Luckey June
(he/him pronouns)
Location: Metro- Detroit, MI
Mixed-media artist: painting, clay sculptures, drawing, upcycled art, singer, guitarist for the band MACHO
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Socials:
Instagram- @tomboyoutrage
TikTok- @luckeyjune
His Band MACHO- www.facebook.com/machobanddetroit
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I’m a transman living in the Detroit area. My mom is a painter, and I grew up going to art openings, museums, and watching my mom paint. From an early age I loved to draw, and make dolls, and create art from found objects. In my teenage years I started making music, and started performing as a singer-songwriter with my acoustic guitar.
(Untitled, 2022, 4”x6”, polymer clay and acrylic paint on wood.)
I went to Adrian College and studied creative writing and fine arts. I struggled with discrimination for being queer there, and ended up dropping out. I moved to San Francisco and lived there for 9 years, and continued to make music, and released two full solo albums. I still made visual art in my free time.
(“Shy Masterpiece”, 2023. 6”x8”, Polymer clay, epoxy resin, and acrylic paint on wood. A blob with four eyes and an off center mouth with teeth, framed in a gaudy gold frame, all encased in an epoxy resin ice block. Mounted on pink painted wood.)
Living in San Francisco allowed me to explore my identity more as a queer/trans person, although I continued to struggle with mental health. I have suffered with a severe eating disorder, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and OCD/ADHD.
(“Social pollution”, 2023. 4”x4”, acrylic on wood. A cluster of faces in the foreground, with another more distant cluster of faces in the background, separated by pink beams of light and white ellipses. )
I moved back home to the Detroit area about 10 years ago, and started getting my life back together. I lost my father unexpectedly in 2017, which was a turning point for me. I began addressing my mental and physical health more seriously, and finally came out publicly as trans in 2019.
(“Face the Day”, 2022, polymer clay and acrylic on wood. Painted clay sculpture
of a face with three eyes and two noses. Mounted on chartreuse painted wood.)
I began my medical transition in 2020. My transition allowed me to feel confident in my ideas, and have self-worth. I began creating visual art seriously again within the last year. I struggle with focusing, and trusting my own ideas.
(“Solipsism”, 2022, 3”x6” acrylics on stretched canvas. Small painted image
of a person standing alone with an aura around the center of their body.)
I believe some of these struggled have lessened since I transitioned to male, because I feel much more at ease and at peace now. I have been working on small sized paintings, and sculptures recently, and I hope to take part in some gallery shows this year. I now live in Ferndale, MI with my partner and two kids, in a pink house.
(Unfinished and untitled polymer clay sculptures, under 2” size. 2022. Four separate sculptures: A cloud with green arms, a crying single eye against bright green, a mouth with teeth showing and a goatee. A mouth with teeth showing and a mustache.)
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