[4] She began her art studies in Detroit at age 14, taking classes with potter, Mary Chase Perry Stratton at Pewabic Pottery.

[4] Lux lived and worked in Detroit, Michigan in the early part of her career, and then moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1973.

[8][9] In 1986, Lux married her longtime friend and companion Jerome R. Wallace, a well-known artist who created batiks using natural dyes found in the local environment on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.

[2] In March 1986, the Soho Too Gallery in Honolulu, Hawaii held an exhibition for both Jerome Wallace and Gwen Lux.

Her sculpture entitled “Eve” was commissioned by Radio City Music Hall and purchased by the Rockefeller Center, New York in 1932, but was first met with controversial reviews.