Luján Candria
Artist Bio: Luján Candria is a Miami-based Argentine artist who uses a wide array of media to create introspective works that talk about reminiscences, memories and oblivion. She often uses the repetition of a variety of images with subtle variations of light to create intimate narratives and condensed poetics loaded with nostalgia.
Candria graduated in sculpture from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (UNA) and Escuela Nacional de Cerámica, Argentina. In addition, she studied Applied Musical Computer Science at Fonorama and Image Editing at Mac Training Center (UNTREF).
Invited by Laboratorios Do Castro, she took part in the XXVII Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos, Sargadelos, Spain.
She was Artist in residence 2014-2016 at Oolites, Miami and is currently an artist in residence at The Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami.
Awarded with the ArtReview Residency Prize Candria was artist in residence at Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2019.
In 2020, her work has been selected to be included in MIA’s permanent collection.
She recieved Locust Projects- Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Miami Artist Relief Fund Grant.
She has been invited to La Providencia Art Residence located in Edmundo B. Perkins, Province of Buenos Aires as part of a group of interdisciplinary international artists. 2022
Candria was selected to participe in Salón Acme 2023. Mexico City.
Candria has presented solo exhibitions at international galleries and institutions including: Consulate of Argentina in New York; Miami Beach Botanical Garden; Artemisa Gallery, Miami; Artium Art Gallery, Miami; O Cinema, Miami; Mock Gallery, Buenos Aires; Angel Guido Art Project, Buenos Aires; ThisIsNotAGallery, Buenos Aires; Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires; Espacio Urania Giesso, Buenos Aires; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires.
She has exhibited collectively in venues such as: Art Space305. Miami. Collective 62 Art Space. Miami. Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami; Cotiila Gallery. Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale; Instituto Cultural de México, Miami; Locust Projects, Miami; The Baker Museum, Naples; Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Fl; Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Miami; Angel Orensanz Foundation NY; ArtexArte Fundación; See Exhibition, Long Island; Palais de Glace Buenos Aires; Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires; Centro Cultural San Martín Buenos Aires; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Museum of Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires; Centro Cultural Altos de La Barra, Uruguay, among others.
Candria and her work have been featured in many publications including:
Art Lessons from a Plague Year in Miami by Elisa Turner. Shout Out Miami. Artheorica Mexico: VoyageMIA. Arte al Día Internacional by Willy Castellanos, Small Format. Vol.6. In search of Authenticity by Andrea Sunder-Plassman. Miami New Times, Photographers Come Together For Elements of Life. Nagari Cultural Creativity Magazine. 21 Le Mag, Contemporary Art Magazine Spain. Ñ Magazine, Mundos ajenos y en las sombras by Marina Oybin. Papel & Stampa, Hogares Encendidos; Ramona, La ventana indiscreta by Maia Debowicz. El Cronista Comercial Lo que ellas miran by Gabriela Baby; La Cámara en la Cartera, Mujeres fotógrafas 2; Revista Veintitrés/Asterisco Hogares Encendidos by Eugenio Palma Genovés.
Social: @lujancandria