Lydia Rubio is a Cuban born, American artist, based in Hudson NY. Rubio a third generation of female painters, started her art practice in 1980. Graduate studies with Rudolf Arnheim, Leonardo Ricci, Jerzy Soltan, and her experience in practice and teaching architectural design at Harvard GSD and visual art at Parsons School of Design, as well as her fascination with music and literature; has given her work both constructive and poetic qualities.
Her multidisciplinary work displays a vast knowledge of art history, theory and technique, enriched by extensive travel and visits to international museum collections. Painting is at the core of her practice based on a conceptual system, not a fixed style. One of the main sources of inspiration has been the natural world represented in symbolic and metaphoric associations. Her works are a balancing act between the Apollonian and the Dionysian, structured geometrically while expressing displacement, rupture, fragmentation. The emphasis is on transformation and chance, prioritizing quality of form and technique.
Rubio has held solo exhibitions in national museums, such as The Center for Book Arts (2019), The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale(1995), Bronx Museum of the Arts (1985) and group exhibitions at the Museum of the Americas (2019), Frost Art Museum (2011) Boca Raton Museum of Art (2010) Museum of Latin American Art (2006), Snite Museum of Art, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery (1999), Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art (1991). Rubio has been the recipient of awards such as The Tree of Life (2020) The Ellies Award (2018) The Pollock Krasner (2006) State of Florida Artist Award (1995) The Cintas Fellowship (1982). ,
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Lydia Rubio es una artista plástica con mas de 30 años de trayectoria reconocida. Su práctica se especializa en pinturas, dibujos, libros de artista y esculturas de gran escala para espacios públicos. Nacida en La Habana, Cuba, ha residido en Puerto Rico, Italia, Boston, New York y Miami Florida. Desde el 2010 reside en Bogotá, Colombia, desde entonces su temática ha girado en torno a Bogotá y sus alrededores.
Lista parcial de muestras individuales: Sincronía 10. 2014, La Localidad 5.2014, Feria Sincronía 2012 en Bogotá Colombia. MIA Art Fair, Palm Beach Art Fair, Beaux Arts Des Ameriques, Montreal CA, Kunsthaus Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Florida, Bridgewater Lustberg NYC, Gutierrez Fine Arts Miami, Gloria Luria, Miami, Intar Gallery NYC.
Muestras de grupo en museos: Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Bass Museum of Art, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach CA, Tampa Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts NYC.
Comisiones en espacios públicos son obras de gran escala completadas en el Puerto de Miami Terminal de Cruceros Disney, esculturas y pinturas, Aeropuerto de Raleigh Durham NC esculturas y diseño de pisos, The Women’s Park en Miami Dade County rejas escultóricas y pisos exteriores.
Colecciones de museos: Stanford University, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, University of Southern California, University of Indiana, University of Miami Richter Library, The Wolfsonian FIU, The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Lowe Art Museum, Miami Dade Community College and Art in Public Places y numerosas coleciones privadas en Estados Unidos, Canada, Austria, Suiza y Colombia.
Educacion: Maestría en Arquitectura en la Universidad de Harvard y Bachillerato en Arquitectura en la Universidad de la Florida, cursos en La Universita Degli Studi en Florencia, Italia. Ha ensenado en la Escuela de Diseño de Harvard, Parsons School of Design y la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Ha recibido la beca Pollock Krasner, la beca Cintas, el Individual Artist Fellowship del Estado de la Florida. Es autodidacta en el campo de las artes plásticas.