莎拉．盧卡斯1962年生於倫敦，曾就讀學院包括倫敦工人學院(1982-3)、倫敦版畫學院(1983-4)及倫敦金匠學院(1984-7)。現時在倫敦生活和工作。
盧卡斯的作品主要圍繞性別這題材，創作媒介包括攝影、拼貼和雕塑，材料多從日常生活中選取。盧卡斯早年利用剪報作材料的作品如《釘在板上的陽具》(1991)，令她廣受公眾注目，此作在1992年倫敦南部城市競賽畫廊舉辦的首次個展中展出。這些作品，將英國文化令人不自在的一面直接展示人前。盧卡斯的另一著力之處，就是通過雕塑來呈現自我。她更常以簡陋的物品如霓虹燈、家居用品和香煙等作她的創作素材。
「自我呈現」是盧卡斯作品的核心元素。《自拍像》包含了她在1990至98年間具代表性的作品。除了經常使用食物或日常物品來創作帶隱喻的靜態寫照外，盧卡斯亦在每幅作品中製作可笑的場景來戲謔觀眾。她尤其喜歡玩弄性主題，不但要讓觀者重新審視自身對兩性角色的看法，亦要揭示英式幽默裡令人不安的一面。她的作品帶有某種原始的能量和對抗性，常以滑稽的手法來模仿男性姿態。這種扭曲的幽默，能讓觀眾可怒或可笑。
1988年達明安•赫斯特策劃了傳奇展覽「凝」，盧卡斯是參展者之一；1990年聯合策劃「東郊庭院展」，並展出其作品；1993年和翠西．艾敏創立了臨時零售店「商鋪」，專門售賣各樣藝術品。她的作品亦曾在多處展出，包括「感覺：薩奇英國青年藝術家藏品」展(倫敦、柏林、紐約，1997-9)、威尼斯雙年展（2003），以及「In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida」(泰特英國美術館，倫敦，2004)。主要個展包括：莎迪．科爾斯 HQ畫廊(倫敦，2000)；德克拉．沙拉文化中心(巴塞羅那，2000)；當代美術博物館 (柏林，2002)。2005年，在泰特利物浦美術館舉行主要作品回顧展。
Sarah Lucas was born in London in 1962. She attended the Working Men’s College, London, 1982-3, the London College of Printmaking, 1983-4, and Goldsmiths College, London, 1984-7. She lives and works in London.
Lucas’ work is centred around gender representation. Working across several media such as photography, collage and sculpture, she often uses everyday materials in her works. She first came to public attention through her use of newspaper cuttings from tabloid newspapers in iconic pieces such as Penis Nailed to a Board (1991) which she exhibited in her first solo show at City Racing, a gallery in South London in 1992. In these pieces she brought the public face to face with uncomfortable aspects of British culture. Another major interest is the extension of self-representation through sculpture. Lucas has often worked with humble materials including neon lights, domestic objects and cigarettes.
Her work is also very much based around self-representation. Her Self-Portrait Portfolio encapsulates many of the iconic works made during the period 1990-8, frequently using items of food or everyday objects as metaphoric still-lives. In each of these, she teases the viewer with comical situations. Playing on sexual themes, she reveals uncomfortable aspects of British humour in addition to asking the viewer to re-assess their judgment of gender roles. Her work always has a certain raw energy, it is confrontational as she often impersonates masculine poses with travesty and its wry sense of humour leaves the viewer both provoked and amused.
Lucas exhibited in Freeze, the legendary exhibition curated by Damien Hirst in 1988 and the East Country Yard Show, which she co-curated in 1990. In 1993 she set up The Shop with Tracey Emin, a temporary retail outlet selling art multiples. Her work was included in Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, London, Berlin and New York, 1997-9; Venice Biennale, 2003; In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Tate Britain, London, 2004. Selected solo exhibitions include: Sadie Coles HQ, London, 2000; Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona, 2000; Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, 2002. A major retrospective of her work was presented at Tate Liverpool in 2005.