In 2022, his photograph Left Behind was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, depicting plastic containers repurposed as fishing floats along the Brazilian coast. This work, both an aesthetic meditation and a commentary on environmental resilience, reflects his broader vision - finding meaning and function within the remnants of human consumption.
Nominated for Prix Pictet Award 2025 - the world’s leading prize for photography and sustainability.
Biography
Education
Exhibitions
Artist Statement
Biography
Lukas Kroulik is an Anglo-Czech multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of environmentalism, sustainability, and the intersection of art and ecological responsibility. His practice, which he calls left-behind photography, transforms images of discarded objects into striking visual narratives that challenge perceptions of waste and beauty.
In 2022, his photograph Left Behind was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, depicting plastic containers repurposed as fishing floats along the Brazilian coast. This work, both an aesthetic meditation and a commentary on environmental resilience, reflects his broader vision – finding meaning and function within the remnants of human consumption.
Nominated for Prix Pictet Award 2025 – the world’s leading prize for photography and sustainability.
Education
2013: Certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regent’s University London
2008 – 2010: MA Fashion Photography, London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London),
MA research focused on story telling through imagery, in final project, “Debutante”
• Awarded best photograph of the year at MA show in recognition of skills in selection, styling and framing of subject and setting
• Interim visual project work focused on bringing fresh ideas to traditional themes – “Being Glamorous in Tough Times”, “Safe and Sound”, “Line of Beauty”, “Desire” and “Six Ages of Woman”
• Photography featured on London College of Fashion recruitment web-page
• Designed make up for MA fashion shows and catalogues
• Developed advanced post-production skills after researching the decline of traditional photography
• Explored the social construction of identity in Hollywood stardom
• As student representative for MA programme, collaborated in shaping future degree programme design and mentored programme peers
2004 – 2008: London College of Fashion BA (Honours) Fashion Specialist Make-up and Hair Design, London College of Fashion, and Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Exhibitions
2024 Embassy of the Czech Republic in London, The Art of Observation, I curated this exhibition, introduction by the cultural attaché
Chelsea Arts Club, London – The Arts Committee Curates the Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Summer Exhibition, shortlisted
Gallery 54, Mayfair London, group exhibition
2023 London Business School, I curated – Digital Art Exhibition, featuring my sustainability related creative work and other Royal Academy of Arts exhibitors, introduced by Professor Ioannis Ioannou, highlighting the role of art in addressing global sustainability challenges
Chelsea Arts Club, London – The Arts Committee Curates the Summer Exhibition
2022 Royal Academy of Arts, London – Summer Exhibition
Chelsea Arts Club, London – The Arts Committee Curates the Photography Show
2021 Gallery of Fine Arts in Nachod, Nachod Castle, Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic – Group exhibition
2020 National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Group exhibition ‘Quarantine’ in Hold Still 2020 – a Portrait of Our Nation in 2020 – featuring photography image of my masked parents in American Gothic style. Spearheaded by The Princess of Wales, Patron of the National Portrait Gallery with congratulatory message from the Queen.
SAAS Gallery, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom ‘The No More Manifesto’ in support of the Women’s Trust charity – I curated a show for multidisciplinary artist Frederique Feder MacLeod
Gallery of Fine Arts in Nachod, Nachod Castle, Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic – Group exhibition
2019 Reform Club, Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
Curated ‘Majestic China Night’: an educational, cultural and social event celebrating Anglo-Chinese friendship
2018 Keith Ewart’s Studio, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Solo show – ‘Bohemian Style’
Gallery of Fine Arts in Nachod (Galerie výtvarného umění v Náchodě), Nachod Castle, Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic – Group exhibition – photograph ‘Looking to be Safe and Sound’
Billboards for leading Czech Hypnotist Jakub Kroulik all over Ostrava, Czech Republic – Design, photography execution and styling
2017 The Royal Photographic Society
International Photography Exhibition 160 – portrait ‘It’s My Bat Mitzvah!’ featured in an online group show
2016 The Mall Galleries, London – Group Exhibition – ‘Debutante’ photography series
Artist Statement
Beyond his artistic practice, Kroulik is an active voice in the sustainability movement. He serves on the committee of the University of the Arts London Sustainability Alumni Network, collaborating on initiatives that integrate sustainable business, design, and creative practices. In 2023, he curated a digital exhibition for London Business School, introduced by Professor Ioannis Ioannou, highlighting the role of art in addressing global sustainability challenges.
His work, produced using recycled and environmentally friendly materials and printed with zero carbon emissions.
Through his photography and mixedmedia works, Kroulik invites viewers to reconsider the detritus of modern life – not as waste, but as material for reinvention and renewal.
Artworks
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