Lucas Antony
Full-time artist
Born in Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil
Lives and works in San Francisco, California - USA
Speaks Portuguese, Spanish, French, English & Hungarian
A Bit About Me
Lucas Antony’s work emerges from a life shaped by movement, risk, and the refusal to follow a predetermined path.Raised within the structure of a traditional trajectory, he pursued stability: earning a degree in pharmacy and working years behind a counter, while quietly building parallel worlds through photography, travel, and creation. Having experienced over 60 countries, his gaze was formed not by a single place, but by constant displacement and discovery.In 2019, he left behind a fixed career to fully commit to an uncertain path in the arts. His first photographic series, Agonia, marked this transition: capturing the tension between fear and freedom, and the intimate discomfort of beginning again without guarantees.That tension continues to inform his practice.Working across photography, painting, and ceramics, Antony explores the act of seeing: isolating fragments, playing with proximity, and elevating moments often overlooked. His signature palette: orange and blue functions as both contrast and harmony, echoing the dualities present in his journey: control and release, structure and spontaneity, fear and possibility.Rather than offering resolution, his work invites presence.It asks the viewer to slow down, to notice light as it shifts, to recognize beauty in what is fleeting and ordinary. At its core, Lucas’s practice is not about escaping uncertainty, but about learning to exist within it. Fully, freely, and without permission.
I SEE LIFE IN ORANGE AND BLUE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 - Duo exhibition - Echoes of Home, Presidio Theatre, San Francisco, CA - USA
2025 - "I see life in orange and blue" - UPSIDE SF, San Francisco, CA - USA
2022 - 36 passos ao infinito (36 steps to infinite), The art gallery ICBEU, Manaus, AM - Brazil
2021 - The party of the chairs, Still SF, San Francisco, CA - USA
2019 - AGONIA, D Space, Manaus, AM - Brazil
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2026 - In my Dreams - Metal Haus Gallery - San Francisco, CA - USA
2025 - Super Hyper Local - Drawing Rom Annex - San Francisco, CA - USA
2025 - Made by Hand - Marin Society of Artists - San Rafael, CA - USA
2025 - Themeless show - Rosebud Gallery - San Francisco, CA - USA
2024 - Showstopper series - 2358 MRKT - San Francisco, CA - USA
2024 - Corazon del Pueblo - Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - San Francisco, CA - USA
2024 - Chronicle - A collection on time an memory - SOMArts, San Francisco, CA - USA
2024 - Creating together, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA - USA
2023 - The other colors, The art gallery ICBEU, Manaus, AM - Brazil
PRESS
2025 - Casa Vogue Brasil, July 2025
2024 - Artist profile, Artistcloseup Blog, January 2024
2022 - 36 steps to infinite, A critica newspaper, August 2022
EDUCATION
2025/26 - Pintura, color y dibujo at TTamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
2025 - Artist's portfolio at Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2024 - Ceramics at PoterieCIE, Paris, France
2023 - Oil Painting, Hilda Curiel, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
2023 - Intro to sculpture, ClayroomSF, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Key elements of Fine Art, Art School of SF Bay, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Developing your personal vision, Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Portrait photography, Berkeley art studio, Berkeley, CA
2022 - Graphic Design - Wynden University, Manaus, AM - Brazil
2019 - Culinary school, SENAC-PR, Curitiba, PR - Brazil
2018 - Pastry School, Centro Europeu, Curitiba-PR, Brazil
2010 - 2017 - Pharmacy - Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM - Brazil
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