Lucy Puls (b. 1955) is an American sculptor whose work explores the complex psychological and cultural relationships between people and their material possessions. Combining found and discarded objects with sculpture, photography, paint and other materials, Puls transforms familiar things into works that examine memory, value, loss and the ways objects can become extensions of personal identity. Her practice often focuses on objects that show evidence of use, damage or abandonment, drawing attention to the histories embedded in ordinary possessions. Puls earned a B.S. in Art (1977) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.F.A. in sculpture (1980) from the Rhode Island School of Design. She joined the University of California, Davis, faculty in 1985 and taught sculpture there for 35 years, retiring as professor emerita in 2020. Puls received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant in 2017 and has completed residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, Pilchuck and the Joan Mitchell Center. Her work is held in collections including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Oakland Museum of California, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, and the Jewish Museum, San Francisco.