Lutker was born in Northport, New York, in 1978. She received a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the UCLA School of Art in 2005. She presented installations from Le “NEW” Monocle at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. (following a 2014 Smithson Research Fellowship), Perez Art Museum Miami, Florida and the 2014 Whitney Biennial and a performance component at Performa 2013, New York. In addition, Lutker's work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions internationally in Los Angeles, Zurich, Mexico City, Stockholm, New York, Cleveland, Houston, Lisbon, and San Francisco. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.