Miguel Luciano
b. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lives and works in New York.
Miguel Luciano is a multi-media artist whose work explores themes of history, popular culture, and social justice through sculpture, painting and socially engaged public art projects. His work frequently examines the complicated relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, questioning a colonial history that endures to the present while reimagining self-determined futurities both on the island and in the diaspora. Exploring histories of resistance and community practices of play and celebration, Luciano's work often engages audiences outside of traditional art spaces where public interaction and community exchange become central priorities.
b. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lives and works in New York.
Miguel Luciano is a multi-media artist whose work explores themes of history, popular culture, and social justice through sculpture, painting and socially engaged public art projects. His work frequently examines the complicated relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, questioning a colonial history that endures to the present while reimagining self-determined futurities both on the island and in the diaspora. Exploring histories of resistance and community practices of play and celebration, Luciano's work often engages audiences outside of traditional art spaces where public interaction and community exchange become central priorities.
Luciano’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. He is the recipient of the Trellis Art Fund Milestone Grant (2026), Latinx Artist Fellowship (2021), The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award, and the A Blade of Grass Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art. His work is featured in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The National Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
Luciano is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts and Yale University School of Art. He lives and works in East Harlem, New York.
Luciano is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts and Yale University School of Art. He lives and works in East Harlem, New York.
