MICHAEL LUCERO
Born 1953, Tracy, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"Michael Lucero, Excavation Series" David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, January 21 – February 27th, 1999.
"Michael Lucero," Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, August 14–September 14, 1998.
"Michael Lucero," R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO January 16–February 28,1998.
"Michael Lucero: Confounding Artifacts, Selected Works from the Reclamation Series," Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, November 10–December 16, 1997.
"Michael Lucero," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November 7–December 2, 1997.
"Ashes to Ashes: Dirt to Dirt," Cohen Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO, April 25–July 5, 1997.
"The Reclamation Series," Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI, April 5–May 10, 1997.
"The Reclamation Series," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, November–December, 1996.
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 1996.
"Michael Lucero: Sculpture 1976–1995," Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, March 16–June 9, 1996, curated by Mark Leach. Travels to: American Craft Museum, New York, NY, October 31 – February 16, 1997; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO, March 30–July 6, 1997, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, September 19, 1997– January 4, 1998; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, February 28–May 24, 1998. *
Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, July–August 1995.
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, May–June 1995.
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, April–May 1995.
Habitat/ Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI, April–May, 1995.
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, January–February 1995.
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October, 1994.
David Beitzel Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY, May 1994.
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT, 1994.
Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI, 1993.
Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 1992.
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1992.
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1991.
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991.
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Arts, Richmond, VA, 1990.
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1990.
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1990.
ACA Contemporary, New York, NY, 1988.
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1987.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1986.
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1985.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, 1984.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, 1983.
Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1983.
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1982.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, 1981.
Wake Forest University Art Gallery, Winston–Salem, NC, 1980.
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
Greenwood Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1978.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"Knowing Children," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY June 19–July 31, 1998.
"Michael Lucero, Reclamation Series," Cindric Meyer Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, February 18–March 9, 1998.
"Animal Kingdom," The New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, November 21, 1997–February 1, 1998.
"Millenium Eve Dress," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, November 16, 1997–January 11, 1998.
"Figure and Fragility," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY, October 23–November 20, 1997.
"Summer Group Show," David Beitzel Gallery, July 31–August 29, 1997.
"Drawings... An Annual Invitation," Meyerson and Nowinski Art Association, Seattle, WA, July 15–August 17, 1997.
"Ashes to Ashes, Dirt to Dirt: Michael Lucero," Cohen Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO, April 25–July 5, 1997.
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MI, April 4–May 11, 1997.
"Celebrating American Craft: 1975–1995," Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 6, 1997.
"All–Figural: Mini–Media, Contemporary Art from the Kamm Collection," California State University, February 3–March 8, 1997.
"Figurative Ceramics," Sisson Gallery, Dearbourne, MI, January 11–February 20, 1997.
"Face to Face," Cindric Meyer Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 1997.
"Dog Show," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1996.
"B.A.B.Y.," Hand Workshop Art Center, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, September 14, 1996–March 2, 1997.
"Myths and Magical Fantasies," California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA, October 27–February 1997.
"Sculpture: Preview–Review," Cohen Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO, June 7–July 27, 1996
"Decathlon," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 7–July 7, 1996.
"Screen Memories," K & E Gallery, New York, NY, June 1996.
"Born of Clay" Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, March 1996.
"25th Anniversary Exhibition: 25 at 25," The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, Mar. 29–Aug. 17,1996
"Alternation," K & E Gallery, New York, NY, March 2–30, 1996.
"A Labor of Love," The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, January 20–April 14, 1996.
"Not So Wild Animals," Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, January 11–April 11, 1996. Curated by Amy Sandback, Museum of Modern Art, Art Advisory.
"Teapot Invitational," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 7–January 27, 1995.
"Light Interpretations," The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, November 12–December 25, 1995.
"Folie a Deux," Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, September–October 1995.
"Horse Show," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 3–September 2, 1995.
"Insight," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, June 22–July 28, 1995.
"Breaking Barriers," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, February–April 1995, traveling to Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA; American Craft Museum, NY, NY.
"Teapot Invitational," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 1994.
"Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection," Traveling to Toledo Museum of Art, OH; St. Louis Museum of Art, MO; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1993.
"Tales and Traditions," Bellingham Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA, 1993.
"Beyond Traditions: Ceramic Art in New Mexico," Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, 1993
"The Clay Figure," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, 1993.
"Teapot Invitational," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 1993.
"Ceramic Sculpture: Form & Figure," Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992.
"Chthonic Realms: Philadelphia Collects Clay," Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
"Tea Pot Invitational," Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991.
"Cup: As a Metaphor," Works in Clay, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 1991.
"Contemporary Ceramics," Inaugural Exhibition, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI, 1991.
"Master Works of Contemporary Sculpture, Painting and Drawings: 1930–1990," Bellas Artes, Sante Fe, NM, 1991.
Cooper Carry Studios, Atlanta, GA, 1991.
"Made in Chico," (Michael Lucero & Cheryl Laemmle), California State University Art Gallery, Chico, CA, 1990.
"Splendid Forms," Bellas Artes, New York, NY & Santa Fe, NM, 1990.
"Natural Image," Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT, 1990.
"Explorations––The Aesthetics of Excess," American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1990.
"Recent Ceramic Works by Michael Lucero and John Roloff," Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 1989
"Ceramic Tradition: Figuration," Palo Alto Cultural Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1989.
"In Clay: Life and Times," School of Art Gallery, Bowling Green State University, OH. Exhibition traveled to Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH, 1989.
"Contemporary Ceramics from the First Bank Collection," First Bank, Minneapolis, MN, 1988.
"Works from the Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY. Exhibition traveled to: Oakland Museum, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Chicago Public Library; Orlando Museum of Art, VA; Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1988.
"The Eloquent Object: The Evolution of American Art in Craft since 1945," Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK. Exhibition traveled: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1988.
"Drawn to the Surface," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.
"Expression in Color," New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, 1988.
"Unnatural Landscape," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1988.
"Contemporary Cutouts," Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, CT, (Collaboration with Cheryl Laemmle), 1988.
"Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup & Vase," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Exhibition traveled: Portland Art Museum, OR; Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, 1988.
"School of Art 1975–1988," Safeco Insurance Company, Seattle, WA, 1988.
"Distinguished Artists Exhibition (Michael Lucero & Cheryl Laemmle)," Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, 1987.
"Clay Feats," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, 1987.
"Drawings," Linda Ferris Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1987.
"National/International," Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY, 1987.
"Painters Who Sculpt––Sculptors Who Paint," Althea Viafora Gallery, NY, 1987.
"Contemporary Diptychs; Divided Visions," Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, CT. Exhibition traveled: Whitney Museum of American Art at The Equitable Center, New York, NY; Paine Webber, New York, NY, 1987.
"Metafur," Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY, 1987.
"Contemporary American Ceramics," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 1987.
"Specimens," Forum International Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland. Exhibition traveled: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA (organized by Sharpe Gallery, NY; collaboration with Cheryl Laemmle), 1987.
"Seattle Sculpture 1927–1987," Seattle Center: Bumpershoot Festival, Seattle, WA, 1987.
"Three Decades of American Sculpture," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1986.
"Natural Settings," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986.
"The Figure in the Landscape," Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1986.
"New Approaches to Figurative Art," State University of New York at Brockport, 1986.
"Spectrum: Natural Settings," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986.
"New Approaches to Figurative Art," State University of New York at Brockport, 1986.
"Material as Metaphor: Contemporary American Ceramic Sculpture," Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 1986.
"Intimate/INTIMATE," Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 1986.
"Architectural Images in Art," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1986.
"Surrealismo," Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
"Voyages," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1986.
"Works on Paper," Althea Viafora Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
"Major Concepts––Clay," Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1986.
"Boston Collects," Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA,1986.
"24 by 24," Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
"Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical," American Craft Museum, New York, NY. Exhibition traveled: Denver Art Museum; Laguna Beach Art Museum, CA; Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1986.
"Landscape in the Age of Anxiety," Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY. Exhibition traveled: Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH, 1986.
"Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel," University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1986.
"Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View," The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. Exhibition traveled: The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ, 1986.
"Landscape Show," San Diego University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1985.
"Correspondences: New York Art Now," Laforet Museum Harajuki, Tokyo. Exhibition traveled: Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tazaki Hall Espace, Media Kobe, 1985.
"Recent Ceramic Sculpture," University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1985.
"Sculpture," Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1985.
"R.E.M.," Caro Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY, 1985.
"New Sculpture," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY, 1985.
"The Figure Renewed," Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA, 1985.
"Clay," Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, 1985.
"Fired Forms: Sculpture in Clay," First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO, 1985.
"Is Anybody Home?," Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1985.
"Contemporary American Ceramics," Twenty Artists, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1985.
"El Arte Narrativo," Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City.
Exhibition traveled: P.S.1., Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY, 1985.
"An Inside Place," Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, 1985.
"Body and Soul: Recent Figurative Sculpture," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1985.
"American Clay Artists: Philadelphia ’85," The Port of History, Philadelphia, PA, 1985.
"Cityscapes/Countryscapes: Redefined," Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1985.
"The Doll Show: Artists’ Dolls and Figurines," Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, 1985.
"Robert Brady/Michael Lucero," Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntville, Alabama, 1984.
"Imagined Icons," Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, 1984.
"A Passionate Vision: Contemporary Ceramics from the Daniel Jacobs Collection," DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1984.
"Multiplicity in Clay, Metal and Fiber," Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1984.
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1984.
"American Sculpture: Three Decades," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1984.
"The Twentieth Century: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1984.
"New Narrative Painting: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, 1984.
"Self–Portraits," Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1983.
"Self–Image," Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY, 1983.
"Sculpture Now: Recent Figurative Works," Institute of Contemporary Art of the Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1983.
"The Raw Edge: Ceramics of the 80’s," Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, 1983.
"Contemporary Clay Sculpture: Selections from the Daniel Jacobs Collection," Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, 1983.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, 1983.
"Eight Visions," One Penn Plaza, New York, NY, curated by Carter Ratcliff, 1983.
"Fellows Exhibition," Center for Music, Drama and Art, Fine Arts Gallery, Lake Placid, NY, 1983.
"Bay Area Collects: A Diverse Sampling," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1983.
"Ceramic Directions: A Contemporary Overview," State University of New York at Stonybrook, 1983.
"Young American Award Winners," American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1982.
"New–New York," University Fine Art Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1982.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY 1982.
"Surls, Scanga, Lucero," Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX & the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, 1982.
"Still Modern After All These Years," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1982.
"20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Vogel Collection," Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College of Art and Science, State University of New York at Potsdam. Exhibition traveled: Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1982.
"The Clay Figure," American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1981
"Clay," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1981.
"30 Americans," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1981.
"The Figure: A Celebration," Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, 1981.
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, 1981.
"Drawings by Sculptors," Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1981.
"Graphics Plus," Herbert F. Johnson Memorial Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1981.
"Homage to Joshua Wedgewood," Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, PA, 1980.
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
"Unpainted Portrait," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1979.
"Fine Art," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1979.
Eastern Washington University Arts Gallery, Cheney, WA, 1978
Greenwood Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1978.
"Young Americans," American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1978
"Science Fiction X–Po Show," Seattle, WA, 1977.
University of Oregon Art Gallery, Portland, OR, 1977.
"Beauty and the Beast," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1977.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Andrew Long. " Openings, Michael Lucero," Art & Antiques, January, 1999.
–––––. "Michael Lucero," Tribune Review, Sunday, March 8, 1998.
Martlynn Uricchio. Seen, Monday, March 2, 1998.
Mary Thomas, "What’s So Funny About Michael Lucero?" Cover Magazine, February 27, 1998.
–––––––. "Michael Lucero Sculpture 1976–1995," Carnegie Magazine, March/April, 1998, p. 30–32.
Julia A. Stevenson, "Sculptor Michael Lucero’s Works Offer Fantastic and Bizarre View."
–––––––. "Renwick Gallery," In Towner, October 1997.
Edward F. Sozanski, "An Expansive View of Multiculturalism," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, November 23, 1997, p. F15.
Jason A. Forrest, "Subverting all Frames of Reference," The Atlanta Journal/ The Atlanta Constitution, Weekend Preview, Friday, November 21, 1997, p. Q7.
Michael O’Sullivan, "Here and Now," The Washington Post, November 9, 1997.
Judy Pomeranz, "Lucero Merges Eclectic Themes," The Fairfax Journal, Friday, October 10, 1997, p. C39.
Hank Burchard, "Lucero’s Sculpture: Originals of the Species," Washington Post, Weekend, Friday, October 10, 1997.
–––––––. "Date Book," The New York Times, September 26, 1997.
Carter Ratcliff, "Chimeras of Clay," Art in America, June 1997, p. 92–97.
Alice Thorson, "A Premature Retrospective: Artist’s Pre–Columbus’ Works are Spirited, but the Best is Yet to Come," The Kansas City Star, April 13, 1997.
"Michael Lucero: American Craft Museum & David Beitzel," ARTnews, April 1997.
Selected pieces included in Menninger Perspective, 1996, p. 24–28.
"All Things Considered," National Public Radio, Interview with Karen Mitchell, December 23, 1996.
"Views," Broadcast on Channel 7 TV: Interview with Roz Abrams, Produced by Al Rodriguez, December 15, 1996.
"Michael Lucero," The New Yorker, December 16, 1996.
"Art That’s a Labor of Love and Ideas," The Hour, December 10, 1996.
John Perreault, "Michael Lucero Takes the Crown," Review Art, November 15, 1996.
Grace Glueck, "Puns and Allusions in Just Plain Clay," New York Times, November 8, 1996.
Edith Newhall, "Retrospective Mix ‘n’ Match," New York, October 28, 1996.
Mathew Kangas, "The Rematerialization of the Art Object," Sculpture Magazine, July / August 1996, p. 24–27.
Alice Thorson, "Group Counterpoint," The Kansas City Star, June 21, 1996.
Tom Patterson, "Michael Lucero," The New Art Examiner, Summer 1996, p. 48–9.
Tom Patterson, "Sculptor Creates Distinctive Style by Integrating Many Cultures," Charlotte Observer, March 31, 1996, p. 1F–3F.
Tom Patterson, "Maverick Sculptor Brings His Collection Back to North Carolina," Winston–Salem Journal, March 17, 1996, p. E1, E4.
Leach, Mark. Michael Lucero: Sculpture 1976–1995. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996, p. 160. Essays by Mark Leach, Barbara Bloemink and Lucy Lippard.
Gussie Fauntleroy, "Reclaiming Art, Putting it Back on a Pedastal," The New Mexican, July 14, 1995.
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Ted Lindberg, "Reclaiming Disasters," Reflex, March 1995.
Patricia Failing, "Michael Lucero: Homage to Ancient Arts," American Craft, February/March 1995, p. 32–7.
Robin Updike, "Who Cares What it is Called, Breaking Barriers: Recent American Craft," The Seattle Times, February 27, 1995.
George Melrod, Art & Antiques, January 1995, p. 30.
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Regina Hackett, "Disgraced Objets D’Art are Taken to Higher Glory," Seattle Post–Intelligencer, January 6, 1995, p. 16.
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Matthew Kangas, "Wearing Clement’s Tie," Reflex Magazine, August–September 1994.
Zina Davis. "Investigations: Recent Ceramic Sculpture," exhibition catalogue, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, January 31–March 6, 1994.
Tom Collins, "Dust in the Alcove: The Museum’s Clay Feet," Santa Fe Reporter, January 12–18, 1994.
Joy Hakanson Colby, "Reflections on a Hot Glass Month," Detroit News, April 16, 1993, p. 6.
Marsha Miro, "Intuition and Pop Culture Mix into Superb Ceramics," Detroit Free Press, April 9, 1993.
Pamela Blume Leonard, "‘New World’ Has Fun Disrupting the Familiar," Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 25, 1992, p. 8.
Candelora Versace, "Lucero Confident About Ceramic Work," The New Mexican, August 7, 1992.
Matthew Kangas, "Michael Lucero Discovers America," Sculpture, July–August 1992, p. 36–43.
Maria Porges, "Michael Lucero," Sculpture, September–October 1991, p. 82.
Mark Van Proyen, "Strange Deities: Michael Lucero at Dorothy Weiss Gallery," Artweek, May 23, 1991, p. 11.
Joy Hakanson Colby, "Pot Luck," Detroit News, September 12, 1991, p. F3.
David Bonetti, "Ceramicists Give New Twist to the Cosmic Vision," San Francisco Examiner, May 9, 1991, p. 3.
Jan Riley, "An Interview with Michael Lucero," National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Journal, 1990–91.
Ursula Ilse–Neuman, "Exploration–The Aesthetics of Excess," American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1990.
Matthew Kangas, "Michael Lucero at the Contemporary Arts Center," Art in America, September 1990, p. 202–3.
M. McTwigan, "Paradise Regained," American Ceramics, 1990.
"His Heart is in His Work," Chicago Sun–Times, July 1, 1990, Vista, p. 3.
Catherine Fox, "Heart is Vessel for Lucero’s Messages" Atlanta Constitution, June 8, 1990, p. D9.
Estelle Levy, "Michael Lucero, Hearts of Clay," Ceramics Monthly, March 1990, p. 35–6.
Janice Paine, "Surreal Ceramics," Ceramics Monthly, November 1989, p. 28–30.
Carter Ratcliff, "Michael Lucero," ACA Galleries, New York, NY, 1988.
Claudia James, "Drawn to the Surface: Artists in Clay and Glass," Dialogue, October 1988, p. 42.
Patricia Malarcher, "Ceramics: Expression Through Color," The New York Times, March 20, 1988.
William Zimmer, "Contemporary Cutouts on View in Stamford," The New York Times, January 3, 1988, p. 20.
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Lisa Hammel, "Drawn to the Surface: Artists in Clay and Glass," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.
Deloris Tarzan, "Lucero’s Show Has Freeze–Frame Feeling," Seattle Times, July 17, 1987.
Matthew Kangas, "The Bronze Menagerie," Seattle Weekly, July 8–14, 1987, p. 40.
Lynn Basa, "Artist Finds Use of Clay, Bronze Fires His Imagination," Journal–American, July 7, 1987, p. 4.
Robert Vidali, "Laemmle and Lucero," Juliet Art Magazine, April/May 1987, p. 11, 35.
William Zimmer, "Contemporary Diptych’s at the Whitney," The New York Times, April 26, 1987, p. 37.
Patricia Malarcher, "Exploring the Arts-Crafts Connection," The New York Times, February 22, 1987.
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Stanley Klevan, "N.Y. Artists Recall Roots in Stockton," Stockton (California) Record, January 15, 1987, p. 1.
Roni Feinstein, "Contemporary Diptychs: Divided Visions," Whitney Museum of American Art at the Equitable Center, New York, NY, 1987.
Kay Larson, "Peaceable Kingdom," New York Magazine, April 28, 1986, p. 96–7.
Howard-Yana Shapiro and James Yood, "Ceramic Art: Wading Into the Mainstream?" New Art Examiner, April 1986, p. 22–4.
Mark Shannon, "Michael Lucero: the Unnatural Science of Dreams," American Ceramics, 1986, p. 28–33.
Ned Rifkin, "Spectrum: Natural Settings," Washington Times Magazine, Contents, January 17, 1986.
Jane Adams Allen, "A Distant Viewing of ‘Natural Settings’," Washington Times, January 13, 1986.
Helen W. Drutt English, "Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View," Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ,1986.
Ned Rifkin, "Natural Settings," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.,1986.
Edward Lucie–Smith and Paul J. Smith, "Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical," American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1986.
Charles S. Mayer, "Intimate/ INTIMATE," Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1986.
Sarah Rogers–Lafferty, "Body and Soul/Aspects of Recent Figurative Sculpture," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1985.
Paul Schimmel, "Contemporary American Ceramics: Twenty Artists," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, 1985.
Michael Lucero, "Drawing Images," Studio Potter, December 1985, p. 47.
William Zimmer, "Bidding Time," New York Magazine, November 18, 1985, p. 29.
William Zimmer, "Enigmatic Interiors at Noyes," The NewYork Times, (New Jersey Edition), August 25, 1985, p. 20.
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Brooks Adams, "Michael Lucero at Sharpe and Charles Cowles," Art in America, March 1985, p. 157–8.
David Berger, "Sculpture Exhibit Features American Works," Seattle Times, November 23, 1984, p. 4.
Grace Glueck, "Michael Lucero," The New York Times, October 12, 1984, p. 24.
Kyra Montagu, "Daniel Jacob’s Collection Exhibition," Art New England, vol. 5, no. 7, June 1984.
Robert Taylor, "Play, Passion Revealed in Ceramics," Boston Sunday Globe, April 15, 1984.
Susan B. Harris, "Totem," Arts Magazine, April 1984, p. 45.
Susan Wechsler, "Views on the Figure," American Ceramics, March 1, 1984, p. 16–25.
Maria Friedrich, "A Passionate Vision," DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1984.
Robert R. Littman , "El Arte Narrativo: Pintura Narrativo Mexicana," Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, 1984.
Susan Halper, "Contemporary Pedestal Sculpture," 1984.
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Taylor, Sue, "Michael Lucero," New Art Examiner, October, 1983.
Fernandes, Joyce, "Michael Lucero," Arts Magazine, September 1983, p. 20.
Kangas, Mathew, "Self Portraits: The Soul Observed," ArtsLine, August 1983.
"Sculpture Now: Recent Figurative Works," exhibition brochure, Institute of Contemporary Art of the Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA, 1983.
Helen Harrison, "A Celebration of Ceramics," The New York Times, August 14, 1983, p. 21.
Helen Harrison, "L.I. Offers Sculpture in Wooded Sites," The New York Times, August 5, 1983.
William Zimmer, "A New Figure on the Horizon," Arts, August 1983, p. 26–9.
Helen Harrison, "Unorthodox Ceramics," The New York Times, April 17, 1983.
Peter Frank, "Linda Farris: Self–Portraits," Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1983.
Susie Kalil, "Texas Ranges: Houston, from Boogeymen to ‘The End of Constructivist Theory’," ARTnews, December 1982, p. 82–5.
Ronny Cohen, ARTnews, October 1982, p. 163+.
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Dannheiser Foundation, New York, NY
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
First Bank, Minneapolis, MN
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Henry Kaufman & Co., New York, NY
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
The New Museum of Contemporary, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts, University of Hartford, CT,
1993
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship, 1984
Nettie Marie Jones Fellowship, Center for Music, Drama and Art, Lake Placid, NY, 1983
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship,1981
Creative Artists Public Service Program Fellowship,1980
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship,1979
Young American Award, Museum of Contemporary Craft Council, New York, NY, 1978
Ford Foundation Scholarship, 1977–78
EDUCATION
M.F.A., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1978
B.A., Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 1975
* indicates catalogue