Biography of michael lucero artist

          Lucero was born in in Tracy, California and attended Humboldt State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in He later attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts.!

          Michael Lucero

          Michael Lucero is one of the preeminent sculptors of our time.

          Michael Lucero is an American ceramics artist and sculptor.

        1. Michael Lucero is an American ceramics artist and sculptor.
        2. Michael Lucero (b.
        3. Lucero was born in in Tracy, California and attended Humboldt State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in He later attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts.
        4. Since the s Lucero has consciously moved backwards and sideways through the history of art.
        5. Michael Lucero is one of the preeminent sculptors of our time.

          6. He received his MFA from the University of Washington in 1978. Since then, Lucero has challenged the traditional perceived limitation of clay by giving it the primacy of painting or marble sculpture. An ardent admirer of global culture, Lucero incorporates stylistic references from various cultures into his work (pre Columbian, Native American, European and African), creating complex, hybrid forms that comment on the changing nature of society and the environment in which we live.

           

          Selected Collections

          Museum of Art + Design, New York NY

          Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR

          Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA

          Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

          Dannheiser Foundation, New York NY

          The Daum Museum, Sedalia MO

          Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY

          The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia PA

          First Bank, Minneapolis MN

          The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

          High Museum of Art, Atlanta