Z O R A N L U K A
Zoran Luka Fred was born in 1968, on Balkan, where he grew up and and studied in Belgrade. Since 1992 he lives in Scandinavia, and now resides in Helsingborg, Sweden since 2014. Active as associate artist at Kirsten Kjærs Museum in North Jutland, Denmark.
In his early childhood, he used to spend entire summer holidays in the Montenegrin mountains of Durmitor where he helped his uncle, who was a folkloristic wood artist and through whom Zoran was given his first interest and knowledge in shapes, forms and use of tools.
After movingto Denmark in 1992, while studying at Ranum Art School from 1994-96, his wild temperament, a mind full of ideas, craving for nature, made him decide to move far away into the countryside. Here in Northwestern Jutland, between the Limfjord and the North Sea, he found Kirsten Kjærs Museum: and in this inspiring environment he discovered the core of his own artistic expression. Zoran Luka's main artistic field is sculpture. He mainly expresses himself in bronze, but also works with other media such as 3D-techniques, land art and and environmental art.
Zoran learned the craft of bronze casting with sculptor Pàl Lakatós in Kecskemet, Hungary 1998-2000. Following this, he established a foundry and metal art workshop at Kirsten Kjærs Museum, from where he also teaches sculpture and bronze casting, organizes art workshops, and assists resident artists in accomplishing their works.
