Travel
Travel is a key part of LUAP’s process, driving both visual exploration and research. From photoshoots to fieldwork, these journeys inform the development of new work across mediums.
Over ten days in the Mongolian wilderness, LUAP travelled on horseback through remote landscapes to create new Pink Bear artworks — a journey shaped by endurance, silence and fleeting connection.
A dreamlike road trip through New Zealand’s South Island — from swimming with wild dolphins to stargazing in a field of lupins, glaciers, stormy beaches and alpine lakes, all witnessed by a quietly surreal companion: the Pink Bear.
In early 2018, I fly to Sydney for just 72 hours to shoot a new series with the Pink Bear for Daisy Green’s flagship Soho restaurant. No jet lag, no downtime — just sunrise to sunset shoots across Bondi and the city. The result is a bold, fast-paced commission I’m proud to now see hanging at Scarlett Green.
Artist LUAP joins a 9-day expedition through Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, summiting North Africa’s highest peaks to raise money for the National Autistic Society — and in the process, finds the origin of a new creative path.
LUAP’s Pink Bear made his international debut at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair in 2010, where the city’s energy and enthusiasm transformed a quiet alter ego into a celebrity icon. From gallery walls to crowded public squares, the Pink Bear captured hearts — and camera lenses — across the city.