Lia Galletti

Julian Espinal Art Project presents a

mastercraft of expressionism 

Cuban Artist Lia Galletti...

Usual Reality

Acrylic on canvas

22” x 28”

2017

Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1943, Lia Galletti is a painter and

printmaker. She left the island with her family at the age of 17 and

moved to New York, where she finished her education and

started to paint and exhibit her work in New York’s Greenwich

Village and other venues on the east coast. Her father, also an

artist, influenced her path towards becoming an artist as she

watched him paint as a child. Lia is an abstract artist and has

been painting ever since, developing her individual style and

technique. She studied printmaking within the disciplines of

etching, drypoint, linocut, silkscreen and monoprint. Lia exhibited

her work and received an award at The Boston Printmakers,

Brockton Art Museum, Boston, MA (1988). Her work is in their

collection, as well as in the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña,

where she participated at the Ibero American Printmaking

Biennial of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She recently participated in

the Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial at Tama Art University

Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

Lia has had solo exhibitions in Washington, DC; Orisha, Kingston,

Jamaica and in Florida at Art Miami and Art Americas in Miami

and Interstices at the Capitol Complex in Tallahassee. She has

participated in collective expositions in the US, including

Caribbean Visions: Painting and Sculpture (a traveling exhibition

in 1995); Cadaqués, Spain; Ottawa, Canada; and Mexico City (VI

Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte Pedro Domecq). She participated

in the Art In Embassies program in 1995 at the American

Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. Lia has received several awards,

including State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship HM Visual

Arts/Painting (2000). Her work is in several private and public

collections, including Bacardi International and The Art Museum

of the Americas at the Organization of American States,

Washington, DC. Her work has sold at Sotheby’s New York. Lia

Galletti currently lives in Miami, Florida, where she has her studio.

Solo Exhibitions
2014 RED Art Show, Shangri-La Springs, Bonita Springs, FL

(Oct 8-Dec 3)
2014 ABSTRACT GROUND, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL 

(Nov 7-Dec)
2012 RECENT WORKS, Tower Gallery, Sanibel, FL (Feb-Mar)
2011 REFLECTIONS ON CANVAS, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers. FL 

(Sept-Oct)
2003 INTERSTICES, Capitol Complex, Tallahassee, FL 

(March 31-June 20)
2001 RECENT PAINTINGS, Colonial Bank Centre, Miami, FL 

(April 11-25)
2000 PAINTING, Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC (November 2-30)
2000 PAINTINGS, Maxoly Cuban Fine Art, Miami, FL 

(Sept 29-October 31)
2000 RECENT WORKS, Inter-American Development Bank Art Gallery,
Washington, DC (July 17-28)
1998 RECENT WORKS, Roberto Menezes Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1996 ART MIAMI ‘96, Miami Beach Convention Center, 

Miami Beach, FL
1995 IN THE HEART OF MIAMI, Metro-Dade Cultural 

Resource Center, Miami, FL
1993 ORISHA, The Frame Centre Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica 

(September 9-30)
1987 PRINTMAKING Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1985 PRINTMAKING Miami Press Printmaking Workshop, Miami, FL

Objective Breakup

Acrylic on canvas

28” x 22”

2017

Two Man Shows

1996 TWO GENERATIONS: Father and Daughter,

Antonio Moreno-Peñalver and Lia Galletti, Lia Galletti Gallery, 

Coral Gables, FL

1994 ART AMERICAS, Antonio Moreno-Peñalver and Lia Galletti

Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL

1993 THE CARDS ARE ON THE TABLE, Alina Cruz and Lia Galletti

Florida International University, Miami, FL

Three Man Shows

1988 RECENT WORKS: Roberto Estopiñán, Lia Galletti and Victor Gómez, The Kimberly Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017 CLOSEUP II: NINE CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ARTISTS,

Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selingsgrove, PA

(September 2-October 8)

Alberto Carol, Ivonne Ferrer, Lia Galletti, Rafael Lopez-Ramos, Aldo

Menendez, Ismael Gomez-Peralta, Victor Gomez, Heriberto Mora

and Aimee Perez

POP GOES THE PALETTE, Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah, FL

(April 27-May 26)

POSITIVE/NEGATIVE Juried Exhibition, Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL (June 2-26)

6TH GUANLAN INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL CHINA 2017,

China Print Museum, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China (May-July)

HIALEAH PARK ART EXHIBIT: CELEBRATING 95 YEARS,

Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah, FL (April 27-May 26)

WOMEN: IT'S ALL ABOUT US

Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah, FL (March 10 - April)

TOKYO International Mini Print Triennale in SAPPORO Triennale 2015

Touring Exhibition - Planis Hall, JR Sapporo Tower, Japan 

(January 18 - 30)

PENTAVISIONS: FIVE CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ARTISTS

Alberto Carol, Lia Galletti, Ismael Gomez-Peralta, Victor Gomez

and Aimee Perez, Ivette Arango Interior Design, (February 3 - 28)

JOSE MARTI ART EXHIBIT, Milander Center for the Arts,

Hialeah, FL (January 27 - February 24)

Fearless

Acrylic on canvas

30” x 30”

2018

2016 CLOSEUP: EIGHT CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ARTISTS

Alberto Carol, Ivonne Ferrer, Lia Galletti,Rafael Lopez-Ramos, Aldo Menendez, Ismael Gomez-Peralta, Victor Gomez and Aimee Perez

Webber Gallery at University of Central Florida, Ocala, FL 

(July 7-August 18)

ART IN FLIGHT: 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL (July 8 – July 30)

FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY

The Baker Museum, Naples, FL (January 27 - April 20, 2016)

2015 ART IN FLIGHT: 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Exhibition

Southwest Florida International Airport (July 2015-July 2016)

Art of the HeART, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft. Myers, FL 

(June 5-26)

29TH ALL FLORIDA JURIED EXHIBITION,

Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL (June 5-27)

AWAGAMI INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION 2015

The Hall Awa Japanese Handmade Paper, Tokushima, Japan 

(Oct 10-Nov 8)

BEST IN SHOW: THE PAST DECADE, Alliance for the Arts, 

Fort Myers, FL

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MINI PRINT TRIENNIAL 2015

Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan 

(September 26-November 8)

http://www2.tamabi.ac.jp/timpt/5th/photo/

PRINTMAKING, March 6-24, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2014 28TH ALL FLORIDA JURIED EXHIBITION

Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL (May 30-June 28)

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BIENNIAL 2014

Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED

Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL (August 8-29)

WORKS ON PAPER NYC III Group Show

Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY (June 29 - August 3)

BASED ON BOOKS, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL (January 31-February 26)

Mental

Acrylic on canvas

30” x 30”

2018

2013 27TH ALL FLORIDA JURIED EXHIBITION

Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL (May 31-August 2)

DYNAMO ART COCOWALK GALLERY, Breaking Ground Exhibition,

Cocowalk, Coconut Grove FL, (February 16-May 6)

ART OF THE BOOK, Group Show

Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL (February 8-24)

2012 BACARDI, commissioned a design to celebrate 150th Anniversary

WORLD OF FASHION

Big Arts, Sanibel, FL (November 2-December1)

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS GROUP SHOW

HOWL Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL (November 2 - December 2)

STATE OF MIND 2012: A POLITICAL ISSUES SHOW

Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL (October 5-November 7)

BLACK AND WHITE, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL 

(Aug 10-Sep 1)

SIGNS, Arts for ACT Gallery, Fort Myers, FL (July 6-31, 2012)

IT'S RAINING ART

Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL (June)

MULTIPLES, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL (January - February)

2011 THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, Fort Myers, FL 

(October 9-November 19)

SWFL LIVES!, HOWL Gallery/Tattoo, Fort Myers, FL (Opening July 1)

ROAD TRIP, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL (Opening August 19)

SHOW YOURSELF, Arts for ACT Gallery, Fort Myers, FL 

(Opening January 7)

2D / 3D, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

False Contrast

Acrylic on canvas

22” x 28”

2017

2010 DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, 

Ft Myers, FL

2D / 3D, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2009 ABSTRACTOMICINA, Cremata Art Gallery, Miami, FL

2008 8 ON 8 Group Show, Maria Sonia Martin Gallery, Miami, FL

2D / 3D, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

OUTSIDE THE BOX, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2005 ARTS FOR ACT Auction, Fort Myers, FL

2004 THE MASTER’S MYSTERY ART SHOW, Ritz Carlton Hotel, 

Miami Beach, FL

2002 PURIM BALL 2002, Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL (Jan. 2002)

2001 1st SALON OF CUBAN ART ON PAPER,

SONO Gallery, New York, NY

2000 GROUP SHOW, Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC

NOW Annual National Conference, Miami Beach, FL

1999 HOLIDAY SHOW, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL

20 YEARS WITH THE ARTISTS, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL

FIFTY ARTISTS: ONE HUNDRED WORKS

Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Coral Gables, FL

1998 18TH MINI-PRINT INTERNATIONAL, Cadaques, Spain

THE ARTFUL BOOK, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

FUTURE VISIONS, O&Y Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

SANTA FE ART CLASSIC, Santa Fe, NM

1997 FUTURE VISIONS, Alfredo Martinez Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

1996 WE WOMEN, Group Show, Lia Galletti Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

1995-1998 CARIBBEAN VISIONS: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL

Center for African American History and Culture,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

African American Museum, Dallas, TX

ART IN EMBASSIES, American Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica

1993 IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

SOCA GAKAI FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, Hollywood, FL

1992 DARMAY ART GALLERY, San José, Costa Rica

CASA DE LA CULTURA, San José, Costa Rica

SMALL FORMAT, La Boheme Fine Arts, Coral Gables, FL

FRATERNITAS ‘92 VATICAN BIENNIAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina

GENESIS 3: Artists for AIDS, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL

LONG ISLAND MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Oceanside, NY

1991 GENESIS 2: Artists for AIDS Benefit

Metropolitan Museum of Coral Gables, FL

MARPAD ART GALLERY, Group Show, Coral Gables, FL

ROSTROS EN MIAMI, Memphis Gallery, Miami, FL

1988 VI BIENAL IBEROAMERICANA DE ARTE, Mexico

THE 40TH NORTH AMERICAN PRINT EXHIBITION

The Boston Printmakers, Brockton Art Museum, Boston, MA

1987 CUBAN ARTISTS IN NORTH AMERICA

National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART

Metropolitan Museum of Coral Gables, Coral Gables, FL

CERAMICS AS CANVAS,

Main Library, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL

7TH MINI-PRINT INTERNATIONAL, Cadaqués, Spain

INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS 1987,

Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

WOMEN EXPLORE THE EIGHTIES

The Continuum Art Center, Miami Beach, FL

MINI-PRINT INTERNATIONAL,

Montserrat College of Art, MA

MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL,

Fundación La Caixa, Lleida, Igualada and Valencia, Spain.

(Jan.-Feb.1987)

FIRST AUCTION OF THE CUBAN MUSEUM OF ARTS AND

CULTURE, Miami, FL

PAST PRESENCE - A CIRCLE OF WOMEN’S VISIONS,

Corvallis, OR

8TH ANNUAL PAPER IN PARTICULAR NATIONAL EXHIBITION

Columbia College, Missouri Arts Council

IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN,

Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL

MINI-PRINT INTERNATIONAL, Valencia, Spain

Vertical Fears

Acrylic on canvas

28” x 22”

2017

1986 12TH INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT EXHIBITION OF PRINTS

Yokohama, Japan

MONOPRINTS AND 3-D

Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL

MINI-PRINT INTERNATIONAL AT RICHARDS GALLERY

Northeastern University of Boston, Boston, MA

HISPANIC PRINTMAKERS,

Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

HOT-OFF-THE-PRESS,

Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL

FIRST BIENNIAL OF MIAMI - IBEROAMERICAN PAINTING

Miami Convention Center, Miami, FL

VII BIENNIAL OF SAN JUAN

Latin American Printmakers, San Juan, PR

CRISTISSA ART GALLERY, Coral Gables, Miami, FL

VI MINI-PRINT INTERNATIONAL, Barcelona, Spain

MIAMI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER 2ND ANNUAL ART AUCTION

AND EXHIBITION, Miami, FL

MIAMI TYPE, Monotypes,

The Gallery of Fine Arts, Coral Gables, FL

1985 WOMART, Poster design,

SIBI Cultural Center, Miami, FL

LE PETIT FORMAT

SIBI Cultural Center, Miami, FL

Vanishing Shadow

Acrylic on canvas

40” x 30”

2017

Selected Awards

2014 28th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Second Place Award,

Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2010 THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY

Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL

2D/3D Best Of Show Award, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2007 Ocala Arts Festival Award of Distinction

2006 Ocala Arts Festival Award of Merit

2000 State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship

Honorable Mention Visual Arts/Painting

1988 Purchase Prize, THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS 40TH

NORTH AMERICAN PRINT EXHIBITION

Brockton Art Museum, Boston, MA

Passion

Acrylic on canvas

40” x 30”

2017

Works sold at auctions

1998 SOTHEBY’S NY, La Razón del Corazón,

illustrated in catalog (05/27/98 Lot 277)

1997 SOTHEBY’S NY, Ghetto, illustrated in catalog (05/29/97 Lot 285)

1995 SOTHEBY’S NY, Eleggua, illustrated in catalog (11/22/95 Lot 249)

1994 SOTHEBY’S NY, Babalawo, illustrated in catalog (11/16/94 Lot 236)

Acquaintance

Acrylic on canvas

30” x 30”

2018

Public Collections

China Print Museum, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China

Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

Bacardi International

The Boston Printmakers at the Brockton Art Museum, Boston, MA

Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR

The Art Museum of the Americas at the Organization of American States, Washington, DC

Nothing But A Dream

Acrylic on canvas

30” x 30”

2018

Selected Bibliography: Books

Shifra M. Goldman, Modern Art Of The Spanish-Speaking Caribbean,

CARIBBEAN VISIONS PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, 1995

José Gomez-Sicre, Art Of Cuba In Exile, 1987

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Bacardi Celebrates 150th Anniversary With Limited Edition Duty Free

Promotions, Ryan White, GLOBAL MARKETING COMPANY, July 18, 2012

Bacardi Marks 150th Year With Limited Edition Travel Retail Promotions,

Melody Ng, THE MOODIE REPORT, July 18, 2012

Lia Galletti: Las Posibilidades de los Colores, Carlos M. Luis, EL NUEVO

HERALD, October 2, 2011

Transformative Expressions: The Bold Look Of Artist Lia Galletti, Yohana de

la Torre, GULF COAST TIMES, September 9, 2011

Alliance Names Winners In 2D/3D Exhibition, GRANDEUR MAGAZINE,

September 2011 

Lia Galletti, Concha Alzola, VANIDADES CONTINENTAL,

Year 41 Number 10, May 15, 2001

El Arte de Lia Galletti, Carlos M. Luis, EL NUEVO HERALD, October 22, 2000

Galletti en Galletti, Armando Alvarez-Bravo, EL NUEVO HERALD

Wednesday, August 21, 1996

Los Líos de Lía, Juan Carlos Pérez, EL NUEVO HERALD, October 24, 1995

Mixing Cuban Culture and African Religion, Will A. Pluck, THE INVESTOR'S

CHOICE, Jamaica, October 1, 1993

Women Explore The Eighties, Elisa Turner, THE MIAMI HERALD,

May 28, 1987

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