LEANDRA ARVAZZETTI
Curriculum Vitae
Leandraarvazzetti@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Studio Art: sculpture, Florida International University, College of Architecture and the Arts, Miami, FL
2013 BFA, Studio Art: sculpture, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Boca Raton, FL
2006 AS, Fashion Design, The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 ArtPrize 2023, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2022 Kudzu, Solo Exhibition, William Woods University, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, Fulton, MO
2022, Collaborate: A Saluda Community Arts Project, Piedmont Technical College, Saluda, SC
2020 Resurface, Solo Exhibition, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami, FL
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Broward College Central Campus, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Davie FL
2019 El Hilo, Solo Exhibition, Broward College South Campus Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
2018 Faculty Exhibition, Broward College South Campus Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
2017 Faculty Exhibition, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, FL
2017 Untitled, Solo Exhibition, ArtsUp! Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2016 Fiberish, Florida International University Miami Beach Urban Studios Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 Olympic Wave, Miami International Airport Installation, Miami, FL
2016 Dark/Light, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami FL
2016 Art Cause, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, FL
2015 ArtPrize 2015, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2015 The Threads, MFA Thesis exhibition, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2014 Chris Bosh Art Basel Event, Yeelen Gallery, Miami, FL
2014 The Moment, The Backdrop, The Persona, The Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 Juried Biennial, Hollywood Art & Culture Center, Hunter Braithwaite and Gean Moreno, Hollywood, FL
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
2020-Present Piedmont Technical College, Humanities Department Chair, Lead Art Instructor, Art History, Studio Art. Curriculum Committee Chair
2016-19 Broward College, Adjunct Professor, Art History, Color Theory, Drawing I, Figure Drawing, 2D, 3D, Graphic Design I and II
2016-17 Florida International University, Adjunct Professor, Fiber Based Sculpture Art
2016-17 Project Art, Program Director, Oversaw and Coordinated Art Programs in Public Libraries
2013-15 Florida International University, Teaching Assistant, Art Survey I and II, Sculpture
AWARDS
2023 Piedmont Technical College Arts and Sciences Division Award
2022 Saluda County Public Arts Grant, Hispanic Alliance, South Carolina Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts
2014 Women in the Visual Arts Scholarship
2014 Florida International University Study Abroad Scholarship, Germany and Poland
2013 Honorable Mention/ FAU Juried Student Exhibition/Phillip Eslund and Nina Johnson Milewski
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 Broward College, Summer Residency, Pembroke Pines, FL
2017 ArtsUp! Gallery, Artist Residency, Fort Lauderdale, FL
PRESENTATIONS
2022 Artist Talk, William Woods University, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, Fulton, MO
2020 Panelist, On the Avenue: Miami Art Week, Zoom webinar
2019 Artist Talk, Broward College STEAM Series, Pembroke Pines, FL
2017 Project Art Program Director Interview, Fox News
2016 Art Overcomes Obstacles, Funding Arts Network, Miami, FL
2016 Presenter, Olympic Wave Opening, Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
2014 Artist Talk, Women in the Visual Arts
COLLECTIONS
Francie Bishop Good, The Girls’ Club of Fort Lauderdale
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hinson, Tamara. “FATVillage: the ultimate blueprint for arts districts, The Star, May 5, 2017,
https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2017/05/05/fatvillage-the-ultimate-blueprint-for-arts-districts.html
The Girls Club.” The Moment. The Backdrop. The Persona.”, 2015, ISBN:979-0-9886536-2-7
Lasane, Andrew. “Chris Bosh Hosts an Evening of Art at Yeelen Gallery During art Basel Miami Beach”. complex.com, December 5, 2014
“Luxury Brands Capitalize on Art Basel”, December 6 2014, http://miami.cbslocal.com/tag/leandra- arvazzetti/