Miguel Luciano
Bio
Miguel Luciano’s work has been exhibited widely. He is the recipient of the Latinx Artist Fellowship, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award, and the A Blade of Grass Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art. His work is featured in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The National Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Luciano is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts and Yale University School of Art. He lives and works in East Harlem, New York.
Artwork details
Joy, Love and Resistance in El Barrio
, 2024Public Art Project, Ceramic frit and dichroic film on laminated glass10 × 32 ftOne of three sections
Double Phanthom
, 20171952 Schwinn Phantoms, restored and customized, flags, neon40 × 120 × 32 inches
Shields / Escudos
, 2020Sheet metal from decommissioned school buses in Puerto Rico, recycled wood, spray paint36 × 26 × 5 inches, individual shieldsFront & back details
Pimp My Piragua
, 2009–2019Customized tricycle-pushcart, speakers, sound system, video, LEDs56 × 92 × 38 inchesPerformance detail
Amani Kites, detail: Karanja launching Jackson
, 2014Public art project in Nairobi, Kenya
Joy, Love and Resistance in El Barrio , 2024. Public Art Project, Ceramic frit and dichroic film on laminated glass. 10 × 32 ft. One of three sections