Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Luke Cornish (1979 - present) is an Australian stencil artist, also known under the moniker 'E.L.K'. In 2012, Cornish became the first stencil artist to become a finalist in the prestigious Archibald Prize, the largest portrait award in Australia. Previously, he has awarded the Australian Stencil Art Award in 2010 (as well as runner-up in 2009), was a finalist for the 2011 Metro Art Award, and a short film based around his journey of entering the Archibald was nominated in Australia's Tropfest Awards. Other notable achievements include being selected for 2012's Project 5 charity auction, a large involvement in 2011's Outpost Project, and numerous solo and group shows in Australia, the USA, Europe and Asia.Growing up in Canberra, ACT, Cornish worked blue-collar jobs before picking up stencil art as a hobby in the mid-2000s. All of his work is done by hand through cutting out sheets of recycled acetate with a scalpel. Some of Cornish's stencils contain over 80 layers. The subject of his Archibald entry, the infamous ex-priest Father Bob Maguire, contains over 30 layers and was influenced by Cornish's association of him with his own grandfather. An atheist, religious iconography occurs frequently in his work.Although not heavily involved with the street art scene anymore, Cornish's stencils methods have met him with much acclaim. Some institutions refer to his work as hyper-realism, as the level of detail achieved in his works often appears almost photographic.. }
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- Luke_Cornish abstract "Luke Cornish (1979 - present) is an Australian stencil artist, also known under the moniker 'E.L.K'. In 2012, Cornish became the first stencil artist to become a finalist in the prestigious Archibald Prize, the largest portrait award in Australia. Previously, he has awarded the Australian Stencil Art Award in 2010 (as well as runner-up in 2009), was a finalist for the 2011 Metro Art Award, and a short film based around his journey of entering the Archibald was nominated in Australia's Tropfest Awards. Other notable achievements include being selected for 2012's Project 5 charity auction, a large involvement in 2011's Outpost Project, and numerous solo and group shows in Australia, the USA, Europe and Asia.Growing up in Canberra, ACT, Cornish worked blue-collar jobs before picking up stencil art as a hobby in the mid-2000s. All of his work is done by hand through cutting out sheets of recycled acetate with a scalpel. Some of Cornish's stencils contain over 80 layers. The subject of his Archibald entry, the infamous ex-priest Father Bob Maguire, contains over 30 layers and was influenced by Cornish's association of him with his own grandfather. An atheist, religious iconography occurs frequently in his work.Although not heavily involved with the street art scene anymore, Cornish's stencils methods have met him with much acclaim. Some institutions refer to his work as hyper-realism, as the level of detail achieved in his works often appears almost photographic.".