Jimmy Lucero

St. Maarten resident artist Jimmy Lucero was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA. A naturally gifted artist, Jimmy was studying oil painting from Ivan Webster by the age of 10. In college, Jimmy was heavily influenced by his art instructor Manuel Unzueta who encouraged his interest in Mexican Muralists and in figure drawing. During this time, Jimmy volunteered and taught mural painting at La Casa De La Raza, a center for Latino youths. He had no idea that thirty years later, he would be doing similar mural paintings with youths on the island of St. Maarten.
During those thirty years, Jimmy obtained a B.S. in Biology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, worked in science labs at UC Davis and Stanford University, got married and had two children. In 1992 Jimmy and his family moved to Salt Lake City, UT. Jimmy obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in June of 2001 at the University of Utah. Upon completion of his Master of Fine Arts in 2003, Jimmy was awarded the Howard Clark Art Scholarship for most outstanding graduate work and has been a full-time professional artist ever since. He teaches painting and drawing at both the University of Utah and Westminster College. Jimmy has retired from both universities and is painting full time ...

B.S. Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

ART EXHIBITS:
2022 All You Need is Art, Group Show, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
2021 Pandemic Reflections, Individual Show, FaxInfo Gallery, St. Martin
2021 Adaptations, St. Maarten Before and During a Pandemic, Group Show, Adonis Hotel Gallery, St. Maarten
2020 Every Picture Tells a Story, Duo Show, Noco Art, St. Martin
2019 Small Treasures, Group Show, NoCo Art, St. Martin
2019 Artists Should Break the Rules, Group Show, NoCo Art, St. Martin
2019 The Wave, Individual Show, Philipsburg, SXM
2018 Remembering Irma, Cupecoy, St. Maarten
2018 Messy Democracy, Preston, England UK
2017 Warm Waters, Axum, Individual Show Philipsburg, St. Maarten
2017 Senesthesia, Individual Show, Philipsburg SXM
2016 Vernissage Vendredi, Art Lovers, Grand Case
2016 Blue, Art Lovers Porto Cupecoy, SXM
2015 Finch Lane Gallery Retrospective Show, SLC
2012 Faculty Show, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT
2011-2003 Faculty Show, Westminster College, SLC, UT
2011 Williams Fine Arts Show, Salt Lake City, UT
2011 Partners Program, Art Access, SLC
2011 Breaking Down Barriers, Art Access, SLC curator/artist
2011 Barriers II, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, SLC curator/artist
2011- 2007 ‘300 Plates’, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT Group Show
2010 Internation...