LOTTI

Born 

1989, Habana, Cuba

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Education

 

2016 MFA University of Florida

2013 BFA Florida International University / Miami-Dade College

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Teaching & Lectures

 

2023 Ekard Artist-in-Residence, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 

2022 Toy Making Workshop, Frank C Ortis Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL

2022 Artist Lecture, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL

2021 Artist Lecture & Workshop, Nova Southeastern University, FL

2020 Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin Green-Bay, WI

2019-2020 Artist in residency, University of Wisconsin Green-Bay, WI

2019 MOCA Makers, Artist workshop, MOCA, North Miami, FL

2018 Monotype Workshop / Artist lecture, Madder Lakes Academy, Miami Lakes, FL

2017 Artist workshop with Serverus, Young at Art Museum, Davie, FL

2014-2016 GTA, Instructor of record, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

2013-2014 GTA, Figure Drawing Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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Awards & Recognition 

 

2023 Ekard Artist-in-Residence, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 

2020 Oolite Arts Relief Fund Recipient

2019 Artist in Residency, University of Wisconsin Green-Bay

2017 Hollywood Art and Culture Center's 8th All-Media Juried Biennial 3rd Place Award 

2016 Special Recognition Award, MDC for contributions to Hispanic Heritage Month  

2016 Hiram William Painting Award

2015 Theil Gallery Director’s Choice Purchase Award

2015 The Hiram William Painting Award

2015 Arrowmont Woodcarving Scholarship Recipient 

2015 352 Walls, Mural Funds Recipient

2014 UF Travel Grant Award

2013 UF MFA Fellowship 

 

​Exhibitions

 

Solo:

 

2023 Parts & Labor, Platabanda, Miami, FL 

2022 MECHANICS, The Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL 

2021 ESSENTIAL WORK, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, FL

2020 Knees Deep, Lawton Gallery, Green-Bay, WI 

2018 Non-Native, Hibiscus Gallery, Pinecrest, FL

2016 Efichensi, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2013 Papertrail, Vinos Gallery, Coconut-Grove, FL

 

Two Person shows:

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2023 CONVIVIR with Krystal T. Rodriguez, The 103 Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 

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Three Person shows as the artist group Serverus:

 

2018 Serverus: Alloys, Broward College South Campus, Pembroke Pines, FL

2018 Sérverus, City of Miami Springs City Hall, Miami Springs, FL

2017 Serverus, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL

2017 Serverus, Lost Art Gallery, St. Augustin, FL

2017 Alloys: A Cuban-American Tale, Concrete-Space, Doral, FL

2016 CU4TRO CAMINOS, Serverus with Carlos Luna, MDC North Gallery, Miami, FL

2013 SERVERUS, Amat Art Gallery, Miami, FL

2012 Bus, Sweat & Tears: Second Route, MBUS Gallery, Miami-Beach, FL

2012 Bus, Sweat & Tears, FIU Artists' Forum, Miami FL

 

Group Shows:

 

2023 Pan American Art Auction to benefit the Coral Gables Museum, Invaluable, Online

2023 Wondering Through Landscapes, Pinecrest Gardens, Pinecrest, FL

2023 Human Nature, Hibiscus Gallery, Pinecrest Gardens, Pinecrest, FL

2023 SMALL WORKS, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (ARTSY) 

2023 Outside the Lines, Olga and Carlos Saladrigas Gallery, Miami, FL

2022 Composites and Constellations, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL

2022 Healing Nature, Art to Save Lives Contemporary, Miami, FL 

2021 Summer Days, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL 

2021 BOUNDARIES, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL

2021 Art of Water V, James May Gallery, Wisconsin

2021 Bits and Pieces, The Frank C. Ortis Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL 

2020 40th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI

2020 Translator's Notes, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL 

2019 Art Market, Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2019 ODD YEAR, Group exhibition, &GALLERY, Little Haiti, FL

2018 Inaugural Art Exhibition, University of Miami Business School, Coral Gables, FL

2017 I Want to Tell You Something, Blink Group Projects, organized by Aldeide Delgado, Miami, FL 

2017 ARTE FOR PUERTO RICO FUNDRAISER, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY 

2017 Taste Makers, YAA Museum, Davie FL

2017 Pura Cuba, Oaks Hammocks Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2017 8th All-Media Juried Biennial, Hollywood Arts and Culture Center, FL

2016 Shut up and Draw, with Susan King, ICA, Miami, FL

2016 Black/White, Milander Center for the Arts, Miami, FL

2016 Untitled Group Show, IART1 Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

2016 Nessesary Failures, Garry R. Libby Gallery Gainesville, FL 

2016 FACC juried exhibition, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL 

2015 Twelve by Twelve, Kroma Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL 

2015 Rhizome, 4Most Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2015 352-Walls South Main Mural, Gainesville, FL

2015 Mass 5, Gainesville, FL

2015 Selections from the Theil Award Collection, Libby Gallery, FL

2015 FACC juried exhibition, University Gallery, FL

2015 Tightrope, The Thomas Center, Gainesville, FL

2014 Come Home, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2014 SA+AH Studio Art Grad Exhibition, 4Most Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2014 About Face, The Thomas Center, Gainesville, FL

2014 Collapsing Time, Gallery Protocol-Super-Fun Cite, Gainesville, FL

2014 UNTITLED, Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX

2013 All And Sundry, Frost Art Museum, Miami FL

2010 Get Ready, popup gallery, Wynwood FL

2009 Quest for Peace, Miami-Dade College Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami, FL

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Publications  

 

Print:

 

2023 Outside the Lines, Catalog  with essay by Gerard Albert III and Jenna Farhat

2022 El Nuevo Herald, El arte está más vivo que nunca en los museos miamenses, Jesus Vega

2022 The Coastal Star, 'Dirty' Job gets the fine art treatment, Gretel Sarmiento 

2022 The Mechanics of the Circumstances and the Secret Language of the Inanimate by Joaquin Badajoz (Catalog/Poster)

2022 Coral Gables Magazine

2021 Islandia Journal, A (Sub)Tropical Publication  

2018 Pinecrest Sun, pg.13-14

2017 Alloys: A Cuban-American Tale, (Catalog) words by Joaquin Badajoz  

2017 Taste Makers, YAA Museum Catalog 

2017 Studio Visit Magazine, pg. 118

2017 8th All-Media Juried biennale pamphlet 

2017 Arbus Magazine, pg. 10, pg. 71

2016 Nessesary Failures (Catalog/takeaway)

2016 Saw Palm, Florida-Cuba Connection pages 87 and 204 

2014 Coming Home exhibition catalog

2014 About Face Takeaway

2013 Serverus, Exhibition Catalog with words by Ricardo Pau-llosa 

2009 Miambiance, Volume XIX

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 Digital:

 

2023 “Wandering Through Landscapes” se presenta en Pinecrest Gardens, El Venezolano News

2022 El arte está más vivo que nunca en los museos miamenses, 

EL Nuevo Herald, Jesus Vega

2022 Paintings by Jefreid Lotti: A dirty Job gets the fine Art treatment, 

by Gretel Sarmiento

2020 Caliban Online, pg 81-83

2020 New American Paintings, Instagram highlight, Day 14 

2019 MIAMI NEW TIMES, Littile Haiti's &gallery returns with "ODD YEAR"

2018 In the Loop, Art making: A basic need

2018 VoyageMIA, Art and Life with Jefreid Lotti

2017 ART IS ABOUT...

2016 Cuban Art News

2016 Miami Art Scene

2016 Soul of Miami 

2016 Take5 UFSAAH 

2016 Street Art United States 

2016 Mass Visual Arts 

2016 Caliban Online, Issue 22, pages 47-49

2015 CARTA News 

2015 GainesvilleDowntown 

2015 GNVURBANART, 352-WALLS

2014 Caliban Online, Issue 15, Cover (p1) and Portfolio pages 51-55

2013 Caliban Online, Issue 13, pages 81-82

2013 The Loop

2013 WUM Miami 

2013 CARTA News

2013 CANY Cuban Art New York

2013 Caliban Online, Issue 10, pgs.66-67                     

2012 Corkscrew Project 

2012 Sunpost Weekly 

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Public Collections

 

2022 Santa-Fe College, Gainesville, FL

2022 Coral Gables Museum, FL 

2020 Lawton Gallery UWGB, Green Bay, WI

2019 University of Miami Business School, Coral Gables, FL 

2015 University of Florida Galleries, Gainesville, FL

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Private Collections

 

Gainesville, FL

Miami, FL

Doral, FL 

Coral Gables, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Green-Bay, Wisconsin

NY, New York 

Newark, CA

Lewisburg, PA

Grants Pass, OR