Lydia Rubio

Lydia Rubio’s multidisciplinary works are distinguished by the use of words and images in multi-paneled pieces and integrated installations. Her multimedia works suggest discontinuous narratives,riddles in spatial sequences,paintings are often accompanied by artist journals.
Ms. Rubio has completed important public art commissions. In 2008 The Gate of Earth,a large scale sculpture and terrazzo design for the Raleigh Durham Airport,and in 2009 The Women’s Park Art Gates,for Miami Dade County Art in Public Places. The Gate of Air,a second RDU commission,will be completed in December 2010.
She is a recipient of the Creative Capital Professional Development Fellowship in 2010 and 2007,Pollock Krasner Fellowship in 2006,the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting 1994 the Cintas Fellowship 1982 and a Graham Foundation Award in 1975.
Lydia Rubio’s works are in the permanent collections of Museum of Fine Arts of Indiana University,Santa Barbara Museum of Art,the University of Southern California in Los Angeles,the Wolfsonian FIU,the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale,Miami Dade Community College,The Lowe Art Museum,The Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami,The Frost Art Museum,Bryn Mawr College and Lehigh University Art Galleries,and important private collections in New York,Miami and Europe. She has traveled extensively and lived in Italy,Puerto Rico,Boston and New York. She is now based in Miami,Florida and currently represented by Beaux Arts Des Ameriques in Montreal QB.

EDUCATION

1974 Master in Architecture,Harvard University GSD. Cambridge.MA
1969 Bachelor in Architecture,University of Florida. Gainesville,FL
1969 Urban Design Studies Universita Degli Studi,School of Architecture,Florence Italy.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Beaux Arts des Ameriques,Montreal CA. October “ L Extrangere “
2008 NOBE 67 Art Fair,Art Basel curated by Milagros Bello,Miami Beach,FL
2008 Kunsthaus Miami,Wynwood,FL “ Disclosures”
2003 The Americas Collection,Coral Gables FL,“Arco Invisible”.
Bass Museum of Art,Lydia Harrison Cafe,Miami Beach,FL.
2002 Coral Gables Public Library,Coral Gables FL,Alphabet Series.
2001 Bernice Steinbaum Gallery,Miami,FL,Project Room.
1998 Miami-Dade Cultural Resource Center,Miami,FL,“In an Image”. Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art,FL “Fragments of the Sea”. Bridgewater Lustberg,New York,“Alphabet of Invisible Islands”.
1996 Joyce Goldstein Gallery,New York,“Written On Water”.
1995 Gutierrez Fine Arts,Miami Beach,FL,“Written On Water”.
1994 William R. Frizzel Center,Ft. Myers,FL,“Connected Fragments”.
1994 Bianca Lanza,Miami Beach,FL,“Dangerous Journeys”.
1993 M. Gutierrez Fine Arts,Miami,FL,“Under Paintings by the Inch”.
1992 INTAR Latin American Gallery,NY,“Reflections on the Nuevo Mundo”. Corinne Timsit Gallery,San Juan,PR,“Recent Work”.
1991 Gloria Luria Gallery,Miami,FL,“Personal Landscapes”.
1989 Gloria Luria Gallery,Miami,FL,“New Paintings”.
1987 Sterling Signatures Gallery,Miami Beach,FL,“Paintings and Drawings”.
1985 Bronx Museum of the Arts,Bronx,NY,“Islands:A Still Life Series”.
1982 Harvard University,Dept. of Romance Languages,Cambridge,MA,“Beasts and Landscape”.
1981 Meeting Point Gallery,Coral Gables,FL,“Planar Landscapes and Figures

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Zones Contemporary Fair,Art Basel Miami Dec 1-6
Drawing Show,Edge Zones,Miami FL November
Confluencias ,Silvana Facchini Gallery,Miami FL
2008 Petites Choses ,Beaux Arts Des Ameriques,Montreal CA
2008 A Rare Event,Art Auction Fairchild Tropical Gardens,Miami,Fl
2007 Collins,Lefebvre,Stoneberger. Montreal QC
A Rare Event ,Art Auction ,Fairchild Tropical Gardens,Miami Fl
2006 Unbroken Ties,Dialogues in Cuban Art,Museum of Latin American Art,Long Beach,CA
2003 Saladrigas Gallery,Belen.School,Miami FL “Spatial Identity”
2002 University Gallery U of F Gainesville,FL. “Women at the Verge”
2003 Eugenia Vargas Studio,North Miami,FL. “No Home Show”,
2002 Fred Snitzer Gallery Coral Gables,FL. “No Show”,
Miami Dade Main Library,Miami,FL. “Alphabet Show”
2001 Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale,Naples Museum of Art,“Breaking Barriers”.
2000 Lehigh University Art Galleries,PA,“Hidden Images”,Works on Paper by Contemporary Cuban Artists Curated by Ricardo Viera. Primera Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano,Buenos Aires,Argentina. Espirito Santo Bank,Miami,FL,“Departing Perspectives”,Curated by Fred Snitzer. Florida Visual Artists Fellowship 1998 Gulf Coast Museum of Art,Largo,FL. City of Orlando,Terrace Gallery,Arts Center Galleries,OWCC,Okaloosa,FL. Lowe Art Museum,University of Miami.
1999 José Alonso Fine Arts,Miami,FL,“La Isla”. Snite Museum of Art,University Of Notre Dame,IN,“Breaking Barriers”. Baum Gallery of Fine Art,Univ. of Central Arkansas,“Bound and Unbound”,Books.
1998 Tampa Museum of Art,FL,“Breaking Barriers:Contemporary Cuban Collection”.
1997 Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art,FL,“Breaking Barriers:Contemporary Cuban Collection”. ArtWalk at Lennox Square,Atlanta,GA,“Shrines: The Sacred and Secular in Contemporary Southern Art”. East Tennessee State University,TN,“Latin American Artists” Traveling Exhibition. Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery,NY,“A Big Show of Small Works”. PDX Gallery,Portland,OR,Seattle Art Fair.
1996 Pratt Manhattan Gallery and Schafler Gallery,NYC. “The Boat,Object and Metaphor”.
1995 Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts,FL,“New Acquisitions” MOCA,Center for Contemporary Art,North Miami,FL,“Art + Architecture Miami”. Miami-Dade Main Library,Miami,FL,“Boat Images from South Florida Collections”. Ground Level Gallery,Miami Beach,FL,“Exilio”,curated by Cesar Trasobares.
1994 Bianca Lanza,Miami Beach,FL,“Eight from Miami”.
1993 Ringling Museum of Art,Sarasota,FL,“Featuring Florida: Statewide Juried Exhibition”. Polk Museum,Lakeland,FL,“All-Florida Biennial”. Nexus Gallery and Rosemont College,Philadelphia,PA,“Cuba-USA: The First Generation”. M. Gutierrez Fine Arts,Miami,FL,“Art Miami 93”.
1992 Center for the Arts,Vero Beach,FL,“Walking the Dream: Surrealist Art”. MDCC-Centre Gallery,Miami,FL,“The Gloria Luria Gallery Years:Florida Focus”. USF Contemporary Arts Museum,Tampa,FL. Minnesota Museum of Art,St. Paul,MN and FIU Art Museum,Miami,FL. “Cuba-USA: The First Generation”. Gloria Luria Gallery,Miami,FL,“Art Miami 92”.
1991 MDCC-Wolfson Gallery,Miami,FL,“South Florida Collective I”. Wichita Center for the Arts,KS,“Landscape as a Metaphor for Personal Concerns”,curated by William Struve. Museum of Contemporary Art,Chicago,IL,Fondo Del Sol and John Hopkins University,Washington DC,“Cuba-USA: The First Generation”. Gloria Luria Gallery,Miami,FL,“Art Miami 91”. “Art + Architecture Miami”,North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art. Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts,FL,“South Florida Invitational”,curated by G. Bolge.
1990 Gloria Luria Gallery,Miami,FL,“Florida Artists”. Boca Raton Museum of Art,FL,“Still Life Exhibition”. Hollywood Art and Culture Center,FL,“The Way of the Woman Artist”.
1989 Gloria Luria Gallery,Miami,FL,“Florida Artists”. Hollywood Art and Culture Center,FL,“Latin American Artists of the SE Coastal Region”.
1988 Miami-Dade Public Library,Miami,FL,“Cintas Fellows Revisited”. Contemporary Art Center,New Orleans,LA,“Latin American Artists of the SE Coastal Region”.
1986 Oval Gallery,World Trade Center,New York,“Hispanic Heritage Week”.
1985 Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art –MOCHA–,New York,“Trends”.
1984 AIR Gallery,New York,“Details:A Special Task”.
1981 Helen Shlien Gallery,Boston,MA,“Drawings”.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2007 Creative Capital Professional Development Seminar,Miami Dade
2006 Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship
1996 State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship – Painting. Artist Access Grant. Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs. Women‟s Studio Workshop. Printmaking Residency Fellowship. Rosendale,NY.
1995 State of Florida Artists Fellowship,Honorable Mention.
1994 Miami-Dade Community Foundation Grant. Sarasota Art Association. Best of show,cash award.
1993 Ringling Museum. “Featuring Florida” Statewide juried exhibition. Best of Show.
1990 State of Florida Artists Fellowship,Honorable Mention.
1982 Oscar B. Cintas Foundation,Fellowship Painting.
1975 Graham Foundation,Research Grant .,Research Scholar,Harvard University GSD.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Bryn Mawr College Library,Bryn Mawr,PA.
City of Orlando,FL
FIU Frost Museum of Art,Miami,FL
Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places,FL.
Miami-Dade Main Library,Miami FL
Museum of Art,Fort Lauderdale,FL.
Miami Dade Community College,FL
Mitchell Wolfson ,Miami FL.
Museo Nacional del Grabado,Buenos Aires,Argentina.
Oscar B. Cintas Collection,Florida International University,FL.
Sackner Archive of Concrete Poetry,Miami,FL
Santa Barbara Museum of Art,CA.
University of Southern California,Doheny Library Collection,Iberian and Latin American Studies,Los Angeles CA
University of Miami,Otto Ritchter Library,Coral Gables,FL
Wolfsonian-FIU Museum,Miami Beach,Fl.
Zollner Center,Lehigh University Art Galleries,Philadelphia,PA.

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2009 The Women’s Park Dade County Fl,Exterior metal sculptural fences and gates.
Miami Dade County Art in Public Places and Department of Parks and Recreation. Completion 2.2009
2006- 2010 Raleigh-Durham International Airport,North and South Passenger Terminal Lobbies.
Aluminum sculptures and interior and exterior floor design commissions
Gate of Earth,North Terminal 2 Completed 9.2008
Gate Of Air,South Terminal 2 Commission in progress.
2001 All Night Long,We Heard Birds Passing. Completed Commission Dade County Art in Public Places.Port Of Miami,Terminal #3 Lobby wall. A permanent multimedia installation of sculpture,painting and text. Completed 11,2002. Dim:10 ft x 220 ft x 6ft

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

1983-86 Parsons School of Design,NYC Dept. of Environmental Design. Adjunct Faculty - Visual Thinking Art Studio. Programming and coordination.
1976-78 Harvard University,Cambridge,MA Graduate School of Design. Dept. of Architecture: - Architectural Design Studio Option. Programming and coordination - Core Program Architectural Design Studio.
1970-75 University of Puerto Rico,Rio Piedras,Puerto Rico Dept. of Architecture. Fulltime Instructor: - Design Studios,First and Second Years. Programming and Coordination.

LECTURES,ARTIST TALKS

2009 FIU Fine Arts Student Group,Frost Art Museum
2006 Culture in the City,Miami FL
2003 Lowe Art Museum,Talk to Docents: On the Kress Collection,On Landscape Painting
2002 Miami Art Museum,Miami,Fl. Presentation of recent work
2000 University of South Florida,School of Fine Arts,Tampa,FL.
1998 East Tennessee State University,School of Art,Lecture and workshop.
1992 Miami Dade Community College,South Campus,Fine Arts Programm,Miami,FL. Drawing Studio.New World School for the Arts,Miami,FL. Painting Studio.
1984 Parsons School of Design. Altos de Chavon,Dominican Republic. Visual Arts Studio

L Y D I A R U B IO BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS AND CATALOGS

2004 Dorothy Chaplik,“Defining Latin American Art”,
2001 “Memoria”,Cuban Art of the 20th Century
2000 “Florida Visual Art Fellowships”,1998-1999,Florida Arts Council.
1999 Ana Roca,“Nuevos Mundos: Lectura,Cultura y Comunicacion”,John Wiley and Sons.
1998 Clearwater,Bonnie. “Defining the Nineties”,MOCA,North Miami.
1997 “Latin American Artists – Travel Exhibition”,Dept of Art,East Tennessee State University. Damian,Carol. “Breaking Barriers”,Selection form the Permanent Collection of Cuban Art,Museum of Art,Fort Lauderdale.
“Literatura Abre Mundos”,Simon and Schuster.
1995 “Written on Water”,exhibition at: Gutierrez Fine Arts,Miami;B. Lanza,Miami;Joyce Goldstein,NYC. Dunlop,Beth. “Art + Architecture Miami”,North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art.
1994 Ragaus and Mitler,“Introducing Art”,Glencoe / McGraw Hill.
1994 “Galería Arte y Vida”,Glencoe/McGraw Hill
1992 “Reflections on the Nuevo Mundo”,Intar Latin American Gallery,NYC.
1991 „“Cuba-USA‟ The First Generation”,Fondo del Sol,Washington,DC.
1985 “Trends”,Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art,NYC.
1981 DETAIL,The Special Task”,AIR Gallery,NYC.

PERIODICALS

2009 Kohen,Helen “ An Architect -Turned Artist Sweeping Vision “ Home Miami Aug- Sept
2009 Adriana Herrera,“ Subversiones del los Generos y Lenguage Alternos “ El Nuevo Herald Natural Groupings Show Sivana Facchini Gallery,curated by E Parra May 7
2009 Martin,Lydia “Out of the Box in Art of Life” The Miami Herald,May 9
2009 Morales,L. “West Flagler Women‟s Park Gates Get Feminine Makeover” The Miami Herald,April 15
2009 Morales,L. “Art Panels to Celebrate Work of Miami-Dade Women” The Miami Herald Mar. 9
2008 Marti Maguire “ Visual Art Bloom ,Downtown Clayton re–invents itself ” The News Observer.
2008 Craig Jarvis “ art Takes Flight “ Raleigh News and Observer,10.26.08
2008 Olga Connor,Lydia Rubio: Simbolos y Transformaciones,El Nuevo Herald,March,15
2008 International Literary Journal,Guest Artist for Issue ,May 8
2008 E. Iglesias Lydia Rubio “Vida y Arte en Evolucion” El Nuevo Herald April 8
2007 Richard Goodman,” Lydia Rubio,Books as Works of Art” Feature article,Fine Books and Collections Magazine,July - August
2007 Olga Connor,“Libros de Arte en la Cuban Heritage Collection” Galleria El Nuevo Herald October
2006 Daniella Walsh,“Unbroken ties,Dialogues in Cuban Art” The Register,Long Beach CA

2003 Elisa Turner,“Tropical Twist”,Port of Miami Public Art,The Miami Herald,Mar 30 2003 Olga Connor “Lydia Rubio,En Pleno Vuelo”,El Nuevo Herald,Jan 5 Armando Alvarez Bravo “El Arco Invisible de Viñales” El Nuevo Herald,Jan 26
2002 Justo J. Sanchez “Ships and Dreams”,Gables Magazine,Dec. Gail Meadows,Port of Miami has First Brush with Public Art,The Miami Herald,Dec 12
Milagros Bello,Interviews at Art Basel Miami Beach,Arte al Dia,Dec
2002 Turner,Elisa. “Art Miami Drew Fans,Best Sales Proved Drab”,The Miami Herald,Jan. 10. Connor,Olga. “Article about Design District”,El Nuevo Herald,Jan.
2001 Turner,Elisa. “In Basels‟ Wake”,The Miami Herald,Nov. 11 Connor,Olga. “Lydia Rubio en Bernice Steinbaum‟s”,El Nuevo Herald,Dec.
2000 Turner,Elisa. “Visual Arts Community Debates South Florida State of the Arts”,The Miami Herald,Aug. Marger,M. A. “Art compass points south”,review,St.Petersburg Times,Mar.
24. Turner,Elisa. “Artists Bond in Doomed Building” review of Departing Perspectives,The Miami Herald,Jan. 30. Photo of artist,Installation of Departing Perspectives,Sun Sentinel,Fort Lauderdale. York,Julie. “Far From Home”,Review of Breaking Barriers,South Bend Tribune,Indiana. Jan.
1999 Pittel,Christine. “Miami Ice”,House Beautiful,Oct. Turner,Elisa. “La Isla”,review,The Miami Herald,Aug. 22. Turner,Elisa. “Fragments of the Sea”,review,The Miami Herald,Mar. 7. Álvarez-Bravo,Armando. Fe ature articule,El Nuevo Herald,Par. 19. Hurlburt,Roger. “No-holds-barred Cubas Eric‟”,Sun Sentinel,Oct. 26. de la Nuez,Ivan. “Arte in Miami”,Lapiz,(Spain). Turner,Elisa. “Breaking Barriers”,review,The Miami Herald,Oct. 26. Collom,Jerry. “Shrines”,review,The Atlanta Journal,Sep. 26.
1996 Rios,Alejandro. “Buques fantasmas y el arte de la calle”,La Playa,Feb. Alvarez-Bravo,Armando. “Lydia Rubio,su pincel pinta sobre el agua”,El Nuevo Herald,Jan. 22. Openings “Small Wonders”,Art and Antiques,Jan.
1995 Turner,Elisa. “Surreal Dreamscapes”,The Miami Herald,Dec. 29. Cantor,Judy. “Water,Water Everywhere”,New Times,Dec. 21. Turner,Elisa. “The politics of Boats at Miami-Dade Library”,The Miami Herald,Aug. 13. Turner,Elisa. “Seas of Change”,Feature article,Americas,May/Jun. Berson,Misha. “Shakespeare in Spring”,The Seattle Times,Mar. 5.
1994 “Lydia Rubio: Painting and Sculpture”,Harvard GSD News,Fall. Gladstone,Valerie. “Artist Showcase”,Feature article,Hemispheres,Aug. Kohen,Helen. “Dangerous Journeys”,The Miami Herald,May 13. Connor,Olga. “El Peligroso Viaje de Lydia Rubio”,El Nuevo Herald,May 13.
1993 Turner,Elisa. “Underpaintings by the Inch”,Review of Exhibition,ART News,Dec. Kohen,Helen. “Eight from Miami”,The Miami Herald,Dec. 31. Kohen,Helen. “Art in Public Places”,The Miami Herald,Jul. 18. Fitzgerald,Karl. “$605,000 in Arena Artwork OK‟d”,Miami Today,Jul. 1. Alvarez-Bravo,Armando. “Lydia Rubio y Pablo Cano:Dos visiones de Cuba”,El Nuevo Herald,Apr. 30. Kohen,Helen. “2 of a Kind”,The Miami Herald,Apr. 30.
1992 Hassold,Cris. “Cuba-USA: The First Generation”,Art Papers,Sept. /Oct. Turner,Elisa. “Does „Latin Artist‟ Label…” The Miami Herald,Jun. 14. Review of Exhibition at Corinne Timsit Gallery,the San Juan Star,PR,May 31. Barrios,Mario Alegre. “El Surrealismo de Lydia Rubio”,El Nuevo Día,PR,May 19. “Cuban Art Invades Mainstream”,Exit,FL,May 6.
Alvarez-Bravo,Armando. “Cuba-USA”,El Nuevo Herald,May 3. Kohen,Helen. “Cuba-USA”,The Miami Herald,May 3. “Cuba-USA”,Diario las Américas,FL,Apr. 30. Montane,Diana. “Los paisajes del tiempo de Lydia Rubio”,Feature article + “Lydia Rubio y sus paisajes surrealistas” (cover photo),Éxito,FL,Apr. 29. “Arte: Lydia Rubio”,Miami Mensual,March.
1991 Turner,Elisa. “Tropical Trompe l‟oeil”,Feature article,Southern Accents,Oct. Chaplik,D. “Cuba-USA at Museum of Contemporary Art”. Chicago,Latin American Art,Spring. Alvarez Bravo,Armando. “El silencio y lo imaginado”,El Nuevo Herald,Sept. 27. McCoy,Mary. “Cuban American Exhibit Reflects Loss,Isolation”,Washington Post,June 20. Gibson,Eric.
“Politics Subordinate Work at Cuba-USA Exhibition”,Washington Times,May 30. Richard,Paul. “In a Cuba State of Mind”,Washington Post,May 26. “Shows Not to Miss” (photo),Arts and Antiques,Jan. Alzola,Concha. “Cuadros de Lydia Rubio”,Vanidades,Jan.
1990 Blanc,G. “Bombs and Oranges,Discovering Miami‟s Explosive Art Scene”,Arts Magazine,Nov. Gladstone,Valerie. Review of Exhibition,ART News,January. Arias,Ana Maria. “Palms and Circumstances”,Hispanic Magazine,May.
1989 Turner,Elisa. “Show Features 3 Miami Artists”,Miami Herald,Oct.26. Alvarez Bravo,Armando. “Rubio y Brown en Gloria Luria”,El Nuevo Herald,Oct. 4. Cabrera Infante,Guillermo. “Lydia Rubio combina realismo mágico en sus cuadros”,Diario de las Américas FL,Oct. 15.
1985 Zimmer,William. “An Unusual World of Edifices at the Neuberger Museum”,The New York Times,Oct 20.
1984 Levin. “Detail: The Special Task”,The Village Voice,Jun. 26.
1981 Rosado,Olimpia. “Explica Lydia Rubio su Pintura”,Diario las Américas,FL,Aug. 13. Niurka,Norma. “Arte primitivo,arte geométrico,arte…”,El Miami Herald,Jul. 24.

PUBLISHED WORKS AND BOOK COVERS

2001 Nivia Montenegro,“Mi música en otra parte”,Editorial Verbum.
2000 Suzanne Jill Levine,“Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman”,Farrar Strauss and Giroux.
1999 Ardis Nelson,“Essays on the work of Guillermo Cabrera Infante”,Prentice Hall.
1997 Enrico Mario Santi,“El Acto de las Palabras,Estudios y diálogos con Octavio Paz”,FCE,Mexico.
1996 A. Mignucci Giannoni,“Arquitectura Contemporánea en Puerto Rico,1976-1992.
1994 Severo Sarduy,“From Cuba with a Song”,Sun and Moon Press.
1994 G. Cabrera Infante,“Vista del Amanecer en el Trópico”,Ediciones Universal.
1991 Suzanne Jill Levine,“The Subversive Scribe”,Graywolf Press.
1988 Emir Rodriguez Monegal,collection bookplate. Bryn Mawr College.
1984 Jorge Luis Borges,“Seven Nights”,New Directions,Photo of author