Bio

Craig Kucia lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Born, Cleveland, OH

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EDUCATION

2003

Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, London, UK

1999

BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

1997

Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, GB

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

the night i told my story to the sky, The Pit, Palm Springs, CA

machines to solve unsolvable problems, SHRINE, New York, NY

2022

windows, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK

Marriage: the Oketa Collection, WHAT Museum, Tokyo, JP

whales, The Armory Show, New York, NY

2021

Craig Kucia & Peter Shire, The Pit, Glendale, CA

a toucan, L21, Islas Baleares, SP

act(ive) enclosure, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2020

whales, The Pit, Glendale, CA

2018

paintings, AM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2014

accidental documentaries, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH

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

many 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

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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Unrequited Love, curated by Vera Iliatova and Sarah Peters, Nathalie Karg, New York, NY

2022

Chambre des Amis: Ikea, Office Baroque, Antwerp, BE

Light Up the Sky, The Pit, Glendale, CA

Craig Kucia, Keith Boadwee, Liz Markus & Raymie Iadevaia, VODA Art Gallery, Seoul, KP

2021

Wild Frontiers, The Pit, Glendale, CA

36 Paintings, Harper’s, East Hampton, NY

Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL

2020

Riders of the Red Horse, The Pit, Glendale, CA

L.A.: Views, Curated by Chelsea Petronko Rana, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2013

Koi No Yokan, 101/exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Time + Temp, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

Light of Day, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2008

Thoughts on Democracy, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, FL

Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY

2007

Creating a scene, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

The Sky is Yellow, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

2005

Drawing Narrative, Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH

Syzygy, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH

Beautiful Dreamer, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2004

Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

Light and Atmosphere, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

2003

East International, Curated by Toby Webster and Eva Rothschild, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK

2000

Trailer, GreeneNaftali Inc., New York, NY

COLLECTIONS

Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH

Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

The Mugrabi Family Collection