Jonathan Luckhurst integrates natural processes and ecological systems into proposals for immersive artworks.

His works are conceived as deep time echoes—incorporating ancient life forms and ecologies that have appeared throughout Earth’s history in response to moments of planetary distress, highlighting and contextualizing the current ecological crisis.

Through them, Luckhurst’s proposals become conceptual biomimicry: re-enactments of evolutionary strategies, mirroring rhythms of decay and proliferation, alluding to how both we and the Earth might respond.

Luckhurst is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Edmonton Arts Council. In 2015, he was invited to participate in the Vancouver Biennale International Artist Residency Program, and in 2020, he was commissioned by the Art Gallery of Alberta to create an installation for the BMO World of Creativity Gallery. In 2025, his multi-year project, Proposals for Reimagined Futures, was published by the Vancouver Biennale. He received his Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of British Columbia and is the founder of Sea to Sky Botanics — a social enterprise that implements food security projects in northern communities. Luckhurst’s food sovereignty initiatives inform his art practice while grounding his work with a deep scientific foundation. Recently he was invited to consult with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on the development of the National Food Security Strategy.