Born and raised in Oakland, California, Ariel Luckey is a 26 year old artist whose community and performance work dances in the crossroads of education, art and activism. He has developed his own unique performance style integrating urban dance, spoken word poetry, hip hop music and traditional theatre. Ariel is a graduate of the Intersection for the Art’s Alternative Theatre Institute in San Francisco, Teatro Visión’s Instituto de Teatro in San Jose, June Jordan’s Poetry for the People at U.C. Berkeley and the East Bay Institute for Urban Arts’ Craft Approach in Oakland. He has also trained extensively with Wavy Gravy and Patch Adams at Camp Winnarainbow and Augusto Boal at Theatre of the Oppressed workshops.

Ariel's lyrical language and political vision have inspired and transformed audiences from the streets of Seattle's WTO demonstrations to Cafe Cantante in Havana, Cuba to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City. He has been a featured artist at the North Bay Hip Hop Theatre Festival, the Felonious Theatre Series and the Intersection for the Arts’ Hybrid Project. He has also performed locally at La Peña Cultural Center, Project Theatre Artaud, Ashkenaz Community Center, UC Berkeley, St. Mary's College and the Palace of Fine Arts.

With producer and pianist Ryan Luckey, Ariel formed The Luckey Brothers, creatively blending party, politics and prayer in holistic hip hop music. The Luckey Brothers produced hip hop theatre piece REBIRTH: the first breath and released their first CD Soul City Sky Lights in 2005. Ariel is also a member of Obakoso, an Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble.

Ariel’s community work includes curriculum development, workshop facilitation and diversity training with the Todos Institute, GreenAction for Health and Environmental Justice, Youth for Environmental Sanity, Copwatch, Sol City, Y-Step, Jewish Youth for Community Action, Jewish Voice for Peace, Bioneers and the Easy Bay Institute for Urban Arts.