Painting Grad Student / Teaching Assistant

l.blanco@miami.edu

Education:

University of Miami, 2002-2005 MFA Candidate,

Western Michigan University, Cum Luade, 2002 BFA Painting, BA German

Free University of Berlin, Art History Exchange Student 1999-2000

 

Teaching Experience

Art 101, Introduction to Drawing. University of Miami, Department of Art and Art History

2003-2004, 2004-2005

Art 103, Introduction to Design. University of Miami, Department of Art and Art History 2004,

Private Art Instructor, Painting and Drawing

 

Solo Exhibits:

2004                  Output Mode Palette, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida

2002                  Honors Thesis: “Tributes to Trieble, a drawing exhibit”, Lee Honors College, WMU

2002                   BFA Show WMU, Kalamazoo Michigan

2002                  Frame Station, Kalamazoo Michigan, Large Scale Nude Paintings

2002                   Landscapes at the Kalamazoo Nature Center, Drawings and Paintings

 

Group Shows:

2004                  Within These Walls, Group Show of Interiors, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida

2004                  Cup, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida

2003                  Easel Rider Group Show, Coral Gables, Florida

2003                  University of Miami Student Show, Coral Gables, Florida

2002                  6 X 9 Paintings Group Show, Rotunda Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan

2002                  Carnegie Center for the Arts Juried Fine Art Competition, Three Rivers, Michigan

2001                   Western Michigan University Student show

1997                   Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Group Show

  

Awards:

2003                                 Deans Purchase Award, University of Miami

1998, 2002                   Award Art Star award WMU

1999, 2001                   Angie Gayman Carmer Art Scholarships WMU

2001, 2002                   Enrichment Grant WMU

1997, 1998                   Art Excellence Scholarship WMU

 

Public Collections:

Western Michigan University

Lee Honors College WMU

Waldo Library WMU

University of Miami

 

Private Collections:

Represented in collections in Spain, Germany, Poland, Turkey, and the United States, complete list upon request.

 

Jurors who have selected works by Lucas R. Blanco:

Don Desmett, Director of collections & Exhibitions, Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts

Mitchell Willcox, Sculptor

Robert Huff, Chair of the Art Department at Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus

Elizabeth Hall, Multimedia Artist

 

Publications:

Cover Art for The Laureate Literary Journal WMU

 

Links:

http://homepage.mac.com/lucasblanco