Luciana Abait


Luciana Abait is an Argentine artist. She was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and studied drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and printmaking at the in Buenos Aires. Abait immigrated to the United States in 1997. She has exhibited in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the United States, as well as numerous museums and international art fairs. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California, and is a resident artist at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica.

Career

From 1997 though 2005 Luciana lived in Miami, Florida, where she was the artist in residence at Oolite Arts Center. In 2005 Abait relocated to Los Angeles, California. Abait participated in the first SUR:Beinnial in 2011 that took place at Cerritos College Art Gallery, Bluebird Art House, and Rio Hondo College Art Gallery. In 2019 Luciana exhibited with Los Angeles World Airports where she debuted her exhibition titled A Letter to the Future. A phrase taken from a plaque dedicated to the glacier named Okjokull which also included text inscribed by Icelands most prominent writer Andri Snaer Magnason, "stating that within the next two hundred years all glaciers will follow the same path". Okjokull became known as the first melted glacier due to climate change in 2014. The artist is dedicated to exploring Anthropocene and climate change engages in thorough research, venturing into the most remote locations to meticulously document the state of the environment.

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