Lucas Berd

Lucas Berd is originally from Lubbock, Texas and has an immense adoration for the boundless landscapes of the Southwest, especially New Mexico. Berd has exhibited in and out of traditional artist spaces but prefers to work towards an autonomous platform where the artist plays more of an entrepreneurial role. Instead of waiting to be accepted or chosen for opportunities, Berd enjoys self-generating opportunities. Berd works under several pseudonyms including, Lucas Berd, Berd and Berdscarnival. Lucas has worked closely with the artist collective, Occupy Museums and under the influence of Noah Fisher, the group's initiating member. In 2012, the collective exhibited in the Berlin Biennale and more recently, the Whitney Biennial, New York City in 2017. Amongst other things, Berd is highly influenced by Folk art, street culture and American popular culture. Working in variety of mediums and techniques, Berd is interested in unpredictability and will abruptly shift the direction of the artwork in order to disorient the viewer. Berd currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and works as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lasty, Berd owns and runs a carnival and is always looking for monetary support and or/space to exhibi...

BFA from The University of Texas Arlington, Arlington,TX
MFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,NY

Recent
2019 Met Museum Staff Show, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 199, New York, New York
2018 Wonder Wheel mural, HBO Series, The Deuce, episode 2: There’s An Art to This, clip is at 20:25
2018 From Coney Island to El Barrio, Fallen Heroin, El Barrio’s Art Space PS109, New York, New York
2018 MUAW SHOW! (Museum Union Art Show), El Barrio’s Art Space PS109, New York, New York
2018 Fire and Fury, Resonator Art Space, Norman, Oklahoma
2017 STATE PROPERTY, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, New York, in collaboration with artist, Yasmeen Abdallah
2017 Self Storage, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2017 The Metropolitan Museum Employee Art Show, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2017 Whitney Biennial 2017, Debtfair (BerdsCarnival), Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York

Solo
2015 Magic Machine Artist Residency, Coney Island, New York
2014 The Debt Doll Project a project for Debtfair
2012 Free Pussy!!, New York City Subways, New York
2010 Berd’s Carnival: Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Steuben West Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Group Exhibitions
2018 The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Art Exhibit, New York, New York
2017 With Something,...