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Lu Bassett

Abstract foliage painting by Lu Bassett with black outlined forms, orange flowers and green leaves on a muted background.

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Artist · BFA · Class of 2026

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Lu Bassett is a Calgary-based interdisciplinary artist and BFA graduate from Alberta University of the Arts, specializing in interactive digital art, glitch aesthetics, painting, and transductive media. Their practice develops ludo plein-air - a methodology for structured walking through virtual worlds, documenting emotional encounter through the Recorded Emotional Encounter Document (REED) system, and translating those records into physical paintings through constrained, evidence-bound interpretation. Bassett's work has been exhibited across AUArts venues and public spaces in Calgary, including a juried commission for Brookfield Properties' Downtown Digital Exhibition and the 2026 invitational installation Catch-All, in which the REED system was presented as a public participatory framework. They are a two-time recipient of the President's Honour Roll and hold bursaries from the Illingworth Kerr and Rod 'Stu' Stuart funds. Bassett has completed residencies at Alberta University of the Arts and Sparrow Artspace, and is currently developing ludo plein-air toward MFA research.

AUArts North Hall Photohaptic Photohaptics is a system I invented for transforming visual-focused two-dimensional images into tactile-focused three-dimensional experiences.
Linewrapped Foliage Linewrapping is a painting technique I developed for the illustrative outlining of abstract painting elements for the purpose of emphasizing and de-emphasizing space and form, for the creation of captivating images from abstract colour fields.
Body Remodeled Using traditional drawing mediums, an abstract interpretation of the artists own body.
Articulated Spine Photo-accumulation is a video camera program I developed to capture only movement an colour data that past a certain minimal threshold, that results in the live-capture of performance with a painterly effect.

Lu Bassett's Work

Lu Bassett's Work Tactile white relief artwork by Lu Bassett showing a textured hallway above a photo of the AUArts North Hall.
AUArts North Hall Photohaptic Photohaptics is a system I invented for transforming visual-focused two-dimensional images into tactile-focused three-dimensional experiences.
Lu Bassett's Work Abstract foliage painting by Lu Bassett with black outlined forms, orange flowers and green leaves on a muted background.
Linewrapped Foliage Linewrapping is a painting technique I developed for the illustrative outlining of abstract painting elements for the purpose of emphasizing and de-emphasizing space and form, for the creation of captivating images from abstract colour fields.
Lu Bassett's Work Abstract mixed media drawing by Lu Bassett with geometric lines, black shading and small blocks of red, yellow, green and blue.
Body Remodeled Using traditional drawing mediums, an abstract interpretation of the artists own body.
Lu Bassett's Work Video installation by Lu Bassett showing layered abstract digital forms in pink, red, black and pale green on a wall-mounted screen.
Articulated Spine Photo-accumulation is a video camera program I developed to capture only movement an colour data that past a certain minimal threshold, that results in the live-capture of performance with a painterly effect.

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