Kyra
Belán
Kyra
Belán received a B.F.A. in painting from Arizona
State University, M.F.A. in visual arts from Florida State
University, and Ed.D. in higher education and art history
from Florida International University. Currently, Dr.
Belán is a professor of art and art history at
Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Author of several books, articles, and reviews in art
magazines, Belán has also written several books,
including Dorothy Gillespie (Radford University
Press, 1998, co-author); Lucid Future (a novel,
Aegina Press, 1999); Madonnas From Medieval to Modern
(Parkstone Press, 2001, translated into German and French);
and Art, Myths, and Rituals: Visual Language for the
New Reality (Bent Tree Press, 2004).
Belán has had more than 45 solo exhibitions and
more than 80 group exhibitions across the U.S. and abroad.
These include exhibits at the Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; Kassel Museum,
Germany; Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida; The Latin
American Art Museum, Miami, Florida; Metropolitan Museum
of Art in Coral Gables; Florida Art and Culture Center,
Hollywood, Florida; Miami Dade College, Florida; Philadelphia
Art Alliance, Pennsylvania; The Rim Institute, Payson,
Arizona; DuPont Gallery, Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Virginia; Hanson Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana;
Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York; Alain Bilhaud Gallery,
SOHO, New York; Jeanne Taylor Gallery, New York, New York.
Belán's artwork has been included in numerous books,
journals, and publications, including Madonnas From
Medieval to Modern (Parkstone Press, 2001); Earth,
Spirit, and Gender; The Power of Feminist Art
(Harry N. Abrams); The Re-Flowering of the Goddess
(Pergamon Press); The University of Georgia Press
Catalogue and Books; The Womanspirit
Sourcebook (Harper and Row); American Women Artists
(Garland Publishing); American Artists of Renown; Yoga
Vedanta Journal; Southeastern Art Conference Review; Women
Artists News; Woman's Art Journal; College Art Association
Abstracts; Hue Points; Milwaukee Journal; The Miami Herald;
Fort Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel; New Times, and
others.
Belán has received numerous awards and grants,
including the Broward Community College's Otto Burkhardt
Endowed Chair, the Individual Artist Fellowship from Florida
Arts Council, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant, and
Outstanding Artist of the Southeast. She is listed in
Who's Who in American Art.
