Luuk Smits is a visual artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Trained in photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, and as an alumnus of EKWC (European Ceramic Work Centre), Smits works primarily in photography, installation, and video.

He is interested in creating works from materials that make up built environments. His working process is intuitive and evolves through research into material cycles and histories, as well as through more playful investigations of form.

Over the years, he has presented his work at the Perth Centre of Photography in Perth, Australia; SIGN Projectspace, Groningen; the Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht; Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen; Greylight Projects, Heerlen; and BRUTUS and Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

He has participated in artistic residencies at ZK/U (Centre of Art and Urbanistics) in Berlin, Germany, and RUCKA in Cesis, Latvia, among others. His work is included in the collections of Reyn van der Lugt, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in the Netherlands.