Cecilia Lueza, lives and works in St.Petersburg, Florida
EDUCATION
National University of La Plata, Argentina. M.A. in Visual Arts, 1990-1994.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Dual Nature: The Work of Cecilia Lueza, Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Daytona Beach FL
Travesia, Museo Metropolitano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
Return to Innocence, The Capitol Gallery, Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee FL
Return to Innocence, Carnegie Gallery, Clearwater FL
Mystic II: Paintings, Eissey Campus Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2008
Paintings. Crossroads Gallery at St. Petersburg College. St. Petersburg FL
2007
Revelations. Karina Paradiso Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mystic. Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006
Endless Ritual. Galeria Forma, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005
Cecilia Lueza: Exploring the Myths. Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida
2003
Cecilia Lueza. Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
La Dimension Inaudita. Galeria Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2002
Inner World. Iceberg Studios, Miami, Florida
2001
Imágenes del Exilio. Alternative Art Space, Miami Beach, Florida.
In Dreams. Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Miami Beach, Florida.
2000
Heaviness & Lightness. Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires Argentina.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Argentine Art Exhibit. NOVA University, Fort Lauderdale FL
Miami Beach International Artist Showcase, Art Deco Museum, Miami FL
Small Works Exhibition, Arts West Gallery, Elon University, Elon NC
2010
The Portrait as Collectible Art. Donna Gordon Art Gallery, St Petersburg FL
Group Show, Donna Gordon Art Gallery, St Petersburg FL
Sculpture Key West 2010, Key West, Florida
2009
Miami Icons, Art Basel Week, Miami Beach
TakeOut, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne FL
Jambes de femmes et d'hommes dans l'Art, Château des Réaux, France
Bejeweled, Salvador Dali Art Museum, St Petersburg FL
Re:Age, Gallery Nova 535, St Petersburg FL
2008
Tales from the Black Lodge, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis MN
Nightmares. Morton J. May Gallery, Maryville University, St Louis MO
Wind Sculpture. Albin Polasek Art Museum, Winter Park, FL
2007
Common Ground. Westchester College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla NY
Spiritualism and Materialism. C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg FL
Visual Noise, University of Colorado UMC Art Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
Human Landscape. Robert A. Peck Gallery, Wyoming.
Laudible Latins. Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, Florida.
2006
Selfportrait. Al Kahf Art Gallery, Bethlehem, Palestine.
School of Visual Arts Sculpture Garden, University of Louisiana, Monroe LA.
2005
Toys designed by Artists. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
2004
Caribbean Collection II. Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida.
Group Show. Galeria Forma. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Young Talent. Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida.
Experimental, Sound and Visual Poetry. Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires.
Group Show. Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Latin-American Artists. Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay.
2003
El Juego que Todos Jugamos. Galeria Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Prism. The Advocate Gallery, West Hollywood, California.
2002
12 Emergentes. Galeria Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
5 Plasticos Argentinos. Galeria Forma, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
30 Women at 30. Marina Kessler Gallery, Miami, Florida.
Aftermath. Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando.
Summer Group Show. Damien B Art Center, Miami, Florida.
2001
La Lengua Latina. Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida.
Works on Paper. Grapa Art Studio, Miami Beach 2001.
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
(*Commissions / Acquisitions)
2011
Giants in the City, Monumental Sculpture Exhibition, Miami FL
Sculpture 360, Clearwater FL
*Art on Main Sculpture Exhibition. Chattanooga TN
*Council of Indianapolis Murals Program. Indianapolis, IN
Avenue of the Arts, Sculpture Exhibition, Boynton Beach FL
*Pasadena Rotating Public Art Exhibition, Pasadena CA
2010
*Arts and Innovation Center Project, Rockville MD
*Artslam, Artist Intervention, Bradenton FL
Avenue of the Arts, Sculpture Exhibition, Boynton Beach FL
*Urbana Sculpture Project, Urbana, Illinois
Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Lakeland FL
WOW Art Without Walls, Sculpture Exhibition, St. Lucie FL
2009
Sculpture Visions, Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill NC
Central Video Visitation Facility, Palm Beach FL
*Brainerd Project, Chattanooga TN
*University of West Florida Child Development Center Project, Pensacola FL.
ARTLOUD Sculpture Exhibition, Downtown Tampa FL
Family Empowerment Project, Chattanooga TN
2008
Third Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
UWA Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Livingston, Alabama.
Artscape Project, Pittsfield, MA
2007
*Waterworks of Art, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Blue Springs, Missouri.
*Urban Trees 4. Port of San Diego, San Diego CA.
JUST Sculpture Tour. Union University, Jackson TN
Sculpture on the Grounds. Glenview Mansion, Rockville, Maryland
*Drift, Art Walk Exhibition. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC.
Home Bound. Williams Park, Saint Petersburg FL.
Embracing Our Differences. Sarasota Bayfront, Sarasota FL
2006
*Corazones Vivos. Public Art Project, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sculpture Key West at Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, Florida.
School of Visual Arts Sculpture Garden, University of Louisiana, Monroe LA.
Waterworks of Art, Outdoors Sculpture Exhibition, Blue Springs Missouri.
2005
Rapture: 23 Annual BWAC Sculpture Show. Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
Sculpture Key West. International sculpture exhibition. Key West, Florida.
Ephemeral Trends at Arteamericas 2005. Coconut Grove, Florida.
2004
Wind, Sea, Sky 2004: Sculpture on the Beach, Newport, Rhode Island.
Sculpture Key West, Key West, Florida.
2003
Downtown Orlando Sculpture Program, Orlando, Florida
2002
Downtown Orlando Sculpture Program, Orlando, Florida
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
Mobile Art Takes to Pasadena Streets, Pasadena Sun, Pasadena CA, August 24, 2011
Janette Williams, Public art projects around Pasadena, Pasadena Star-News, Aug. 24, 2011
The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Vol. XXI, NO. 2. Illustrated piece, page 13. Summer 2011
Al Chardy, South Florida Argentine community growing, Miami Herald, Miami FL, August 9, 2011
Concierto de Luces para Washington, El Territorio, Posadas, Argentina, June 13, 2011
*Denise Colson, Cecilia Lueza: Visual Testimonies, ArtDistricts magazine, January 2011
Terry Hummel, Lueza in DeBary, Orlando Sentinel, Sep 16, 2010
*Ricardo Javier Vera, Un Crepúsculo en Cada Plaza, El Territorio, Argentina, April16, 2010
Merissa Green, Winter Haven Has Sculptures to See, The Ledger, Lakeland FL, March 19, 2010
Joel Blair, Rethinking the Mindset, Solares Hill, Key West FL, February 28, 2010
Sculpture Visions, Daily Tar Heel, November 30, 2009
Rachel Hildebrandt, Using Art to Shape a City, NUMBER Art Journal, Knoxville TN, 2009
Art thrives in Chattanooga, Tennessean, August 23, 2009
*Entrevista con Cecilia Lueza, Revista Nea, El Territorio, Argentina, August 23, 2009
See How Dynamic Sculptures React, Tampa Bay Online, January 2009
Artist Spotlight, Miami Art Zine, Miami FL, December 2008
Public Art displayed, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga TN, August 23, 2008
Crossroads Gallery showcases Cecilia Lueza, Tampa Bay Weekly, St Petersburg FL, Jan 2008
Tracy Simer, Downtown takes on a new face, Jackson Sun, Jackson TN, October 7 2007
Matthew Razak, Art Without Walls, Potomac Almanac, Maryland, August 24, 2007
Laura Stewart, Hispanic art speaks universal language, Daytona News Journal, March 11, 2007
Terry Hummel, Laudible Latins, Orlando Sentinel, March 2, 2007
Camille Jungman, ULM Sculpture Garden, Louisiana Road Trips magazine, Sep. 2006
Imagining Ourselves, a Global Generation of Women. June 2006
Daniel Heath, Art Appreciation from the Land, Sea and Air, Latitudes magazine, January 2006
Be Which magazine, Vol 1. Illustrated pieces, pages 20, 21, 22 and 23. October 2005
*Adriana Herrera, Cecilia Lueza at Murano Grande. El Nuevo Herald, Miami, June 5, 2005
*Carlos Suarez de Jesus, “Cecilia Lueza: Exploring the Myths”. Arte al Dia Intl, August 2005.
* Alicia Cordero, “Cecilia Lueza at Chelsea Galleria”. Arte y Parte magazine. April 2005
*Cesar Magrini, The Grand Book of Argentine Art, pages 117 and 264. November 2004
Viviana Batista, “Spotlight on Visual Arts: Cecilia Lueza”. Miami Herald, Sept. 17, 2004
* Adriana Herrera, ”Young Talent”. El Nuevo Herald, August 22, 2004, Miami.
* Monica Malo, “Young Talent”. Arte y Parte magazine, August 2004, Spain.
Carolin Niederhofer, “Interview with Cecilia Lueza”, Art Highway, Germany, March 2004.
* Ingrid Maria Jimenez, “Cecilia Lueza at Galeria Mehr Licht”, Art Nexos. December 2003.
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
Tourist Development Council Grants Program, Miami Dade County, 2011
Professional Development Individual Artist Grant, Pinellas County, 2008
Florida Artist Enhancement Grant, 2008
Puffin Foundation Grant, 2006
Karrvaz Artist-in-Residency Grant, Alcalá de Jucar, Spain, 2006
Sculpture Key West People’s Choice Award, 2006
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
City of Indianapolis, Indiana
City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
City of Rockville, Maryland
City of Sarasota, Florida
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX
Sherman Health Foundation, Illinois
Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne FL
University of West Florida, Pensacola FL
Maryville University, St Louis MO
City of Blue Springs, Missouri.
Florida Department of State Art Collection, Tallahassee FL
Unified Port of San Diego, San Diego CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami FL
Jackson Memorial Foundation
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL