Spencer Luckey
Born
Spencer Walker Luckey

New Haven, CT
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale School of Architecture
OccupationSculptor
Known forLuckey Climbers
Parent(s)Tom Luckey, Elizabeth Mason
Websitewww.luckeyclimbers.com

Spencer Walker Luckey is an American artist and president of Luckey Climbers, a design/fabrication firm that specializes in climbing sculptures for children's museums [1][2] and other institutions world-wide.[3][4]

Biography

Spencer was raised in Short Beach, Connecticut by artist Tom Luckey and Elizabeth Mason. He attended the Foote School, followed by Northfield Mount Hermon and is a graduate of Connecticut College and Yale School of Architecture.[5] He is married to artist Briah Uhl, and they have a son, Clyde.

Luckey Climbers

Spencer took over operations in 2006 after his father, Tom Luckey, became paralyzed. Spencer has been responsible for the design, fabrication and installation of the climbers.[6][7][8] While the head of Luckey Climbers, Spencer has introduced digitally-based techniques of shaping and structural analysis, his work marks a departure from the analog mode of his father.[9] Luckey Climbers has expanded internationally.

Luckey (2008)

Spencer and his family are featured in the documentary Luckey,[10] which focuses on Luckey Climbers in the aftermath of the accident which left Tom Luckey paralyzed. The film was shown at SxSW[11] and other festivals, as well as on the Sundance Channel.[12]

References

  1. ↑ O'Connor, Aidan; Kinchin, Juliet (19 September 2012). "Height of Achievement: Tom Luckey, In Memoriam". MoMA.
  2. ↑ Bradford, Miriam (19 August 2010). "Oh, to be a kid again". Flor.
  3. ↑ DePalma, Anthony (18 November 2003). "In Mexico City, A State-of-the-Art Children's Museum". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ "Our extraordinary Climber - a european first". Formel Fun.
  5. ↑ Sheinkopf, Laura (Fall 2013). "Movers & Makers:In the Heights". Northfield Mount Hermon Magazine.
  6. ↑ Reason, Betsy (25 August 2013). "The Children's Museum aims to shape young brains with remodeled Playscape". IndyStar.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Edward (January 2010). "Vertical Challenge". Texas Architect Magazine.
  8. ↑ "The Point Within, Luckey in Princeton". thecommunitygarden.co.
  9. ↑ MacMillan, Thomas (8 August 2014). "Climbing Kids Get Luckey". New Haven Independent.
  10. ↑ Luckey at IMDb
  11. ↑ "Emerging Visions: Introducing Luckey". sxsw.com. 12 March 2009.
  12. ↑ "Luckey". sundancechannel.com. Sundance Channel.
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