Marcos Lutyens’ artistic practice targets the psychic and emotional well-being of his audiences by skillfully leading participants in hypnotic exercises that affect the deepest levels of their psyche. His works take form in installations, sculptures, drawings, short films, writings and performances.
In his explorations of consciousness, Lutyens has collaborated with celebrated neuro-scientists V. Ramachandran and Richard Cytowic, as much as studying under shamans from different cultures. From these investigations and research he has worked with visitors’ unconscious states in museums, galleries and biennales around the world.
Lutyens has exhibited internationally in numerous museums, galleries, fairs, and biennials, including: Centre Pompidou (Paris, France); Guggenheim Museum (New York City, NY, USA); MoMA PS1 (New York City, NY, USA); The Armory Show (New York, NY, USA); dOCUMENTA(13) (Kassel, Germany); Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK); Palazzo Grassi (Venice, Italy); La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, Italy); Palazzo Fortuny (Venice, Italy); Kunstverein Hannover (Hannover, Germany); Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York City, NY, USA); MAO Museum (Turin, Italy); Laumeier Sculpture Park (Sunset Hills, MO, USA); GAM (Turin, Italy); Orange County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, USA); Havana Biennial (Havana, Cuba); the Frye Museum (Seattle, WA, USA); Miró Foundation (Barcelona, Spain); Main Museum (Los Angeles, CA, USA); Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia); Bienial de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brasil); Boghossian Foundation (Brussels, Belgium); La Monnaie de Paris (Paris, France); Liverpool Biennial (Liverpool, UK); Istanbul Biennial (Istanbul, Turkey); National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, USA).
In 2024, he was appointed as the Falling Walls Prize winner in the Art & Science category.
Moreover, in 2019, he was invited as keynote artist by the Guggenheim at Culture Summit Abu Dhabi.
Among his publications: Quadrant Field, Alberta Pane Publications; 100 Days: Memoirs of a hypnotist, Sternberg Press
