Michael Lucero
Michael Lucero creates imaginative, colorful sculptures elaborately painted with dreamlike, surreal scenes. His figurative sculptures are often created in a series, using repeated motifs to illustrate a particular theme.
Many of his themes ...
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- Biography
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Michael Lucero creates imaginative, colorful sculptures elaborately painted with dreamlike, surreal scenes. His figurative sculptures are often created in a series, using repeated motifs to illustrate a particular theme.
Many of his themes are inspired by his childhood visits to relatives in New Mexico. Images of the exotic landscape, indigenous culture, and diverse flora and fauna of the Southwest and his native California reemerge throughout his works. Occasionally, he has used found objects, primarily ceramic, and yarn in his work.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1978-present
Independent Studio Artist, Nyack, New York
Other
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Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dannheisser Foundation, New York, New York
Daum Museum, Sedalia, Missouri
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Nerman Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, Utah
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
- Bibliography
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Brenson, Michael. “Michael Lucero, Shamelessness.” Sculpture Magazine, July/August 1992.
Leach, Mark Richard. Michael Lucero: Sculpture 1976-1995. Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills, 1996.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988.
McCready, Karen, Christina Bertoni, Mary Jo Bole and Robert Brady. Contemporary American Ceramics Twenty Artists: Newport Harbor Art Museum. Newport Harbor, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1985.
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Citation: Michael Lucero, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/michael-lucero
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