BIO

Simone Lueck is a Los Angeles based photographer originally from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her work is inspired by Old Hollywood, cultural icons and faded glamour; it is marked by an interest in looking at an American cultural territory colored by notions of identity and performance. Simone's first book Cuba TV was published in August by Mark Batty Publishers, Random House. It was accompanied by solo shows at Kopeikin Gallery (Culver City) and Clic Gallery (NY). Simone's recently completed body of work, The Once and Future Queens, features older women posing as glamorous movie stars. The series has been exhibited in solo shows at Kopeikin Gallery (Culver City), Musée de la Photographie (Charleroi, Belgium), and Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool) in a show curated by Martin Parr.

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EXHIBITIONS
2012 Richard Simpkin and Simone Lueck: Richard and Famous, curated by Martin Parr, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2011 CUBA TV, CLIC Gallery, New York, NY
2011 CUBA TV, Kopeikin Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011 The Once And Future Queens, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
2010 The Once And Future Queens, Kopeikin Gallery, Culver City, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 MOCA FRESH Auction, MOCA Grand Avenue, LA, CA
2011 Et si demain: Une proposition de La Galerie Miniature, Galerie Jeune Creation, Paris
2011 A Place in the Sun: Picturing California, SOHO House, LA, CA
2011 Redefining Hollywood: An Exhibition by Fourteen Photographers, The Factory Gallery, Produced by Fabrik Magazine, LA, CA
2011 Hyperlocal Identities: Cross-Disciplinary Productions, UCSD Division of Arts and Humanities Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2011 About Face: A Decades Turn On Portraiture, Hous Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2011 re:FORM: Art Auction and Benefit, Honor Fraser Gallery, Culver City, CA
2009 Critical Mass Top 50 Photolucida, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2009 Descubrimientos PHE09, PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2011 CUBA TV, Mark Batty Publisher, Random House (Monograph)
2011 Frankie Magazine, Australia, Issue 41 May/June 2011, CUBA TV by Ella Mudie
2011 Victoire Magazine Le Soir, Brussels, 5 Bonnes Raisons De Voir L'Expo Simone Lueck - The Once And The Future Queens
2009 Afterimage Journal, featured portfolio, Cuban Television Sets
2009 Capricious Magazine #10, featured portfolio, The Once And Future Queens

EDUCATION
2005 MFA, UC San Diego
1997 BA, UNC Chapel Hill