K A T Y A L E B R I J A
www.katyalebrija.com
@katya.lebrija
STATEMENT
My journey as an artist consists of endless exploration and experimentation. Born in Mexico, my heritage and roots inspire most of my subjects, influenced by such artists as Rufino Tamayo, Guillermo Ceniceros, Luis Barragán, and Francisco Toledo. The richness of the Mexican culture frees my work, and I reinterpret reality by introducing abstract elements to my compositions.
Fascinated by using different materials in my art, I work in mixed media using acrylics, gesso, ink, collage, oil pastels, and charcoal on surfaces like canvas, wood, or paper. I approach the canvas with an idea in mind and allow the journey to unfold and evolve. It makes for an exciting experience and a freshness in my work.
BIOGRAPHY
Award Winner, Katya Lebrija, was born in Mexico City, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design from Universidad Anahuac in 1995. After graduating she worked as freelance Graphic Designer until December of 1999, when she moved to the United States with her husband and two daughters. Throughout her carrier she has used different mediums, including watercolors and acrylics, and has also worked extensively with printmaking. Most recently, she uses different materials like acrylics, paper, mono-types, fabric, gesso, ink, charcoal, oil sticks.
Ms. Lebrija likes to work in series, which enables her to explore a single theme or idea in a variety of ways. Each finished piece, in turn, sparks new ideas and inspiration for the next one and each new work is the cumulative result of all the pieces that came before it. There is always a new discovery, new solutions and she often allows even unintentional elements to become part of the final composition.
Some of her paintings are currently (or have been recently) in display throughout her home State of Connecticut, Vermont, as well as in New York City and her native Mexico City. She constantly participates in juried group shows and has had several solo exhibitions since 2013.
RESUME
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Metro Art Studios Gallery, Bridgeport CT
2023 Westport Library, Westport CT
2022 Shubert Art Gallery, Greenwich CT
2022 Kershner Gallery, Fairfield CT
2019 South Vermont Art Center, Manchester VT
2019 Curated Gallery, Mystic CT
2019 Pearl Gallery, Westport CT
2018 Curtis Gallery, New Canaan CT
2017 Cartus Corporation Exhibit, Danbury CT (Recognized as Best Show in 15 Years)
2017 Newtown Art Gallery, Newtown CT
2017 Shubert Art Gallery, Greenwich CT
2016 UConn Art Gallery, Stamford CT
2015 Purchase, New York
2015 Shubert Art Gallery, Greenwich CT
2015 Fairfield University Bookstore Art Gallery, Fairfield CT
2014 Westport Library Art Gallery, Westport CT
2013 Shubert Art Gallery, Greenwich CT
AWARDS
2019 New Haven Paint & Clay Club, annual juried exhibition
2023 Selected Members Show, New Haven Paint & Clay, Lyme Artists Association, Lyme CT
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Lyme Artists Association, Lyme CT
2019 Shubert Art Gallery, Greenwich CT
2018 Shubert Art Gallery, Greenwich CT
2018 Art Space Gallery, New Haven CT
2018 Carriage Barn Gallery, New Canaan CT
2018 Wilton Library, Wilton CT
2017 Avenue Art Gallery, Norwalk CT
2017 Chelsea Art Gallery, NYC
2016 Art Lux Show, Mexico City
2015 Avenue Art Gallery, Norwalk CT
2015 Wilton Library, Wilton CT
2014 Nature Center Art Gallery, Westport CT
2013 CCNS Rowayton Art Show, Rowayton CT
2013 Pink House Painters, UConn Stamford CT
2012 Pink House Painters, UConn Stamford CT
2011 Wilton Library, Wilton CT
2011 CCNS Rowayton Art Show", Rowayton CT
2010 Pink House Painters, UConn Stamford CT
2008 Wilton Historical Society Show”, Wilton CT
GALLERIES
Tequis Art Gallery, Tequisquiapan, Mexico
The Art Lux Representatives, Mexico City
Southport Gallery, Southport CT
The Avenue Gallery, Norwalk CT
Art Gallery, Newtown CT
ARTICLES
2019 Article for Wilton Magazine
2017 https://newtownbee.com/light-f...
2016 http://www.wiltonbulletin.com/...
2016 http://www.americantowns.com/c...
2015 http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/s...
CONTRIBUTIONS
2017 Donated Art, Courage to Care Community Fundraiser, Mexico City
2016 Donated Art, for Veterans Fundraising at Rolling Hills Country Club, Wilton CT
2014 Donated Art at UConn, Stamford CT.
http://artgallery.stamford.uco...
2014 Donated Art at Ambler Farm Fundraising, Wilton CT
2013 Donated Art at Ambler Farm Fundraising, Wilton CT
2012 Donated Art at Ambler Farm Fundraising, Wilton CT
COLLECTIVES & EDUCATION
2017 Joined The National Association on Women Artists, NY (NAWA)
2017-2023 Joined the Artist's Collective of Westport
2016-2023 Claudia Mengel Studio, Norwalk CT
2012-2016 Leona Frank Studio, Westport CT
2012 Barbara Rothenberg, Silvermine Arts, Norwalk CT
2008-2009 Vijay Kumar, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk CT
2008 & 2015 Natasha Karpinskaia, Silvermine Arts, Norwalk CT
2008 Norwalk Community College, Continuing Ed
2005-2012 Arlene Skutch, Pink House Painters, Westport CT
1991-1995 Bachelors of Art Degree, Graphic Design at Universidad Anahuac, Mexico City
PROFESSIONAL
2019 Art Committee Member of Curtis Gallery at New Canaan Library
2019 Art Committee Member of The Artists Collective of Westport
2013-2015 Art Teacher, Regina Pacis Elementary School, Norwalk CT
2009-2013 ESL Teacher, Family and Children Agency, Norwalk CT
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