· lou anne colodny / resume’
 
Residence and mailing address:
5910 SW 33rd Lane 
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33312
 305.987.4437 (cell)
 
Studio: 12425 NE 13th Avenue #4, North Miami, Florida 305.987.4437 (cell)
 
email : muiemom@aol.com
web site :https://www.louannecolodny.com

Professional :
Director : under the bridge art space, 12425 NE 13th Avenue #4, North Miami, Florida 305.987.4437 (cell)
 
Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
 
Director of CoCA, the Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FLorida


Education: 
25 years of looking at art and working with artists as Curator and 
Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
 
Miami-Dade Community CollegeSculpture, 3-D Design, Bronze Sculpture
 
University of Miami: Independent Study3-D Design
 
1980 - 85      Miami-Dade Community College
Drawing, Sculpture, Ceramics
 
Bachelor of Arts, University of Florida : Major: English Education, Secondary Schools
Minor:  Journalism, Drama
 
Exhibitions: 
 2024                
CiRCA, Bridge Red, North Miami, FL 
 
2023                
2003-4 Cultural Consortium Exhibition  : Fellowship in the Visual and Media Arts for Broward County, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Fl.
                          
It Was Always About You, curated by Laura Guerrero and Dennis Scholl,
Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL .
                            
The Blue Print, curated by Robert Chambers, Bridge Red, North Miami, Fl
 
2022                
Book Bound: the Art of Books and Printmaking , Art and Culture Center/Hollywood , Hollywood,  Fl.
 
10 Year Anniversary, Bridge Red Studios Artists, Bridge Red Studios, 
North Miami, FL.
Why shouldn’t we talk about these things at the table?: A Community Based Conversation with South Florida Artists,  guest curators : Adrienne Rose Gionta & Jeanie Ambrosio, Schmidt Center Gallery, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (catalog)
 
2021     
More Artful Books, 2021, curated by Babara Young, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL. (catalog) 

2020             
A.I.M Biennial, organized by william cordova, Marie Vickles, Gean Moreno, Mikhaile Solomon   CATALOG

virtual exhibition: Why shouldn’t we talk about these things at the table?: A Community Based Conversation with South Florida Artists,  guest curators : AdrienneRose Gionta & Jeanie Ambrosio, Schmidt Center Gallery, FAU , Boca Raton, FL. 

2019             
3rd BIENNIAL “ARTISTS OF ART SALON”, curated by Elle Schorr,           
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl
 
The Artful Book, 2019, a celebration of The Miami Book Fair and of South Florida as a literary cultural center, curated by Barbara Young, LsN Gallery, Miami, Fl
CATALOG
 
Life and Work of an Idea: Miami’s Art@Work and Farside Gallery, Organized by Miguel Ronsino, curator and founder of Colectivo Periferia, and Arturo F. Mosquera, Colectivo Periferia  Buenos Aires, Argentina, CATALOG
 
concrete jungle: narrative of presence curated by william cordova , 
Bridge Red, North Miami, Fl
 
The other side of the sky, curated by william cordova
Girl’s Club,  Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
            
Ripped from the Headlines, curated by Elle Schorr at Fat City, 
Ft; Lauderdale, FL 
 
 2018            
Paradise Lost? Alchemy of the everyday,  Cindy Rucker Gallery, 
NY, NY, curated by William cordova
 
Dual Roles, group show, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL.
curated by Laura Marsh
 
the past is more infinite than the future, Under the Bridge, curated by william cordova, North Miami, FL
 
2017            
Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL, curated by william cordova
 
2016            
transphysics:istwa, landscapes, paisajes, curated by william cordova
Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
 
 the nature of man, Art@Work, Miami, FL. (invitational Dr. Mosquera)
 
2015            
100+ Degrees in The Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art 
 curated by Jane Hart, Chris Engels and Nina Arias, Miami, Florida
CATALOG
 
 Vestris, Under the Bridge, Miami, Florida
 
2014            
MIA_ATL, Saltworks Gallery, curated by William Cordova Atlanta, Georgia
 
MIA_BER, Berlin Arts Club, curated by William Cordova, Berlin, Germany
 
2013            
A Close Read, Turn-Based Press, Miami, Florida
 
Nocturnes III: Hyperstition, FAT VILLAGE, curated by Leah Brown (invitational)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
 
Palmipsest, Carol Jazzar Contemporary, curated by william cordova, Miami, Florida
 
Rough n’ Tumble, FAT VILLAGE, curated by Lisa Rockford (invitational)
                  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
 
Sweet Secrets, “other people’s bodies” , curated by Aldeberto Delgado   
6th Street Container, Miami, Florida
 
Follow the Line, Girls’ Club, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Curated by Carol Jazzar, Jazzar Contemporary from the Collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, CATALOG
 
2012            
Photography by Women, curated by Adalberto Delgado
6th Street Container, Miami, Florida
 
2011            
On the Street Where You Live, Under the Bridge, North Miami, FL
 
 ...continued, Group show at 6th Street Container, Miami, FL
                  
Out of the Ordinary, Group Show 6th Street Container, Miami, FL
                  
2010            
DCG Invitational, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida
 
 9 at 12th and 6th; Miami, Florida; curated by Adalberto Delgado
 
2009            
Media Mesh Wall, on the American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
                  organized by George Sanchez-Calderon
 
Dog Tales: Words and Images, Fact and Fiction, (group show) 
                  curated by Barbara Young, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
 
 It’s a Dog’s Life, (group show)
                  Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida 
 
   The Drawing Show, Carol Jazzar Contemporary, Miami, Florida
 
2008            
13_08, 2008 Cultural Consortium Fellowship in the Visual and Media Arts for Broward County, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida
                  
442, (solo show) Hollywood Art and Culture Center Project Room, Hollywood, Florida
 
2007                
Talking Heads, curated by Michelle Weinberg , Girls Club, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
 
All Media Juried Biennial, 2007  Juror: Claire Breukel, Executive Director, Locust Projects
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
 
2006            
{PAM} -scopeMIAMI at the Park, Miami,  FL
 
Bridge Art Fair at the Catalina Hotel, Carol Jazzar Contemporary, Miami Beach, Florida
 
Breathing Time (catalog)(Breath 11 in the Scholl Collection) 
 Curator: Gary Sangster, Director of the Headlands Program, San Francisco, Calif.,
Sophie Newcomb Gallery, Tulane Campus, New Orleans, Louisiana 
                           
 Optic Nerve XIII 2006 (Juried) gottcha! 
  MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
     
SATURATION / THE FACE LIFT IN A JAR (catalog), solo show
Presented by Carol Jazzar, Buena Vista Building, Design District, Miami, Florida
             
Talking Heads, Radio Broadcast, Curated by Eugenia Vargas for Subtropics Music Festival
Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida
            
 Cinemascope , Chief-curated by Lee Wells / IFAC  -scopeNEW YORK, NY. NY
 
RE-STRUCTURED REALITY
Curated by Charo Oquet/David Vardi
Edge Zones, World Arts Building, Miami, Florida
 
2005            
The Momentary Seduction of the New
Curated by Lee Wells through a grant 
from the International Fine Arts Consortium
-scope MIAMI @ theTownhouse, Miami Beach, Florida
 
One person show, TRANSFORMATIONS I and II (catalogs)
The Art Center Galleries, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, Florida
                  
45th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition
                  BEST IN SHOW, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
Juror: Louis Grachos, Director of the Knox-Albright Museum, NJ
 
Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial (Juror: Nick Cendrick)
Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida 
             
Beauty or Not, presented Carol Jazzar, Octopus Building, Miami, Florida
 
Guest Artist in the studio of Francie Bishop Goode, Annual Art Walk, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Tsunami Art Auction, Brooke Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida
 
Gorilla Art Piece, Locust Gallery, Miami, Florida
 
Sites-Miami 2004, Curators: William Keddell and Brook Dorsch
Lummus Park, Miami, Florida             
        
  2004          
Last Night at the House, 
The House, Miami, Florida        
                  
Legal Art Auction and show, Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
 
 Open Studio Night, installations and video, North Miami, Florida
 
 Optic Nerve IV (Juried), MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
     
 2003           
Hard to Figure (Invitational), Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, Florida
 
Robots, Organized by Fredrick Snitzer for the 
Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, Florida
 
 Bubble, Bubble, Boil…A Miami Visual Stew  
 Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
 
 Summer Sculpture Show, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida
 
 Paradise City (April – May) , Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
                         
Optic Nerve III (Juried) MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
 
  2002          
NO SHOW at Eugenia Vargas, Curated by Robert Chambers, Miami, Florida
 
NO SHOW at Fredrick Snitzer’s Gallery Organized by Robert Chambers, Miami, Florida
               
The Alphabet Show (Invitational), Miami-Dade Public Library,
organized by Barbara Young, Miami, Florida
 
Miami, Uncensored (Invitational), Curated by Josephina Posch
Artists Television Access, San Francisco, California
 
Why Don’t We Do It in the Road (Invitational)
Curated by William Cordova, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, Florida
 
The Experimental Show (Juried)
Juror: Elizabeth Hall, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, Florida
 
Unaffiliated Artist Exhibition (Juried)
Juried Exhibition/Miami Art Exchange, The Living Room, Miami, Florida 
 
2001                 
The Sears project at the House, Curated by Robert Chambers, Miami, Florida
 
Open Studio , North Miami, Florida
                  
Me, my friends and I(Invitational) , 6G Alternative Gallery, Miami, Florida
 
Homewreckers: It’s Over (Invitational)
(3rd installment of the Home Shows at Eugenia Vargas’ home)
Curated by William Cordova, Miami, Florida
 
Changing, (Juried)
 http://www.wigged.net
 February 2001–March 2001
 
In the Negative(Juried)
http://www.wigged.net
December 2000-January 2001
 
2000             
Optic Nerve I
(Juried), MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
                                    
I like you, (Invitational)
                  Created for Videoman in collaboration with Charles Recher
                  Colony Theater, Miami Beach, Florida
 
Robots (Invitational), Snitzer Gallery, Miami Florida
 
Personal Collections:
Linda and Irwin Adler, Miami, Florida
Lang Baumgartner, Miami, Florida
Estelle and Paul Berg, Miami, Florida
Mayor Judy and Sam Cuenca, Golden Beach, Florida
Maggie Fernandez, Miami, Florida
Steve and Rochelle Lanster, Miami, Florida
Marilyn and Mike Levinson, Columbia Maryland 
David Rianofsky, West Palm Beach, Florida
Karen and Harold Rifas, Miami, Florida
Debra and Dennis Scholl, Miami, Florida
Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Ruth and Richard Shack, Miami, Florida
Gary Zeigler, Miami, Florida
Dr. and Mrs. Arturo Mosquera
 
Public Collections:
Art Department Video Collection, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County Public Library Collection, Miami, Florida
Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
Miami Museum of Art (MAM), Miami, Florida
Optic Nerve Archive, MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida  
Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, Florida
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida