JUANITA MENESES

(Colombia, active United States, born 1974)

EDUCATION

2006

MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

2003

Post Baccalaureate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1998

BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008	Ni Aquí ni Allá/Not Here or There, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles
2006	Stranger’s Luggage, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
2004	Mutations, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
2001	First Sight, Miami-Dade Community College Miami, Florida

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007	Red Dot Miami Beach Art Fair, Sam Lee Gallery exhibiting in Miami Beach Nexus, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles Transformation & Restoration, The Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Cosas/Things, Colombian Embassy Gallery, Portugal Barriers, The Annex, Bogotá, Colombia ART LA, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006	Rose Bowl Biennale, Rose Bowl Flea Market, Pasadena, California Stomping Ground, Le Florence Gallery, Los Angeles, California Collusions & Pileups, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California Supersonic, Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005	Home Artifacts, BLAM!, Los Angeles, California Displacement, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 40m2, FLY, Madrid, Spain Mid Residency Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California All Over The Place, One Night Gallery, Miami, Florida The Meeting, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California We Are Drawing Now, Untitled Space/Studio 9, Madrid, Spain
2003	Retrospectives, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois Art Miami, Grapa Gallery, Miami, Florida
2001	Retrospectives, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois Art Miami, Grapa Gallery, Miami, Florida Home Grown, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida Red Show, Cheryl Hazan, New York, New York Open Studio/Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York Recent Editions, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida
2000	Small Works/Large Vision, Cheryl Hazan, New York, New York Small Works, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, Palm Beach, Florida Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition, Miami City Hall, Miami, Florida
1999	Follies/Experiments in Architecture, Museum of Art , Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1998	B.F.A. Graduating Show, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

AWARDS

2007	ARC (Artist’s Resource for Completion) Grant, The Durfee Foundation, Los Angeles, California
2004-6	Ahmanson Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
2002	Incentive Fellowship, S.A.I.C., Chicago, Illinois
2000	Citylink Annual Competition, Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1999	Experiments in architecture, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

COLLECTIVES

2007

Outpost for Contemporary Art, LA Collective, Los Angeles, California

05-07

BLAM!, Founded in October 2005, Los Angeles, California

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Cesar Gaviria Collection

Organization of American States Collection

Colombia Embassy in Spain Collection

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alfredo Triff, “The Eyes Have it”, Miami New Times Weekly, February 14, 2002

Cover Image, Street Miami, January 25-31, 2002

Candace Russell, “Hello Walls”, CityLink Newspaper, July 4, 2001

Miguel A. Sergado, “Galeria :Artes y Letras: New Talents in South Florida”, Nuevo Herald, May 27, 2001

Damarys Ocaña, “Do it: Fresh Faces at Art Center”, Street Miami Weekly, Mayo 25-31 2001

Anetta Nowosielska, “Interview: Stroke of a Genius”, SunPost Newspaper, March 22, 2001

Candace Russell, “The Art Issue: Gallery Artists”, CityLink Newspaper, August 30, 2000

Candace Russell, “Gallery”, CityLink Newspaper, August 23, 2000