GRANTS & AWARDS

• 2009/10 Recipient of the Urban Artist's Initiative/NYC Fellowship
  
• 2009 The Association of Hispanic Arts' "East Harlem Artist Grant" for Public Art Project: "Seed of Growth" (presently re-titled: Blossom) in Spanish Harlem. Projected for Spring 2010.
• 2006 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Grant for Public Art Project: "Seed of Growth" (presently re-titled: Blossom) in Spanish Harlem.
• 2004 Queens Council for the Arts Grant for the Public art project: "Seven sculptures based on the personal experiences of Latin American women from Jackson Heights"
• 1992 Gertrude H. Freiert Prize in Fine Arts, Wells College, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• "New York Fiber in the 21st Century" curated by Dr. Sandra Sider, Lehman College Art Gallery Feb 2011- upcoming Group Show
• "Lina Puerta" Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY August, 31 – October 23, 2009 – Solo Show
• "Lip/Stick" Praxis International Art Gallery, New York, NY. June –July, 2009 –Group Show
• "Outsiders" Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY April- May 2009- Group Show
• "Woman" Fusion Arts Museum, New York, NY September – October 2008 – Group Show
• "What does a Woman Want?" Project X, Curated by Cecilia Nuín; San Francisco, CA March 2008- Group Show
• "Material Culture" Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY Dec. 5, 2007- Feb. 7, 2008- Group Show
• "Muestra Departamental de Artes Visuales 2007" Universidad Nacional de Manizales, Colombia Nov. 2007 - Group Show
• "Making Good Luck" Y Gallery, Queens, NY, October 2007- Group Show
• "Talking With My Friends/ Hablando con mis Amigos" Y Gallery, Queens, NY, Summer, 2007- Group Show
• "Abrazadas & Abrasadas" Galeria Espacio Abierto, La Habana, Cuba; Summer 2007- Group Show
• "Anatomical Impulses I", KBP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, March 2006. - Group Show
• "Agua Viva" Taller Boricua, New York, NY, January 2006. – Two Person Show
• "Nacimientos" Tribes Gallery, New York, NY, May 2005. - Solo Show
• "Confesiones desde el Vientre" (confessions from the womb): sculptures based on the personal experiences of Latin American women from the community of Queens, Manuel de Dios Unanue Park, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, September - November 2004. -Solo Public Art Work
• "Our Bodies Songs and Cries" Carlitos Cafe y Galeria, El Barrio, NY, April 2004. - Solo Show
• "Traditions, Boundaries and Cross Currents: contemporary Latin American artists" Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, April 2004. - Group show

REVIEWS & ARTICLES

• Times Union, "Rules of Attraction" by Tim Kane. September 20, 2009
• Get Visual Blog, "Lina Puerta at Opalka Gallery" by David Brickman. September 2nd, 2009
• "Lina Puerta: Natura" Opalka Gallery 30 page, bilingual Catalog with essay by Taína Caragol. August 2009
• El Diario, "La Seduccion en el Arte" by Silvia Barnett Sanchez. June 21st, 2009.
• Craft Magazine, "Plastik Wev: A Playful Journey in the Web of Public Space" by Wendy Tremayne. Vol. 4, July 2007
• NY Arts Magazine, "Vulva Arts" by Sarah Stanley. September/October 2005.
• The New York Times, "Some Exhibits You Just Can't Miss" by Jennifer Steinhauer, November 19th, 2004.
• Newsday, "Power Lost & Found" by Merle English, November 14th, 2004.
• Siempre, "El arte de Lina Puerta, Un hueco por donde observar a la mujer" by Tanya Torres, April 8th,2004.

EDUCATION

• 2002-2003 Greenwich House Pottery, New York City
• 1995-1998 Master of Science in Art Education, Queens College, NY
• 1988-1992 Bachelor of Arts, Wells College, Aurora, NY
• 1990-1991 Institute Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy