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

Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC

Henry Kaufman & Co., New York NY

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte NC

Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

Nerman Museum, Kansas City

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York NY

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan UT

Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa OK

The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH