Lucki Devi-Dasi

Lucki Devi-Dasi was born in St. Louis, coming from a proud working class family of steel and ironworkers, truck drivers, fire fighters, and factory workers.  She put herself through Washington University where she earned my BFA in 1984.  She was hired as a Design Coordinator at Hallmark Cards fresh out of school.  After 4 years, Lucki started a freelance illustration business where her clients included the Kansas City Star, Kansas City Business Journal, and Universal Press Syndicate, among others.  In 1989, she was invited to teach at Kansas City Art Institute.  Her work-related travels to art programs around the country inspired her to earn my teaching credentials.  She then spent the better part of ten years teaching art in inner city schools, which informed not only her artwork, but her spirit and values as well.

While teaching, Lucki earned a Master’s in Studio Art from University of Missouri in Kansas City.  She began displaying my work in 1987.  Highlights in the Kansas City area include half a dozen exhibits at Mattie Rhodes Gallery and Latin American Imports which focus on celebrating Mexican traditions and culture, as well as El Torreon, The Foundry, the H&R Block Art Space at Kansas City Art Institute, and the Actor’ Ensemble.  Highlights from other cities include Tumbleweed Gallery of the Turquoise Trail in Madrid, New Mexico, the M.A. Doran Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Coffman Gallery at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and Wunder in Athens, Georgia.  In the summer of 2005, she took a leave from public education to paint and sculpt full-time.  Lucki Devi-Dasi now lives and works in the Atlanta area where she shares studio time with Outsider Artists: H. Pryor and Melvis.