ANP Artist Luke Pelletier gives our flagship store in Santa Monica a nice upgrade. Visit RVCA.com to learn more about Luke and shop his new RVCA collection! Luke Pelletier grew up in western North Carolina. He graduated with a BFA in fine art from SAIC in 2015. Living in a tourist town for much of his life, he has been heavily influenced by seasonal economies, as well as the multi-level relationships, dependence and resentment, between tourists and locals. Much of Luke’s art blurs the lines between celebrating and condemning a culture that agrees to be taken advantage of while it takes advantage of others. His art is filled with personal anecdotes, dark humor, dualities, contradictions, repetition, and scenes of paradise that are simultaneously pristine and decaying. Video by Brandon Jensen, song by Luke P. Luke Pelleiter: rvca.com/t/anp-artist/luke-pelletierCast: RVCATags: Luke Pelletier, RVCA, Artist Network Program and Santa Monica