ALUMNI

 

WHAT: “Child Soldier Series,” public event
WHO: Serafima Sokolov, up and coming humanrights artist
WHERE: 1620 Washington Ave. at Lincoln Road, Miami, FL 33129
OPENING:Sat. January 19th 2008, noon-3pm
FORINFORMATION: Exhibit: (305) 674-6714. or (954)670-3385
HOURS: Daily 11-8pm		 1
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BFA Alumni Monica López De Victoria made it to the cover of Artnews

Art and Culture
Center of Hollywood
In the Project Room
Christiaan López-Miró:
Smoke and Mirrors
Opening reception:
Friday, October 19, 6 - 9 pm

In this ongoing photography project, the camera confronts the performer without the audience, creating an intimate interaction between the subject and the observer. The Artist will be present at the opening.

Exhibition runs October 20 – November 18, 2007
Special happening: Thu., Nov. 15 Click here for more information. Takes place at the Art and Culture Center's gallery; free for members, $6 for non-members.

Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison St .
954. 921. 3274
www.ArtAndCultureCenter.org

BFA Alumni Gianna M. DiBartolomeo
made it to the cover of Creative Quaterly

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4 TM Sisters participated in Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Monica Lopez de Victoria, one of the TM Sisters, graduated with a BFA from FIU in 2003.
Teresita Fernandez, BFA 1990, returned to campus as visiting artist sponsored by the Cuban Research Institute 2007 Félix González-Torres Community Art Project. 5
Seattle based Cuban-American artist Laura Castellanos has just been awarded a Pollock Krasner grant in the amount of $15,000 based on work > from her recent project "bummerbunny." Castellanos is originally from New York, received her degree from F.I.U in Miami and has been a Seattle resident since 1991. Her first introduction into the Seattle Arts community was in 1993 when she created a poster for the "Bumbershoot" festival. She is also in numerous > collections in the Northwest including the City of Seattle and the Tacoma > Art Museum. Castellanos work can be viewed on her online gallery www.bummerbunny.com which has been designed to cultivate relationships and collaborations with other artists, curators, galleries and collectors. Please feel free to contact the artist at laura@lauracastellanos.com  
 

Monica Lopez de Victoria : My sister, Tasha, and I collaborate under the name TM Sisters. We are represented by the Miami gallery Rocket Projects. http://www.tmsisters.com/

Our biggest news yet though is that we are in the exhibit "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millenium" curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum, and Gunnar B. Kvaran at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, Norway. This exhibit is representing the "new generation" the "new trend" in young American art.
www.renabranstengallery.com/neubauer.html  
  Laura Castellanos: I would very much like to be included in your alumni weblink. I graduated from FIU with a BFA in 1986 (formerly Laura Gonzalez). My website address is www.lauracastellanos.com and my gallery website is www.catherinepersongallery.com and www.catherinepersongallery.com. You will also find another FIU graduate (Juan Carlos Castellanos) on this site as well. Please feel free to ask me any questions.
Lise Drost, BFA 1980 (MFA, southern illinois university at edwardsville, 1983). i have been teaching at the u of miami since 1993. i have recently had solo shows at the deland museum of art, the northfield art guild, miami dade college interamerican campus, and the university of wisconsin lacrosse. Lise is also the president of florida printmakers, a group which is dedicated to bringing print exhibits to the state of florida, from artists from all over the world: our 14th competition will be at UM this fall.
 

 

Alumni--we are looking for you! If you graduated from FIU and would like us to post here your information,
show updated or link to your own webpage, please contact us (martinej@fiu.edu).