Luciana Abait

Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971

Education
1993 – 1997 National School of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredon”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 Seminar “Literature and Painting – Comparative Avant Gardes” at Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, England
1993 University of Massachusetts at Amherst, specializing in painting and drawing

Solo Exhibitions
2006 Naomi Silva Gallery, Elemental, Atlanta, GA
2006 Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Rockford College Art Gallery, Flow, Blue, Rockford, IL
2005 180 Grados de Arte Contemporaneo, Into The Blue,  Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004  Mackey Gallery, Still Chambers, held in conjunction with FotoFest- International Biennial of Photography, Houston, TX   
2004 Naomi Silva Gallery, Silent Structures Atlanta, GA
2003 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Mackey Gallery, Liquid, Houston, TX
2003 The Cultural Resource Center, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs
2003 Miami, Swimming Rooms, Miami, FL
2001 Cityplaza- TaiKoo Place, Visual Fields,  Island East, Hong Kong
2001 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Hall de las Artes del Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Naomi Silva Gallery, Summer Exhibition- One, Atlanta, GA
2006 Florida Gulf Coast University, On the Edge: Artists interpret the American Coastline, Fort Myers, FL
2006 Jean Albano Gallery, Scapes, Chicago, IL
2006 Rice/Polak Gallery, Art Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2005 Art League Houston, Independent Vision, Houston, TX
2005 Robert Miller Gallery, Postcards from the Edge,  New York, NY
2005 Boca Raton Museum of Art, 54th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
2005 Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires Photo, International Photograph based Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 Jean Albano Gallery, Sofa, Chicago, IL
2005 Chelsea Galleria, Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
2005 Mackey Gallery, ArteAmericas, Coconut Grove, FL
2005 Omni-Art, Miami, FL
2005 Jean Albano Gallery, Painting the Town Red, Chicago, IL
2005 ArtCenter South Florida, Art and the City, Miami Beach, FL
2004 Latin Collector Gallery, Arco- International Art Fair,  Madrid, Spain
2004 Omni-Art- Urban Intervention in Conjunction with Art Basel. Curated by Carol Damian and Tina Spiro, Miami, FL
2004 Jean Albano Gallery, Sofa,  Chicago, IL
2004 Morgan Lehman Gallery, Smaller than a Breadbox, Lakevile, CT
2004 ArtCenter South Florida, Objects of Virtue (curated by Edouard Duval Carrie),  Miami, FL
2004 Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, All Collections Start Small, Miami, FL
2004 LatinCollector Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2004 South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Water World- Warner Gallery, South Bend, IN
2004 Casa d’Arte San Lorenzo, Settimana dell’Arte, Sardinia, Italy   
2004 Mystic Arts Center, Latin Views 2004,  Mystic Point, CT
2004 Mackey Gallery, ArteAmericas- International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2004 Morgan Lehman Gallery, Art Miami- International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2004 Jean Albano Gallery, Out of the Blues, Chicago, IL
2003 National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Fresh,  Grand Cayman Island
2003 Jean Albano Gallery, Art Chicago- International Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2003 LatinCollector Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2003  Mackey Gallery, Art Houston, Houston, TX
2003 Richard Shack Gallery, Out of Sight, curated by Jeanna Yoo, SFMOMA,  Miami Beach, FL
2003 Long Island Beach Foundation, Miami Rocks, NJ
2003 Jean Albano Gallery, January White Sale, Chicago, IL
2003 Seeds of Peace Annual Auction- New York, NY  
2003 Rice/Polak Gallery, Annual Photography Show- Provincetown, MA
2002 Jean Albano Gallery, Art Chicago- International Art Fair,  Chicago, IL
2002 Fredric Snitzer Gallery, No Show, Coral Gables, FL
2002 The House, No Home Show, Miami, FL
2002 Art and Historical Society Museum, Women Artists, Key West, FL
2002 Miami Beach City Hall, New Works, Miami Beach, FL
2002 Jean Albano Gallery, Contemporary Visions of Nature, Chicago, IL
2002 Broward Public Library, Argentina 2002, Fort Lauderdale, FL 
2001 Jean Albano Gallery, Reflections, Chicago, IL
2001 ArtCenter South Florida, Home Grown, Miami Beach, FL
2001 Broward Community College, Places to Rest - National Theme Exhibition,  Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2000 ArtCenter South Florida, Inner Vistas, Miami Beach, FL
2000 Broward Community College, Spin, National Theme Exhibition, Ft. Lauderdale, FL                               
2000 Finer Things Gallery, A Fine Line, Nashville, TN
2000 Miami Beach City Hall, Hispanic Heritage, Miami Beach, FL
1999 ArtCenter South Florida, Departures-Arrivals, Miami Beach, FL
1999 Finer Things Art Gallery, A Fine Line, Nashville, TN
1999 ArtCenter South Florida, Director’s Cut, Miami Beach, FL
1999 ArtCenter South Florida, Exteriors- Interiors, Miami Beach, FL
1998 ArtCenter South Florida, New Artists, Miami Beach, FL
1998 CRI / SFL The Sheldon Lurie Art against AIDS auction – Miami, FL
1996 Galeria Palatina, Faber-Castell “Art & Graphic”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Corporate and Public Commissions
2005 Neiman Marcus, Boca Raton, FL
2005 White & Case, Miami, FL
2004 Ritz Carlton, Chicago, IL
2003 Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Crandon Park Golf Course, Key Biscayne, FL
2003 Colonial Bank, Miami Beach, FL
2003 Four Seasons Hotel, Miami, FL
2003 University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, McKnight Building, Miami, FL
2002 Neiman Marcus, Coral Gables, FL
2002 Art in Public Places, Flamingos on the Beach, Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Project, Miami, FL
2001 Freshfields, Hong Kong
2001 Art in State Buildings Program. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2000 Swire Properties, Cityplaza, Hong Kong
2000 Neiman Marcus, Palm Beach, FL


Museum and Public Collections
Colonial Bank, Miami Beach, FL
Federal Reserve, Washington D.C
Flint Art Institute, Flint, MI
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Four Seasons, Miami, FL
Freshfields, Hong Kong
King and Spalding, Houston, TX
Lehigh University Museum, Bethlehem, PA
Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, ArtBank, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
Ritz Carlton, Chicago, IL
The Neiman Marcus Permanent Art Collection, Coral Gables, Boca Raton and Palm Beach, FL and Dallas, TX.
Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Swire Properties, Cityplaza, Hong Kong
University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, McKnight Building, Miami, FL
White & Case, Miami, FL
Gerald and Barbara Levin, Colorado, New York
Richard Shack Collection, Miami, FL                                   
Private collections in U.S.,  Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Holland, Italy, France, Hong Kong,  U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and New Zealand

Artist Presentations
2005 Gallery Talk, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
2003 Artist Presentation, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
2002 Looking South, Broward Public Library, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2002 Latin Artists: The Twenty First Century Revolution, organized by National Council of La Raza, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
1999 Departure Art vs Arrival Art, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

Awards
2000 Honorable Mention. Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Program, Tallahassee, FL
2000 Spin – National Theme Show. Broward Community College. Fort Lauderdale, FL
1999 Art in Public Places- Electrowave Shuttle Project, Miami Beach, FL

Bibliography
2005 Into the Blue, Rodrigo Alonso, Exhibition catalogue, 180 Grados de Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 Fotofest, International Biennial of Photography. Exhibitions catalogue, Houston, TX
2002 Where Art is Happening ,MarkCoetzze, pages 8 and 9.
2002 Argentina 2002, Debbie LLenza, Exhibition Catalogue, Broward Public Library, pages 24 and 24
2001 Luciana Abait, Francine Birbragher,. Exhibition catalogue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001Visual Fields. Exhibition Catalogue, TaiKoo Place and CitiPlaza, Hong Kong
2000 Gada, Blue Project, T.J Sabo, pages 30 to 38
1999 Departures- Arrivals. Carol Damian and Francine Birbragher,  Exhibition catalogue, pages 9 and 10

Articles and Reviews
July 30th 2005. A Life Aquatic, The Guardian, pages 24 to 27
May 2005. Luciana Abait en 180 Grados, Arte al Dia, Jorge Zuzulich, page 2
March 2005. Art Talk, Miami Living, Dinorah Rodriguez, page 22
January 2004. Luciana Abait jumps into the big blue, Arte al Dia, Isabel Block, pages 20 to 24
December 2004. Luciana Abait, Arte al Dia, Cecilia Lueza, page 56
December 2003. News from Miami, Art in America, page 36
June-July 2003. Luciana Abait, Art Nexus, Irmgard Emmelhainz, page 47
December 6th, 2003. Mysterious, drifting landscapes of the mind, The Miami Herald, Octavio Roca, page 1
June 2003. Luciana Abait, The New Times,  Nina Korman, page 57
April 11th, 2003. Moody Hues, Chicago Sun-Times, Margaret Hawkins, page 23
September 28th, 2002. Absence- Minded, Chicago Reader, Fred Camper, page 39
Fall 2002. Artful Miami, Entrée Magazine, Frances McDougall, page 21
May-July 2001. Commissions, Art Nexus, Birbragher, Francine, page 54
January 21st, 2001. Argentinian Artist in Island East, Hong Kong Daily News, page 10
January 19th, 2001.Hong Kong Windows. Ming Pao, page 13
March- April 2001. A Space Of Their Own, Florida International Magazine, Lynn, Sue, page 30
May 2001. Master Strokes, Where Miami, Kate McClare, page 11
March 28th, 2000. Miami es el nuevo polo del arte latino, La Nacion, Aznarez, Juan, page 23
Oct. 2000. Maturing ArtCenter Bears Fruit in Show on Fusion Art, The Miami Herald, Elisa Turner, page 22
April 20th, 1999. Argentine artists find inspiration in MiamiThe Herald, Yves Colon, page 9
August October 1999. Departures- Arrivals, Art Nexus, Carol Damian, pages 40 and 41
March 1999. Luciana Abait ,Ocean Drive, Monica Pelaez, page 33
April 15th, 1999. Departures/ Arrivals: Art That Takes You Places, Sunpost, page 19
November 1999.  Miami Heats Up, Art in America  Roni Feinstein, page 34
July 12th, 1998. Artistas de la  Playa, El Nuevo Herald, Jose Antonio Evora, page 12