Juanita Lanzó
juanita.lanzo@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023
Biomorphic Worlds: Juanita Lanzo
WallworksNY, Bronx, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
LANZO | LUNA: Connections, Teatro LATEA, The Clemente Soto Velez, Lower East Side, NY
2023
Puerto Rico Negrx, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Eso de ser opuesto a yo: Juanita Lanzo & Elizabeth Robles
Hidrante, San Juan, PR
Ahorita, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mundo2: Horizontes en la Colección Permanente, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, PR
Trezando Identidades, Museo Casa Escuté, Carolina, PR
2022
Muestra Legado, Nueva Galeria Sede Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR
Uplifting, Connecting, Rising, El Barrio Art Space, PS109, East Harlem, New York
2021
The Future is Latinx, Three Rivers Art Gallery, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
Embraces, Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Dissolving Borders, JVS, East Harlem NY
2020
COLAB: No More! Store, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
Bori-Ayti: Tree of Visions, Virtual Exhibition, The Clemente Soto Velez, Teatro SEA and Teatro La Tea, Lower East Side, New York, NY
Art Off Screen, Neumeraki, Projects by Eileen Jeng-Lynch, On-line and Site Specific, East Harlem NY
Racism: The Other American Pandemic, On-line, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
2019
Crossing the Sands, West Harlem Arts Fund, Governors’ Island, New York, NY
Suzanne Broughel, Juanita Lanzo and Janice Sloan, Bullet Art Space, New York, NY
The Pioneers, Wallworks NYC, Bronx, NY
Look Closer: An Exhibition of Surrealist Drawing, Hell Gate Art, Bronx NY
2018
eMeLe-K, Clemente Soto Velez, Lower East Side, NY
2017
Abre Caminos, Broadway Housing Communities Rio Gallery in NoMAA, Broadway Housing Communities and Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, NY
Summer Abstractions, Wallworks, Bronx NY
2016
Arte y El Amor, Taller Boricua, East Harlem NY
Estado: Experiencia Fragmentada, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas PR
Borimix 2016, Clemente Soto Velez, Lower East Side, NY
2015
BORIMIX:BoriCuba, Clemente Soto Velez, Lower East Side NY
Hot or Cold, BX200, BronxArtSpace, Bronx NY
2014
Aqueous Fervor, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. Lower East Side, NY
2012
Vital Signs BronxArtSpace, Bronx NY
2008
The Beautiful Ones, Aljira-Center for Contemporary Art. Newark, NJ
2007
Deep in the Woods, Bushwick Open Studios. Organized by Helena Petersen. Bushwick, Brooklyn
2005
Post Plátano/Ante Formalism: Abstraction in the Bronx, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
Duelo: 9 Grabadores Puertorriqueño, Galería Guatibirí, Rio Piedras, PR
2004
Post-Plátano, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. Bronx, NY
Duelo: 9 Grabadores Puertorriqueños. Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, PR
2003
Mujeres After Frida, Centro de Trabajadores, Lower East Side. New York, NY
Drift. Compton-Goethals Gallery. The City College of New York, New York, NY
Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Compton-Goethals Gallery. The City College of New York, New York, NY
2001
Annual Alumni Exhibition. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
1999
Clonación. Galería Francisco Oller. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
1998
Gráfica’98: en saludo a la Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
1997
Mini-Print de Cadaqués—Annual Mini Print Juried Traveling Show, Barcelona, Spain
1996
Identidad Racial en el Puerto Rico actual: Homenage a Isabelo Zenón Cruz. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Certámen de Artes Plásticas. Ateneo Puertorriqueño. San Juan, PR
Certámen de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias. Museo de Arte e Historia. San Juan, PR
1995
Gráfica’95: en saludo a la Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
RESIDENCIES:
August 2023 Transborder Art at Governors’ Island,
New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022
IMPACT 2022: Art that Bears Witness, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining NY
2021
Dos Mundos:(Re)Constructing Narratives SUNY, Fredonia, Binghamton and Stony Brook University, NY
2020
JUSTICE, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York
Dos Mundos:(Re)Constructing Narratives, En Foco and The Dorsky Museum, SUNY, New Paltz, NY
En Foco Apartment Gallery Series: Surreal Histories, Hell Gate Arts, Bronx NY
2019
En Foco Apartment Gallery Series: Reflecting in the Spirit of Kamoinge, Hamilton Landmark Galleries, Harlem, NY
En Foco Apartment Gallery Series: IM/Migrant, The Green House Art Gallery, Bronx NY
En Foco Apartment Gallery Series: On Gentrification: Mi Casa Es Su Casa, Revival, Romanesque Row House Gallery, Bronx NY
2018
Through A Feminine Lens, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2017
Boleros, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx NY
Sovereign: Recent Works by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx NY
Noir: Defining the Melodrama, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2016
BRIO VI-Material, Culture + Conditions, Longwood art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx NY
2015
Lasting Legacies Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2014
The Time Has Come. Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2013
Antonio Vicenty Project Room Space, Longwood Art Gallery@ Hostos, Bronx NY
2012
40ºN by 73ºW | Home is Where the Bronx Is. Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2011
Toys & Games with A Twist, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
Observed, Imagined and Recreated, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2010
…in the City: Memory, Places and Spaces, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2007
Material Culture. Co-curators, Lisa Curran and Juanita Lanzó. Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx NY
2006
Longwood Arts Project: Then and Now. Organized and curated by Juanita Lanzó and JC Rice. Haven Art Gallery, Bronx NY
AWARDS
2008 National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) Leadership Institute Fellowship, San Antonio, Texas
2003 National Golden Key Honor Society—The City College of New York, New York, NY
Therese McCabe Ralston O’Connor Award Scholarship. The City College of New York, NY
1996 1er Premio Grabado Certámen de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias. Museo de Arte e Historia de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Carlos Marichal Printmaking Award— Humanities Department, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
COLLECTIONS
Colecion Nacioal, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Nueva Luz, Dos Mundos: (Re) Constructing Narratives, Fall 2020 En Foco, Bronx NY
2016 Nueva Luz, Vol. 20:1-Rhynna M. Santos, Sandra Ayala, Lizzy Alejandro, En Foco. Bronx, NY
2005 Collection Remixed (exh. cat.)--Chakaia Booker. The Bronx Museum of the Arts
PANELS/TALKS/CONFERENCES
2018-19 AIM Bronx Museum 80 White Street Residency Program, Bronx NY
NoMAA’s Arts, Community, and Equity, Professional Development & Networking for the Creative and Civic Minded, New York, NY
Wave Hill Sunroom Project, Bronx, NY
Keyholder Residency 2012, Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, NY
Arts for Transit. MTA. Westchester Sq. 138th Street St. & Parkchester Station and Metro-North Yankee Station. Bronx, NY
NEA-National Endowment for the Arts-Visual Arts Panel
2016
DOT & SoBRO-Photo Competition, Roberto Clemente Plaza Triangle, Bronx, NY
2015
The Laundromat Project—Create A Change Residency-Hunts Point/Longwood, The Bronx, NY
2008-2022 NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Public Art Commissions--the Bronx NY
2012
Center for the Book Arts, Residency Program 2013
1040 Lounge, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY
2011
Keyholder Residency 2012, Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, NY
2008
Grand Concourse: Cultural Crossroads. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY
Arts for Transit. MTA. Westchester Sq. 138th Street St. & Parkchester Station and Metro-North Yankee Station. Bronx, New York
2007-08
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Arts Consultancy and Curatorial, Teaching and Professional Development for Visual Artists
2017-present
Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY
En Foco, Bronx NY
Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), Bronx NY
Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx NY
Independent Curator, and Arts Adviser
Docent and Museum Gallery Educator, East Harlem, Harlem and Bronx NY
Art Consulting Services-Curatorial, Research, Professional Development for Visual Artists & Exhibition Logistics Planning
2018-present
Studio in A School, Bronx NY
Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx NY
Visions2030
Teaching Artist: Drawing, Painting, Collage and Sculpture, EC, HS, K-12: Studio Art Instruction: Drawing, Painting color mixing, collage
2008-2018
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos/ The Bronx Council on the Arts
Director and Curator
2005 -2007
Longwood Arts Project/ The Bronx Council on the Arts
Program Coordinator Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
1999-2005
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Visitor Services Manager, Bronx, NY
1994-1998
Coleccion de las Artes, Biblioteca Jose M. Lazaro, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedreas, PR,
Reference Assist. Librarian
EDUCATION
2002-2005
The City College of New York, New York, New York, MFA, Printmaking and Painting
1991-1996
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, BFA, Drawing, and Printmaking
2018-2019
Creative Capital Artists Professional Development Cohort 2018-19
Studio Museum in Harlem Education Practicum Cohort Fall 2018