Cecilia Lueza

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