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LIA GALLETTI
Abstract Expressionist Painter & Printmaker
Lia Galletti (b. Havana, Cuba, 1943) is a Miami-based abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Her career began in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1960s, and her work has since been exhibited internationally in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Asia. She has participated in major exhibitions including the Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial (Japan), the International Biennial Print Exhibit: ROC (Taiwan), the Guanlan International Print Biennial (China), and the Geoje International Art Festival (South Korea).
Her paintings are in significant public collections such as the Art Museum of the Americas (OAS, Washington, DC), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, China Print Museum (Shenzhen), Tama Art University Museum (Tokyo), MoCA-Americas (Miami), Bacardi International, and The Boston Printmakers. She is a recipient of the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship and The Boston Printmakers Purchase Prize, and her work has sold at Sotheby’s New York.
Selected Exhibitions
2024 · UNSUNG, MoCA-Americas, Miami, FL
2023 · ABSTRACTA, SB Architects, Coral Gables, FL 2020 · MONUMENTAL, Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL 2019 · INTERSPACES, Montclair, NJ
Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial, Japan International Biennial Print Exhibit: ROC, Taiwan Guanlan International Print Biennial, China
Selected Awards
2000 · State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts / Painting) 1988 · Purchase Prize, The Boston Printmakers, Brockton Art Museum, MA 2014 · 2nd Place Award, All Florida Juried Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, FL
Selected Collections
Art Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, DC
My work is rooted in abstraction. While my early paintings, drawings, and printmaking explored ideas through representational forms, my current practice embraces the expressive freedom of the abstract.
Each painting captures a burst of emotion—translated into gesture, color, and movement. Brushstrokes become physical responses, breaking free from constraints. When limitations arise, I welcome them into my process, allowing them to shape the work rather than restrict it.
I primarily work on large-format canvases, where scale allows for a full expression of energy and gesture. Between these pieces, I create series on paper—more intimate explorations that echo and expand upon the themes and techniques of my larger works.
Previous Solo Exhibitions
2023 ABSTRACTA, SB Architects, Coral Gables, FL
2023 MOONGARDEN, Angler’s Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
2020 MONUMENTAL, Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL
2019 INTERSPACES, Julian Espinal, Montclair, NJ
2018 REFLECTIONS, Galería Adelmo, Miami, FL
2014 RED, Shangri-La Springs, Bonita Springs, FL
2014 ABSTRACT, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2012 RECENT WORKS, Tower Gallery, Sanibel, FL
2011 REFLECTIONS, Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers. FL
2003 INTERSTICES, Capitol Complex, Tallahassee, FL
2001 RECENT PAINTINGS, Colonial Bank, Miami, FL
2000 PAINTING, Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 PAINTINGS, Maxoly Cuban Fine Art, Miami, FL
2000 RECENT WORKS, Inter-American Development Bank Art Gallery, Washington, DC
1998 RECENT WORKS, Roberto Menezes Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1996 ART MIAMI ‘96, Miami Beach Convention Center,
Miami Beach, FL
1995 IN THE HEART OF MIAMI, Metro-Dade Cultural
Resource Center, Miami, FL
1993 ORISHA, Frame Centre Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
1987 PRINTMAKING, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1985 PRINTMAKING, Miami Press Printmaking Workshop, Miami, FL
Awards
2010
2D/3D Best Of Show Award, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2014
28th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place Award, Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers, FL
2000
State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Honorable Mention Visual Arts/Painting
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