Luis Mallo

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Born: Havana, Cuba
Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
A. A. S. Degree in Graphic Design. Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City.

Solo Exhibitions
2004 Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York City
2000 Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999 Galeria Pierre Verger. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Centro Cultural de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil
1998 Sicardi-Sanders Gallery. Houston, TX.
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY.
Ricco/Maresca Gallery. New York City
1997 The Center for Photography. Saint Louis, MO.
1996 Houston Center For Photography. Houston, TX.
La Casa de Melilla Cultural Center. Valencia, Spain
1995 Jadite Gallery, New York, NY.
Parchman/Stremmel Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
Institute for Art and Photographic Resources. Peekskill, NY.
The Galleria. University of California at Berkeley, CA.
1994 S.R.O. Gallery. Lubbock, TX.
1992 La Chapelle du Geneteil Cultural Center. France

Group Exhibitions
2005 Project Diversity-Momenta Art & Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Viajeros: North American Artist-Photographers Working in Cuba � LUAGH,
Documenting Poetry � Maier Museun of Art Lynchburg, VA
2004 Photo Forum 2004 � Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Open House: Working in Brooklyn � The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement � Smithsonian Institution,
Water � Ricco-Maresca Garelly, New York, NY
The Future is Now: Contemporary Cuban Artists � Show Walls, New York, NY
2003 Images of Deception � Curated by Paul Sharpe, 41 Union Square, New York
The Parallax Effect: Cuban Contemporary Photography � CCEMiami, Miami FLA.
2002 Selection 1: Made in Brooklyn � Wythe Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Constellation � Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. Contemporary Cuban Photography � The Art Museum at Ft. Lauderdale
2001 Vollbart: das bildnis Jesu Christi in der Fotografie � Fotographie Forum Int. Frankfurt
2000 York Now 2000: Contemp. Photography � Museum of the City of New York
Grace � Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY.
Cuban Allure: Photography and Video � The Light Factory. Charlotte, NC.
Fresh Work III � The Southeast Museum of Photography. Daytona Beach, FLA.
La Metamorfosis de la Mano � Centro Recoleta. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latin American Artists-Photographers � El Museo del Barrio, New York
1999 The Hand � The Power Plant. Toronto, Canada
Transformation � IV Mes Internacional da Fotografia. Sao Paulo, Brazil
1998 Eight Million Stories: Photographs of New York from the permanent collection
� The New York Public Library. New York, NY.
Fresh Work II � The Southeast Museum of Photography. Daytona Beach, FLA.
Backstage � Serge Sorokko Gallery. New York, NY.
Breaking Barriers � The Tampa Museum of Art. Tampa, FLA.
Fotoseptiembre, International 1998 � Airport Art Spaces. San Antonio, TX.
Blue � Stephen Bulger Gallery. Toronto, Canada
Current American Photography � University of Toledo. Toledo, Spain
Cuba-on � G M Gallery. Curated by Manuel Gonzales, New York, NY.
1997 Realities � Ricco/Maresca Gallery, curated by W. M. Hunt, New York City
Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum�s Permanent Collection of
Contemporary Cuban Art � The Museum of Art. Ft. Lauderdale, FLA.
Once Removed: The Photograph in Contemporary Cuban-American Art-
Fullerton State West Gallery CAL. Fullerton, CA.
1996 8 x 10, Contemporary Photography � The Godwin Ternbach Museum, NY.
Spanish is as Spanish Does � The Eighth Floor Gallery. New York, NY.
Journeys � The Clement Gallery, University of Toledo Art Gallery, Toledo, OH.
Open your Heart, Benefit for the Bailey House � Leo Castelli Gallery, NYC.
4th Annual Governor�s Exhibition � Fotofest. Curated by Anne Tucker, Houston,
Familiar Relations � The Woodstock Center for Photography. NY.
Gallery Artists � Parchman/Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
1995 Quotations: Art Imitates Art � Houston Center for Photography. Houston, TX.
Cintas Fellows � The Southeast Museum of Photography. Daytona Beach, FLA.
4th Annual Governor�s Exhibition � San Antonio Public Library. San Antonio, TX
Contemp. Latin-American Photography -Photographs Do Not Bend. Dallas, TX.
40th Annual Art Exhibition � The Hecksher Museum. Huntington, NY.
1994 Combined Motions; Music and Art � Landon Gallery. New York, NY.
1993 Photography by Cintas Fellows � The Art Museum at FIU. Miami, FLA.
Latin-American Artists Fight AIDS � Cavin Morris Gallery. New York, NY.
1992 Photographies � Corinne Timsit Gallery. Paris, France.
1990 mages Derobees � La Nef des Fous. Paris, France.













Bibliography
Metropolis Magazine "Between the Blinds" Text by Criswell Lappin, 2006
Azure Magazine "Open Secrets" Text by Michael Koztke, 2006
Art New England, Report from New York �Three Photographers� by Donald Kuspit, 2003
Details Magazine �How to start collecting photography� by Jonathan Sabin, 2003
Art New Englang, �Luis Mallo. In Camera at Ricco Maresca Gallery� Exhibition review, 2003.
Exhibition Catalog, �Luis Mallo, In Camera�. Introduction by Alison Nordstrom, 2003.
Lenswork, �Passengers�, a portfolio with text by Luis Mallo. Portland, 2000.
Spot, �Luis Mallo: Through a Glass Darkly� Review by Ileana Marcoulesco. Houston,1998.
Zing Magazine, Review by Christian Viveros-Faune, 1998
Woodstock Times, �Silent saints in a shadow world� Review by Kathi Norklun, 1998.
C Magazine, �Reports: Luis Mallo at Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York City�, Review by Scott Walden. Toronto, CA. 1998.
Exhibiton Catalog, �Critical Monuments: The photography of Luis Mallo�, essay by Christian Viveros-Faune. Introduction by W. M. Hunt, 1998
Leica World Das Card Magazin 1/97, �Luis Mallo, Fremde in der Subway�, Text by Michael Koetzle, Munich, Germany. 1997.
Soho Art News, �Reliquiarium�, Artist Pages. New York. 1996.
Ars Magazine, �Eros and Civilization�, Review by G.Valdez,Miami, FLA. 1996.
Exhibition Catalog, �8 x 10, Contemporary American Photography�, NY. 1996.
Exhibition Catalog, �Spanish is as Spanish Does� Text by A. Suarez and C. Viveros,1996.
Exhibition Catalog, �Passengers�. Text by Armando Suarez, New York. 1995.
The Center Quaterly, Woodstock Center for Photography, �Eros and Civilization�
Photo Metro, �Periple� Text by Luis Mallo. 1994.
Revue Noire, �Cuban Art Issue�, Text by Luis Mallo, Paris, France. 1992.
Exhibition Catalog, �62 (Un Viaje a la Isla)�, Text by Jose Triana, Chateau-Gontier. 1991.

Grants/Awards
The Art Matters Foundation, Fellowship Award. 1995.
Best of Show, �4th Annual Governor�s Exhibition�, Awarded by Anne Tucker. 1995.
The Catherine and Dennis Krusos Award, The Hecksher Museum. 1995.
The Cintas Foundation, Fellowship Award. 1990-91.

Projects
The George Eastman House Photography Collection
The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
Smithsonian Institute Permanent Collection
The New York Public Library, New York, NY.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
The Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FLA.
The Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FLA.
The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FLA.
A G Edwards & Sons, Corporate Collection, St. Louis, MO.
The SPRINT Corporate Collection
Reynardus & Moya, Corporate Collection, New York City, NY.
The Charles Goddard Center for the Arts, Ardmore, OK.
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY.
The Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA.
Wake Forest University Student Union Collection, North Carolina.
The Cintas Collection, The Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FLA.
Le Carre, Centre Culturel du Chateau-Gontier, France.
The Henry Buhl Collection, New York, NY.
Collection Dancing Bear, New York, NY.