Carlos Luna

Born January 2, 1969, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Left Cuba in 1991
Lived in Puebla, Mexico between 1991 and 2002
Resides in the U.S. since 2002 with his wife and their three children

Education

1987-91 Visual Arts College (Instituto Superior de Arte), Havana
1984-87 National School of the Arts (Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, ENAP), Havana
1983-84 Academia de San Alejandro, Havana
1980-83 School of Visual Arts (Escuela Provincial de Artes Plasticas), Pinar del Río, Cuba

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Carlos Luna: Los Decorados; Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA*

2009
Pablo Picasso Ceramics | Carlos Luna Paintings; Complejo Cultural Universitario BUAP, Puebla, Mexico *
Pablo Picasso Ceramics | Carlos Luna Paintings; Miramar Cultural Center - Artspark, Miramar, FL*

2008
Pablo Picasso Ceramics | Carlos Luna Paintings; Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL*
Carlos Luna: El Gran Mambo; American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC*
Carlos Luna: El Gran Mambo; Museum of Latin American Art – Molaa, Long Beach, CA*

2007
Carlos Luna: Personal Histories; (Oil paintings) Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA*
Carlos Luna: Personal Histories; (Works on amate paper) The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley Collage, Annville, PA *
Carlos Luna: Personal Histories; (Oils and works on amate paper) Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL *
Art Santa Fe; Osuna Art, Washington, DC*

2006
Naci pa’ ser feliz; Gomez Fine Art-Galeria, San Juan, PR*

2005
Retratos de Carlos Luna; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL*
Carlos Luna; Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL

2001
Paso a Paso; Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal, Puebla, Mexico*

1998
Women of Sensuality; Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, IL
Presencia de Carlos Luna; Casa de la Cultura, Puebla, Mexico

1997
Yo traigo de Todo; Casa de los Muñecos, University Museum, Puebla, Mexico*
Carlos Luna; Oscar Roman Gallery, Mexico DF

1996
Entre Gallos y Mujeres; Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
Mi Madre, Mi Patria; Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico*

1994
El Bestiario II; Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico DF*

1993
El Bestiario; Javier Lumbreras Fine Arts, Coral Gables, Florida, USA*

1992
El Fuego Secreto; La Casita Gallery, Mexico DF

1991
Sin permiso no se puede tumba; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, NL, Mexico

1987
Imágenes del Paraíso; Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas Gallery, Havana

1986
Carlos Luna II; Atilano Armenteros Ramos Gallery, San Luis, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

1984
Carlos Luna; Atilano Armenteros Ramos Gallery, San Luis, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Group Exhibitions

2012
Houston Fine Art Fair; Art From The World, Houston, TX
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair; Heather James Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
LA to LA; LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA*

2011
Salon d'Automne 2011: l'AlteRnaTive; Paris*
Independiente; Espacio-Reforma, Oaxaca, Mexico*
Group Show; Heather James Fine Art, Jackson, WY
Cuba On My Mind; The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

2010
!Si Cuba!; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
!Latinas!; Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection; Museum of Latin American Art – Molaa, Long Beach, CA *
Art in Embassies Program, United States Embassy El Salvador, San Salvador, 2010-2013*
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art; Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI*
Art Santa Fe; Osuna Art, Washington, DC

2009
Latinamerican Art: Classic to Contemporary; Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Latin American Painting Now (Pintura Latino Americana de Ahora) Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL

2008
Art in Embassies Program, United States Embassy Santiago, Chile, 2008-2011 *
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art; Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL *
Visiones: 20th Century Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Art Santa Fe; Osuna Art, Washington, DC

2007
Latin American Art: Myth & Reality; Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Art Miami; Gomez Fine Art-Galeria, San Juan, PR*
Arte Americas; Maxioli Gallery, Miami, FL*
Group Show. Latin American Art Gallery; Scottsdale, Arizona
Alarca, Talavera Contemporanea; El Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico DF*

2006
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art; Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA*
Diversidades. Del Caribe al Sur; Gomez Fine Art-Galeria, San Juan, PR
Group show; Lurie Fine Art Galleries, Miami, FL

2005
Figuratively Speaking; Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Arte Americas; George Billis Gallery, Convention Center, Miami, FL*
Works on paper; Osuna Art, Bethesda, Maryland
Wet; Edge Zones, Worlds Art Building, North Miami, FL*
Growth Spurt; Edge Zones. Worlds Art Building, North Miami, FL

2004
"Latin Visions": A Collector's Insight; Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Scope Miami, Art Basel. Townhouse Hotel; Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
It’s for the Birds; Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL*
Summer Miami; Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
TONDO; Galeria Botello, Hato Rey, PR
Art Miami; Latin Collector Gallery, Miami, FL*
Erase una vez en Mexico; Institute of Mexico in Miami, Miami, FL
American Dream; The Olga M. & Carlos Saladrigas Gallery,The Ignatian
Center for the Arts, Miami, FL*
The Soul of Latin American Art; Lurie Fine Art Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

2003
Transfiguration; Palazzo Mediceo-Seravezza, Italy*
Group Show; Latin Collector, New York, NY
Group Show; Jorge M. Sori Fine Art, Miami, FL
Affordable Art Fair; Latin Collector Gallery, New York, NY
Second Year Anniversary Exhibition; Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL

2001
Pequeño Formato; La Boheme Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

2000
Una Constelación de Noches; Lopez Quiroga Gallery, Mexico DF*

1999
Talavera Contemporánea; San Francisco Cultural Center, Contemporary Art Gallery, Puebla, Mexico*
Millennium; La Boheme Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Pequeño Formato; La Boheme Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Mixta s/papel ’99; Lyle O. Reitzel Contemporary Art, Santo Domingo, DR
Salón de Pequeño Formato; El Espacio Gallery, Mexico DF
Colección Gobierno del Estado de Puebla; Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo, Puebla, Mexico

1998
Group Show; Drexel Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
Arte Erótico; Casa de los Muñecos, University Museum, Puebla, Mexico

1997
Artistic Odyssey: Cuba-USA; Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996
Premio MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico *
Anatomía; Oscar Roman Gallery, Mexico DF
Artistas unidos contra el SIDA; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico DF
El Circo, Oscar Roman Gallery; Mexico DF
Concurso Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo de Pintura Joven en México. Competition of young painters sponsored by Interamerican Development Bank in Mexico; SHCP Cultural Center, Mexico DF; Art Gallery of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico*

1995
Advento; Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art; Tecali, Puebla, Mexico
Formas de Expresión; 180º Gallery, Puebla, Mexico
Group Exhibition; El Angel Gallery, Ciudad Mexico
Arte Contemporáneo; 180º Gallery, Puebla, Mexico

1994
One Group Show; Javier Lumbreras Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
Ojos que no ven; In Spazio Gallery, Puebla, Mexico
Aquí y Ahora; 180º Gallery, Puebla, Mexico

1993
Nacidos en Cuba; Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR *
One Group Show; Javier Lumbreras Fine Art; Coral Gables, FL
Colectiva; La Troje de San Mateo Gallery, Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico

1992
I Bienal de Pintura del Caribe; Santo Domingo, DR
VIII Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte, América Nuestro Continente, Domeq Cultural Institute, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico DF*
Pabellón Cubano de las Artes; World Show, Seville 1992, Spain
La Década prodigiosa; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico DF*

1991
IV Bienal de La Habana. El Desafío a la Conquista y Colonización; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana*
VIII Trienal de la India; Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
En sus marcos listos II; IV Bienal de la Havana, Havana Gallery, Havana
18 peintres de Cuba a Paris; Federation Du Val-d´Oise, Paris *
Salón de profesores; Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana
En sus Marcos Listos; Havana Gallery, Havana
Nacidos en Cuba; Universidad de Valencia, Centro de Arte de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela; Museo de Arte de Toluca, Toluca, Mexico*

1990
Andar Pinar; Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana
V Salón de Premiados; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
Exposición Colectiva Itinerante de Serigrafía en Centros de Arte de África: School of Fine Arts, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nommo Gallery, Kampala, Uganda; National Art Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; National Art Museum, Harare, Zimbabwe; Ecole de Poto-Poto, Brazzaville, Congo

1989
De lo Abstracto; Havana Gallery, Havana
Salón Nacional Asociación Hermanos Saínz; Casa del Joven Creador, Havana
Homenaje del Instituto Superior de Arte a la Casa de las Américas; Casa de las Americas, Havana
Jornada de la Cultura Cubana; Tres Mundos Gallery, Managua
III Bienal de la Habana; Instituto Superior de Arte Gallery, Havana
V Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas; Pinar del Rio Gallery, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
IV Salón de Premiados; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana

1988
Arte Cubano Joven; Art Institute of Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts
Festival de la Creación y la Investigación Artística; Instituto Superior de Arte Gallery, Havana
Jóvenes Artistas Plásticos; Abel Santamaria Museum, Santa Clara, Cuba
IV Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas; Pinar del Rio Gallery, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Salón de la Ciudad; Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana

1987
Veintitantos Abriles; Havana Gallery, Havana
Salón de la Ciudad; Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana
III Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas; Pinar del Rio Gallery, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

1986
Salón Interescolar; Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas and Academia de San Alejandro, Havana

1985
Salón Nacional de Escuelas de Arte; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana

Museum and Public Collections
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley Collage, Annville PA
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal, Puebla, Mexico
Museo Casa de los Muñecos, Puebla, Mexico
Banco de Mexico Collection, Mexico DF
Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico Collection, Mexico DF
Gobierno del Estado de Puebla Collection, Puebla, Mexico
Casa de la Cultura, Puebla, Mexico
Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico
Colección Talavera Santa Catarina, Puebla, Mexico
Talavera Uriarte Ceramics Collection, Puebla, Mexico
Alarca Museo de la Talavera, Puebla, Mexico
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
Wifredo Lam Center, Havana
The Ludwig Foundation, Germany
The Jaime Wasch Foundation, Spain
The Miterrand Foundation, France

Sculpture in Public Spaces
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

Awards

2008
Artist in Residence; Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
New American Paintings; Juried Exhibition-in-Print, Number 76*
2001
Grant award; Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY*
1998
Fellowship; State Government of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
1997
Fellowship; State Government of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
1991
First Prize; Salon de Profesores, Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana
1989
First Prize; V Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas; Pinar del Rio, Cuba
“IV Salón Nacional de Premiados” Award; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1988
First Prize; Salon de la Ciudad, Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana
First Prize; IV Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
1987
Honorable Mention; Salón de la Ciudad, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana
1986
“Salón Interescolar” Award; Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas and Academia de San Alejandro, Havana

Special Award
In 2001, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service granted Carlos Luna an EB-1-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) Immigrant Visa. Granted under very special circumstances to applicants who can prove outstanding artistic, scientific, athletic, community, or scholarly performance, the EB-1-1 Visa affords the recipient and his family permanent residence status in the U.S.

Auctions

2011
Auction 2011, [Lots 32 & 55] Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

2009
Sotheby's Latin American Art, [Lot 175] November 19, 2009, New York, NY
Auction 09, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 43], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

2008
Sotheby's Latin American Art, [Lot 250] November 19, 2008, New York, NY
Sotheby's Latin American Art, [Lot 277] May 30, 2008, New York, NY
Auction 08, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 31], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
The Rare Event Auction, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL

2007
Sotheby's Latin American Art, [Lot 290] November 21, 2007, New York, NY
The Rare Event Auction, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL
Auction Carnaval do Rio – Oba, The ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

2006
Sotheby's Latin American Art, [Lot 185] May 25, 2006, New York, NY
Auction 06, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 8 & 151], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

2005
Auction 05, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 22], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Internacional Kids Fund, Latin American Art Auction 2005, Miami Art Central, Miami FL

*Exhibition accompanied by catalogue