For Lucky, art has always held a presence in his life. He started painting at a very young age and doodled all over his school assignments. However, he didn’t consider a career in the arts until he was in high school. “I knew this guy who was a few years older than me who made it pretty big from making art. I realized there was something to it,” Lucky recalled.
The artist moved to New York when he was ten years old, and was later accepted into the School of Visual Arts (SVA). A self-starter, Lucky immediately began developing a clothing line. Recognizing his innate ambition, a professor told Lucky that with his drive he didn’t need school to ‘start something,’ as long as he put in the work to make it happen. Lucky took this advice to heart and left school to carve out his own path. “I started going to these art shows in this city. I was living in Harlem at the time, eventually moving to Brooklyn, and got involved with these graffiti crews,” Lucky told me.
