Lucas Varnum is a Bostonian who grew up in North Carolina. He began working with ceramics at the age of 12. Clay has always been an escape for him, a distraction from growing up overweight during his school years. Varnum feels that clay and other forms of sculpture have become the best vehicle for him to truly explore and process his life events and experiences.
He received his BFA in Sculpture and Ceramics at the University Of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2021. He is currently an MFA student in Ceramics at the University of Miami.