American, 1989

Lucas Sams is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and experimental musician with works exhibited locally and regionally in major art festivals, galleries, and alternative spaces; he has been featured in Jasper Art Magazine, the SC State Newspaper, Garnet and Black Magazine, and the Timber Journal of the University of Colorado, Boulder. 

Born and raised in Greenwood, Sams spent most of his life in South Carolina until his freshman year in college, where he studied painting in Tokyo, Japan and became heavily influenced by contemporary Japanese Pop Art.

 A graduate of the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and the University of South Carolina, his post-graduate work continues explorations of postmodern abstraction and figuration with far-ranging influences, encompassing everything from religious art, alchemy, and the unconscious- to science fiction and anime. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree as an MLIS candidate at the University of South Carolina. 

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