Lucinda Sisniega Abra

BIOGRAPHY

Exhibitions

2012:   Selected Solo Outdoor Sculpture Installation at Bearsville Theater, Bearsville NY

         Group Exhibition Bearville Theater, Bearsville NY

         Selected Group Exhibition "Elements: Opposition" Woodstock, NY

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, GCCA, 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, 25^th 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

             Eight months 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, Brookly, 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 for Adam Armstrong

2011:    Completes a series of linolium prints

            Completes a series of giclee prints

            Begins working on collage series Number 1

            Works on commisioned oil painting

            Sculpting assistant for Lowell Miller

2012:     Sculpting assistant for Lowell Miller

            Finishes Collage Series Number 11 for future book edition

           Creates additional collages

            Makes outdoor sculptural installation for SEVA fundraiser and intstalls at Bearsville                                     Theater, Bearsville, NY