Luka Lesson is a poet and rapper who's work engages with the Greek mythology of his family homeland, the fiercely political and the vulnerably self-reflective. Luka has performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, released his own musical albums and books, and been published in a number of international poetry collections. He has toured with poets such as Shane Koyczan (Canada) and Omar Musa (AUS), with musicians such as Akala (UK) and Nahko (USA), and with thinkers such as Dr Cornel West (USA) and Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (USA). Lesson has always used education-based programs as a means for social change both within Australia and abroad, and his work is currently being studied in English departments across the country. He also runs his own poetry retreat in his grandfather's village of Monolithos on the island of Rhodes, Greece every year. Academically, Luka holds a Masters of Sound Design (in Performance Poetry) from the Victorian College of the Arts and Luka's latest solo work entitled Agapi & Other Kinds of Love will premiere in 2020.

PREVIOUS FESTIVALS
Bleach* Festival (AUS) | Edinburgh Literature Festival | Splendour In The Grass (AUS) 4ESYDNEY HipHop Festival (AUS) | Wanderlust Festival (NZ) | Woodford Folk Festival (AUS) One Blood Festival (South Africa) | Sydney Writers’ Festival | Auckland Writers Festival | Hong Kong Literature Festival

PREVIOUS TOUR SUPPORTS
Nahko & Medicine For The People (USA) | Akala (UK) Tiki Taane (NZ) | Dr Cornel West (USA) | Shane Koyczan (USA) | Lowkey (UK)

PREVIOUS MC HOSTING DUTIES
Wanderlust Festival Main Stage (NZ) | Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Australian Tour (Think Inc)

RECENT COMMISSIONS
La Boite Theatre & Bleach* Festival ‘Agapi & Other Kinds of Love’ (2019) Queensland Symphony Orchestra ‘Macquaire’ Concerto (2018)

MUSIC
Antidote (2015) | EXIT (2014) | Perasma / Passage (2013) | Please Resist Me (2012)

BOOKS
Antidote (2015) | The Future Ancients (2013)