Bio

Craig Kucia lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

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Born, Cleveland, OH

EDUCATION

2003

Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, 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

2023

the night i told my story to the sky, The Pit, Palm Springs, CA

machines to solve unsolvable problems, Shrine Gallery, New York, NY

2022

windows, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK

Marriage: the Oketa Collection, WHAT Museum, Tokyo, JP

whales, The Armory Show, New York, NY

2021

Craig Kucia & Peter Shire, The Pit, Glendale, CA

a toucan, L21, Islas Baleares, SP

act(ive) enclosure, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2020

whales, The Pit, Glendale, CA

2018

paintings, AM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018

paintings, AM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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

many sundays were spent talking of rockets, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

2007

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

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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Unrequited Love, curated by Vera Iliatova and Sarah Peters, Nathalie Karg, New York, NY

2022

Chambre des Amis: Ikea, Office Baroque, Antwerp, BE

Light Up the Sky, The Pit, Glendale, CA

Craig Kucia, Keith Boadwee, Liz Markus & Raymie Iadevaia, VODA

Art Gallery, Seoul, Seoul

2021

Wild Frontiers, The Pit, Glendale, CA

36 Paintings, Harper’s, East Hampton, NY

Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

2020

Riders of the Red Horse, The Pit, Glendale, CA

L.A.:Views, Curated by Chelsea Petronko Rana, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2013

Koi No Yokan, 101/exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Time + Temp, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

2009

Light of Day, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2008

Thoughts on Democracy, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, FL

2008

Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY

2007

Creating a scene, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

2007

The Sky is Yellow, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

2007

Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

2005

Drawing Narrative, Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH

2005

Syzygy, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH

2005

Beautiful Dreamer, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2004

Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

2004

Light and Atmosphere, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

2003

East International (curated by Toby Webster and Eva Rothschild), Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK

2000

Trailer, GreeneNaftali Inc., New York, NY

COLLECTIONS

Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA The Mugrabi Family Collection

SELECTED 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, August. 2007 Sokol, Brett, Summer 2007 in Pop Culture, Ocean Drive Magazine, 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