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  Luisa Caldwell

luisacaldwell@gmail.com

Select Solo Exhibitions & Projects:

2011    Sweeet, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, NY, NY
           Primavera, Bowery Arts + Science Art Wall @ Bowery Poetry Club, NY, NY
           Umbrella Organization & Pyramid Scheme, Bloomberg SP11, Randall’s Island, NY
2009    Jetfire, temporary public sculpture, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
           Nature Box, temporary public sculpture, collaborative project with
                             CEC Artslink Workshop, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2007    Luisa Caldwell, Swarovski- Parcours St. Germain de Pres, Paris, France
2006    Floralisitc, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY
2004    Arabesque, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
           Jetfire, temporary outdoor public sculpture, Village Green, Summit, NJ
2002    Barney’s New York, Window Project, New York
           Whose House, Florence Lynch Gallery, New  York, NY
1999    Cow Palace, SculptureCenter, Artist-in-Residence, New York, NY


Select Group Exhibitions:

2011   Everything’s Coming Up Roses, WG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
          Urban Legend, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
          Our House in the Middle of Our Street, Maison des Arts, Malakoff, Paris
2010   Franconia Sculpture Park, summer group show, MN
          Sculpture Key West, West Martello, Key West, Florida
          Stuck Up, Islip Museum, Islip, New York
2009   Back To The Garden Deutsche Bank Galleries, New York, NY
          Twin Twin III, Big & Small/Casual Gallery, LIC, NY
          You Are What You Eat, MASSMoCA,Kidspace  North Adams, MA
          Shrink Wrap. Alliance Gallery, Narrowsburg, PA
2008   Sculpture Key West, West Martello, Key West, Florida
          Art & Illusion:Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation
                             Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
          London Confidential, Mews 42, London
2007   Delicatessan Florida Atlantic University Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
          Rendez-vous, La Nouvelle Athene, Paris, France
          The Eclectic Eye, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans (CACNO), New Orleans
          Sugar Buzz, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York
2006   Slick, Vanessa Suchar/Le Salon For Art Collectors, Paris, France
          Photos & Phantasy, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University,
                                     Malibu, CA
          Site92, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2005   Art and Illusion, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
          Traces d’Enfance, Galerie, RX, Paris, France
          Sculpture Key West, Ft. Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
2004   Convergence, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
2003   The History of the Lagoon As it Once Was, Site-Specific Project
                          Cannareggio, Extra 50 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1999   Fin-de-Siecle Salon, P.S. 122, New York, NY
1998   Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
          Ferrocious, The Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997   Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
          From The Ground Up, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
          Emerging Sculptors #10, Sculpture Center, New York, NY


Select Awards & Grants:

2010   Jerome Foundation Grant, sculpture grant for Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
2009   MTA Arts for Transit Commission East 180th St. Bronx ($178,000), NYC
2007   Percent for Art Public Commission ($68,000),  Dept. of Cultural Affairs
                          PS 244, Queens, NY
1999   BCAT/Rotunda Gallery Video Workshop, Full Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY
1998   Manhattan Graphics Center Workshop, Full Scholarship, New York, NY
1996   The Jerome Foundation Award, Emerging Artist Residency Program,
                             Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
1991   Artists Space Grant New York City, NY


Select Residencies & Visiting Artist:

2011   College of the Atlantic, Maine, student installation workshop
2010   MASSMoCA Iron Chef at Kidspace, Hunter Theater, MASSMoCA, N.Adams, MA
2009   CEC Arts Link VisArt Workshop Residency, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
          Artist Residency, Kidspace/MASSMoCA, N.Adams, MA
2007   Visiting Artist, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2004   PS 1/MoMA Summer Celebration, collaboration w/ Robert Hickman, PS 1, LIC, NY
1997   Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont
1996   Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY


Education:

1987  MFA Sculpture, University of Iowa
1986  BA Art History, University of Iowa


Select Bibliography:

2011  “Bienvenue A La Maison”, Le Parisien, May 26, 2011  
         “Everything’s Coming Up… Diverse, Delightful”, Schmerler, Sarah,
                   WG News +Arts.com, review w/photos, May 16, 2011
2010  “Stuck on Art”, Parks Steve, NY Newsday, April 7, 2010, review + photo
           Sculpture Key West, catalogue, Wei, Lilly, image and description
2009   Public Art for Public Schools, Cohen, Michele, The Monacelli Press, Pg. 215
          “Exhibit Hits You Right In The Sweet Spot”, McQuaid, Cate,
                           The Boston Globe, October 25, 2009
2008   “Art at Land’s End”, Wilkin, Karen, article, Art in America, September
          Sculpture Key West , Ceruti, Mary, catalogue
2007   Delicatessen, Shpungin, Diana, catalogue image and essay, FAU
          “Art With Marching Orders”, Ryzik, Melena-videos Sept.10, 2007
                                TheNewYorkTimes.com
          Sweet’Art ou l’Art de la Gourmandise, Judicael Lavrador, Beaux Arts, catalogue
          Sugar Buzz”, Martha Scwendener, Art in Review, The New York Times, May 11
          “Fattening Goodies in All Their Glory”, Benjamin Genocchio, photo,
                              The New York Times, Sunday, April 8, 2007
2006  “Site92”, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Fri., Feb 24
         “Luisa Caldwell, E.K. Clark, Floralisitc”, M, Summer 2006
2004   “Art Market,” Eileen Kinsella, RG. Charles, article with photo, ARTnews, December
          “FIAC,” Ana Berlin, ArtMagazine Oct. 28
          “Artists in New York”, Kathy Chang, Discovery: Cathay Pacific, July
          “Rendezvous avec l’art contemporain,”  Frederique Jourdaa, Le Parisien, Oct 21
          “La FIAC en Image” Le Quotidien Le Journal des Arts Oct 2
          “Art in Flight”, Laurel Graeber, The New York Times, Fri., July 23
2003   “Handmade in New York,” Shax Reigler, House & Garden, June
2002   Florence Lynch Gallery Presents…, Carolyn Gray Anderson, catalogue essay
2001   "The Long View," Elizabeth Pochoda, House & Garden, article w/photo, Aug.
2000   Artforum, photograph, September
1999   "Luisa Caldwell-Cow Palace," The New Yorker, Oct. 4
           "Luisa Caldwell, Cow Palace," Ken Johnson, The NY Times, Fri. Sept. 17
1997    "Sculpture Adorns the Urban Terrain," Roberta Smith, NYTimes, Aug 8
           "Site-Specifics," Helen A Harrison, The NY Times, review, June 8
           "Brookworld," Janet Koplos, Art in America, review, December
           "Sculpture That Basks in Summer," Holland Cotter , The NY Times, Aug, 9

Collections:

Deutsche Bank, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Conde Nast, NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority, Tennis Express, NYC Department of Education, Sprint Corporation Art Collection, Weisz & Yoes Architecture,
and many private collections