luis garcia-nerey
ABOUT
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lives and works in Miami, Florida
EDUCATION
1994-1996 Long Island University, CW Post – Long Island, NY
1992-1994 New World School of the Arts – Miami, FL
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2007-Present ArtCenter/South Florida, 810 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2004–2007 Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, BIENNIALS & INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS
2010
Florida Contemporary 2010, Naples Museum of Art, Florida
2009
ghetto BIENNALE Haiti: A Salon des Refuses for the 21st century, Port-au-Prince
ArteAmericas Art Fair, Miami, Florida
2008
Prospect 1, Lyon & Lyon Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
Scope Art Fair Miami, Carol Jazzar Gallery
Bronx Museum Project Space, Bronx, New York
MoLAA Awards 08, Museum of Latin American Art, California
Bridge Art Fair NY, Carol Jazzar Gallery New York
2007
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Florida
MoLAA Awards 07, Museum of Latin American Art, CA
CIRCA Puerto Rico, Viota Gallery, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, PR
ArteAmericas Art Fair, Viota Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
ArteAmericas Art Fair, Naomi Silva Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL
Art Miami, Carol Jazzar Gallery, Miami, Florida
Art Miami, Lurie Gallery, Miami, Florida
2006
Museum of Art Miami at the Bakehouse (MAM) curated by Terence Riley
CIRCA Puerto Rico, Viota Gallery, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, PR
ArteAmericas Art Fair, Viota Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
Art Miami, Lurie Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005
University of Miami/Bakehouse, Miami, Florida
Knoxville Museum of Art/Christies Auction House, Knoxville Tennessee
Palm Beach3, R.Duane Reed Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Art Miami, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Miami, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Art Miami at the Bakehouse curated by Bonnie
Clearwater
2004
Bass Museum at the Bakehouse, curated by Diane Camber Miami Florida
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Urban Flight, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2009
The Self & the Other, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter Florida
2008
Cuidad Portatil, Viota Gallery, Puerto Rico
Babylon, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
2007
Home of the Self, Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Interpreting the Narrative, Lurie Gallery, Miami, Florida
Garcia-Nerey, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Florida
Casa del Ser, Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Towers, Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, Miami, Florida
2006
Recent Paintings, Lurie Gallery, Miami, Florida
Collage/Assemblage, Estefano Art Center, Miami, Florida
2005
Clicks, Tick & Silence, Gardner Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Abstraction, Lurie Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
Luis Garcia-Nerey, R.Duane Reed Gallery New York
2004
Works on Paper, Shawn Vinson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Contrast, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2003
Conversaciones Colectivas, Art Basel Miami 03, B2 Studio, Florida
SELECTED GROUP & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010
Bosque2, Astolfi Art, Atlanta, GA
2009
9th Annual Red Show, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
Into the Wild, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Gallery, Miami FL
Smash and Grab, Locust Project, Miami Florida
Dirty Linen New Orleans, Graphite Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Green Show, Art Department Galler, Atlanta Georgia
Earth Day Exhibition, Miami Beach City Hall, Miami, Florida
Spring Sequence, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, New York
New Phase, Viota Gallery, Puerto Rico
2008
Form-Function, Miami Florida
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Viota Gallery, Puerto Rico
Just then Mischief made its way outside..., South Florida Art Center, Miami, Florida
Against the Grain, Bakehouse Gallery, Miami, Florida
Abracadabra, Art & Cultural Center of Hollywood
2007
Beneath the Surface, Miami-Dade College, Florida
FARBE, S. Florida Art Center, Miami, Florida
Writings on the Wall, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Tribeca, New York
Red Show, Lurie Gallery, Miami, Florida
Small Format Exhibit, Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego: Latin Amaerican Art of the 21st
Century, MasonMurer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2006
Spring Show, Soho Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Hampton Fresh, CDR Gallery, South Hampton, New York
MasonMurer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fusion, Lurie Gallery, Miami, Florida
ATL{06}, ARThouse, Atlanta, Georgia
B10, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida
2005
Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
University of Miami/Bakehouse, Miami, Florida
Gardner Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Lurie Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
R.Duane Reed Gallery Chelsea, New York
Fredric Snitzer Gallery/Bakehouse, Miami, Florida
2004
A.Cueto Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shawn Vinson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Denise Bibro Gallery, Chelsea, New York
Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
HoFP Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2003
ShawnVinson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
A.Cueto Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES - (REVIEWS /PRESS / CATALOGUES / BOOKS)
2009
The Self and the Other: Luis Garcia-Nerey, by John D. MacArthur Campus Library
Florida Atlantic University
2008
La cuidad, pieza por pieza, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico (Aug)
Resucita de entre la nada Instalation "Babylon, El Vocero, Puerto Rico (Aug)
Ancient, contemporary cities juxtaposed in "Babylon", The San Juan Star (Aug)
Arquitecto entre artistas, Primera Hora,Puerto Rico (Aug)
Una cuidad portatil, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico (Feb)
Against the Grain, Miami Herald, Miami Florida, (May)
2007
Museum of Latin American Art, Auction/Exhibition Catalogue, Long Beach, CA
Revista ARTES Republic of Santo Domingo No. 23 April/Junio
Filosofico Garcia-Nerey en Viota, El Nuevo Dia,Puerto Rico, (Mar)
Art Center South Florida, FARBE Exhibition Catalogue, Miami, FL
Miami Dade College Forum,Volume 11 No 9, A Dialogue with Home Grown Artist
Art Galleries & Artist of the South, Volume 5, Issue 2,
Atlanta Journal, Georgia 2007
2006
Buena Vida Magazine, Casiano Publishing , San Juan, PR
2005
Knoxville Museum of Art, Auction Catalogue
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Latin American Art, MoLAA, Long Beach, California
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York
W Hotel South Beach, Miami Beach Florida
Miami-Dade College West Campus, Doral, Florida