Luke Warm's cartoons were first published by The Sunday Tribune newspaper in Dublin in 1981. In 1985 he was joint winner of a cartoon competition in the Guardian newspaper with a cartoon about the on-going famine in Ethopia and Sudan. But it wasn't until the weekly publication of his strip Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm in Mmegi newspaper in Botswana from 1990-2 that his cartooning career really started to gather momentum. In August 1992 he moved to London and since then has been published weekly for five years by the Financial Times and The Irish Times, for two years by the Times Higher Education Supplement and The Sunday Business Post and his Punters cartoon strip was syndicated by the Press Assocation for two years. In addition his work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Evening Standard, The Financial News, New Statesman, Scallywag and Third Sector in the UK and Magill, Business & Finance and Phoenix in Ireland. In 1995-6 he was sponsored on a Cartoon MA at the University of Central England by the Midland Independent Newspaper Group and was awarded a Distinction. His study into cartoon censorship formed the basis of Index on Censorship's cartoon site and was instrumental in initiating The Great Challenge international cartoon exhibition in London in 1998. Most recently he has been working for The Daily Telegraph, illustrating textbooks for Oxford University Press, drawing on-the-spot caricatures and developing his West Country Prints and his new post-9:11global issues strip "Back to the Drawing Board".

Awards	1990	Botswana Press Trust Award (joint winner) for "Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm" cartoon strip which ran weekly in Mmegi newspaper, Botswana for two years.
	1985	Cartoon selected as joint winner in a competition run by The Guardian newspaper and Granada TV.

Festivals &	1996 - 2004	Salon du Dessin de Presse et d'Humour de Saint-Just-Le-Martel, France
Exhibitions	2002, 2004	Big Grin Cartoon Festival, Nottingham, England
	2003 - 2004	Cartooned!, North Devon Festival, England
	2002	International Press Cartoons Exhibition, Carquefou, France
	1998 - 2001	National Cartoon Festival, Ayr, Scotland
	1999	West Cork Cartoon Weekend, Skibbereen, Ireland
	1998	The Great Challenge International Exhibition of Political Cartoons, London
	1998	Hung, Drawn and Quartered Cartoon Festival, Birkenhead, England
	1998	Cartoon '98, Chelsea Town Hall, London
	1995 - 1997	Guinness International Cartoon Festival, Rathdrum, Ireland
	1995	'Tulip Cartoon Parade', Lisse, The Netherlands

Books	2000	"The toy that got away, by Luke Warm" children's picture book published by Macmillan Education Ltd in May. Part of the Ready...Go African reader series ISBN 0-333-77451-5
	(1992	'Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm" - Botswana 1990-2. Political commentary by Titus Mbuya, Editor of Mmegi newspaper, and 90 cartoons by Luke Warm. Camera ready and seeking publisher...)
	1993-2004	Luke Warm has illustrated a further six books, including four English textbooks for Oxford University Press

Censorship

1995-2001

Carried out study on recent censorship of cartoonists during an MA in Visual Communication through Cartooning at the University of Central England. Results published in Censored Cartoon Gallery on Index on Censorship's internet site. Has given slide shows with guest speakers given at six international cartoon festivals, The Great Challenge Exhibition, The Cartoon Arts Trust and the Open University.

Lecturing

1999-2004

Visiting Lecturer at The Open University, The National College of Art & Design, Dublin and North Devon College.

Membership	2000-2004	British Cartoonists Assocation
of Cartoon	2000-2004	The Political Cartoon Society
Organisations	1997-2004	FECO - Federation of Cartoonist Organisations
	1992-2004	The Cartoonist Club of Great Britain

'For every thousand people there's nine hundred doing the work, ninety doing well, nine doing good, and one lucky bastard who's the artist.' - Tom Stoppard