Calligraphy
Painting
Stamp Carving
Printing
“I examine the intersection of calligraphic practice and contemporary art.”
Lucas Pérez is a calligrapher and painter working in San Diego, CA. Pérez lived in Tokyo, Japan for six-years where he studied traditional Japanese calligraphy with the Shosen Calligraphy Group of Nagoya. In 2015, Pérez was awarded the rank of Shihan or master-teacher in three styles of calligraphy.
Pérez exhibits in Tokyo bi-annually and has won numerous awards for his calligraphy including first-place in division at the Zuiun Calligraphy exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2020, and 2023.
Pérez served as painting assistant to Takashi Murakami and Shuji Mukai.
Pérez has an M.F.A in Fine Art from Parsons School of Design/ The New School, and a B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute of Fine Art.
Shihan (Master-Teacher) Rank Certificate
Pérez working at Takashi Murakami Studio, N.Y.
Pérez working on Shuji Mukai site-specific commission Louis Vuitton store SOHO.
Eight years of practice sheets!