Carlos LUNA

Born:  1969, January 2, Pinar del Río, Cuba. He lived in Puebla, Mexico between 1991 and 2002. He has lived in the United States since 2002.

Education: 1987-91 Visual Arts College, Havana. 1984-87 National School of the Arts, Havana. 1983-84 Academy of San Alejandro, Havana. 1980-83 School of Visual Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Shows. Selection. Boca Raton Art Museum 2017, Boca Raton, FL. American University Museum, Washington, DC .; Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Forth Smith, AR. 2016 Museum of the Oaxaqueños Painters, Oaxaca, Mexico. Frost Art Museum 2015, Miami, FL. 2011 Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA. Miramar Cultural Center 2009 - Artspark, Miramar, FL. Art Museum 2008 | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL .; American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC.; Museum of Latin American Art - Molaa, Long Beach, CA. 2007 Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA .; The art gallery Suzanne H. Arnold, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA .; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL .; Art Santa Fe, Arte Osuna, Washington, DC. 2006 Gomez Fine Art-Gallery, San Juan, PR. 2005 Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL .; Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL. 1998 Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1997 House of the Dolls, University Museum, Puebla, Mexico. 1996 Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1995 Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico. 1993 Javier Lumbreras Fine Arts, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. UU 1991 Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. 1987 Gallery of the National School of Plastic Arts, Havana. 1984 Atilano Armenteros Ramos Gallery, San Luis, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Awards. Artist in residence 2008; Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL. New American paintings; Jury-in-print exhibition. Prize of the 2001 scholarship; Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. Fellowship of 1998; Government of the state of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. Brotherhood of 1997; Government of the state of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. First Prize 1991; Teachers' Hall, Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana. First Prize of 1989; V Provincial Exhibition of Plastic Arts; Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Prize "IV National Hall of Prizes"; National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. First Prize of 1988; City Hall, Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana. First prize; IV Provincial Hall of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba. 1987 Honorable Mention; City Hall, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana. 1986 "Interscholastic Living" Prize; National School of Plastic Arts and Academy of San Alejandro, Havana.

Collection. Selection. Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, FL. Art Museum of New Orleans, LA. The Museo del Barrio, NY. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY. Bass Art Museum, Miami Beach, FL. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA. Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA. Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL. Art Gallery Suzanne H. Arnold, Lebanon Valley Collage, Annville PA. Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL. Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico. Poblano Museum of Art Virreinal, Puebla, Mexico. Casa de los Muñecos Museum, Puebla, Mexico. Museum of African American Art, Caracas, Venezuela. University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico. Talavera Uriarte Ceramics Collection, Puebla, Mexico. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. Wifredo Lam Center, Havana. The Ludwig Foundation, Germany. The Jaime Wasch Foundation, Spain. The Mitrerand Foundation, France.
Sculpture in public spaces. Bass Art Museum, Miami Beach, FL. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA. University Cultural Complex BUAP, Puebla, Mexico.