Luke Huling is a ceramic figure sculptor from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He currently resides in North Carolina and is an Associate Professor and Coordinator at Sandhills Community College. He received his BFA from Edinboro University and his MFA from Indiana University. He is a past resident at The LUX Center for the Arts and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. He is a scholarship recipient from the National Society of Arts and Letters and the inaugural recipient of the Chris Boger Memorial Award. He actively presents his work in group and solo shows across the country at venues such as NCECA Conferences, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and the American Museum of Ceramic Art.
“Like all crustaceans, lobsters grow inside their shell and eventually become too confined and must molt; a process where lobsters swim to the ocean floor and cast off their old shell to then grow one that is new. With this work, I am inspired by this regenerative process and pair it with the human form to ponder the question if mental strife can be intrinsic to mental growth. If so, what do these new “shells” resemble in human form and how can we learn from the ones we have casted away?”
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Featured work
Molted Mindset, 2023-2025
