Luis Torruella

Luis Torruella

Luis Torruella was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1966. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Amherst College, Massachusetts, in 1988. In 1989 he studied and worked at the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a student of sculptor Pablo Rubio. Since 1990 he is the Art Director at the St. John’s School in San Juan; and in 2001 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ponce Art Museum. At the moment, he offers conferences at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, participates in international art fairs, and continues to work on his evolving style and technique to set an innovative pace in the international sculpture scene. He collaborates with architects, designers, developers and art institutions in the development of art. Since 1989, he has exhibited his work in several countries of the United States, Europe, and the Eastern Hemisphere. His work is displayed in several museums, inside and outside of Puerto Rico. He received the Wise Fine Arts Award in 1988, and in 1992 was one of the five artists chosen to participate in the Universal Exhibition in Seville. He designs within a contemporary abstract context. His works reveal his Caribbean heritage through color, rhythm, and movement.

Solo Shows

2005

Viota Gallery, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

2002

Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

2001

Colegio de Arquitectos, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

1997

Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1994

Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1993

Sculpture Show- Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, MA

1992

Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Theatrical Institute, Moscow, Republic of Russia

Group Shows

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Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2016

Tres, Casa Ashford, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2006

Arteamerica, Miami Florida
CIRCA Internationa Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fundación Niños que Quieren Sonreir Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fundación Rescate Cotorra Puertorriqueña Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Viota Gallery- Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

2005

Viota Gallery- Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano Auction, Los Angeles, California
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fundación Niños que Quieren Sonreir Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2004

Viota Gallery- Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2003

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2002

Trinity Gallery- Atlanta, GA.
Diseño de Mesas- Palacios, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2001

Christmas Group Show- Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Reinhold Jewelers, small format show, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Retrospectiva Colectiva- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, P.R.
Piedra, Madera, Metal, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
Galería 2001- Citibank Atrium, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Urban Sculptures, Citibank Main Offices, Cupey, Puerto Rico

2000

Museo de Arte de Ponce Auction, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Urban Sculptures, Citibank Main Offices, Cupey, Puerto Rico
Colectiva de Navidad- Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Small Format- Galería Raíces, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Reinhold Jewelers, small format show, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1999

Northshore Skokie Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL
Pier Walk 99, Large scale outdoor sculpture, Chicago, IL
Galería Amalia Mahoney, Chicago, IL
Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1998

Christmas Group Show- Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Small Format- Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1997

Christmas Group Show, Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Small Format- Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1996

Arte Olímpico, Olympic Games, Atlanta

1995

Artistas contra el SIDA, Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sculptures Show- Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1994

Primera Muestra de Arte, Comite Olímpico de Puerto Rico
Palmanova Plaza, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Large Format Works- Citibank Offices Building, Cupey, Puerto Rico
Sculpture Exhibition, El San Juan Hotel & Casino, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico

1993

Palmanova Plaza, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Three Dimensional Art Today (five sculptors)- Museo de San Juan, Puerto Rico

1992

Small Format- Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museo sin Paredes Permanent Exhibition- USC, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Seis Escultores- Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Recent Works with Arnaldo Roche-Rabell- Searle Caribbean, Caguas, Puerto Rico

1991

IX Festival de Arte Contemporáneo- Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Small Format- Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Obras de Cuatro- Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo, PR
Arte Joven- Chase Manhattan Bank, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

1990

Hermes Gallery- Condado, Puerto Rico
Small Format- Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1989

Dubuque Art Show- The Jailhouse Gallery, Dubuque, Iowa
Casa Candina, Condado, Puerto Rico

Public Work

Bacardi Corporation Headquarters, Cataño, Puerto Rico (20 ft. high)
Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (100 ft. long)
Montehiedra Office Center, Puerto Rico (50 ft. high)
Verizon Building, Cupey, Puerto Rico (20 ft. high)
Searle Pharmaceuticals, Caguas, Puerto Rico
La Torre de Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (10 ft. high)
Hotel El Convento, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (12 ft. high)
Plaza Monumento al Veterano, Cayey, Puerto Rico (35 ft. high)
Condado Plaza Hotel, Condado, Puerto Rico (150 ft. long, 12 ft. high)
Bellas Artes Performing Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico (37 ft. high)
Wyndham Hotel at Paseo Portuario, Pier Walk, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (41 ft. High
B. Fernández Main Offices (Budweiser Caribbean), Bayamón, Puerto Rico (14 ft. high )
Northshore Skokie Sculpture Park, Chicago, IL (10 ft. high)
City View Plaza Complex, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (12 ft. high)
Escultura Miramar, Santurce, Puerto Rico (250 ft. long, 10 ft. high)
Proyecto Laderas de San Juan, Caguas, Puerto Rico (25 ft. high)
Innovative Systems Headquaters, Mitchell, South Dakota (15 ft. high)
VIG Plaza, Santurce, Puerto Rico (11 ft.high)
Paraíso de Coamo, Coamo, Puerto Rico (13 ft. high)
King´s Court Playa, Condado Puerto Rico (12 ft. high)
Palma Real, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (10 ft. high)
Fundación Angel Ramos Main Offices (15 ft. high)
Murano Residential Proyect, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (18 ft. high)
RG Bank Headquarters, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (20 ft. high)
Garden Hills Plaza Circle, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (26 ft. high)

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Collections

Office Complex, Hong Kong, China
Sculpture Garden, Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles, California
Madeira Residences, Condado, Puerto Rico
San Miguel, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Sabanera de Dorado, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Pikayo, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Singer Island Hilton, FLA
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Sculpture Garden, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Swissotel, Chicago
Saint John´s School, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
Sterling Winthrop Main Offices, Pennsylvania
McConnell Valdés, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Chayote Restaurant, Miramar, Puerto Rico
Caparra Classic Building, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Empresas Stuart Main Offices, Cupey, Puerto Rico
Hyatt Dorado Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Embassy Suites Hotel, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
Centro Europa Office Building, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Citibank Main Offices, Cupey, Puerto Rico
Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Equifax Headquarters, Atlanta, GA
Mova Pharmaceuticals, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Microsoft Corp.Main Offices, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Distinctions

2000

Selected to participate at Convocatoria de Esculturas Urbanas del Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico
Selected to make a monumental sculpture for public area in Miramar, Puerto Rico

1992

Selected to represent Puerto Rico at the Universal Exhibition World’s Fair, Seville, Spain

1987

Athanasios Demetrios Skours Prize (award for outstanding work in Architecture or Art)
Wise Fine Arts Award (award for distinction in the completion of a work of art)