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Matto Lucas is an Australian artist, photographer, creator and art facilitator working within mixed and digital media, with a preference for photography and performance. In 2013 Lucas was awarded a Lifetime Membership to Midsumma for his continuous work and commitment as a visual artist within the LGBTQI community.

In 2011 Lucas was shortlisted for the Metro Gallery Art Award, and shortlisted for the AGENDO13 young emerging artists prize in 2013, the Sunshine Coast Gallery New Media Art Prize in 2015 and The Footscray Art Prize in 2017 and won first place in the 2019 Picturing Footscray Photography prize. In 2021 Lucas won the “Best Fashion Photograph” in the Centre for Contemporary Photography ILFORD Salon.
Lucas currently lectures Visual Media & Design at the Australian Institute of Music Melbourne, is the creator and operator of Melbourne Art Review and co-host of Drinking With The Artist Podcast.

Lucas has been working as a professional photographer for over a decade.