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LINA PUERTA

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GRANTS & AWARDS

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**** ***- Emerging Artist Fellow. Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, NY

2009/10 Urban Artist s Initiative/NYC Fellow

2009 The Association of Hispanic Arts East Harlem Artist Grant

2006 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Grant for Public Art Project: Seed of Growth (re-titled: Blossom) in

Spanish Harlem. Inaugurated June of 2010

2004 Queens Council for the Arts Grant for the Public art project: Seven sculptures based on the personal

experiences of Latin American women from Jackson Heights

1992 Gertrude H. Freiert Prize in Fine Arts, Wells College, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

8 to 8: State of Creative Emergency, curated by Blanka Amezkua. Union Square Park, NY, September, 2012

Masquelibros Fair, organized by Triplica Equipo and the UNED, Madrid, June, 2012

Puebla Ciudad Mural, Mural Project with Colectivo Tomate, Puebla, Mexico. April 2012

Pinta Art Fair, with Praxis International Gallery, New York, NY. November 2011

Heart Beats Praxis International Gallery, New York, NY October13-29, 2011 Three woman show

El Museo s Bienal: The S-Files 2011, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY June 2011- Jan2012 - (catalog)

Here, There and Everywhere 2011: The Art of Collaboration organized by by the Transcultural Exchange

Hampden Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March-April, 2011 (catalog)

Observed, Imagined & Re/created Longwood Gallery, Bronx Council for the Arts Jan May 2011-

New York Fiber in the 21st Century curated by Dr. Sandra Sider, Lehman College Art Gallery Feb- May 2011-

EAF10: 2010 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY Sept. 2010 March 2011

Lush Solar Gallery, curated by Trinidad Fombella, East Hampton, NY June 2010

Weaving in and Out organized by No Longer Empty, Curated by Jodie Dinapoli, Ella Levitt, and Manon Slome

with Trinidad Fombella from El Museo del Barrio, at The Tapestry Building, NYC June, 2010

Blossom/ En Flor Permanent Public Fountain & Sculpture, Modesto Flores Garden, East Harlem, NY-June 2010

Lina Puerta The Sage Colleges: Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY August, 31 October 2009 Solo Show (Catalog)

Lip/Stick Praxis International Art Gallery, New York, NY. June July, 2009

What does a Woman Want? Project X, Curated by Cecilia Nu n; San Francisco, CA March 2008-

Material Culture Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY Dec. 5, 2007- Feb. 7, 2008-

Making Good Luck Y Gallery, Queens, NY, October 2007-

Abrazadas & Abrasadas Galeria Espacio Abierto, La Habana, Cuba; Summer 2007-

Anatomical Impulses I, KBP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, March 2006. -

Agua Viva Taller Boricua, New York, NY, January 2006. Two Person Show

Nacimientos Tribes Gallery, New York, NY, May 2005. - Solo Show

Confesiones desde el Vientre (confessions from the womb): sculptures based on the personal experiences

of Latin American women from the community of Queens, Manuel de Dios Unanue Park, Jackson Heights,

Queens, NY, September - November 2004. -Solo Public Art Work

REVIEWS & ARTICLES

Public Art & Ecology Magazine, Repurposing with a Passion by D. Dominick Lombardi, December 2011

The Gathering of the TRIBES Magazine #13, July 2011, New York, NY

Times Union, Rules of Attraction by Tim Kane. September 20, 2009

Lina Puerta: Natura Opalka Gallery 30 page, bilingual Catalog with essay by Ta na Caragol. August 2009

El Diario, La Seduccion en el Arte by Silvia Barnett Sanchez. June 21st, 2009.

Craft Magazine, Plastik Wev: A Playful Journey in the Web of Public Space by Wendy Tremayne. July 2007

NY Arts Magazine, Vulva Arts by Sarah Stanley. September/October 2005.

The New York Times, "Some Exhibits You Just Can't Miss" by Jennifer Steinhauer, November 19th, 2004.

Newsday, "Power Lost & Found" by Merle English, November 14th, 2004.

EDUCATION

2002-2003 Greenwhich House Pottery, New York City

1995-1998 Master of Science in Art Education, Queens College, NY

1988-1992 Bachelor of Arts, Wells College, Aurora, NY

1990-1991 Institute Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy

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