LORIEN SUÁREZ-KANERVA
Artist & Art Writer — Independent Practice | 2001–Present
www.loriensuarez.com | lorien@loriensuarez.com |
EDUCATION
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, MA European Studies, Cum Laude, Belgium
Universidad de Salamanca, ERASMUS–Acción Jean Monnet Graduate Studies, Spain
ESADE Business School, International Business & Strategic Management, Barcelona
University of California, Berkeley, BA History, High Honors, USA
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS 2026
Discovery Science Center & Planetarium, Sacred Heart University, CT, USA (2026)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Visionary Geometries traveling exhibition curated by Dominique Nahas
Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, PA, USA (2026)
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA, USA (2025)
Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, AL, USA (2024)
Coalescing Geometries, Curator’s Voice Art Projects Gallery, Miami, FL, USA (2018)
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, International Art Exchange, USA Exhibition, curated by Julienne Johnson, Tokyo, Japan, Joan Miró Retrospective, USA Exhibition (2025), Pollock Explored, USA Exhibition (2024)
Personal Structures, European Cultural Commission, Venice Biennale collateral Events, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy, Americans. Current Imaginaries (2022), Form-Formless as Concepts (2019), New Voices from Latin America (2017), curated by Milagros Bello, PhD, with GAA Foundation
Curator’s Voice Art Projects, Miami, Florida, NOWNESS (2021); Art of Isolation (2020); Ruled/De-Ruled (2020); Art on the Edge (2019)
Riverside Art Museum, California, Beyond Heritage curated by Peter Frank and Andi Campognone (2006)
Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY, Flora and Fawna (2022), Stratosphere (2022), I Am A Woman (2019)
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, Precious Gems (2021)
COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS
Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, Georgia
Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Hardin Center for Cultural Arts in Gadsden, Alabama
Corporate Collection/The Shinmin Gallery of Chiba Prefecture Co., Ltd.
UC Berkeley EECS, Commission honoring Dr. Richard Newton
International Association of Boalt Alumni — Two commissioned artworks
Riverside City Hall — Permanent installation
ART WRITING
International Latino Book Awards, book author, Coalescing Geometries, First Place Mariposa Award (2019); Second Place Best Arts Book (2019)
Art Reviews, d’Art International Magazine (2025), Art Miami Magazine (2021–2025), Whitehot Magazine (2021–2025)
INTERNSHIPS
Intel Corporation, Foundation and Corporate Contributions Department, OR, USA (1995)
Intel Corporation, Components Research Department, CA, USA (1993)