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

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

2008            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

Gibson, Allison. Craig Kucia, Beautiful Decay, #Y, 2008

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