CV/Bio
Lucinda Abra
BIOGRAPHY
Exhibitions:
2021: National Association of Women Artists
132 Annual Member's Exhibition, NYC, NY
Won Globus Family Award for Best in Mixed Media
National Association of Women Artists, HerStory, NYC, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020: Members Exhibition, Byrdcliffe Artists Guild, Woodstock, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery , Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, 11 Jane Street, Saugerties, NY
2019: Members Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, NYC
Selected Group Show: Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
Selected Group Show, Cross- Contemporary Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Members Exhibition, Byrdcliffe Artists Guild, Woodstock, NY
Selected Group Show: Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Group Show, 5 X 7 Exhibition, Byrdcliffe Artists Guild, Woodstock, NY
2018: Members Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, NYC
Members Exhibition, Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock NY
Selected Group Show: Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Group Show, 5 X 7 Exhibition, Byrdcliffe Artists Guild, Woodstock, NY
2017: Group Show and Installation, 11 Jane Street, Saugerties, NY
Selected Group Show, "Tear Down Relics," Saugerties, NY
2016: National Organisation of Women Artists: "Muse" Juried Exhibition
Bethlehem, PA Won Best in Multimedia
Group Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artists Guild, Members Exhibition
Group Show, 5 X 7 Exhibition, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artists Guild
2015: National Association of Women Artists: New Members Exhibition
Arts Benica, Juried Group Exhibition, Benica, CA
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artists Guild, Members Exhibition Woodstock, NY
Woodstock Artists Association, Juried Group Exhibition Woodstock, NY
2014: Solo Show, NOBO Gallery Hudson NY
Selected Group Show, "Ruckus," Woodstock Artists Association
2013: Selected Group Show: Woodstock Artists Association
Group Show, 5 X 7 Exhibition, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artists Guild
2012: Selected Solo Outdoor Sculpture Installation at Bearsville Theater, Bearsville NY
Group Exhibition Bearville Theater, Bearsville NY
Selected Group Exhibition "Elements: Opposition" Woodstock, NY
Group Show. 5 X 7 Exhibition, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artists Guild
2011: Selected Solo Show Dreamland Recording Studio, Hurley NY
Selected for "Windows on the Hudson," Hudson NY
Group Exhibition: Artswalk 2011 Hudson, NY
2010: Solo Exhibition: Dreamland Recording Studio
Scheduled show: Hudson Art Walk, Group Show, Hudson, NY
2009: Selected Solo Show, Lifebridge Sanctuary, Rosendale, NY
Hudson Art Walk, Group Show, Hudson, NY
2007: Curates Show, "Erotica," Silver Fox, Albany NY
Selected Group Show, Silver Fox, Albany, NY
2006: Selected Group Show, Silver Fox, Albany, NY
Hudson Art Walk, Group Show, Hudson, NY
"Dreamscapes" Selected Group Show, Greene County Council of the Arts,
Windham, NY
2005: Selected Solo Show, Gravity, Hudson, NY
Selected Group Show, Greene County Council of the Arts, Catskill, NY
2003: Selected Solo Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
2000: Selected Solo Show, Bread Alone, Woodstock, NY
Selected Solo Show, Garcia Fine Art, Miami, FL
Group Show, Flatiron Gallery, Peekskill, NY
1999: Group Show, Flatiron Gallery, Peekskill, NY
Group Show, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY
1997: "Obsessed by Magic," Selected Show, ACA Gallery, NYC, NY
1996: Decorator & Designer Building, Instillation for Anna French, NYC, NY
1995: Group Show, Archive Gallery, NYC, NY
1994: Selected Solo Sculpture Show, Woodstock Nursery, Woodstock, NY
1991: Winter Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
Selected Group Show, BACA, Brooklyn, NY
1990: Selected Solo Show, Gallery Blue, Stockholm, Sweden
Selected Group Show, Kleinert Gallery, 25th Anniversary Show, Woodstock, NY
1989: Selected Group Show (six shows), Mars Bar, NYC, NY
Selected Group Show (five shows), Emerging Collector, NYC, NY
1988: Selected Group Show (nine shows), Emerging Collector, NYC, NY
Selected Group Show (three shows), Mars Bar, NYC, NY
Selected Group Show, Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Winter Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
1987: Selected Group Show, La Mama Galleria, NYC, NY
Selected Solo Show, Evergreen Seven Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Show, Mars Bar, NYC, NY
Outdoor Sculpture Show, Lower East Side, NYC, NY
1985: Selected Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
1984: Selected Group Show, Zen Center, Mt. Tremper, NY
Selected Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
CHRONOLOGY:
1984: Began Painting "Mythological Series."
1985: Continues Painting "Mythological Series"
Begins introducing occult theory into work
1986: Studio assistant to Doug Johns (former student to Eva Hess), Erotic Art Gallery
NYC, NY
Travels to Mexico, painting
1987: Continues as studio assistant to Doug Johns
Continues "Mythological Series"
1988: Begins sculpting in stone
Introduces interesting scientific theory into work
Continues as studio assistant for Doug James
1989: Employed by Tallix Foundry, Beacon NY
Continues to study scientific theory, incorporating it into work
1990: Studies "super-strand" physics theory, incorporating
Completes ten granite sculptures
Continues working at Tallix Foundry, Beacon NY
1991: Commissioned to design, execute 840 square foot stone mosaic floor, Woodstock
NY
Continues stone sculptures
Begins "fish series"
Begins "works-on-paper" series
Designs studio/cabin Saugerties, NY
1992: Commissioned to execute 5 works-on-paper for individual clients
Commissioned to design, execute outdoor sculpture, Woodstock, NY
Continues "fish series"
Cuts in road by hand, begins construction of studio/cabin
1993: Continues "works-on-paper" series
Continues "fish series"
Places foundation, builds walls for studio/cabin
1994: Continues "fish series"
Moves to Brooklyn, NY
Year in New Orleans, LA, painting
1995: Begins new oil series
1996: Begins "finger-painting" in oil
Begins monoprints
Research assistant, Robert Altman, "Kansas City"
1997: Continues "finger-painting" oils
Continues monoprints
Complete remodel of 1850's parlor in residence, Brooklyn, NY
1998: Studio Assistant to John Crawford, sculptor
Commissioned "finger-painting" oil
Continues monoprints
Continues "finger-painting" series
Continues "fish series"
Research assistant, HBO, "Meyer Lansky."
Stylist, Rubicon Inc., Wolfrod Inc.
Advisory Board Member, New York Coalition for Artists Housing
Begins prints of "fish series"
Moves to Kingston, NY
1999: Receives grant award, Robert Rauschenberg
Receives grant award, Salmagundi Club
Develops print, "Yogi Posture 1"
Continues oil paintings, combining elements of
Scientific and metaphysical theory
Begins experimentation with encaustic materials
Works with interior designers, painting commissions
2000: Begins new series combining encaustics and oil, inspired by current debates in
science and metaphysics
Continues working with interior designers, painting commissions
2001: Moves to Woodstock, NY
2002: Continues encaustic and oil series
Continues oil on canvas paintings
Invitational solo show, Woodstock Artists Association, scheduled for 2003
Continues encaustic and oil series
Continues oil on canvas paintings
Moves to old town hall, Athens, NY
2002: Studio Assistant to Al Held
Continues oil on canvas paintings
Begins erotica series
Begins renovations on old town hall
2003: Studio assistant to Lowell Miller
Receives interest in fish series from national aquarium
Begins works on paper, integrating microscopic views from nature
Continues renovations in old town hall
2004: Continues as studio assistant to Lowell Miller
Continues working on fish series
Continues erotica series
Continues microscopic nature series
Begins to create landscape series
Continues renovations of old town hall
2005: Begins teaching painting/multimedia art classes, Albany, NY
Continues working on fish series
Continues microscopic nature series
Continues renovation of old town hall
Begins airbrushing
Begins "cigar box" series
Curate four shows, Silver Fox, Albany NY
Three Window Designs, Silver Fox, Albany NY
2006: Continues teaching painting/multimedia art class, Albany, NY
Continues microscopic nature series
Continues renovation of old town hall
Developed Inter-Generational Arts Program, with Columbia County Council on the
Arts, Hudson NY
2007: Continues teaching painting/multimedia art class, Albany, NY
Continues microscopic nature series
Creates erotica series, sculpture
Continues renovation of old town hall
2008: Continues teaching painting/multimedia art class, Albany, NY
Begins working for Mary Frank
Continues microscopic nature series
Continues renovation of old town hall
2009: Continues teaching painting/multimedia art class, Albany,
Begins working for Arthur Anderson re: private collection
Continues microscopic nature series
Continues renovation of old town hall
2010: Continues working for Arthur Anderson re: private collection
Continues teaching painting/multimedia art class, Albany, NY
Commissioned painting "Adam's Flowers"
2011: Completes a series of linoleum prints
Completes a series of giclee prints
Begins working on collage series Number 1
Works on commissioned oil painting
Sculpting assistant for Lowell Miller
2012: Sculpting assistant for Lowell Mille
Finishes Collage Series Number 11 for future book edition
Creates additional collages
Book of artwork published
Makes outdoor sculptural installation for SEVA fundraiser and intstalls at Bearsville Theater, Bearsville, NY
Featured Artwork in W25 Magazine, Issue 51
"Liminal Portrait" Performance Art, Pinscreen with Richard Edelman. Pinscreen by Ward Fleming
2013: Sculpting assistant for Lowell Miller
Eight Collages Featured in W25 Magazine
Creates additional collages
Experiments with encaustics
2014: Sculpting assistant to Lowell Miller
Continues mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage series
Solo Exhibition, NOBO Gallery, Hudson, NY
Collage, "This Is The River," featured in FABA Collage Mag, FaceBook page
2015: Accepted as an active member, National Association of Women Artists, NYC, NY
Continue working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continue working in mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage
Continues working in collage
Commissioned artwork for publication, Poets Wear Prada
Two commissions, "Fire and Ice" & "Communion"
2016: Continues working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continue working in mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage
Continues working in collage
Artwork used for C.D. cover. Lilliam Ocean
2017: Continues working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continues working in mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage
Continues working in collage
Artwork used for C.D., "Dreamland"; Jennifer Maidman
2018: Continues working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continues mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage series
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction and Fiction
Featured writer for Art and Words, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
2019: Continues working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continues working in mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction and Fiction
Featured writer for Art and Words, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
Featured writer for Story Slam, Woodstock, NY
2020: Continues working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continues working in mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction and Fiction
Completes Narrative Non-Fiction manuscript, The Gravity of Grace
2021: Continues working for Lowell Miller, sculpting assistant
Continues working in mixed media: encaustic, oil and collage
Edits Narrative Non-Fiction manuscript, The Gravity of Grace
Artwork used by Marc Black for c.d.