Louis DeLuco has a B.A. in Art from UC Berkeley and a M.A. in Fine Art Photography from Lone Mountain College, San Francisco.
He has been an artist for most of his life and a Marin County California resident for over thirty years. His artistic path led him through the areas of sculpture, painting, mural design, advertising design, printmaking, and to his main focus, photography.Louis DeLuco’s color and black & white photography portfolios encompasse documentary, landscape, figure, aircraft, Route 66, and architectural images.
From 1975 to 2006 the artist personally printed all of his black&white and color photographs. Switching to digital cameras in 2006, he now prints his work with archival pigment ink on archival paper.
Selected photographs have been published and exhibited nationally.
"In the second place award the photographer turns the familiar obelisk in Washington, D.C. into a surreal object that accentuates the spirituality of the Vietnam War Memorial running along one side of the picture." ...Peter Howe, Early Morning After Dark Juror.
Finalist in Photographer's Forum Magazine - Best of Photography 2011.
2013 Juried Exhibitions:
Color Blind. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jt, VT, Exhibition Dates: Aug 22 - Sept 13, 2013.
American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Exhibition Dates: Aug 23 - Sept 15, 2013.
The Photo Review 2013 Competition, The Photo Review,Langhorne, PA. Date: Sep 2013
2012 Juried Exhibitions:
Off The Cuff, MLPS Photo Center, inneapolis, MN, Exhibition Dates: January 20 - February 26, 2012.
2011 Juried Exhibitions:
11th Annual American Landscapes National Exhibition, MFA, Annapolis MD, August 12 - September 10, 2011.
The Halpert Biennial '11, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone NC, July 1 - December 3, 2011.
Early Morning after Dark, MLPS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, Exhibition Dates: June 24 - August 13, 2011.
Bystander, Working With Artists -FLASH Gallery, Lakewood, CO. April 29 - June 11, 2011.
