printmaker. She left the island with her family at the age of 17 and
Village and other venues on the east coast. Her father, also an
watched him paint as a child. Lia is an abstract artist and has
technique. She studied printmaking within the disciplines of
etching, drypoint, linocut, silkscreen and monoprint. Lia exhibited
Brockton Art Museum, Boston, MA (1988). Her work is in their
Biennial of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She recently participated in
Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
and Interstices at the Capitol Complex in Tallahassee. She has
Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte Pedro Domecq). She participated
Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. Lia has received several awards,
Arts/Painting (2000). Her work is in several private and public
Washington, DC. Her work has sold at Sotheby’s New York. Lia
Galletti currently lives in Miami, Florida, where she has her studio.
(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
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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