Michael Lucero

Address is really 2/89. Phone is 9/94.
BA Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 1975.
MFA University of Washington, Seattle, 1978.

Award: 1984 - Individual Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, 1984. Also 1982, 1979.


Award: 1983 - Nettie Marie Jones Fellowship, Center for Music, Drama and Art, Lake Placid, NY, 1983.

Award: 1980 - Creative Artists Public Service Program Fellowship, 1980.

Award: 1978 - Young American Award, Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craft Council, New York, NY, 1978.

Award: 1977 - Ford Foundation Scholarship, University of Washington, 1977-78.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: SUNY Stony Brook, New York, NY, CERAMIC DIRECTIONS: A CONTEMPORARY OVERVIEW, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, BAY AREA COLLECTS: A DIVERSE SAMPLING, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: CMDA Fine Arts Gallery, Lake Placid, NY, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: One Penn Plaza, New York, NY, EIGHT VISIONS, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL, INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, 1983.

Exhibition: 1982 - 1982: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1982.

Exhibition: 1982 - 1982: Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, STILL MODERN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, 1982.

Exhibition: 1982 - 1982: Delahunty Gallery, Dallas and Texas Gallery, Houston, SURLS, SCANGA, LUCERO, 1982.

Exhibition: 1982 - 1982: Scripps College, Claremont, CA, SCRIPPS CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, 1982.

Exhibition: 1982 - 1982: University Fine Arts Gallery, University of Florida, Tallahasee, NEW-NEW YORK, 1982.

Exhibition: 1982 - 1982: American Craft Museum, New York, NY, YOUNG AMERICAN AWARD WINNERS, 1982.

Exhibition: 6/1982 - 6/1982: Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, June, 1982.

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, GRAPHICS PLUS, 1981.

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, DRAWINGS BY SCULPTORS, 1981

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: Museum of South Texas, Grand Forks, ND, THE FIGURE: A CELEBRATION, 1981.

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, PAINT ON CLAY, 1981.

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: Galveston Arts Center of the Strand, TX, 30 AMERICANS, 1981.

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, CLAY, 1981.

Exhibition: 1981 - 1981: American Craft Museum, New York, NY, THE CLAY FIGURE, 1981.

Exhibition: 1980 - 1980: Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.

Exhibition: 1980 - 1980: New York University, New York, NY, FACULTY EXHIBITION, 1980.

Exhibition: 1980 - 1980: Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, PA, HOMAGE TO JOSIAH WEDGEWOOD, 1980.

Exhibition: 1980 - 1980: Wake Forest University Art Center, Winston-Salem NC, 1980.

Exhibition: 1979 - 1979: Bellevue Center for the Arts, WA, FIRE ART, 1979.

Exhibition: 1979 - 1979: Seattle Art Museum, WA, ANOTHER SIDE TO ART, 1979.

Exhibition: 1979 - 1979: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, UNPAINTED PORTRAIT, 1979.

Exhibition: 1979 - 1979: 112 Workshop, New York, NY, 1979.

Exhibition: 1978 - 1978: American Craft Museum, New York, NY, YOUNG AMERICAN: CLAY/GLASS, 1978.

Exhibition: 1978 - 1978: Seattle Art Museum, WA, SALUTE TO JOAN MONDALE, 1978.

Exhibition: 05/19/1978 - 06/22/1978: Greenwood Gallery, Seattle, WA, May 19 - June 22, 1978.

Exhibition: 1978 - 1978: Eastern Washington University Art Gallery, Cheney, WA, 1978.

Exhibition: 1977 - 1977: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 1977.

Exhibition: 1977 - 1977: University of Oregon Art Gallery, Portland, 1977.

Exhibition: 1977 - 1977: Seattle, WA, SCIENCE FICTION X-PO ART SHOW, 1977.

Exhibition: 1977 - 1977: Bellevue, WA, WASHINGTON ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL, 1977.

Exhibition: 1977 - 1977: Spokane, WA, SPOKANE ANNUAL ART SHOW, 1977.

Exhibition: 1977 - 1977: Scottsdale, AZ, ARIZONA CRAFTS NATIONAL, 1977.

Exhibition: 1976 - 1976: Olpin Union Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1976.
Exhibition: 11/12/1990 - 12/07/1990: University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, MADE IN CHICO, two person exhibition, November 12 - December 7, 1990.


Exhibition: 10/25/1990 - 12/23/1990: Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, co-organized by the Hand Workshop, Virginia Center for the Craft Arts, CLAY IN THE EAST 1990, solo exhibition, October 25 - December 23, 1990.

Exhibition: 1990 - 1990: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, solo exhibition, 1990.

Exhibition: 1990 - 1990: Stanford Museum and Nature Center, CT, NATURAL IMAGE, 1990.

Exhibition: 1990 - 1990: Louisiana State University Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, FIGURES IN CERAMICS, 1990.

Exhibition: 1990 - 1990: American Craft Museum, New York, NY, EXPOLORATIONS - THE AESTHETICS OF EXCESS, 1990.

Exhibition: 1989 - 1989: Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, RECENT WORKS BY JOHN ROLOFF AND MICHAEL LUCERO, 1989.

Exhibition: 1989 - 1989: Palo Alto Cultural Arts Center, CA, CERAMIC TRADITION: FIGURATION, 1989.

Exhibition: 1989 - 1989: Bowling Green School of Art, KY, IN CLAY: LIFE AND TIMES, 1989.

Exhibition: 1988 - 1988: ACA Contemporary, New York, NY, solo exhibition, 1988.

Exhibition: 1988 - 1988: Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK, THE ELOQUENT OBJET, 1988.

Exhibition: 1988 - 1988: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA, DRAWN TO THE SURFACE, 1988.

Exhibition: 1988 - 1988: Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, UNNATURAL LANDSCAPES, 1988.

Exhibition: 1988 - 1988: New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, EXPRESSION IN COLOR: CERAMICS, 1988.

Exhibition: 11/12/1987 - 09/30/1989: Seattle Art Museum, WA, CLAY REVISIONS: PLATE, CUP, VASE, November 12, 1987 - January 10, 1988. Circuit: Portland Art Museum, OR, 2/9 - 4/5/88: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 4/2 - 9/5/88: Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, 11/12/88 - 1/7/89: Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ, 2/4 - 4/1/89: Jacksonville Art Museum, FL, 4/22 - 6/17/89: Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT, 8/5 - 9/30/89.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, solo exhibition, 1987.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: Hoggin Museum, Stockton, CA, DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS EXHIBITION, 1987.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, CLAY FEATS, 1987.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY, NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL, 1987.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: Althea Viafora Gallery, New York, NY, PAINTERS WHO SCULPT/SCULPTORS WHO PAINT, 1987.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CERAMICS, 1987.

Exhibition: 1987 - 1987: Forum International Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland, SPECIMENS, (Sharpe Gallery, NY), 1987.

Exhibition: 10/1986 - 1986: Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL, October, 1986.

Exhibition: 04/05/1986 - 04/26/1986: Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, MICHAEL LUCERO, April 5 - 26, 1986. Also 10/6 - 10/27/84: 6/84 - 7/84: 3/6 - 3/27/82: 5/2 - 5/30/81.

Exhibition: 01/11/1986 - 03/02/1986: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NATURAL SETTINGS, January 11 - March 2, 1986.

Exhibition: 02/05/1985 - 03/02/1985: Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, MICHAEL LUCERO, February 5 - March 2, 1985.

Exhibition: 10/06/1984 - 11/04/1984: Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY, MICHAEL LUCERO: SELECTED WORKS 1979-1983, October 6 - November 4, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Seattle Art Museum, WA, AMERICAN SCULPTURE: THREE DECADES, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART COLLECTION, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, NEW NARRATIVE PAINTING: SELECTIONS FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Wake Forest University, NC, THE ROCKEFELLER RETROSPECTIVE, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Skidmore College, MULTIPLICITY IN CLAY, METAL, FIBER, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA, CLAY: 1984, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, A PASSIONATE VISION: CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS FROM THE DANIEL JACOBS COLLECTION, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, IMAGINED ICONS, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Galerie Patricia Ferer, Berlin, 1984.

Exhibition: 1984 - 1984: Huntsville Musuem of Art, Alabama, ROBERT BRADY/MICHAEL LUCERO, 1984.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Hillwood Gallery, CW Post College, Long Island University, New York, NY, THE RAW EDGE: CERAMICS OF THE 80s, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Institute of Contemporary Art of the Virginia Museum, SCULPTURE NOW: RECENT FIGURATIVE WORKS, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY, SELF-IMAGE, 1983.

Exhibition: 1983 - 1983: Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, SELF PORTRAITS, 1983.


Publication: 1990 - Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, CLAY IN THE EAST 1990, exhibition brochure, 1990, ill.


Publication: 1987 - Seattle Art Museum, WA, CLAY REVISIONS: PLATE, CUP, VASE, Vicki Halper, 1987, ill.

Publication: 1986 - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NATURAL SETTINGS, in SPECTRUM, 1986, ill.

Publication: 1979 - Harrington, Le Mar, CERAMICS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 1979, p. 120-121, ill. p. 120.