“I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.”
— Claes Oldenburg

Luke Ahern is an artist and musician as well as a 2005 graduate from Marysville High School. He attended Bowling Green State University for undergrad and received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin in 2012. After graduate school, he taught art classes at several Universities in central Ohio. His work has been shown extensively locally as well as nationally. He has had solo exhibitions at The Denison Museum of Art, Illinois Wesleyan University, ROY G BIV gallery in Columbus, Urban Arts Space in Columbus, and at The Neon Heater in Findlay, Ohio. His work has also been shown extensively in group and juried exhibitions including at Baruch College in New York City, Presbyterian College in South Carolina and in the exhibition, “Art in America”, curated by Julie Torres at the Satellite Art Fairs in conjunction with Miami Art week.

Luke was able to merge his interest in art and music in 2018 when he was hired to start the performing arts pathway at Marysville High School. He is married to Kelsey, another MHS teacher, and is a dad to three (nearly four) kids: Kj age 16, Zay age 13, Hadley who is 6 months old, plus one on the way! Luke’s personal work can be found at lukejahern.com. Information about the events in the performing arts department can be found on Instagram by following marysvilletheatricalarts.

We are so fortunate to have him as a teacher, as a mentor, and as a speaker at our event!