Lucy Elizabeth Kolka was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1979. She grew up in Michigan where she still lives. Kolka received her BFA in drawing/painting and graphic design from Saginaw Valley State University in 2002. She earned a Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate in Art Education from Eastern Michigan University in 2005. This is also where she began to explore figurative painting as her primary mode of visual communication. These explorations lead Kolka to complete her education at the Academy of Art University with a MFA in figurative painting.
|