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Lita Albuquerque Biography
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1968 |
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BFA, cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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1983 |
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National Endowment for the Arts; Art in Public Places
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1984 |
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National Endowment for the Arts; Art in Public Places
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1990 |
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National Endowment for the Arts; Art in Public Places
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1996 |
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Cairo Biennale Prize, Sixth International Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
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1996 |
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Arts International - U.S. Artist Representative for the Cairo Biennale, Egypt
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2002 |
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Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Perugia, Italy
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2005 |
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City of Los Angeles Fellowship Award, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
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2006 |
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National Science Foundation Artist And Writer’s Grant, Antarctica.
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2006 |
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Distinguished Woman Artist of 2006, Fresno Art Museum Council
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Pekin Fine Art, Bejing, China (solo)
Freeze, a collaboration with architect Christoph Kapeller, Alaska Center of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
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2008
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Peter Nagy, New Delhi, India (solo)
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2007
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Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
Hentschell Gallery, Des Moines, IA (solo)
Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA (solo)
Deborah Page Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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2006
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Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Fred Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (solo)
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2005
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As Above So Below: Art as Political Space, Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA (solo)
The Big Book Show, Kellogg Gallery, Cal State Pomona, CA
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2004
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Bio Ballistic, Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
100 Artists See Satan, Grand Central Art Center, Cal State University, Fullerton, CA
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2003
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Of Earth and Sky, Elements in Abstraction, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Made in CA: selected works from Frederick Weisman Foundation, Todd Madigan Art Gallery, Cal State University, Bakersfield, CA
Special Projects Gallery, Art Museum Council, LA County Museum of Art, CA
Exploring the Cosmos, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Made in California: Selections from the R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
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2002
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Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California (solo)
California Art from the Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
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2001
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Peter Nagy Gallery, New Delhi, India (solo)
St. John of the Divine, curated by Peter Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Romancing the Universe, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Horizon Drawing Center, New York, NY
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2000
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Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, New York
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1999
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Twelve Divas, Molly Barnes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA,
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1998
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Sunshine and Noir, Louis Stern Gallery in conjunction with the Armand Hammer Museumís, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Sunshine and Noir, William Turner Gallery in conjunction with the Armand Hammer Museumís, Venice, CA (solo)
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1996
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Akhnaten Galleries, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
Bakersfield Museum of Art and Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Rear View, California State University, Northridge, CA
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1995
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Particle Memory, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Made in LA: Prints of Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1994
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University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Southern California: The Conceptual Landscape, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
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1993
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The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (solo)
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1992
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Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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Selected Public Art Projects and Commissions
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2006 City of Santa Monica,Santa Monica Arts Commission Third Street Promenade Banners.
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2006 New Central Public Library, Minneapolis, MN, Ripple Effect, with architect Cesar Pelli (sculptural main lobby installation currently in progress)
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2004 Chapman University Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Orange, CA, Stellar Score (sculptural vestibule installation)
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2004 California Institute of Technology, Stellar Mapping II, Pasadena, CA site-specific outdoor work
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2003 New Central Public Library, Minneapolis, MN architect Cesar Pelli (sculptural installation currently in progress)
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2003 Chapman University Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Orange, CA (sculptural installation currently in progress)
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2002 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA, architect Jose Raphael Moneo. Entrance Courtyard Fountain and Plaza (in collaboration with Robert Kramer)
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2001 Saitama Guest Center, Saitama, Tokyo, Japan
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2000 Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt, Millennium Illumination # 1 (in collaboration with Tarek Naga)
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