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Michael Lucero
Colored Drawing with Ceramics and Horse Pop Folk Art 1980s

1980

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Michael Lucero (born 1953) is an American sculptor. His work has been exhibited in the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Mint Museum. Lucero works with multiple mediums and usually works in series. Lucero was born in 1953 in Tracy, California and attended Humboldt State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975. He later attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts. Soon after, he settled in New York when Minimalism was dominant in the art scene. He taught at New York University and the Parsons School of Design. In the late 1980s, he turned from polychrome clay to cast metal. He describes his work as reverence for high art, affection for folk art, nostalgia for nature, and curiosity about other cultures. While Lucero has taught briefly at several noted institutions, he has worked primarily as a studio artist. He was included in the show Form from Fire: Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, Ken Price, Michael Lucero, Peter Voulkos, at Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA Lucero's work is included in the permanent collections of the American Craft Museum, NY; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Museum of Art + Design, New York NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; among others. He has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in addition to other awards.
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