Camera Club of New York, Ongoing.
Visiting Artist: Photography Thesis, Allen Frame, BFA Photography, School of Visual Arts, Spring 2010.
Portfolio Reviewer: Photo critique II, Jerry Vezzuso, BFA Photography, School of Visual Arts, Spring 2010.
Teachers Assistant: Master Critique, Ed Grazda, MFA Photo, Video and Related Media Department, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Fall 2008.
Visiting Lecturer: Lecture on Japanese Photography, Technology of Ideas, Mark Stafford, MFA Photo, Video and Related Media Department, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Fall 2008.

Artist Talks
Visions of War: The Arts Represent Conflict: School of Visual Arts 23rd Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and The Education of Artists, October 2009.
Artists Lecture Series at Bidonvillle Cafe: September 2008.
School of Cinema and Performing Arts: Photography Session, July 2008.

Awards
Aaron Siskind Fellowship, School of Visual Arts, 2007.
Review Santa Fe, 2006.

Auctions
Camera Club of New York, Photo Benefit Auction, New York, NY, 2009.
Emerging Artists Auction of Works on Paper and Photographs, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, May, 2009.

Education
MFA Photo, Video and Related Media, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2008.
BFA Studio Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2006.