Bonnie Lucas

Bonnie Lucas (born 1955) is an artist, educator, and union activist.

Lucas is from Syracuse, NY. She attended Wellesley College, majoring in Art History,[1] and earned a Master's in Fine Arts from Rutgers University.[2] She is an adjunct professor at City College Art Education program. She also teaches in New York City public schools.[3]

Lucas creates art focused on feminine themes: domesticity, identity, and childhood.[4] She dismantles feminized objects and reassembles them to new configurations of art.[5]

Exhibitions

Her first gallery show was at the Avenue B Gallery in 1980s.[6]

2011: Collages: Esopus Gallery[7]

2014: 40 Year Retrospective: Sylvia Wald + Po Kim Gallery[3]

2017: Young Lady: JTT[8] showing works made between 1983-1987[9] - recognized by Time Out New York as one of the Top Five New York Art Shows[10]

Personal

Lucas lives in the Little Italy section of Manhattan. She has been in the same rent-controlled apartment that also doubles as her studio since 1979.[11]

References
  1. Heinrich, Will (2020-07-12). "Bonnie Lucas, Still Playing With Dolls". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. "Crafting "Feminine Monsters," Bonnie Lucas Takes on Growing Up as a Girl". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. sahmad (2014-03-26). "Artist, Teacher and Activist Bonnie Lucas Gets 40-Year Retrospective". PSC CUNY. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. Payne, Amber; producer, N. B. C. (2011-06-14). "After 30 years, a New York artist is reborn". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. "Bonnie Lucas - Artist Biography for Bonnie Lucas". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  6. Nellie (2017-01-24). "Funkytown- Artist Bonnie Lucas Reflects on Life in 1980's New York City". The Urban Memory Project. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. "Bonnie Lucas | The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side". www.thelodownny.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  8. "Bonnie Lucas's 'Young Lady' opening at JTT". Office Magazine. 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  9. ARTnews, The Editors of; ARTnews, The Editors of (2017-02-03). "Bonnie Lucas at JTT, New York". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  10. "Wellesley College". Wellesley College. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  11. "Bonnie Lucas – Living Content". Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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