Kristin Lucas is an artist investigating connectivity as both an interpersonal process and a condition of the digital-age. She explores how our systems and technologies influence our self-perception, relationships with more than human beings, and environmental connections. Lucas creates work across art disciplines and genres of art. Born in Iowa, she moved to New York City to attend The Cooper Union School of Art, and later to California’s Silicon Valley to receive an MFA in Art Practice at Stanford University.
Lucas was recently a Humanities Institute Faculty Fellow for Digital Futures and Social Justice is the co-founder of a cross-disciplinary working group that promotes multidisciplinary climate engagement. She has collaborated with StoriesXFuture on XR storytelling for positive impact and partnered with Peace Boat US to present climate-focused art at Climate Week NYC.
Lucas’s works have been presented internationally by museums, galleries and foundations, including: Artists Space, Dia Center for the Arts, Electronic Arts Intermix, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; New Museum, Onassis Foundation, Pioneer Works, The Museum of Modern Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art (New York); Akbank Sanat (Istanbul); Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe); Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (Liverpool); House of Electronic Arts (Basel); Julia Stoschek Foundation (Düsseldorf); Nam June Paik Art Center (Gyeonggi-do); and at festivals, including: Ars Electronica (Linz), Changwon International Sculpture Biennale (Changwon), BAM Teknopolis, New York Video Festival, WSJ Future of Everything (New York); EarthX and AURORA (Dallas); TIFF (Toronto), Print Screen Festival (Holon), Transmediale Festival (Berlin), Cinekid and World Wide Video Festival (Amsterdam). She has participated in numerous artist residency programs, including: ACC Weimar (Germany); ARCUS (Japan); BAU Institute Summer Arts Residency at Camargo Foundation (Cassis); AR/VR Artist Research Residency (Portland); Eyebeam Artist Residency (New York); Harvard University Office of the Arts Residency (Cambridge); Harvestworks Digital Arts Center Artist Residency (New York)l Institute for Electronic Arts (Alfred); Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program (New York); Pioneer Works Technology Residency (New York); P.S.1 National Studio Program (New York); SciArt Initiative’s The Bridge Collaborative Residency Program; Signal Culture (Loveland/Owego). The Experimental Television Center (Owego); Yafo Creative/Print Screen Festival Digital Arts Residency (Yafo); World Views (New York). She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including: Andrea Frank Foundation Grant, Edith Russ Site for Media Art Stipend, Engadget Alternate Realities Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, and Rhizome Commissions, among others. Her videos are distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix (New York); her immersive work is featured on RadianceVR International Research Platform, and her broader body of work is represented by And/Or Gallery (Pasadena) and Postmasters Gallery (New York).