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
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