GRANTS & AWARDS

• 2010 EAF- Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, NY
  
• 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

• El Museo’s Bienal: The S-Files 2011, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY – June 2011 - January 2012 – Group Show
• Here, There and Everywhere 2011: The Art of Collaboration organized by by the Transcultural Exchange Hampden Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March - April, 2011 – Group Show
• “Observed, Imagined and Re/created” Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx Council for the Arts – Jan. - May 2011 – Group show
• "New York Fiber in the 21st Century" curated by Dr. Sandra Sider, Lehman College Art Gallery Feb 2011 – Group Show
• EAF10: 2010 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY Sept. 2010 - March 2011
• JAALA 2010 Exhibition, Kawasaki Museum, Japan  July, 2010
• “Lush” Solar Gallery, curated by Trinidad Fombella, East Hampton, NY June 2010
• “Weaving in and Out” organized by No Longer Empty, Curated by Jodie Dinapoli, Ella Levitt, and Manon Slome with Trinidad Fombella from El Museo del Barrio, at The Tapestry Building, NYC June, 2010 –Group Show
• “Blossom/ En Flor” Permanent Public Fountain & Sculpture, Modesto Flores Garden, East Harlem, NY-June 2010
• "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
• "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
• "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