LUIS GARCIA NEREY

Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1973. Lives and works in Miami, Florida

EDUCATION

Long Island University CW Post (now LIU Post) – Long Island, New York
New World School of the Arts – Miami Florida

RESIDENCIES

2012                Banff Centre – Banff Art-in-Residency program (BAIR) Alberta, Canada
2007-2014       Art Center/South Florida – Miami Beach, Florida
2004-2007       Bakehouse Art Complex – Miami, Florida

 

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

 

2021    Coral Springs Museum of Art – Shifting Lines – Coral Springs Florida

2016-2023       National Museum of Wildlife Art – Jacksonhole, Wyoming

2015    ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art Museum Miami- Family Day Projection Project- Miami, Florida

2014-2013 National Museum of Wildlife Art – Western Visions exhibit – Jackson, Wyoming

2012    Hunter Museum of American Art – Spectrum 2012 – Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum – Aesthetics and Values exhibit – Miami, Florida
Museo de Arte de Caguas MUAC ( Caguas Museum of Art) – AFROLATINOS exhibit – San Juan, Puerto Rico
National Museum of Wildlife Art- Western Visions exhibit – Jackson, Wyoming

2011    National Museum of Wildlife Art – Jackson, Wyoming

2010    Florida Contemporary 2010 – Naples Museum of Art – Naples, Florida

2009    ghetto BIENNALE Haiti: A Salon des Refuses for the 21st century – Port-au-Prince, Haiti

2008    Prospect 1 New Orleans – Lyon & Lyon Fine Art – New Orleans, Louisiana
Bronx Museum Project Space – Bronx, New York
MoLAA Awards 08, Museum of Latin American Art – Orange County, California

2007    MoLAA Awards 07 – Museum of Latin American Art – Orange County, California

2005    University of Miami – Miami, Florida
Knoxville Museum of Art/Christies Auction House – Knoxville, Tennessee

2004    Albright-Knox Museum – Buffalo, New York

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

 

2021    Coral Springs Museum of Art – Shifting Lines – Coral Springs Florida

2018    Dwelling – Arts Warehouse – Delray, Florida

2016    Wander – Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho
Kollabs New Work – Diehl Gallery – Jacksonhole, Wyoming
Second Nature – Soren Christensen Gallery – New Orleans, Louisiana

2015    Function+Will – General Audience Presents – Miami Florida
Overlaps – Gallery Mar – Park City, Utah
Royal Garden – Blue Gallery – Kansas City, Missouri
Miami Invitational, Art Basel – Gallery Mar
Untamed Empire – Soren Christensen Gallery – New Orleans, Louisiana

2014    Urban Forest – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Inbound – Blue Gallery – Kansas City, Missouri
Universal Garden – Lanoue fine Art – Boston, Massachusetts

2013    Inbound – Blue Gallery – Kansas City, Missouri
Luis Garcia-Nerey; Function+Will – General Audience Presents – Miami Florida
Urban Forest– Cheryl Hazan Gallery- Tribeca, New York
Kingdom – Soren Christensen Fine Art – New Orleans, Louisiana
Outside-In – Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho

2012    Conversations – Kollabs – Soren Christensen Gallery – New Orleans, Louisiana
Universal Garden – Kollabs – Lanoue fine Art – Boston, Massachusetts
Portrait of a Kingdom – Kollabs – Diehl Gallery – Jackson, Wyoming

2011    Constructing Parallels – Kollabs – Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, Idaho

2010    Urban Flight – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Bosque II – Astolfi Art – Atlanta Georgia

2009    Bosque – Art Department Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
Self & the Other – Florida Atlantic University – Jupiter Florida

2008    Babylon – Cuidad Portatil – Viota Gallery – San Juan, 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
Casa del Ser – Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Towers – Miami Beach Botanical Gardens – Carol Jazzar Contemporary – 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

2004    Works on Paper – Shawn Vinson Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
Contrast – Ardavin Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2022    Inside Feelings, Outside Voices: Reflections from Miami – Greenspace Miami

2022    Reunion – Michael Murphy Gallery – Tampa, Florida

2018    The Last Smile – Parlor Gallery – Asbury, New Jersey

2017    Hunt Slonem, Louise Crandell, Luis Garcia Nerey, – Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York

2016    12th Annual Fete – Diehl Gallery – Jacksonhole, Wyoming
Spin Cycle – Laundromat Art Apace – Miami, Florida

2015    Smash & Grab – Locust Projects – Miami, Florida

2014    Interpreters – Florida Gulf Coast University – Ft. Myers, Florida
Choices – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Group Show – Parlor Gallery – Asbury Park, New Jersey
Sure Thing – Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho
Re-Buffed – Diehl Gallery – Jacksonhole, Wyoming
Summer Solstice – Gallery Mar – Park City, Utah

2013    Diehl Gallery – Jackson, Wymonig
Soren Christensen Fine Art – New Orleans, Louisiana
Gallery Mar – Park City, Utah
Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho
Remarkable Projects – Miami, Florida
Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Andrea Schwartz Fine Art – San Francisco, California

2012    Smash & Grab – Locust Projects – Miami, Florida
Astolfi Art – Atlanta, Georgia
Art Center South Florida – Winning Art Exhibit – Miami Beach, Florida
Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York

2011    Pulse Art Fair – SFAC Small Wonderz – Miami, Florida
Texas Contemporary Art Fair – Houston, Texas
Art Wynwood art fair – Miami, Florida
San Francisco art fair – Gilman Contemporary – San Francisco, California
ArteAmericas, – SFAC Gallery – Miami, Florida
Under a Big Sky – Visions West Gallery – Bozeman, Montana
Diehl Gallery – Kollabs – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Gilman Gallery – Kollabs – Sun Valley, Idaho
Meyers Gallery – Kollabs – Park City, Utah
Whistler Village Gallery – Kollabs – Whistler, Canada
Black Forrest – SFAC – Miami, Florida
Astolfi Art – Atlanta, Georgia
10th Annual Red Show – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Formas y Tradiciones – Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico

2010    Affordable Art Fair – Myers Contemporary – Tribeca, New York
Circa Art Fair – Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto, Rico
Verge Art Fair – Art Formz Gallery – Miami, Florida
Bosque III – Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho
Bosque II – Astofi Art – Atlanta Georgia
Studio Artists Summer Show – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Small Wonders – Artformz Gallery – Miami, Florida

2009    ArteAmericas 09’ – Miami, Florida

9th Annual Red Show – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
Into the Wild – Carol Jazzar Contemporary -, Miami, Florida
Smash & Grab – Locust Projects – Miami, Florida
Dirty Linen New Orleans – Graphite Gallery -New Orleans, Louisiana
The Green Show – Art Department Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
Earth Day – Miami Beach City Hall – Miami, Florida
Spring Sequence – Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
New Phase – Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico

2008    Scope Art Fair Miami – Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art – Miami, Florida
Bridge Art Fair NY – Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art – New York, New York
Art Department Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
Form-Function – Miami, Florida
20th Anniversary Exhibition – Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Just the Mischief made its way outside… – South Florida Art Center – Miami, Florida
Against the Grain – Bakehouse Gallery – Miami, Florida
Abracadabra – Art & Cultural Center of Hollywood – Hollywood, Florida

2007    Art Miami – Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art – Miami, Florida

Bridge Art Fair – Miami, Florida
CIRCA Puerto Rico – Viota Gallery – PR Convention Center – San Juan, Puerto Rico
ArteAmericas Art Fair – Naomi Silva Gallery – Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami, Florida
Beneath the Surface – Miami-Dade College – Miami, Florida
FARBE – S. Florida Art Center – Miami, Florida
Writings on the Wall, Cheryl Hazan Gallery – Tribeca, New York
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    CIRCA Puerto Rico, Viota Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico
ArteAmericas Art Fair -Viota Gallery – Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami, Florida
Art Miami, Lurie Gallery – Miami, Florida

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
ATL{06}, ARThouse – Atlanta, Georgia
B10, Miami-Dade College – Miami, Florida

2005    Palm Beach3 – R.Duane Reed Gallery – Palm Beach, Florida
Art Miami – R. Duane Reed Gallery – Miami, Florida
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

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

2003    ShawnVinson Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
A.Cueto Gallery – San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 

2022    “Resistencias, feminismos y otras reflexiones” (Resistance, Feminism and Other Reflectitons”), Revista Cruce,

2018    BOCA MAG –Arts Warehouse Dwelling Explores the Two Americas

2016    Kollabs: A Collaboration of Artists, Cities and the Environment – Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles – January

2014    Interpreters Discussion Panel – moderated by John Loscuito FGCU Gallery Director- Florida Gulf Coast University – Ft Myers, Florida

2013    Revista Cruce – Escuela de Ciencias, Humanidades y Cominicationes de la Universidad Metropolitana
“Función y Voluntad” (16 de septiembre de 2013) Issue

2012    “Art Post Permanence” discussion panel, the Frost Art Museum – moderated by Carol Damian, Director of The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum.
Art is About- Contemporary Art Publication interview

2012    The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum , Aesthetics & Values Exhibition
Hialeah Success – Comcast Interview
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum , Aesthetics & Values Exhibition Book and Catologue March issue

2011    Revista Cruce – Escuela de Ciencias, Humanidades y Cominicationes de la Universidad Metropolitana
“La Casa Del Yo Y EL Otro” – Luis Garica-Nerey. October 3rd, 2011 Issue

2010    Naples Post – Florida Contemporary 2010 – Naples Museum of Art

 

2009    The Self and the Other; Luis Garcia-Nerey, (Book) Published by John D. MacArthur Campus Library Florida Atlantic University

2008    Una Cuidad Portatil, El Nuevo Dia de 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 de Puerto Rico, (Mar)
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