Michael Lucero

American, b. 1953

Born in Tracy, California, in 1953, Lucero studied at Humboldt State University in Arcata before earning his MFA at the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1978. The aesthetic influences on Lucero’s ceramics, however, can be traced far beyond his native West Coast. His imagery is often inspired by Native American pottery of the Southwest, as well as pre-Columbian and Greco-Roman examples. Lucero moved to New York in the late 1970s, where he continues to create semifigurative sculptures through working in series.