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Luis Tavales
b.1958
Luis Mario Tavales is a self -taught artist and native New Yorker. Since 2008, he has pursued his dream of becoming an artist. “For me, art is a healing place. When I’m there, I forget aches, pains and the stress that life holds. Art is the way I commune with a power greater than me. It compels me to create.”
Since 2008, his work has appeared in the Leslie-Lohman Museum and various galleries, such as The Greenpoint Gallery, The Luhring Augustine, Chaim & Read, Sikkema Jenkins & Company, Metro Pictures, Gallery 524 and at the World Trade Observatory. In June 2013, he was featured in an article in the Queens Tribune.
Contact info: l.tavales@yahoo.com or (718) 908-1449.
2018
Reclaiming my Pride. World Trade Observatory. N.Y., N.Y.
2017
Postcards from the edge exhibit. Metro Pictures Gallery. N.Y., N.Y.
GMHC 35 years of survival exhibit. Leslie Lohman Museum. N.Y., N.Y.
2016
Postcards from the edge exhibit. Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery. N.Y., N.Y.
Salon de Eros exhibit. Greenpoint Gallery. Brooklyn, N.Y.
2015
GMHC “Amor Y Pasion” exhibit Leslie Lohman Museum New York, NY.
Postcards from the edge exhibit at Luhring Augustine Gallery New York, NY.
2014
NYFA fellowship re: Digital arts juried competition New York, NY
Postcards From The Edge. Luhring Augustine Gallery. New York, N.Y.
Salon de Eros. Greenpoint Gallery Brooklyn New York
Small works exhibit. Greenpoint Gallery Brooklyn New York.
2013
Postcards From The Edge. Sikkema & Co. Gallery. New York, NY.
NOHONY Art Walk. TD Bank Bank. New York, NY.
Art Takes Times Square. Juried competition. New York, NY.
Queens Tribune. Featured in news article, Queens, NY.
Curate New York. Juried competition. New York, NY.
GMHC Perspectives Of Life. Leslie Lohman Museum. New York, NY.
2012
Postcards From The Edge. Cheim & Reade Gallery. New York, NY.
Donated pieces to GMHC and Brooklyn Board Of Education.
Art Takes Times Square. Juried competition. New York, N.Y.
GMHC Art And Aids It’s Not Over. Leslie Lohman Museum. New York, NY.
2011
NYFA Fellowship. Re: Paintings. Juried competition. New York, NY.
VSA Intl Org On Arts And Disability. Juried competition. Washington DC.
Café. Shift exhibit. Juried competition. Kennedy Performing Arts Center. Washington DC.
NOHO NY Art Walk. NYU Bookstore. New York, NY.
Borderline Projects. La Lotteria exhibit. Juried competition.Brooklyn, NY.
Curate New York. Juried competition. New York, NY.
Macy*s. Visual artist. Seasonal artist. Flushing, New York.
GMHC Art And Aids 30 Years Later. Leslie Lohman Museum. New York, NY.
2010
NYFA Fellowship. Re: Digital Art. Juried competition. New York, NY.
NOHO NY Art Walk. The Village Voice. New York, NY.
GMHC Positively Proud exhibit. Tisch Building. New York, NY.
NALAC. Mural Design. Juried competition. San Antonio, Texas.
GMHC Loving Life exhibit. Leslie Lohman Museum. New York, NY.
NALAC Christmas Card Design. Juried competition. San Antonio, Texas.
2009
NOHO NY Art Walk. 636 Broadway. New York, NY.
La Pregunta Arts Café. Expressions Healing Through Art. 1528 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY.
GMHC Living For the Moment. Tisch Building. New York, NY.
2008
GMHC Living With Pride exhibit. The Tisch Building. New York, NY.