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CRAIG KUCIA
Born 1975, Cleveland, OH
Lives and works in Miami, FL
EDUCTATION
2002-2003 Chelsea School of Art, London, UK
1999 B.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1997 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 accidental documentaries, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2009 we left with our hearts tired, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2008 authors wrote of places i had never seen, The Melvin Gallery at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
2007 sundays were spent talking of rockets, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
music for people without friends, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
2006 broken smiles, lost tragedies, fractured talks, and in the end, it was perfect, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
2005 Kevin Bruk Gallery (at Art Basel Miami: Nova section, Miami, FL)
2004 ....and no one had anything to say, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2003 what fun our life could have been, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
2002 Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA, (two person exhibition with Aaron Noble)
2000 the days are spent..., SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Koi No Yokan, 101/exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Time + Temp, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Light of Day, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2008 Thoughts on Democracy, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2005 Drawing Narrative, Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Syzygy, SHAHEEN, Cleveland, OH
Beautiful Dreamer, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2004 Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
Light and Atmosphere (curated by Cheryl Hartup), Miami Art Museum. Miami, FL
2003 40" x 30", Kevin Bruk Gallery (at Art Basel Miami: Positions section, Miami, FL)
East International (curated/selected by Toby Webster and Eva Rothschild), Norwich Gallery, Norwich College of Art and
Design, England
2000 Trailer, GreeneNaftali Inc., New York, NY
1999 Student Independent Exhibition, The Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (awarded "Best of
Show" - as juried by Matthew Ritchie and Luca Buvoli])
COLLECTIONS
Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
The Mugrabi Family Collection
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Utter, Douglas Max. Birds, Bees & Beyond, Scene Magazine, April, 2009
Utter, Douglas Max. The Right Stuff, Scene Magazine, April, 2009
Gibson, Allison. Craig Kucia, Beautiful Decay, #Y, 2008
Delgado, Anjanette. Rosa de otono, Vogue Latin America, Sept. 2008
Johnson, Tish. The Radar Art, Coat Check, Miami Modern Luxury, Sept/Oct, 2008
O’Rourke, Jayme. FIM Artist Showcase, Florida International Magazine, Nov. 2007
Trelles, Emma. Artist Craig Kucia’s Hypnotic Way of Remembering, South Florida Sun Sentinal, Oct. 2007
Soler, Eileen. Playful exhibit opens Hollywoo’sd Arts and Cultural Center Season, Miami Herald, Oct. 2007
Mills, Michael. Many Sundays Spent Interpreting Pictures, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, Oct. 2007
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos. Ice Meets Vice, Miami New Times, Sept. 2007
Lynn, John. Primates and Confections, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, Sept. 2007
O’Bourke, Brett. Smash Menagerie, 944 Magazine Miami, August. 2007
Sokol, Brett, Summer 2007 in Pop Culture, Ocean Drive MagazineMiami, August. 2007
Sokol, Brett, Craig Kucia’s Art has childlike appeal-but it’s serious, Miami Herald, July. 2007
Work_and _Word, art.es, No.19, 2007
Weinberg, Michelle. Craig Kucia, Tema Celeste, No. 118, 2006
Moreno, Gean. News, Miami, Contemporary Magazine, No. 86, 2006
Barrenechea, Victor. Wynwood Gallery Walk Delicious. Biscayne Boulevard Times, Oct. 2006
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos. Fall Crawl. Miami New Times. Sept. 2006
Turner, Elisa. Critic's Pick. The Miami Herald, Sept. 2006
Dunlop, Beth. The Art of the Matter. Metropolitan Home, Sept. 2006
Tranberg, Dan. New York Art Fairs help put Clevelanders on the Map. Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 2006
Tranberg, Dan. Beautiful Dreamer Awakens Romantics. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 2005
Bly, Liz. Perhance to Dream. Cleveland Free Times, Oct. 2005
Utter, Douglas Max. Post-Toastie. Angle Magazine, June 2004
Tranberg, Dan. Painter Has a Way Without Words. Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 2004
Pantsios, Anastasia. Dreams of Children. Cleveland Free Times, May 2004
Einspruch, Franklin. Remain in Light Wheel. Miami New Times, Nov. 2003
Yannopoulos, Charles. Pools of Potential. Cleveland Scene, July 2000
