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The History of Carlos Luna

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Latin American artist Carlos Luna was born in 1969 in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. His artwork explores across a deep body of work how memories and imagination affect temporal perception drawing deeply upon a rich culture. Luna has focused his artistic career on several artistic mediums including painting, drawing, sculptures, ceramics, mosaics, and jacquard tapestries. In each art form he is highly original, technically sound and constantly provocative. He is one of the few artists who has mastered multiple art mediums.

In 1991 Carlos immigrated to Mexico and began his experimentation with art. Luna immersed himself in the vibrancy of Mexican art and culture. He first started creating drawings on amate paper and his work with Talavera ceramics which would become iconic and sought-after mediums that he has mastered throughout his career.

In 2001 he immigrated again, this time to Miami, FL accompanied by with his wife and three children. Since his relocation Luna has found notoriety within the contemporary art movement and gained success in the United States.

Latin American artist Carlos Luna was born in 1969 in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. His artwork explores across a deep body of work how memories and imagination affect temporal perception drawing deeply upon a rich culture. Luna has focused his artistic career on several artistic mediums including painting, drawing, sculptures, ceramics, mosaics, and jacquard tapestries. In each art form he is highly original, technically sound and constantly provocative. He is one of the few artists who has mastered multiple art mediums.

 

In 1991 Carlos immigrated to Mexico and began his experimentation with art. Luna immersed himself in the vibrancy of Mexican art and culture. He first started creating drawings on amate paper and his work with Talavera ceramics which would become iconic and sought-after mediums that he has mastered throughout his career.

In 2001 he immigrated again, this time to Miami, FL accompanied by with his wife and three children. Since his relocation Luna has found notoriety within the contemporary art movement and gained success in the United States.

Although Luna began his career as a contemporary painter his work has constantly evolved and continues to progress to date. Luna experiments with new art media and expands upon the ways in which he uses drawings to portray, recount, and explore personal, national and trans-national awakenings.

 

Luna has emerged as a notable representative and figurehead for the contemporary art scene. To further attest to his growing popularity, his work as a sculptor currently enhances public spaces nationally and internationally and his works have been featured in Sotheby’s auctions.

 

His career is full of both solo art exhibitions and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally. His solo exhibitions held by museums, art galleries, and art shows have been featured at : American University Museum, The Frost Art Museum, Boca Raton Museum of Art, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Latin American Art, The Bass Museum of Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Polk Museum of Art, Scope Miami Beach Art Fair, Heather James Fine Art, and Art of the World Gallery among others.

Luna has also participated in group exhibitions at: The Boca Museum of Art, The Polk Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Franz Mayer Museum, Heather James Fine Art, Art Basel, Art Miami, Art Stage Singapore, KIAF Art Seoul, Houston Fine Art Fair and Palm Springs Fine Art Fair among others.

Education

1987-91

Visual Arts College (Instituto Superior de Arte), Havana, Cuba.
  

1984-87

National School of the Arts (Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, ENAP), Havana, Cuba.
  

1983-84

Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.
 

1980-83

School of Visual Arts (Escuela Provincial de Artes Plasticas), Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Awards

2008

Artist in Residence; Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
New American Paintings; Juried Exhibition-in-Print, Number 76. *
Grant award; Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York. *

   

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, Cuba.
  

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, Cuba.

   

1988

First Prize; Salon de la Ciudad, Luz y Oficio Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

First Prize; IV Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
  

1987

Honorable Mention; Salón de la Ciudad, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
   

1986

“Salón Interescolar” Award; Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas and Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.
  

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 United States.

Auctions

2009

Sotheby’s Latin American Art, [Lot 175] November 19, 2009, New York, New York.

Auction 09, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 43], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.  
  

2008

Sotheby’s Latin American Art, [Lot 250] November 19, 2008, New York, New York.

Sotheby’s Latin American Art, [Lot 277] May 30, 2008, New York, New York.

Auction 08, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 31], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.

The Rare Event Auction, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida.
  

2007

Sotheby’s Latin American Art, [Lot 290] November 21, 2007, New York, New York.
The Rare Event Auction, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida.

Auction Carnaval do Rio – Oba, The ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona.

2006

Sotheby’s Latin American Art, [Lot 185] May 25, 2006, New York, New York.

Auction 06, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 8 & 151], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.

  

2005

Auction 05, Contemporary Latin American Art, [Lot 22], Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.

Internacional Kids Fund, Latin American Art Auction 2005, Miami Art Central, Miami, Florida.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 · Carlos Luna: Beyond the Surface; Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA

2022 · Ladies First: The Art of Carlos Luna; Museum of Arts & Science, Daytona Beach, FL*

2020 · Carlos Luna: Recent Works; Heather James Fine Art, Long Beach, CA
· Carlos Luna: Black and White; Pazo Fine Art, Kensington, MD
· Carlos Luna Art; Studios on the Mile, Coral Gables, FL

2018 · Flower Power; Art of the World Gallery, Houston, TX*

· Public Art Project; Zócalo, Fiscalía, Panteón, Puebla, Mexico

2017 · Deep Line, Drawings by Carlos Luna; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

· Green Machine: The Art of Carlos Luna; American University Museum, Washington, DC*

· Dialogues: Carlos Luna; Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Forth Smith, AR

· Scope Miami; Espinasse 31, Milan Italy

2016 · Green Machine: The Art of Carlos Luna; Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños, Oaxaca, Mexico *

2015 · Green Machine: The Art of Carlos Luna; Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL *

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, 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 College, 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*

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, Cuba

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

2023 · Figurative Masters of the Americas; Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in partnership with Heather James Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL

2022 · Weaving Identities: African Diasporic Art of the Americas; McCalla School, Indiana University Bloomington, IN.

· Beyond The Plate/Contemporary Ceramics from The Rodriguez Collection; Museum of Arts & Science, Daytona Beach, FL*

· Ida y vuelta: Talavera Poblana; Museo Poblano de Arte Virreinal, Puebla, Mexico

2021 · Timelines in Cuban Art; Feldenkreis Cultural Center, Miami, FL

2020 · Art Looking North; The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL

· Fine Arts on the Plate; Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL *

2019 · Crosscurrents; Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL

· Art Miami; Art of the World Gallery, Miami, FL

· Art Stage Singapore; Art of the World Gallery, Singapore

2018 · Nomadic Murals: Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

· ART: The Fifth Element; Art of the World Gallery, Houston, TX

· Exile: 50 years of Cuban-American Exile Art from the Permanent Collection; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL

· Cuban Art of the 1980s, the Reynardus Collection; Art Ovation, Sarasota, FL

· Exintex; Dodo Rugs, Puebla, Mexico

2017 · Latin American Art; Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA *

· Homage to Mango Street, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY

2016 · Evocación al Paisaje; Manuel García Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, México

· Talavera Poblana. Pasado y Presente; Franz Mayer Museum, México D.F. *

· Group Show; Art of the World Gallery, Houston, TX

2015 · KIAF Art Seoul; Art of the World Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

· 75 años, 75 artistas; Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico.

· Agave y Caña; Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Miami, FL *

2014 · Concept, Art Basel; Galeria Medicci, Miami, FL

· FIA; XXll Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Galeria Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela *

· Group Show; Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA

2013 · Art Wynwood Fair; Galeria Medicci, Miami, FL

· FIA; XXll Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Galeria Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela *

· Houston Fine Art Fair; Art Of The World, Houston, TX

2012 · Houston Fine Art Fair; Art Of 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 *

· Grabado; University of the Arts, Havana, Cuba.

2011 · Salon d’Automne 2011: l’AlteRnaTive; Paris *

· Group Show; Heather James Fine Art, Jackson, WY

· Cuba On My Mind; The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

· Independiente; Espacio-Reforma, Oaxaca, Mexico *

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

· Alarca, Talavera Contemporanea; El Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico DF *

· Art Miami; Gomez Fine Art-Galeria, San Juan, PR *

· Arte Americas; Maxioli Gallery, Miami, FL *

· Group Show. Latin American Art Gallery; Scottsdale, Arizona

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

· Works on paper; Osuna Art, Bethesda, Maryland

· Arte Americas; George Billis Gallery, Convention Center, Miami, FL *

· 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 Nochez:  Lopez Quiroga Gallery, Mexico D.F.

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 *

· 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 *

· Anatomía; Oscar Roman Gallery, Mexico DF

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
Museum of Arts & Science, Daytona Beach, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, 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, México

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

Complejo Cultural Universitario BUAP, Puebla, Mexico

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 Playa, 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. 

A U C T I O N S

2016 · Freeman’s Modern & Contemporary Art, [Lots 103, 104 & 105] December 6, 2016, Philadelphia, PA

2015 · Latin American Art Auction # 767, [Lot 15] Morton Auction House, Mexico, DF

· Latin American Art Auction #745, [Lot 122] Morton Auction House, Mexico, DF

2014 · Latin American Art Auction #726, [Lots 136 & 137] Morton Auction House, Mexico, DF

2013 · Latin American Art Auction #670, [Lot 197] Morton Auction House, Mexico, DF

2012 · All About Art, [Lot 47] Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL

· Mexican and Other Artists Art Auction #642, [Lot 158] Morton Auction House, Mexico, DF

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

· Modern and Contemporary Art Auction, [Lot 158] Morton Auction House, Mexico, DF

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

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