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Silvia Lizama

Professor Emerita

Silvia Lizama
Silvia Lizama Professor Emerita

Education

  • MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York
  • BFA from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida

Biography

Silvia Lizama, born in Havana, Cuba, moved to South Florida in 1960. She earned her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and her BFA from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. Her black and white hand colored photography depicts unusual environments and objects found in her travels. Her keen eye finds the unusual in the sometimes common place. She has won numerous awards for her work that has been exhibited and collected extensively throughout the Americas, as well as Spain.

  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

    • 2005 Espacio C, Arte Contemporaneo, Camargo, Cantabria, Spain
    • 2004 Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
    • 1998 Union Planters Bank, Miami, Florida
    • 1998 Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Florida
    • 1997 Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Delray Beach, Florida
    • 1997 City of Orlando, Art in Public Places, Orlando, Fl
    • 1995 Fundacion Guayasamin, Quito, Ecuador
    • 1991 The Real & the Mythical, Art in Public Places, Miami Internat. Airport Miami, Florida
    • 1990 Sala de Exposiciones Pancho Cossio Consejeria de Cultura, Cantabria, Spain
    • 1990 Gallery of Art, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida
    • 1989 Silvia Lizama: Fotos Pintadas a Mano, Cuban Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
    • 1986 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    • 1985 Hands-On Photography, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida

    TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

    • 2003 After Image Photography Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, three person show
    • 2002 Color of Time, Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida, three person show
    • 1998 Generations, The Florida Center for Photography, Coral Gables, Florida, two person show
    • 1994 Photos and Photos Gallery, Bal Harbour, Florida,three person show
    • 1991 Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, two person show
    • 1988 DuBois Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, two person show
    • 1987 Intar Latin American Gallery, New York, New York, two person show
    • 1980 Gallery Exposures, Coral Gables, Florida, two person show
    • 2007 The Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida
    • 2006 Through the Eye of the Camera: Environments, Travelling exhibition, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
    • 2006 Through the Eye of the Camera: Environments, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • 2005 Recent Acquisitions: ArtBank Collection, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, Florida
    • 2005 Group exhibition and Art Auction, Dactyl Foundation, CANY – Cuba Art New York 2005, New York, New York
    • 2005 Art Miami, Represented by Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
    • 2004 Art Basel Week, group exhibition, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida
    • 2004 Artes Delicada: Works on Paper from the Cuban and Cuban-American Collection, Matus Gallery, Lowe Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
    • 2004 Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Beach, Florida
    • 2002 Art Trends: Miami’s Trek III, the 1980’s, Miami Dade Community College Gallery Kendall Campus, Miami, Florida
    • 2002 Contemporary Cuban Photography: A Panoramic View, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • 2002 Mirada Norte, group exhibition, Local Social, Consejeria de Cultura Soto de la Marina, Spain
    • 2002 Women Singular, five person show, Deering Estate, Miami, Florida
    • 2001 Latin American Artists from the Lehigh University Collection, DuBois Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    • 2001 Coleccion Norte, Arte Contemporaneo, Consejeria de Cultura, Cantabria, Spain
    • 2001 Breaking Barriers , Traveling exhibition, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
    • 2001 Latin American Artists from the Lehigh University Collection, El Museo de Historia, Antropologia Y Arte San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • 2000 From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban American Art , Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
    • 2000 Latin American Artists from the Lehigh University Collection, Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
    • 2000 Synchronous Dualities, five person show, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
    • 1999 Theatre of Memory, Five Cuban-American Photographers, Centro Cultural Espanol, Coral Gables, Florida
    • 1998 Breaking Barriers Traveling exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
    • 1997 Breaking Barriers, Permanent Collection Exhibition , Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • 1997 American Voices Traveling Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution, International Gallery Washington, D.C.
    • 1997 Once Removed: The Photo in Contemporary Cuban-Amer. Art, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
    • 1996 Photography and a Multi-Cultural America, Crealde School Of Art, Winter Park, Fl
    • 1996 Artists/Teachers Invitational, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • 1995 Group Exhibition, Cornell Gallery, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
    • 1994 American Voices Exhibition, Houston FotoFest, Houston, Texas
    • 1994 Fotografos Cubano-Americanos Invitational Exhibition, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
    • 1994 SAF / NEA Regional Fellowship Exhibition, Tula Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
    • 1993 Photography Invitational Group Exhibition, Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
    • 1992 Cuba/USA: The First Generation, Traveling Exhibition, Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida
    • 1992 Fellowship Recipients Invitational, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • 1991 Reflecciones: Hispanic Artists in South Florida, Palm Beach Council of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
    • 1991 Fact & Fiction: The State of Florida Photography, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
    • 1991 Fact & Fiction: The State of Florida Photography, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
    • 1991 Cuba/USA: The First Generation, Traveling Exhibition, Fondo del Sol, Washington, D.C.
    • 1991 Cuba/USA: The First Generation, Traveling Exhibition, Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
    • 1991 Intentions & Techniques, DuBois Gallery, Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    • 1990 Florida Environments, Invitational Exhibit, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    • 1990 Altered Spaces: Seven Florida, Women Photographers, Old School Square Cultural Arts Center Delray Beach, Florida
    • 1990 Fact & Fiction: The State of Florida Photography, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
    • 1989 A Sense of Presence, Invitational Exhibit, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    • 1988 Outside Cuba / Fuera de Cuba, Traveling Exhibition, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
    • 1987 Cuban Artists in North America, National Library of Canada, Ottowa, Canada
    • 1987 Outside Cuba / Fuera de Cuba, Traveling Exhibition, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • 1985 Art of Miami, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    • 1984 Young Collectors of Latin American Art, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida
    • 1984 Photography: A Personal Collection, North Miami Museum and Art Center, North Miami, Florida
    • 1983 Photo Constructions, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Photo Gallery, Roch. Institute of Tech. Rochester, New York
    • 1978 Thirteen New Faces, Independent Group Exhibit, Miami, Florida
    • American Express
    • Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
    • Art in Public Places, Miami Florida
    • Art in Public Places, Orlando, Florida
    • Arturo Mosquera, private collection
    • Burdines
    • Centrust Banks
    • Consejeria de Cultura, Cantabria, Spain
    • Fondo del Sol, Washington, DC
    • Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico
    • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    • Lowe Art Museum, Cuban Museum Collection, Miami, Florida
    • Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
    • Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
    • Prudential Bache
    • Samuel T. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
    • Southeast Banks
    • Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
    • 2006 Espacio C; Arte Contemporaneo Camargo, catalog of year 2005 exhibitions, Ayuntamiento de Camargo, Spain
    • 2002 Art Trends: Miami’s Trek III, the 1980’s”, exhibition catalogue, Miami Dade Community College Publication
    • 2001 Cuba 1930-1958, The Photographs of` Dr, Roberto Machado, printed, retouched, designed and published hard cover photography book, Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, VT
    • 2000 MIAMI: THE MAGIC CITY, selected images published in book, Towery Publishing, Memphis, TN
    • 1997 BREAKING BARRIERS, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    • 1995 Cuba: Image and Imagination, article - “Explorations: Three Portfolios”, APERTURE
    • 1994 FOTOFEST ‘94, exhibition catalogue, Fotofest, Inc.
    • 1992 CULTURAL QUARTERLY, article, “Silvia Lizama”, Broward Cultural Affairs Council Publication
    • 1989 OUTSIDE CUBA / FUERA DE CUBA, hardcover exhibition catalogue, Rutgers University Publication
    • 1987 PHOTOGRAPHIC RETOUCHING, hand colored photographs used as examples of manipulated photography.
    • 1984 DARKROOM EXPRESSION, hand colored photographs used as examples of manipulated photography.
      Eastman Kodak Publications
    • 1983 TEST TARGET DISPLAY, laser video disk produced by Ron Gregory A fine art photography portfolio of video and Publicationstill photography by selected guest artists. Rochester Institute of Technology
    • 1999 Metro Dade Art in Public Places
      Charles Deering Estate , Miami, FL $18,000 Commission
    • 1993 Southern Arts Federation / NEA
      Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Grant $5000 grant
    • 1992 South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant $15,000 grant

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